Metamor Jupiter
Developer: Flight Plan Publisher: NEC Release: 01/22/93 Genre: Shooter I am a sucker for anime art. Back in the day when anime was a rare commodity and publishers did everything they could to hide a game’s Japanese...
Tag: action
Cool Spot SNES
Developer: Virgin Publisher: Virgin Release: 12/10/93 Genre: Action Cool Spot was one of the most pleasant surprises of the 16-bit era. Virgin were an incredible developer back then, able to churn out excellent original titles as well as lice...
Gimmick
Developer: Sunsoft Publisher: Sunsoft Release: 01/31/92 Genre: Action Sunsoft next to Konami and a few others pushed the NES harder than most. Artistically they released stunning titles like Batman and Gremlins 2. Technically they achieved thing...
Pac-Mania
Developer: Namco Publisher: Tengen Release: 1991 Genre: Action Pac-Man. If you are over the age of 35 chances are you have played some incarnation of Namco’s classic. But while the original arcade game is an indelible part of...
Platoon
Developer: Ocean Publisher: Sunsoft Release: 12/88 Genre: Action Platoon was one of the most impenetrable games I tried to play back in the day. In the days where it was common to borrow games without the instruction manual I had...
Violinist of Hamelin
Developer: Daft Co. Publisher: Enix Release: 09/29/95 Genre: Action To this day I am still amazed at the depth of the SNES library. The games released in the West were great but sheer number of hidden gems...
Turrican
Developer: Rainbow Arts Publisher: Accolade Release: 06/91 Genre: Action Turrican was an institution in Europe. Some compared it to Contra however the two games are vastly different. With its massive levels ripe for exploration and excellent chip...
The Uncanny X-Men
Developer: Unknown Publisher: LJN Release: 12/89 Genre: Action Take a trip down memory lane with me. Imagine being 10 years old in 1990 with a cool $50 in Birthday money burning in your pocket. The video game aisle in Toys...
The Addams Family
Developer: Ocean Publisher: Ocean Release: 03/92 Genre: Platformer Ocean Software was not one of my favorite publishers back in the day. As the European Acclaim they flooded the market with licensed video games that were usually not very...
Ai Chō Aniki
Developer: Bits Laboratory Publisher: Masaya Release: 02/24/95 Genre: Shooter Cho Aniki was a strange game that earned a reputation for its homoerotic imagery. What was lost in all the hoopla was the fact that it was a...