Month: May 2026

Big Challenge! Dogfight Spirit
May 23, 2026 No Responses

Big Challenge! Dogfight Spirit

Developer: Jaleco   Publisher: Jaleco    Release: 10/21/88    Genre: Shooter The Famicom Disk System is interesting to explore in retrospect. As it was the primary source of Famicom software for a few years it built up quite a decent sized...
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Mottomo Abunai Deka
May 18, 2026 No Responses

Mottomo Abunai Deka

Developer: Micronics    Publisher: Toei    Release: 02/06/90   Genre: Action Run and gun action games are surprisingly few and far between on the NES, at least in the US. In Japan there is a greater deal of variety. The reason...
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Tengai
May 15, 2026 No Responses

Tengai

Developer: Psikyo    Publisher: 505 Games    Release: 03/06    Genre: Shooter I like the Sengoku series of shooters. Honestly though first game was a bog standard shooter despite its charming cast of characters and excellent Psikyo art direction. Sengoku...
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Barunba
May 13, 2026 No Responses

Barunba

Developer: ZAP    Publisher: Namco    Release: 04/27/90    Genre: Shooter The Turbo Grafx-16 has its fair share of excellent arcade ports of classic shooters. But the original home console efforts were almost always the best of its lineup. Lords...
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Terra Cresta
May 11, 2026 No Responses

Terra Cresta

Developer: Nihon Bussan    Publisher: Vik Tokai   Release: 03/90    Genre: Shooter There’s something to be said about a timely release. Video game design is always moving forward. A game that was groundbreaking one year is eclipsed the next. Vic...
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Harley’s Humongous Adventure
May 8, 2026 No Responses

Harley’s Humongous Adventure

Developer: Visual Concepts    Publisher: Hi-Tech Expressions    Release: 02/93    Genre: Action Here is one that slipped through the cracks. Harley’s Humongous Adventure is the type of low key release that fills out the library of every successful plat...
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Kidō Keisatsu Patlabor: 98-Shiki Kidō Seyo!
May 6, 2026 No Responses

Kidō Keisatsu Patlabor: 98-Shiki Kidō Seyo!

Developer: Advance Communication Company   Publisher: MA-BA Corp    Release: 10/23/92    Genre: RPG For the most part the anime licensed game bubble usually spanned a few genres during the 8 and 16-bit era. You had your generic platformer, side-scrolling....
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Magmax
May 4, 2026 No Responses

Magmax

Developer: Nihon Bussan    Publisher: FCI    Release: 10/88    Genre: Action I remember desperately wanting to play Magmax growing up. From the cover art it looked like an epic adventure of giant robots fighting three-headed metal dragons and shit...
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