Virtua Racing
For as much as we revere Sega for their creative and original output their arcade releases were just as brilliant. I would even say that they were pioneers of arcade gaming. Their rich arcade history lead to many a Genesis...
Tag: 1994
The Firemen
Today we have thousands of games released a year on Steam alone. Yet even with that deluge of content games about firefighting are still rare. Sega gave us Brave Firefighters in the arcade and the cool but flawed Burning Rangers...
Illusion of Gaia
Developer: Quintet Publisher: Nintendo Released: September 1, 1994 Genre: Action RPG I really enjoyed Soul Blazer back when I played it in 1993. It had an interesting structure compared to the typical action RPGs of the time and was enjoyable...
Go Go Ackman
These days I’m surprised whenever a failed three volume still garners a 24 episode anime. So I shouldn’t have been so surprised to learn that a legit hit from Akira Toriyama would spawn its own miniature cottage industry. Go Go...
Shien’s Revenge
Developer: Almanic Corp Publisher: Vik Tokai Released: 1994 Genre: Action I must confess that as much as I vet my gaming purchases occasionally I’ve taken a chance on a random title. Shien’s Revenge is a game I had only read...
Android Assault
Looking back the Sega CD managed to build up a decent shooter library all things considered. While a sizable chunk of its library is composed of Genesis ports with terrible FMV the original titles are what made the system worth...
Firestriker
Developer: Axes Art Amuse Publisher: DTMC Released: October 1994 Genre: Action I’ve always appreciated the offbeat, weird titles that receive little press but fill out a console library. I like blockbuster games as much as the next ...
Gokujou Parodius
As much as I love Street Fighter I do hate what it inadvertently caused. In the 80s and early 90s arcades were home to a large variety of games in every genre. That variety dried up as fighting games took...
Snatcher
Developer: Konami Publisher: Konami Released: 1994 Genre: Adventure It is interesting to look at the landscape of the visual novel market now. If you are a fan of the genre there are more games than you can play in...
Castlevania: Bloodlines
Developer: Konami Publisher: Konami Released: March 17, 1994 Genre: Platformer Platform: Genesis Konami were one of the last major publishers to come to the Genesis but did so in grand fashion. Aside from new IP like R...