Cocoron
Developer: Takeru Publisher: Sur de Wave Release: 05/03/91 Genre: Action Cocoron is the type of game I would have appreciated later in the NES’ life. By the end of its run the NES library was overrun by licensed...
Tag: action
Metal Combat: Falcon’s Revenge
Developer: Intelligent Systems Publisher: Nintendo Release: 12/93 Genre: Action Battle Clash was one of the best reasons to own a Super Scope 6. While most light gun games were cut down arcade ports or simple games Battle Clash was...
Wonder Boy III: Monster Lair
Developer: Westone Publisher: Sega Release: 1991 Genre: Action As much as I find the Wonder Boy lineage and naming scheme confusing as hell I have always appreciated the series ability to change at the drop of a dime. Wonder...
Superman
Developer: Kotobuki System Co. Publisher: Kemco Release: 12/88 Genre: Action I have been a comic book fan my entire life. With that in mind any video game based on a comic book would get my attention. Unfortunately my...
Wolfchild
Developer: Core Design Publisher: Virgin Release: 06/93 Genre: Action In the 16-bit era Amiga ports to home consoles were common. Since the Amiga was not as popular in the US I am sure for most this was our only...
Pac-Land
Developer: Namco Publisher: NEC Release: 01/90 Genre: Action Pac-Man has led an interesting life as a video game character. Common sense would say Namco should have created a direct sequel with another set of mazes to follow up such a...
1943
Developer: Capcom Publisher: Capcom Release: 10/88 Genre: Shooter Capcom and their early NES games had a bad reputation. While most of us have fond memories of games like Ghosts ‘n Goblins and Commando they were riddled with severe performan...
DoReMi Fantasy: Milon’s DokiDoki Adventure
Developer: Hudson Soft Publisher: Hudson Soft Release: 03/22/96 Genre: Platformer Milon’s Secret Castle is one of the worst NES games of all time. It tried many different things and failed at nearly all of them to create an inscrutable...
Fighting Masters
Developer: Aicom Publisher: Treco Release: 1992 Genre: Action Street Fighter II changed the fighting game genre forever. But it is interesting to look back on the games that came before it. There were many interesting takes on the...
Dragon Scroll – Yomigaerishi Maryuu
Developer: Konami Publisher: Konami Release: 12/4/87 Genre: Action RPG Konami could do no wrong in the 80s. At least that was my prevailing thought as they released hit after hit in almost every genre. One genre they shied away...