Seiken Densetsu 3

Seiken Densetsu 3

Developer: Square    Publisher: Square    Release: 09/30/95   Genre: Action RPG Of the many Square RPGs that never came to the US during the 16-bit era Seiken Densetsu 3 probably stings the most. Secret of Mana was much beloved by fans...
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Battle Arena Toshinden

Battle Arena Toshinden

Developer: Takara    Publisher: SCEA    Release: 09/09/95    Genre: Fighting Hype. At one point in time or another most of us have fall victim to it. Nowhere is it more evident than at a new system launch. With new technology comes the...
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Vectorman

Vectorman

Developer: Blue Sky Software    Publisher: Sega    Release: 10/24/95   Genre: Action Sega of America was one of the most aggressive publishers of the 90s. In addition to localizing their Japanese titles they partnered with many development teams across ...
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Lords of Thunder Sega CD

Lords of Thunder Sega CD

Developer: Red/Hudson Soft   Publisher: Sega   Release: 03/28/95   Genre: Shooter The PC Engine and Sega Genesis share a lot of games, especially shooters. As most of these titles were arcade ports they usually hit both platforms as they...
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Super Bonk 2

Super Bonk 2

Developer: A.I Co., Ltd   Publisher: Hudson Soft    Release: 07/28/95   Genre: Platformer I’ve always liked the Bonk series. For a brief time there when NEC went head to head with Sega and Nintendo the little caveman that could was mentioned...
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Gourmet Sentai Bara Yarou

Gourmet Sentai Bara Yarou

Developer: Winds Co.    Publisher: Virgin    Release: 09/29/95    Genre: Beat em up The Super Famicom library is a treasure trove of beat em ups that never left Japan. Many are solid to great arcade ports like Undercover Cops...
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Sega Rally

Sega Rally

Developer: AM3    Publisher: Sega    Release: 11/15/95   Genre: Racing The Saturn port of Daytona USA disappointed many. While it captured the gameplay no one can deny that the graphics left a lot to be desired. Meanwhile PlayStation owners received a.....
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Violinist of Hamelin

Violinist of Hamelin

Developer: Daft Co.   Publisher: Enix   Release: 09/29/95   Genre: Action To this day I am still amazed at the depth of the SNES library. The games released in the West were great but sheer number of hidden gems...
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Ai Chō Aniki

Ai Chō Aniki

Developer: Bits Laboratory   Publisher: Masaya   Release: 02/24/95   Genre: Shooter Cho Aniki was a strange game that earned a reputation for its homoerotic imagery. What was lost in all the hoopla was the fact that it was a...
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Ridge Racer

Ridge Racer

Developer: Namco    Publisher: Namco    Release: 09/09/95    Genre: Racing Sony Imagesoft during the 16-bit era was a questionable publisher. When you have the likes of Cliffhanger and the Last Action Hero under your belt it stands to reason that peop...
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