Side Arms
Developer: Capcom Publisher: Radiance Release: 12/89 Genre: Shooter I will always have a soft spot for Side Arms. Anyone that had one during its time will remember how lonely it was to be a Turbo Grafx fan....
Category: Turbo Grafx-16
Psychic Storm
Developer: AlfaSystem Publisher: Lasersoft Release: 03/19/92 Genre: Shooter I pride myself on being a well-informed gamer. Back in the days when everyone relied on the back of the box for their purchases I devoured any gaming magazine...
Shinobi
Developer: Team Shinobi Release: Asmik Release: 12/08/89 Genre: Action Shinobi was one of the most popular arcade games of the 80s. Ninjas were all the rage and Sega were quick to capitalize on that with this massive arcade hit....
Seirei Senshi Spriggan
Developer: Compile Publishr: Naxat Soft Released: 07/19/91 Genre: Shooter In the US the Turbo Grafx-16 had a limited library. While it had a few titles in every genre no one could deny that it had an abundance...
Rayxanber II
Developer: Data West Publisher: Data West Release: 06/07/91 Genre: Shooter I have played many difficult games in my time as a gamer. But few have ever made me as angry as Rayxanber II. I can appreciate a decent challenge...
Kaizō Choujin Shubibinman
Developer: Winds Publisher: NCS Release: 03/18/89 Genre: Platformer I’ve always been interested in the Shubibinman series since seeing import screenshots in EGM. The early days of the Turbo Grafx had a lot of promise before reality came cru...
Renny Blaster
Developer: J-Force Publisher: NEC Release: 06/23/95 Genre: Action It is not easy being a fan of a failing system. By 1993 I knew it was over for the Turbo Grafx-16 even in spite of the Turbo Duo’s release. But some...
Riot Zone
Developer: Hudson Soft Publisher: TTI Release: 1993 Genre: Beat em up Next to shooters and platformers no other genre was as oversaturated in the 90s as the side-scrolling beat em up. Once Final Fight ignited the genre every...
Image Fight
Developer: Irem Publisher: Irem Release: 07/27/90 Genre: Shooter Image Fight was a shooter that I did not have a high opinion of. My only prior exposure to the game came from the lackluster NES port which sadly lacked what made...
Aero Blasters
Developer: Inter State Publisher: NEC Release: 01/91 Genre: Shooter Aero Blasters was one of the first Turbo Grafx-16 games I ever played. After the disappointment of Keith Courage it helped to give me a favorable impression of...