Tag: 1990

I think it is safe to say that Contra is one of the most popular NES games of all time.  Literally everyone I knew with an NES growing up had it, and even though everyone had already beaten the game...

Developer: Data East     Publisher: Data East     Release: November 16, 1990     Genre: Platformer As I revisit the NES library my feelings toward a lot of titles have changed over the years.  There are games like Contra and Mega Man that remain.....

Developer: Rare     Publisher: Milton Bradley    Released: 1990     Genre: Shooter The video game industry’s long love affair with military games will never cease to amaze.  We are coming up on sixteen straight years of Call of Duty titles and th...

Developer: Kyugo      Publisher: Taito      Released: 1990      Genre: Action I was never particularly fond of Wrath of the Black Manta growing up.  It made no sense too; this was the height of the ninja craze.  You had movies like American Ni...

Developer: Namco      Publisher: Namco      Released: 1991      Genre: Shooter      Platform: PC Engine My love of Dragon Spirit is a bit strange, I’ll admit.  Its not that it isn’t a good game, because it is.  But I think I really ap...

Konami were one of the few NES publishers whose output I would buy sight unseen.  I even bought their sports games and I’m not even into the genre.  That being said their later output flew under my radar as my...

I miss Renovation games.  I realize their output on the Genesis was hit or miss but I’ll be damned if most of it wasn’t interesting.  The Valis series was a guilty pleasure.  Some were good, some were bad but I...

Whip Rush was one of the earliest shooters I ever played for the Genesis.  After the awesome Thunder Force 2 and the mediocre Arrow Flash I was ready for something different.  Unfortunately I would not find that here.  Despite its...