8 Eyes
Developer: Thinking Rabbit Publisher: Taxan Release: 01/90 Genre: Platformer I really wanted to play 8 Eyes when I was young. All I had to go on were a few scant screenshots in my comic books. But that was...
Tag: 1990
Street Fighter 2010
Developer: Capcom Publisher: Capcom Released: 09/90 Genre: Action A year before I had ever heard of Street Fighter I played Street Fighter 2010. It seemed like a fairly innocuous release at the time and I thought nothing of it. Then...
Cross Wiber
Developer: FACE Publisher: Sankindo Released: 12/21/90 Genre: Action Cyber Cross was not a good game. It was the kind of generic pap you get not long after a system launch and was mediocre in every way. It was doubly embarrassing...
Low G Man
Developer: KID Publisher: Taxan Release: 09/90 Genre: Action We live in an era where we can find footage of new video games at the touch of a button. Not only that many games have betas open to nearly everyone....
Bad Dudes
Developer: Data East Publisher: Data East Release: 07/90 Genre: Beat em up Part of what I enjoy the most about writing this blog is revisiting games that I remember fondly. For the most part the games that were great...
Crack Down
Developer: Hot-B Publisher: Sage’s Creation Release: 1991 Genre: Action Over the years what I’ve come to appreciate most about the Genesis library is its large range of arcade ports. More specifically Sega arcade ports. I do not think ...
Ninja Gaiden II – the Dark Sword of Chaos
Developer: Tecmo Publisher: Tecmo Release: 05/90 Genre: Action As much as it frustrates me Ninja Gaiden is still one of my favorite NES games ever. I would not have dumped hundreds of hours mastering it just to reach its...
Golden Axe II
Developer: Sega Publisher: Sega Release: 1991 Genre: Beat em up Among the early Sega Genesis launch lineup Golden Axe has probably held up the best. Altered Beast was the flagship title but outside of its presentation the game...
Double Dragon II – the Revenge
Developer: Technos Japan Publisher: Acclaim Released: 01/90 Genre: Beat em up It’s interesting to look back on the NES library and compare the games that were different from their arcade counterpart. Bionic Commando was a terrible game in t...
Rastan Saga II
Developer: Opera House Publisher: Taito Release: 1991 Genre: Action I enjoyed the Master System version of Rastan as it was a genre that was almost non-existent on the NES. I guess the closest comparison would be that Conan game...