Sengoku
Developer:SNK Publisher: Data East Released: 09/22/93 Genre: Beat em up I consider myself fortunate to have grown up in an area with multiple Neo Geo MVS units. If I saw a Neo Geo game in a magazine chances are it...
Tag: 1993
Journey from Darkness: Strider Returns
Developer: Tiertex Publisher: U.S. Gold Released: 1993 Genre: Action Strider was an important release for the Sega Genesis. As the first 8-meg cartridge it opened the doors for larger games and for its time was a stellar arcade conversi...
Battletoads in Battlemaniacs
Developer: Rare Publisher: Tradewest Released: 06/93 Genre: Action Battletoads is one of the most infamous NES games of all time. It has everything you could possibly want in an action game: hard hitting action, varied gameplay, and some ...
Rolling Thunder 3
Developer: Namco Publisher: Namco Released: 1993 Genre: Action Namco took an early liking to the Sega Genesis, porting over many of its arcade titles and giving the system a boost early on. As well as their arcade ports they released...
Aero Fighters
Developer: Video System Publisher: McO’River Release: 11/94 Genre: Shooter Aero Fighters is a thoroughly solid game, let’s get that out of the way. It is also a game that is easy to forget. At a time when shooters were a...
Bram Stoker’s Dracula
Developer: Psygnosis Publisher: Sony Imagesoft Released: 1993 Genre: Action Bram Stoker’s Dracula was one of the movie events of the year. Whether the film itself was worth all of that hype is debatable but I digress. Like any popular...
First Samurai
Developer: Vivid Image Publisher: Kemco Released: 1993 Genre: Action, Platformer In my video gaming history the Amiga is a very large blind spot. I was neither from the UK or rich enough to own one so my only exposure to...
Batman Returns (Genesis)
Developer: Malibu Interactive Publisher: Sega Released: 1992 Genre: Action Batman 1989 was a phenomenon the likes of which you can’t imagine. To this day few movies can match its marketing blitz. With its success anticipation for Batman Ret...
Battle Mania Daiginjou
Developer: Vik Tokai Publisher: Vik Tokai Released: 12/24/93 Genre: Shooter I love finding hidden gems in a system’s library. There is nothing quite like discovering a game that flew under the radar that turns out to be better than...
Super Nova
Developer: Taito Publisher: Taito Release: 1993 Genre: Shooter The Darius series is no stranger to name changes. When Darius II was ported to home systems it was renamed Sagaia. I do not know who or what a Sagaia is...