Month: April 2024

WWF Wrestlemania Challenge
April 29, 2024 No Responses

WWF Wrestlemania Challenge

Developer: Rare    Publisher: Acclaim    Release: 11/90    Genre: Wrestling Wrestling games on the NES had an awesome start with Pro Wrestling but went downhill from there for years. WWF Wrestlemania should have been a bright spot as the first officially...
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Fighting Force 64
April 26, 2024 No Responses

Fighting Force 64

Developer: Core Design    Publisher: Crave    Release: 04/30/99   Genre: Beat em up In the late 90s Eidos were the “it” publisher. While they had their successes Tomb Raider raised their stock significantly, figuratively and literally. This newfound ...
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Gungage
April 24, 2024 No Responses

Gungage

Developer: KCET    Publisher: Konami    Release: 09/24/99    Genre: Action Konami had a legendary run on the PlayStation 1 in nearly every genre. While I cannot speak to the quality of their sports games as I did not care they adapted to...
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Rabbit
April 22, 2024 No Responses

Rabbit

Developer: Aorn    Publisher: EA Victor    Release: 06/27/97   Genre: Fighting The Sega Saturn is host to a wider variety of games than most people realize. This of course is a consequence of the system failing everywhere but Japan....
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Tournament Fighters
April 19, 2024 2 Responses

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Tournament Fighters

Developer: Konami   Publisher: Konami   Release:09/04/93   Genre: Fighting When Street Fighter 2 hit the SNES it opened the floodgates for not only arcade ports but also many an original home fighting game. Some of these were based off popular manga like...
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The Misadventures of Flink
April 17, 2024 No Responses

The Misadventures of Flink

Developer: Psygnosis   Publisher: Vik Tokai  Release: 05/94  Genre: Platformer During the 16-bit era there was a very clear divide in quality between Japanese and Western platformers. The likes of Sonic, Mario, and Mega Man all featured tight controls and ...
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Terra Cresta II
April 15, 2024 No Responses

Terra Cresta II

Developer: Make Software   Publisher: Nichibutsu    Release: 11/27/92   Genre: Shooter Terra Cresta is a game I thought very little of. It is not a bad game but at the same time it did not stand out. While the...
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Blaster Master Zero 2
April 12, 2024 No Responses

Blaster Master Zero 2

Developer: Inti Creates   Publisher: Inti Creates   Release: 11/29/19  Genre: Action                         Platforms: Switch, PS4, Xbox One, Xbox Series S/X Blaster Master Zero was the unexpected surprise I did not know I wanted....
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Darkman
April 10, 2024 No Responses

Darkman

Developer: PBN   Publisher: Ocean   Release: 1991  Genre: Action Ocean Software was a publisher that always seemed to be on the cusp of greatness. As the Acclaim of Europe they often created video games based on licenses that were big...
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Flying Warriors
April 8, 2024 No Responses

Flying Warriors

Developer: Culture Brain    Publisher: Culture Brain    Release: 02/91   Genre: Action If at first you don’t succeed try again. Flying Dragon was an attempt at distilling a karate movie in 8-bit video game form. It succeeded in some areas but...
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