Tag: Acclaim

Developer: Rare     Publisher: Acclaim     Released: 1990    Genre: Action I will forever remember NARC as the game with the aggressive anti-drug message. There is nothing wrong with that of course; it means their message was effective if I still rem...

Developer: Taito     Released: Acclaim     Released: 1995     Genre: Shooter I’ve made fun of the deluge of shooters during the 16-bit era in the arcade and at home. But I do it out of love. That being said I genuinely missed the...

Developer: Imagineering Co.     Publisher: Acclaim     Released: February 1991     Genre: Platformer The Simpsons license has a long and storied history within the video game industry. Sadly most of it is bad. You can place the blame on Acclaim, wh...

Developer: Zippo Games     Publisher: Acclaim     Released: March 1992     Genre: Action-Adventure When it comes down to it I don’t know if I can honestly say I ever liked the Wizards & Warriors series. I have fond memories of the first game....

Developer: Micronics     Publisher: Acclaim     Released: 1987     Genre: Shooter One day I will learn why so many NES publishers turned to Micronics to develop Nintendo ports of their arcade games. You would think after seeing the sorry state of t...

Developer: Pack-in-Video      Publisher: Acclaim      Released: May 1988      Genre: Action      Platform: NES Rambo for NES is commonly accepted as one of the worst games of all time.  That is a pretty lofty statement.  And you know what...

Demolition Man was the action blockbuster of 1994.  Well, at least one of them.  Honestly that was a pretty stellar year for action movies with the likes of True Lies, Speed, and the Professional in theaters. But unlike schlock like...

Smash T.V. was a phenomenon in the arcade and next to Street Fighter 2 and Turtles in Time is the game I probably poured the most quarters into.  It’s easy to see why: the Running Man was a popular movie...

Developer: Beam Software    Publisher: LJN    Release: 09/89    Genre: Action Adventure Back to the Future is legendary as one of the worst NES games of all time. Volumes have been written about just how bad it truly is. And all of...