R.C. Pro Am
Developer: Rare Publisher: Nintendo Release: 02/88 Genre: Racing R.C. Pro Am is a strange one when it comes to my memories of it. I both love and hate the game for numerous reasons. As one of the first isometric...
Category: NES
Dynowarz
Developer: Advance Communication Company Publisher: Bandai Release: 04/90 Genre: Action I was never fond of Dynowarz. That is pretty harsh but I figure I might as well get that out of the way. On paper it has everything a kid...
Disney’s the Little Mermaid
Developer: Capcom Publisher: Capcom Release: 07/91 Genre: Action I loved Capcom’s Disney games growing up. From DuckTales to Darkwing Duck, they knocked it out of the park almost every single time. We will conveniently ignore Mickey Mousec...
Chip ‘n Dale Rescue Rangers 2
Developer: Capcom Publisher: Capcom Release: 01/94 Genre: Platformer Chip ‘n Dale Rescue Rangers 2 is an interesting release. By 1992 Nintendo releases were starting to dry up. Once 1993 came along they were a trickle. Nintendo released one of...
Snow Bros
Developer: Toaplan Publisher: Capcom Release: 1991 Genre: Action For as much as I like to think I have an open mind with video games I must confess, I’ve made my share of bad assumptions. When I saw Snow...
Wolverine
Developer: Software Creations Publisher: LJN Release: 1991 Genre: Action I’ll give it to Software Creations, they certainly tried with their licensed superhero games. Unlike the typical LJN trash they at least got some elements of their res...
Rollergames
Developer: Konami Publisher: Ultra Released: September 1990 Released: Action Konami picked up some very obscure and strange licenses toward the end of their NES run. Bucky O’Hare might have been an obscure comic book and cartoon but...
Kid Niki – Radical Ninja
Developer: Irem Publisher: Data East Release: 11/87 Genre: Platformer Christmas of 1988 is permanently burned into my memory. Like many I was excited to open my presents to see if there was a new games. What I did not expect...
Over Horizon
Developer: Pixel Publisher: Hot B Release: 1991 Genre: Shooter Its funny to look back on the Nintendo shooter library. Despite the system’s slow processor it built up quite an excellent library within the genre. Of course, a large part...
Ikari Warriors
Developer: Micronics Publisher: SNK Release: 05/87 Genre: Action Sometimes I miss the big dumb action movie phase of the 1980s. I will fully admit that most of those films were not good upon closer inspection. But they were at least...