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January 21, 2026 No Responses

Ridge Racer Revolution

Developer: Namco Publisher: Namco Release:09/30/96 Genre: Racing Ridge Racer is one of the most important games of the PlayStation launch. Sony was new to being a platform holder and needed hit games to create an air of...

January 19, 2026 No Responses

World Heroes Perfect

Developer: ADK Publisher: SNK Release: 08/09/96 Genre: Fighting Next to Eternal Champions World Heroes has one of the best concepts in the fighting game genre. A mad scientist brings together the greatest figures in history to see...

November 17, 2025 No Responses

Hang-On GP

Developer: Genki Publisher: Sega Release: 01/96 Genre: Racing Ah, Hang-On. Hang-On was one of the first Sega Master System games I ever played. Of course that is because it was packed in with the system but I digress. It...

July 21, 2025 No Responses

Battle Garegga

Developer: Raizing Publisher: Electronic Arts Release: 02/26/96 Genre: Shooter In the early 2000s I learned about a great many shooters on internet forums. While Radiant Silvergun and Dodonpachi dominated the conversation there were a few others...

June 18, 2025 No Responses

Policenauts

Developer: Konami Publisher: Konami Release: 01/19/96 Genre: Adventure This one has been a long time coming. Snatcher is my favorite Sega CD game of all time and one that I hope gets a re-release someday. But Policenauts...

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...

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