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February 19, 2018 3 Responses

Soukyugurentai

Developer: Raizing Publisher: Electronic Arts Released: 02/07/97 Genre: Shooter I consider myself somewhat of a lapsed shooter fan. In the 8 & 16-bit era when you couldn’t sneeze without running into a shmup. But as the PlayStation and Saturn came...

November 24, 2017 2 Responses

Extreme-G

With the advent of home console 3d the racing genre literally exploded in the late 90s. It isn’t like today where we are lucky to get a few sim racers and maybe an arcade racer a year. Racing games run...

November 22, 2017 one Response

Harmful Park

Developer: Sky Think Systems Co Ltd Publisher: Sky Think Systems Co Ltd Released: 02/14/97 Genre: Shooter By the mid-90s the shooter genre had a problem: there were too many! Whether it was on consoles or especially in the arcade no...

October 16, 2017 one Response

Castlevania: Symphony of the Night

Developer: KCET Publisher: Konami Released: 10/02/97 Genre: Action/Adventure Castlevania: Symphony of the Night is one of the greatest games of all time. Let’s get that out the way right now. In 1997 when everyone was creating 3d games, whe...

August 18, 2017 2 Responses

Diddy Kong Racing

Developer: Rare Publisher: Nintendo Released: 10/31/97 Genre: Racing Mario Kart 64 was one of the biggest releases of 1997. As the long awaited sequel to the original SNES game the move to 3d did wonders for its track design. While....

May 15, 2017 No Responses

Elevator Action Returns

Developer: Ving Publisher: Taito Release: 02/14/97 Genre: Action To get the most out of the Sega Saturn you had to be a fan of import gaming. There were plenty of great releases but the vast majority of the truly...

January 12, 2017 No Responses

Mega Man 8

Developer: Capcom Publisher: Capcom Release: 03/25/97 Genre: Platformer It’s no secret that certain people at Sony in the US frowned upon 2d games. While a few snuck by early on it would take a change in leadership before the...

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