Silver Surfer

Silver Surfer

Developer: Software Creations     Publisher: Arcadia     Released: 11/90     Genre: Shooter Any time the Silver Surfer NES game is brought up you will hear a bunch of epithets. One of the worst games of all time. Quite possibly one of the most...
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Altered Beast (Famicom)

Altered Beast (Famicom)

Developer: Interlink    Publisher: Asmik    Release: 07/20/90    Genre: Action Altered Beat was not a good game, let’s get that out of the way right now. While many have fond memories of it I do not think it’s a...
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DuckTales 2

DuckTales 2

Developer: Capcom    Publisher: Capcom    Release: 06/93   Genre: Platformer DuckTales is a legendary game and one of the greatest games of all time. At a time when licensed games were routinely horrible Capcom showed that if you handled it with...
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Parodius

Parodius

Developer: Konami    Publisher: Palcom    Release: 1992    Genre: Shooter I am incredibly jealous of Europe with this one. I did not become aware of the Parodius series until the 16-bit era, when magazines began featuring import coverage. The SNES ver...
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Demon Sword

Demon Sword

Developer: Tose    Publisher: Taito    Release: 01/90    Genre: Action The Legend of Kage. I never liked the Legend of Kage. Considering my love for old Kung-Fu movies with their aerial hijinks it should have been a shoe in to my tastes....
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Kickle Cubicle

Kickle Cubicle

Developer: Irem    Publisher: Irem    Release: 09/90   Genre: Puzzle In my mind R-Type is what I always associate with Irem. It is no secret why; R-Type is one of the most influential shooters of all time. But that one seminal...
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Whomp ‘Em

Whomp ‘Em

Developer: Jaleco    Publisher: Jaleco    Release: 03/91    Genre: Action ….Someone out there is probably way too proud of that title to this day. Offensive title aside Whomp ‘Em is a game that I actively avoided for no good reason. Maybe it...
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The Legend of Kage

The Legend of Kage

Developer: Taito    Publisher: Taito    Release: 08/87   Genre: Action Growing up in the 80s I had an appreciation for old Kung-Fu flicks and ninja movies thanks to my older brothers. Yes, the English dubs and lip sync were bad but...
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Uninvited

Uninvited

Developer: Kemco    Publisher: Kemco    Release: 1991    Genre: Adventure The NES had a surprisingly decently library of point and click adventure games. But even with that in mind Uninvited is rarely mentioned. That could be due to its late release......
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Track & Field

Track & Field

Developer: Konami    Publisher: Konami    Release: 04/87    Genre: Sports If I had to trace my love of the occasional mini game collection it would probably come from Winter Games on the Commodore 64. The limited animation looked goofy as hell but...
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