Tag: action

 Developer: Recreational Brainware    Publisher: Sega    Release: 1992   Genre: Action The explosive popularity of the Tasmanian devil has always baffled me. In the 90s he was everywhere: the cartoon had a four year run, there was plenty of merchandise,...

Developer: SNK    Publisher: SNK    Release: 07/90   Genre: Action RPG Action RPGs did not have a good go of it on the NES in the early years. Deadly Towers and Hydlide, despite their ambition, were the type of titles that...

Developer: Naxat Soft   Publisher: Naxat Soft   Release: 09/28/90   Genre: Shooter Video games have always fallen through the cracks. These days the number of games that release daily borders on insanity and it is impossible to keep up....

Developer: Imagineering Inc.   Publisher: Acclaim    Release:12/92   Genre: Action When the Simpsons hit they hit big. And with any popular property the licensed tie-ins came fast. While a lot of us were excited for the Simpsons video games as the years...

Developer: N.H. System   Publisher: Namco   Release: 12/11/90   Genre: Action When you think about it Alice in Wonderland makes for the perfect backdrop for video games. With its fairy plot of Alice visiting ever stranger worlds it has...

Developer: AIM   Publisher: Hudson Soft   Release: 1993   Genre: Platformer Inspector Gadget. Now here is a cartoon I have not thought about in decades. Inspector Gadget was once one of the coolest cartoons of my childhood. The bumbling...

Developer: ReadySoft   Publisher: ReadySoft   Release: 1994   Genre: Action Anyone who saw Dragon’s Lair in the arcade had to play it. More than likely they did not get very far but still you had to experience it at...

Developer: Hi-Score Media   Publisher: Hi-Score Media   Release: 07/03/87   Genre: Action I remember looking forward to Activision’s Zombie Master based on nothing more than the cover and descriptive text in its ads. The box art looked totally bad ass...

Developer: Bitmap Bros.   Publisher: Mindscape    Release: 1992   Genre: Action Action puzzle games are usually not my cup of tea. Not that I am a meathead but if given the choice between shooting fools in Contra III or taxing my...