Tag: action

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Developer: Capcom    Publisher: NEC    Release: 06/12/93   Genre: Fighting Once Street Fighter II hit the SNES the floodgates were open. Arcade games previously thought impossible for home release were ported to the 16-bit consoles en masse. While the S...