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December 10, 2025 No Responses

Disney’s Beauty & the Beast: Roar of the Beast

Developer: Software Creations Publisher: Sunsoft Release: 1993 Genre: Action The excellent Disney game renaissance that started with Capcom on the NES continued into the 16-bit era and was even better. Even more surprising was the number of...

November 12, 2025 No Responses

Comix Zone

Developer: Sega Technical Institute Publisher: Sega Release: 1995 Genre: Beat em up By the end of the 16-bit era the side scrolling beat em up was starting to get stale. Despite the presence of monsters in the arcade...

October 29, 2025 No Responses

Columns III: Revenge of Columns

Developer: Sega Publisher: Vik Tokai Release: 1994 Genre: Puzzle How do you make a sequel to a puzzle game? Usually most puzzle games nail their core concept on the first try leaving little room for improvement. You...

October 22, 2025 No Responses

Captain Planet and the Planeteers (Genesis)

Developer: NovaLogic Publisher: Sega Release: 1992 Genre: Action Some games you just know are going to be bad. Licensed games had a terrible reputation in the 8-bit generation due to the likes of Acclaim/LJN and THQ. It...

October 8, 2025 No Responses

Mad Stalker: Full Metal Force

Developer: Fill-In-Cafe Publisher: Strictly Limited Games Release: 05/22 Genre: Action Genocide 2 was an interesting mech beat em up for the SNES I looked forward to coming to the US. But its Western release was cancelled with no...

September 10, 2025 No Responses

Exile (Genesis)

Developer: Telenet Publisher: Renovation Release: 1992 Genre: Action RPG From the day I saw screenshots of the Turbo CD version of Exile in Gamepro I wanted it. It had everything I possibly wanted: a cool protagonist, a unique setting...

August 27, 2025 No Responses

Bart vs the Space Mutants (Genesis)

Developer: Arc Developments Publisher: Flying Edge Release: 1992 Genre: Action Bart vs. the Space Mutants is one of the biggest crushing disappointments of my youth. As a huge fan of the Simpsons I looked forward to the game’s release...

August 13, 2025 No Responses

Mick & Mack: Global Gladiators

Developer: Virgin Games Publisher: Virgin Games Release: 1993 Genre: Action Nowadays between the gaming press and user reviews you can read hundreds if not thousands of viewpoints to gauge whether a game is up your alley. But...

August 6, 2025 No Responses

Earthion

Developer: Ancient Publisher: Limited Run Games Release: 07/31/25 Genre: Shooter Also on: Nintendo Switch, PS4, PS5, Xbox Series (09/25), Genesis (2026) Windows version...

July 16, 2025 No Responses

Gauntlet IV

Developer: M2 Publisher: Tengen Release: 1993 Genre: Action My adoration for the original Gauntlet is something to be studied. I loved the first title in the arcade and NES despite the fact I was absolutely terrible at...

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