Saint Sword
Developer: Cyclone System Publisher: Taito Released: 1991 Genre: Action I am a sucker for a good fantasy novel or movie. The Dragonlance series of books were some of my favorites so any game that came close to...
Tag: action
Dungeon Explorer II
Developer: Hudson Soft Publisher: TTI Released: 1993 Genre: Action RPG If you were a RPG fan and owned a Turbo Grafx-16 the pickings were slim. While its PC Engine counterpart had a healthy role playing library unless you had...
River City Ransom
Developer: Technos Japan Publisher: American Technos Released: 01/90 Genre: Beat ’em up River City Ransom is one of the greatest NES games of all time. Many have known this for decades but I am a recent convert....
Fox’s Peter Pan and the Pirates
Developer: Equilibrium Inc. Publisher: THQ Released: January 1991 Genre: Action I remember Peter Pan and the Pirates as a cartoon that focused on the fun side of being a kid forever. It came on during the day so...
Fatal Fury
Developer: SNK Publisher: Takara Released: 1993 Genre: Fighting Anyone gamer who grew up in the 80s and 90s coveted the Neo Geo. A console with perfect arcade conversions was like the Holy Grail. The problem was no one could...
Flicky
Developer: Sega Publisher: Sega Released: 1991 Genre: Action I admit to being ignorant to most of Sega’s early arcade history. For myself Sega did not exist until I played the Master System and Hang-On in 1989. While most...
G-Loc Air Battle
Developer: Probe Publisher: Sega Released: 1992 Genre: Action G-Loc was one of Sega’s most interesting arcade units. The R-360 cabinet would rotate in every direction and even do a full 360 to simulate the onscreen action. It is...
Rockin’ Kats
Developer: Atlus Publisher: Atlus Released: September 1991 Genre: Platformer Atlus is not a name I have ever associated with 2d platforming. While they are synonymous with RPGs now there was a brief period early on when they experimente...
Metal Warriors
Developer: Lucas Arts Publisher: Konami Released: 04/95 Genre: Action You can be forgiven for thinking Metal Warriors is part of the Assault Suit series. The look is not just reminiscent of that series, it is near identical. A quick glance...
Starship Hector
Developer: Hudson Soft Publisher: Hudson Soft Released: 06/90 Genre: Shooter Star Soldier was a big hit on the NES and one of the first big shooter series after Gradius. This was in Japan, where the series became a staple for...