Space Harrier II
When the Sega Genesis launched it came out of left field for me. There weren’t many video game publications at the time and aside from Nintendo Power I read few of them. But once I got to play Altered Beast...
Tag: 1989
Ironsword: Wizards & Warriors II
Wizards & Warriors was a curious game. Even as a child I recognized its faults almost immediately. It featured some of the most intense platforming at the time but everything surrounding it was a hot mess. Yet in spite of...
Fist of the North Star
I discovered Fist of the North Star at a far too young age. My family had bought a random issue of the Viz single-issue release and the violence and casual nudity blew my mind. Fast forward nearly a decade and...
Rambo III
I avoided Rambo III like the plague back in the day. You see I had a terrible time with Rambo on the NES and wanted nothing to do with anything with his name on it. And that included the goofy...
Cobra Triangle
Sometimes I miss the days when a game could come along and genuinely surprise me. True, I could completely avoid all information on titles that I am even slightly interested in. But with the insane amount of games released these...
Holy Diver
In the land of 2d platformers Castlevania has always been one of the most unique series around. Even to this day there aren’t many games that intentionally gimp their main character and design around those limitations. While it was frustrating...
Metal Storm
Developer: Tamtex Publisher: Irem Released: 1991 Genre: Action Today when a new game is announced there are innumerable websites that report it, with screenshots and trailers. But back in the day we weren’t so lucky. Outside of se...
Strider (Sega)
I loved arcade games growing up but learned to accept that the NES couldn’t recreate most of my favorite titles perfectly. I like Double Dragon II and TMNT II but they both had to make some compromises to be ported. ...
Cyber Cross
The Turbo Grafx-16 library was woefully inadequate in many genres. It had its share of platformers and my god did It have shooters. But side scrolling beat ‘em ups were a rarity, at least in the US. To be fair...
The Magic of Scheherazade
Developer: Culture Brain Publisher: Culture Brain Released: 1989 Genre: RPG I never knew what to make of Culture Brain. Where Capcom and Konami had signature brands everyone associated them with as well as arcade ports Culture Brain were ju...