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January 25, 2019 one Response

Aero Blasters

Developer: Inter State Publisher: NEC Release: 01/91 Genre: Shooter Aero Blasters was one of the first Turbo Grafx-16 games I ever played. After the disappointment of Keith Courage it helped to give me a favorable impression of...

January 21, 2019 2 Responses

Whomp ‘Em

Developer: Jaleco Publisher: Jaleco Release: 03/91 Genre: Action ….Someone out there is probably way too proud of that title to this day. Offensive title aside Whomp ‘Em is a game that I actively avoided for no good reason. Maybe it...

January 16, 2019 No Responses

Bloody Wolf

Developer: Data East Publisher: NEC Release: 1989 Genre: Action There are many things I appreciate about the Turbo Grafx-16 library. As a shooter fan there was an embarrassment of riches. Some might even say there were too...

December 26, 2018 4 Responses

After Burner II

Developer: Dempa Publisher: Sega Release: 09/90 Genre: Action Sega’s Super Scaler arcade games were some of the best looking games on the market for a very long time. The simulated 3-d looked better than the majority of the...

December 24, 2018 3 Responses

Mendel Palace

Developer: Game Freak Publisher: Hudson Soft Release: 12/12/89 Genre: Action In some ways I kind of miss blindly renting games. When you were young with no disposable income game rentals were your life blood. The only problem is there was...

December 5, 2018 No Responses

Phelios

Developer: Namco Publisher: Namco Release: 10/90 Genre: Shooter In the course of reviewing games for this website it is interesting to revisit games I was once fond of. Phelios is not a particularly noteworthy title and not even one...

November 9, 2018 2 Responses

Total Recall

Developer: Interplay Publisher: Acclaim Release: 1990 Genre: Action Total Recall is one of the best sci-fi movies of the 90s. The combination of its setting, story, and leading man Arnold Schwarzenegger combined to make it one of the...

November 7, 2018 No Responses

Akumajou Special-Boku Dracula Kun

Developer: Konami Publisher: Konami Release: 10/12/90 Genre: Platformer For as prolific as Konami were in the US there were still a legion of titles they left behind in Japan. What makes this even more surprising is that they even created...

October 31, 2018 3 Responses

Blazing Lazers

Developer: Compile Publisher: NEC Release: 11/89 Genre: Shooter I was not impressed by the Turbo Grafx initially. It did not help that I got the system in 1992, when the price had dropped to $50. By then the SNES...

October 29, 2018 3 Responses

Power Blade

Developer: Taito Publisher: Taito Release: 03/91 Genre: Action It is interesting to look back at many of the games I enjoyed when I was young. We all knew most Nintendo games came from Japan. But at the time we...

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