Ane-San
Developer: NEC Avenue Publisher: NEC Avenue Release: 02/24/95 Genre: Action Delinquents and beat ‘em ups go together like peanut butter and jelly. In Japan it is the go to when you want to pound some faces in...
Tag: action
Dinosaurs for Hire
Developer: Sega Interactive Publisher: Sega Release: 10/93 Genre: Action Dinosaurs for Hire? In the land of media this is far from the strangest idea out there. After all we have Biker Mice from Mars and Turtles that are...
Saiyuuki World
Developer: Westone Publisher: Jaleco Release: 11/11/88 Genre: Platformer I was not a fan of Wonder Boy, both in the arcade and on the Master System. I did not like it when it was ported to the NES as...
Kaizou Choujin Shubibinman Zero
Developer: Masaya Publisher: NCS Release: 03/20/97 Genre: Action Masaya’s Shubibinman series had the potential to be the PC Engine’s Mega Man, a kick ass run and gun series full of action and robots. To a degree they were exactly that...
Risky Woods
Developer: Electronic Arts Publisher: Electronic Arts Release: 1992 Genre: Action My interest in the titles Electronic Arts releases waxes and wanes. I am not much of a sports game fan so most of their output does not interest...
Vampire Night
Developer: Wow Entertainment Publisher: Namco Release: 11/13/01 Genre: Action In the mid to late 90s Sega and Namco went back and forth creating arcade hits to compete with each other. When Sega made Virtua Fighter Tekken was not far...
Mars Matrix
Developer: Takumi Publisher: Capcom Release: 04/30/01 Genre: Shooter In my nascent bullet hell days many years ago many swore by Mars Matrix as one of the best games in the genre. As someone who still only occasionally dips their toes...
Donald Duck: Goin’ Quackers
Developer: Ubi Soft Publisher: Ubi Soft Release: 12/20/00 Genre: Platformer Many parties would touch the Disney license over the years. And to be completely honest for the most part it was treated right. While we (rightfully) give props to...
Silent Bomber
Developer: CyberConnect Publisher: Bandai Release: 04/00 Genre: Action Bomberman Act Zero is an embarrassment to the venerable series. I can understand the reasoning behind its creation: with an aging gaming population Hudson wanted to create a vers...
Pop‘n Twinbee: Rainbow Bell Adventures
sDeveloper: Konami Publisher: Konami Release: 01/07/94 Genre: Action It is not fair. Konami brought many of their Japanese shooters and platformers to Europe but not the US and I am still jealous to this day. Many of these are some...