Tag: 1990

Developer: Face   Publisher: Face   Release: 12/07/90   Genre: Platformer Platforming fans had a rough go of it on the Turbo Grafx. While SNES and Genesis owners were spoiled for choice in the US the pickings were slim for...

Developer: Innerprise Software   Publisher: Electronic Arts    Release: 1990   Genre: Action Bad game reviews are some of the fastest to write. When a game is awful there is a lot to say and the words flow judiciously. The...

Developer: Human Entertainment   Publisher: Bandai    Release: 07/90   Genre: Action Bandai and its numerous NES licenses never cease to amaze me. They were sitting on a gold mine in Japan but most of them would never see the light...

Developer: SNK    Publisher: SNK    Release: 07/90   Genre: Action RPG Action RPGs did not have a good go of it on the NES in the early years. Deadly Towers and Hydlide, despite their ambition, were the type of titles that...

Developer: Naxat Soft   Publisher: Naxat Soft   Release: 09/28/90   Genre: Shooter Video games have always fallen through the cracks. These days the number of games that release daily borders on insanity and it is impossible to keep up....

Developer: N.H. System   Publisher: Namco   Release: 12/11/90   Genre: Action When you think about it Alice in Wonderland makes for the perfect backdrop for video games. With its fairy plot of Alice visiting ever stranger worlds it has...

Developer: Atlus   Publisher: Hudson Soft    Release: 04/90   Genre: Action Xexyz is one of many NES games I always meant to get around to back in the day like Kick Master and Vice: Project Doom. But while I eventually...

Developer: Nintendo    Publisher: Nintendo    Release: 12/90   Genre: Adventure Among all of Nintendo’s intellectual properties Star Tropics is one of the least popular. As a late NES title it released when all eyes were on the imminent SNES release. ...

Developer: HAL    Publisher: HAL   Release: 09/07/90   Genre: Shooter Considering the NES hardware and its weaknesses I would say it has a pretty strong lineup of shooters. From Gun-Nac to Life Force there are many all-time classics in its...