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March 11, 2026 No Responses

Fire Shark

Developer: Toaplan Publisher: Dreamworks Release: 11/90 Genre: Shooter I like Toaplan’s shooter output but will admit that a good portion of it is a bit repetitive. They sure did love that World War II setting. Flying Shark...

March 9, 2026 No Responses

Toy Shop Boys

Developer: Mutech Publisher: Victor Musical Industries Release: 12/14/90 Genre: Shooter They can’t all be winners. On a platform blessed with some of the finest shooters of all time there are bound to be some that are not...

February 27, 2026 No Responses

Burning Angels

Developer: Naxat Publisher: Naxat Release: 12/07/90 Genre: Action Even though the Turbo Grafx-16 has a ready supply of shooters it is nothing compared to its Japanese counterpart. The PC Engine library is overflowing with shooters of all stripes,...

December 31, 2025 No Responses

Pat Riley Basketball

Developer: Sega Publisher: Sega Release: 11/90 Genre: Sports When the Genesis launched in America new releases were slow. Thanks to Nintendo’s strong arm tactics few if any third parties were there in the launch window. That left Sega...

December 29, 2025 No Responses

Bugs Bunny Birthday Blowout

Developer: Kemco Publisher: Kemco Release: 9/90 Genre: Platformer I dreaded most licensed games on the NES. Acclaim/LJN was largely responsible for making me realize video games could be bad as they butchered one license after another. But there....

December 8, 2025 No Responses

Silent Assault

Developer: Joy Van Publisher: Color Dreams Release: 1990 Genre: Action Contra is one of my favorite NES games of all time. Even though I am not much of a multiplayer gamer these days when I was young...

November 10, 2025 No Responses

Veigues Tactical Gladiator

Developer: Bits Laboratory Publisher: NEC Release: 1990 Genre: Action This one. I always knew there was something off about Veigues: Tactical Gladiators. The back of the box is a flawed method of determining a game’s quality. I bought The...

October 15, 2025 No Responses

Die Hard (TG-16)

Developer: Pack-in-Video Publisher: NIhon Bussan Release: 1990 Genre: Action You can write volumes about how badly the Die Hard license has been handled within the video game space. The NES game meant well but they botched the execution...

October 13, 2025 No Responses

Image Fight (NES)

Developer: Irem Publisher: Irem Release: 07/90 Genre: Shooter R-Type was sorely missed on the NES. As the undisputed king of the console market you would expect one of the most popular arcade games of the day to hit...

August 4, 2025 No Responses

The Ultimate Stuntman

Developer: Codemasters Publisher: Camerica Release: 1990 Genre: Action Camerica were an interesting publisher. I had no idea at the time they were releasing unlicensed games in the US. But in hindsight their distinctive gold cartridges were a...

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