The Untouchables (SNES)

The Untouchables (SNES)

Developer: Ocean Software    Publisher: Ocean Software   Release: 08/94    Genre: Action The Untouchables was an interesting little NES game. It switched gameplay styles frequently to create a varied adventure to capture the many beats of the 1987 film. But...
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Mickey’s Ultimate Challenge

Mickey’s Ultimate Challenge

Developer: WayForward Technologies/Designer Software    Publisher: Hi-Tech Expressions    Release: 02/94    Genre:Puzzle I do not envy the developers of Mickey’s Ultimate Challenge. As a 1994 release it was sitting on store shelves next to Mickey Mania...
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The Twisted Tales of Spike McFang

The Twisted Tales of Spike McFang

Developer: Red Company    Publisher:Bullet Proof Software    Release: 06/94    Genre: Action RPG In the US RPGs were few and far between during the 8-bit era. But by the midpoint of the 16-bit generation localizations were picking up. Both...
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Toy Story (SNES)

Toy Story (SNES)

Developer: Traveller’s Tale    Publisher: Disney Interactive    Release: 12/95    Genre: Platformer Everyone knew that Toy Story would be special. As the first fully CGI animated films it would help usher in a new age of computer animation and...
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King of the Monsters 2 (SNES)

King of the Monsters 2 (SNES)

Developer: Now Production    Publisher: Takara    Release: 1993   Genre: Action The Neo Geo’s technical superiority to the SNES and Genesis meant that even the simplest genres seemed more grandiose due to the outstanding production values. I am not muc...
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Mickey Mania (SNES)

Mickey Mania (SNES)

Developer: Traveller’s Tales    Publisher: Sony Imagesoft    Release: 11/01/94    Genre: Platformer Mickey Mania was billed as the ultimate Mickey adventure to celebrate his 65th anniversary. There were many titles starring the famous mouse during ...
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Samurai Shodown (SNES)

Samurai Shodown (SNES)

Developer: Monolith Corp.    Publisher: Takara    Release: 1994    Genre: Fighting Of all of all SNK’s innumerable fighting game series Samurai Shodown might be my favorite. As one of the first weapons based fighting games the visceral combat was...
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The Adventures of Dr. Franken

The Adventures of Dr. Franken

Developer: Motivetime    Publisher: DTMC    Release: 12/93    Genre: Platformer I was not a handheld gamer growing up. For the most part I played many of the portable greats on borrowed systems but as far as owning one myself...
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Wings 2: Aces High

Wings 2: Aces High

Developer: Acme Interactive    Publisher: Namco    Release: 1992    Genre: Action When the SNES released Mode 7 was the talk of the town. For the first time on a home console a 3d playing field could be simulated convincingly....
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Kōuryū no Mimi

Kōuryū no Mimi

Developer: Vap Inc.    Publisher: Vap Inc.    Release: 12/22/95    Genre: Beat em up One element of licensed video games from Japan that I lament is that there are scores of titles based on manga and anime that never...
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