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May 30, 2025 No Responses

Super Bomberman 4

Developer: Produce Co. Publisher: Hudson Soft Release: 04/26/96 Genre: Action In the West the 16-bit consoles were beginning to wind down by 1995. We had some classics to be sure but it was apparent that all eyes...

April 16, 2025 No Responses

Project: Horned Owl

Developer: AlfaSystem Publisher: SCEA Release: 08/09/96 Genre: Rail Shooter Virtua Cop revolutionized the light gun shooter genre in the arcade with its 3d graphics and dynamic camera angles. Like Virtua Fighter and Virtua Racing it would ins...

April 14, 2025 No Responses

The King of Fighters ’95

Developer: Rutubo Games Publisher: SNK Release: 03/28/96 Genre: Fighting At its core the King of Fighters is a simple concept. A three vs. three style tournament is something that has been done before even on the NES. However taking...

March 17, 2025 No Responses

DonPachi

Developer: Cave Publisher: Atlus Release: 04/26/96 Genre: Shooter The shmup genre is notable for being hard. That is one of the ways it derives its replay value. To complete some of the best shooters out there will require...

February 17, 2025 No Responses

Guardian Heroes

Developer: Treasure Publisher: Sega Release: 04/24/96 Genre: Beat em up Sega had a lot of partnerships with smaller developers in Japan that yielded many underrated classics like Ranger-X and Pulseman. But few were as impressive as Treasure. R...

February 14, 2025 No Responses

Kirby Super Star

Developer: HAL Laboratory Publisher: Nintendo Release: 09/96 Genre: Platformer Kirby had a strange start to his SNES adventures. His first outings on the Nintendo’s 16-bit wonder were a puzzle game and strange version of miniature golf. While...

December 6, 2024 No Responses

Cu-On-Pa

Developer: T&E Soft Publisher: T&E Soft Release: 12/20/96 Genre: Puzzle It is hard to be innovative within the puzzle game space. Tetris is so perfect that it has endured with very few changes and additions. The match three genre stil...

September 13, 2024 No Responses

Monstania

Developer: Amcuss, Bits Laboratory Publisher: Pack-in-Video Release: 09/27/96 Genre: Strategy RPG Tactical RPGs were not common during the 16-bit era. While we all have fond memories of Shining Force and if you are hardcore Ogre Battle the...

August 21, 2024 No Responses

Battle Arena Toshinden 2

Developer: Takara Publisher: Playmates Release: Genre: Fighting Battle Arena Toshinden alongside Ridge Racer helped give the fledgling PlayStation an air of legitimacy as a brand new console. Where systems like the 3DO and Jaguar floundered d...

August 19, 2024 No Responses

Batsugun

Developer: Gazelle Publisher: Banpresto Release: 10/25/96 Genre: Shooter This one has been a long time coming. In my early days on the internet I discovered the vast Saturn import library of shooters. The list is insane and...

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