Tag: 1987

Tiger Heli
April 6, 2020 one Response

Tiger Heli

Developer: Micronics     Publisher: Acclaim     Released: 1987     Genre: Shooter One day I will learn why so many NES publishers turned to Micronics to develop Nintendo ports of their arcade games. You would think after seeing the sorry state of their various...
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Section Z
March 9, 2020 No Responses

Section Z

Developer: Capcom     Publisher: Capcom     Released: 1987     Genre: Shooter As I revisit the games of my childhood I am often surprised how well certain games have held up. Obviously the Legend of Zelda still holds up today but lesser known title...
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Zanac
February 3, 2020 2 Responses

Zanac

Developer: Compile     Publisher: FCI     Released: 1987     Genre: Shooter     Platform: NES Gradius was the game that made me appreciate the shooter genre.  I had played many a shooter on the Atari 2600, some that I really loved like Demon A...
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Trojan
December 16, 2019 No Responses

Trojan

Developer: Capcom      Publisher: Capcom      Released: 1987      Genre: Action      Platform: Nintendo Entertainment System Capcom did not get off to a good start with their NES games.  1942 is a disaster of a video game that should be stu...
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Rad Racer
November 4, 2019 No Responses

Rad Racer

Every kid looks forward to Christmas as they usually receive video games as gifts. I was no different when I was young.
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Kid Niki – Radical Ninja
May 27, 2019 No Responses

Kid Niki – Radical Ninja

Christmas of 1988 is permanently burned into my memory.  Like many I was excited to open my presents to see if I got a new game for Christmas.  What I didn’t expect was two.  Both Rad Racer and Kid Niki...
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Ikari Warriors
May 13, 2019 one Response

Ikari Warriors

Sometimes I miss the big dumb action movie phase of the 1980s.  I will fully admit that most of those films were not good upon closer inspection.  But they were at least entertaining.  And they inspired a legion of awesome...
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Kaizō Choujin Shubibinman
May 3, 2019 No Responses

Kaizō Choujin Shubibinman

I’ve always been interested in the Shubibinman series since seeing import screenshots in EGM.  The early days of the Turbo Grafx held a lot of promise before reality came crushing down and Shubibinman seemed like the system’s answer to Mega...
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Rush ‘n Attack
April 22, 2019 No Responses

Rush ‘n Attack

Konami wins the award for the cleverest title.  I was too young when Rush ‘n Attack released to get the clever wording of the title and what it meant.  All I knew of Russia came from…..Rocky IV.  That movie doesn’t...
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Almana no Kiseki
March 25, 2019 No Responses

Almana no Kiseki

Developer: Konami     Publisher: Konami     Released: August 11, 1987    Genre: Action I’ve been fascinated by the Famicom Disk System ever since I learned of its existence years after the fact. It was nice to learn what the expansion on the...
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