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May 26, 2017 one Response

Super R-Type

Developer: Irem Publisher: Irem Released: September 1991 Genre: Shooter Super R-Type was my introduction to the series. Where most had the fortune of playing versions on the Master System, Turbo Grafx or the original arcade game I was not as...

May 1, 2017 No Responses

Vice: Project Doom

I’m ashamed to admit I wrote off Vice: Project Doom for a very long time. I thought the box art was lame so I avoided it. At this point I should also mention that I bought Marvel’s X-Men the same...

April 19, 2017 2 Responses

Streets of Rage

With Final Fight setting the arcade on fire naturally most were anxious for a home port. Unfortunately for Sega owners the SNES would receive the exclusive for a number of years. Not one to let their fans down Sega would...

March 27, 2017 No Responses

The Lone Ranger

Towards the end of the NES life Konami released licensed games targeted at western gamers rather than sequels to their intellectual properties. Tiny Toon Adventures, Mission Impossible, and Bucky O’Hare were among this crop but they even had obscure li...

March 14, 2017 No Responses

Valis III (Genesis)

For the brave gamers who decided to take a chance with Valis the first few games were a lesson in mediocrity. I won’t deny that there is a certain charm to those games but they were also average in every...

March 6, 2017 one Response

Valis – the Fantasm Soldier

Developer: Telenet Publisher: Renovation Released: August 15, 1991 Genre: Action I really miss Renovation Software. They never really had a breakout hit in the 90s but they brought out a wide variety of titles. Some were good, some...

March 1, 2017 No Responses

Wings of Wor

Now here’s one you don’t hear about too often. In the Sega Genesis’s library shooters starring angels of destruction can be counted on one hand with extra fingers. You would think that would be enough to give Wings of Wor...

January 16, 2017 No Responses

Fuzzical Fighter

Developer: Make Software Publisher: Sigma Enterprises Released: May 17, 1991 Genre: Shooter I loved the Guardian Legend when I got it for Christmas as a surprise gift in 1990. There was nothing else like it and I loved both...

December 23, 2016 No Responses

Final Fight

Final Fight is one of the most popular arcade games of all time. In terms of its relevance it did for beat em ups what Street Fighter did for fighting games. It wasn’t the first in its genre but it...

November 15, 2016 2 Responses

Sugoro Quest

Developer: Technos Japan Publisher: Technos Japan Released: June 28, 1991 Genre: RPG Sugoro Quest is the type of game that would definitely have been one of my favorites back in the day. While my friends wouldn’t give awesome...

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