Thunder Fox
Developer: Taito Publisher: Taito Release: 1991 Genre: Action Of the many titles in the Genesis’s early years Thunder Fox is one that I frequently forget. Thunder Fox was not a significant hit in the arcade but a...
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Batman Returns (NES)
Developer: Konami Publisher: Konami Release: 01/93 Genre: Beat ’em up As the movie event of the year Batman Returns hit every viable platform on the market. Even European PCs received some version of the game. So it stands to...
World Heroes 2
Developer: ADK Publisher: Takara Release: 09/94 Genre: Fighting Takara were a god send for fans of Neo Geo games during the 16-bit era. For those that wanted to play SNK’s games at home the prospect of owning the...
Taz-Mania
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,...
Crystalis
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...
W Ring – the Double Ring
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....
The Simpsons: Bartman meets Radioactive Man
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...
Märchen Maze
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...
Inspector Gadget
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...
