Batman: Return of the Joker

Batman: Return of the Joker

Batman for NES was a welcome surprise that no one saw coming.  After numerous licensed games that were absolute turds like Back to the Future and Superman Sunsoft showed everyone how it’s done.  That game went beyond being a great...
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Cotton: Fantastic Night Dreams

Cotton: Fantastic Night Dreams

Developer: Success     Publisher: TTI     Released: 1993     Genre: Shooter Growing up there were certain games that had attained mythical status due to their rarity.  Most of these games such as Radiant Silvergun, Psychic Killer Taromaru, and Har...
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Isolated Warrior

Isolated Warrior

Developer: KID    Publisher: NTVIC   Release: 02/91   Genre: Action If the Isolated Warrior in the title refers to hero Max Maverick and his solo journey, than buddy get in line. This shit has been going on for forty years....
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Super Castlevania IV

Super Castlevania IV

Developer: Konami     Publisher: Konami     Released: October 31, 1991     Genre: Action When I look back on the first year of the Super Nintendo’s release I realize we’ll likely never have another system with a year of insane releases like tha...
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Castlevania III: Dracula’s Curse

Castlevania III: Dracula’s Curse

Developer: Konami     Publisher: Konami     Released: September 1990     Genre: Action Have you ever played a game so awesome you couldn’t look at your old games the same anymore? That was my experience with Castlevania III. Back in the days ...
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Trouble Shooter

Trouble Shooter

Developer: Vik Tokai   Publisher: Vik Tokai    Released: 1991    Genre: Shooter I really miss publishers like Vic Tokai. Like a Jaleco or Kemco they never had that breakout hit that gamers would associate with their name. Everyone reveres the bigger...
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Chōjin Sentai Jetman

Chōjin Sentai Jetman

It still blows my mind that there are fans out there that are not aware that Mighty Morphin Power Rangers is based on a long running Japanese series. Even I put two and two together years ago. In the US...
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M.U.S.H.A.

M.U.S.H.A.

 Developer: Compile    Publisher: Seismic    Release: 02/91    Genre: Shooter Ah yes, the game with the ridiculous acronym. M.U.S.H.A, or Metallic Uniframe Super Hybrid Armor is one of the greatest games for the Genesis. I love low profile games like...
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F-Zero

F-Zero

For as much as I like racing games I will admit that most of the 8-bit titles in the genre did nothing for me.  There were valiant attempts that were fun like R.C. Pro Am and Micro Machines but the...
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Rolling Thunder 2

Rolling Thunder 2

Developer: Namco    Publisher: Namco    Release: 1991   Genre: Action My first exposure to Rolling Thunder came from the Tengen NES port on one of those weird black cartridge. I did not know what to make of it at first as...
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