Balloon Fight
Developer: Nintendo Publisher: Nintendo Release: 06/86 Genre: Action I am not usually one to chase high scores. Even in the heyday of the arcade it was rarely my thing. It takes a truly exceptional game for me...
Tag: action
Marvel Cosmic Invasion
Developer: Tribute Games Publisher: Dotemu Release: 12/01/25 Genre: Beat em up Also on: Nintendo Switch, Switch 2, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series The Avengers...
Disney’s Beauty & the Beast: Roar of the Beast
Developer: Software Creations Publisher: Sunsoft Release: 1993 Genre: Action The excellent Disney game renaissance that started with Capcom on the NES continued into the 16-bit era and was even better. Even more surprising was the number of...
Silent Assault
Developer: Joy Van Publisher: Color Dreams Release: 1990 Genre: Action Contra is one of my favorite NES games of all time. Even though I am not much of a multiplayer gamer these days when I was young...
Sword of the Berserk: Guts’ Rage
Developer: Yuke’s Publisher: Eidos Release: 03/15/00 Genre: Action The Dreamcast was supposed to be the comeback story for Sega. For the most part they did everything right, from hardware and ease of development to repairing developer rela...
Samurai Shodown (SNES)
Developer: Monolith Corp. Publisher: Takara Release: 1994 Genre: Fighting Of all of all SNK’s innumerable fighting game series Samurai Shodown might be my favorite. As one of the first weapons based fighting games the visceral combat was...
Comix Zone
Developer: Sega Technical Institute Publisher: Sega Release: 1995 Genre: Beat em up By the end of the 16-bit era the side scrolling beat em up was starting to get stale. Despite the presence of monsters in the arcade...
Veigues Tactical Gladiator
Developer: Bits Laboratory Publisher: NEC Release: 1990 Genre: Action This one. I always knew there was something off about Veigues: Tactical Gladiators. The back of the box is a flawed method of determining a game’s quality. I bought The...
Shinobi: Art of Vengeance
Developer: Lizardcube Publisher: Sega Release: 08/29/25 Genre: Action Also on: Nintendo Switch, PS5, Xbox Series It...
The Adventures of Dr. Franken
Developer: Motivetime Publisher: DTMC Release: 12/93 Genre: Platformer I was not a handheld gamer growing up. For the most part I played many of the portable greats on borrowed systems but as far as owning one myself...