Fatal Fury 2
Developer: Takara Publisher: Takara Release: 04/94 Genre: Fighting As a fan of Neo Geo games in the arcade I looked forward to the first SNES and Genesis ports. There was no way in hell I would ever get the...
Category: Snes
Battle Zeque Den
Developer: Arsys Software Publisher: Asmik Release: 07/15/94 Genre: Beat ’em up The Super Famicom library is a treasure trove of overlooked games. While everyone fawns over the numerous Square Enix RPGS that never left Japan there are...
Mazinger Z
Developer: Winky Soft Publisher: Bandai Release: 06/25/93 Genre: Beat em up This one is a serious blast from the past. I watched Mazinger Z when it was brought to the US as Transor Z. I remember liking the...
Terranigma
Developer: Quintet Publisher: Nintendo Release: 12/19/96 Genre: Action RPG One of the great injustices of the 16-bit era is that Terranigma did not release in the US. It is understandable; as a late 1995 release any localization would take...
Beauty and the Beast
Developer: Probe Publisher: Hudson Soft Release: 1994 Genre: Action Beauty and the Beast, like nearly all of Disney’s legendary animated films from the 90s, saw its fair share of licensed titles. But unlike the likes of Aladdin and...
Edono Kiba
Developer: Riot Publisher: Micro World Release: 03/12/93 Genre: Action Ninja Gaiden and Shinobi made me a fan of ninja action games. While Sega received the lion’s share of attention thanks to the quality of the Genesis Shinobi...
Bonkers
Developer: Sun L Publisher: Capcom Release: 10/94 Genre: Platformer Of all the Disney Afternoon shows Bonkers is the one I am the least fond of. It is not that it was a bad show, but Darkwing Duck is a...
Total Carnage
Developer: Black Pearl Publisher: Malibu Release: 11/93 Genre: Action I loved Smash T.V., both in the arcade and at home on the SNES. That was in spite of the fact I was terrible at the game until...
World Heroes 2
Developer: ADK Publisher: Takara Release: 09/94 Genre: Fighting Takara were a god send for fans of Neo Geo games during the 16-bit era. For those that wanted to play SNK’s games at home the prospect of owning the...
Super Bonk 2
Developer: A.I Co., Ltd Publisher: Hudson Soft Release: 07/28/95 Genre: Platformer I’ve always liked the Bonk series. For a brief time there when NEC went head to head with Sega and Nintendo the little caveman that could was mentioned...