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November 27, 2023 No Responses

Youkai Yashiki

Developer: Irem Publisher: Irem Release: 10/23/87 Genre: Action The Famicom Disk System is a fascinating piece of hardware from a historical perspective. In Japan for a while there it completely overtook the Famicom and nearly all releases...

October 9, 2023 No Responses

Falsion

Developer: Konami Publisher: Konami Release: 10/21/87 Genre: Shooter Space Harrier left its mark on the rail shooter genre. Its influence was so great that it inspired many clones on the Famicom, even after it hit the system itself miraculously....

April 7, 2023 No Responses

Ai Senshi Nicol

Developer: Konami Publisher: Konami Release: 04/24/87 Genre: Action Looking back there were surprisingly few top down action games on the NES. For a system that more or less covered every base this one niche is a bit lacking. The ones...

January 9, 2023 No Responses

Winter Games

Developer: Action Graphics Publisher: Acclaim Release: 09/87 Genre: Sports To this day I still remember my crushing disappointment with Winter Games. Fresh off of the NES port of Track and Field and the wild Summer I spent...

January 2, 2023 No Responses

Zombie Hunter

Developer: Hi-Score Media Publisher: Hi-Score Media Release: 07/03/87 Genre: Action I remember looking forward to Activision’s Zombie Master based on nothing more than the cover and descriptive text in its ads. The box art looked totally bad ass...

December 16, 2022 No Responses

Esper Dream

Developer: Konami Publisher: Konami Release: 02/20/87 Genre: RPG Konami were a force to be reckoned with during the 8-bit era. Next to Capcom they were one of the most versatile developers on the system. But even considering their enormous...

September 5, 2022 No Responses

Spelunker

Developer: Tose Publisher: Broderbund Release: 09/87 Genre: Action Spelunker is one of the most frustrating video games I have ever played in my near forty year gaming career. There are many NES titles that are outright broken or...

March 28, 2022 No Responses

Mighty Bomb Jack

Developer: Tecmo Publisher: Tecmo Release: 07/87 Genre: Action 1987 was a critical year for the NES. As the library began to expand beyond simple arcade experiences we were treated to many fresh takes on existing genres like platforming and a...

February 28, 2022 No Responses

Sqoon

Developer: Home Data Corp. Publisher: Irem Release: 09/87 Genre: Shooter I never played Sqoon growing up. I never saw it at Blockbuster, none of my friends had it, and I never saw any reason to seek it out....

January 24, 2022 No Responses

Chester Field: Ankoku Shin heno Chousen

Developer: Vik Tokai Publisher: Vik Tokai Release: 07/30/87 Genre: Action RPG Zelda II was a departure from the gameplay that the original established. However in spite of its differences I loved that game, warts and all. I was always curious...

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