Category: Turbo Grafx-16

Developer: Taito     Publisher: NEC     Released: September 21, 1990    Genre: Shooter Darius is a stalwart of the shooter genre and has been since the mid-80s. At a time where Gradius was wowing gamers with its power-up system it made...

Developer: Alfasystem    Publisher: NEC Avenue    Released: March 29, 1991    Genre: Shooter In my early days of diving into the PC Engine library Download is a title that stood out immediately. The name was intriguing in itself but...

Developer: Compile, Naxat    Publisher: NEC     Released: September 1989    Genre: Action Being a Turbo Grafx-16 owner in the early 90s was a lonely existence. Where NES and Sega Genesis owners could trade games back and forth I was usually...

Developer: Mutech     Publisher: Hudson Soft     Released: April 6, 1990    Genre: Action Let’s be honest, Keith Courage in the Alpha Zones was not a good game. As a showcase for the Turbo Grafx-16 it was not impressive. As a...

Developer: Hudson Soft    Publisher: TTI     Released: 1993     Genre: Action RPG If you were a RPG fan and owned a Turbo Grafx-16 the pickings were slim. While its PC Engine counterpart had a healthy role playing library unless you had...

Developer: A.I. Co.     Publisher: Turbo Technologies Inc.     Released: 1993     Genre: Platformer There were many casualties during the mascot platformer wars of the 16-bit era. For every Sonic and Sparkster there were countless Awesome Possums and...

Developer: Riot    Publisher: Telenet Japan    Released: February 7, 1992    Genre: Action The PC Engine CD has an extensive library rife with great games that were never localized. Now let’s be clear, a good many of them are...

Developer: Cream    Publisher: Nihon Bussan Co.   Released: December 10, 1993    Genre: Action The end of the PC Engine’s life in Japan saw something of a ninja action renaissance. Ninja Spirit was an excellent arcade port early on...

Developer: Konami     Publisher: Konami     Released: December 18, 1992     Genre: Shooter One of my biggest gaming disappointments is that the Famicom version of Gradius 2 never left Japan. Like many I assumed Life Force was that game. But when EGM...