Category: NES

Developer: Home Data Corp.    Publisher: Irem    Release: 09/87    Genre: Shooter I never played Sqoon growing up. I never saw it at Blockbuster, none of my friends had it, and I never saw any reason to seek it out....

Developer: Takeru    Publisher: Sur de Wave   Release: 05/03/91   Genre: Action Cocoron is the type of game I would have appreciated later in the NES’ life. By the end of its run the NES library was overrun by licensed...

Developer: Vik Tokai   Publisher: Vik Tokai   Release: 07/30/87   Genre: Action RPG Zelda II was a departure from the gameplay that the original established. However in spite of its differences I loved that game, warts and all. I was always curious...

Developer: Kotobuki System Co.   Publisher: Kemco    Release: 12/88   Genre: Action I have been a comic book fan my entire life. With that in mind any video game based on a comic book would get my attention. Unfortunately my...

Developer: Capcom    Publisher: Capcom    Release: 10/88    Genre: Shooter Capcom and their early NES games had a bad reputation. While most of us have fond memories of games like Ghosts ‘n Goblins and Commando they were riddled with severe performan...

Developer: Konami    Publisher: Konami    Release: 12/4/87   Genre: Action RPG Konami could do no wrong in the 80s. At least that was my prevailing thought as they released hit after hit in almost every genre. One genre they shied away...

Developer: Konami     Publisher: Konami     Released: 01/14/88     Genre: Action Captain N might have been a cheesy cartoon and not very good (I still love it) but it did show cool a crossover between video game characters could be. While Capcom...

Developer: Square     Publisher: Square     Released: 1990     Genre: Racing It is funny to look back on video game releases during the 8-bit era. Without many publications or a centralized hub for information no one knew when specific games were r...

Developer: Imagineering    Publisher: Activision     Released: 1990    Genre: Action Words cannot express how terrible the original Ghostbusters for NES is. The movie was one of the films of the decade so naturally everyone wanted that in game form. In...