Category: Snes

Developer: Irem     Publisher: Irem     Released: September 1991     Genre: Shooter Super R-Type was my introduction to the series.  Where most had the fortune of playing versions on the Master System, Turbo Grafx or the original arcade game I was...

I remember being curious about the innumerable Mobile Suit Gundam games that were advertised in the back of magazines like EGM and Gamefan.  They seemed like the coolest games in the world but sadly up until the Dreamcast they never...

In the dark age of licensed games for the NES Capcom showed that you could create a more than respectable title if you actually gave a damn about the license.  In some cases like DuckTales they created classics.  As the...

Developer: Jaleco    Publisher: Jaleco    Released: November 1994    Genre: Action The firefighting sub-genre of action games might be underrepresented but man are there some real gems out there.  The Ignition Factor was a low key release in 1994 but...

Developer: Jaleco     Publisher: Jaleco     Released: 1993     Genre: Action There are games that fly under the radar for a variety of reasons.  Sometimes they get lost in the hype of more anticipated titles.  The publisher might have done a terr...

Developer: Pandora Box     Publisher: Takara     Released: June 14, 1996     Genre: RPG The Magic of Scheherezade is not only my favorite 8-bit RPG but also one of my favorite NES games of all time. Part of that is comes from its...

Contra III is one of my favorite action games of all time.  It holds up surprisingly well for an early SNES title and considering their later work on the system I had hoped Konami would grace the system with a...

Developer: Telenet Japan      Publisher: Atlus      Released: February 1993      Genre: Action Super Valis IV is the end of the Valis saga.  At least in the US.  Super Valis IV was the last game in the series to be released worldwide.  While....

Developer: Red     Publisher: Hudson Soft     Released: 06/95     Genre: Action As an SNES owner for the majority of the 16-bit generation certain games made me extremely jealous. Gunstar Heroes is a contender for game of the generation in my eyes.....