Tag: action

Rygar – the Legendary Adventure
February 27, 2019 No Responses

Rygar – the Legendary Adventure

Developer: Tecmo    Publisher: Tecmo    Release: 12/2/02   Genre: Action Rygar – the Legendary Adventure was the surprise of the decade in 2002. I’m sure many like myself resigned the series to the forgotten IP heaven in the sky like other...
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Rocket Knight Adventures
February 13, 2019 No Responses

Rocket Knight Adventures

Developer: Konami    Publisher: Konami    Release: 08/05/93   Genre: Platformer When Konami first began publishing Genesis titles the initial batch was not that impressive. Sunset Riders was a compromised port and the Hyperstone Heist couldn’t decide ...
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Demon Sword
February 4, 2019 3 Responses

Demon Sword

Developer: Tose    Publisher: Taito    Release: 01/90    Genre: Action The Legend of Kage. I never liked the Legend of Kage. Considering my love for old Kung-Fu movies with their aerial hijinks it should have been a shoe in to my tastes....
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Cacoma Knight in Bizyland
February 1, 2019 No Responses

Cacoma Knight in Bizyland

Developer: Affect    Publisher: Seta    Release: 1993   Genre: Puzzle Taito’s Qix is one of the few Gameboy games I played at release. I never owned the handheld myself but appreciated it from afar. Qix, much like Tetris seemed tailor made...
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X-Men
January 23, 2019 No Responses

X-Men

Developer: Western Technologies    Publisher: Sega    Release: 1993    Genre: Action The X-Men had a, how shall we say, “Rough start” when it comes to video games. Their NES outing is one of the worst games of all time. I have reviewed...
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Whomp ‘Em
January 21, 2019 2 Responses

Whomp ‘Em

Developer: Jaleco    Publisher: Jaleco    Release: 03/91    Genre: Action ….Someone out there is probably way too proud of that title to this day. Offensive title aside Whomp ‘Em is a game that I actively avoided for no good reason. Maybe it...
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Bloody Wolf
January 16, 2019 No Responses

Bloody Wolf

Developer: Data East    Publisher: NEC   Release: 1989    Genre: Action There are many things I appreciate about the Turbo Grafx-16 library. As a shooter fan there was an embarrassment of riches. Some might even say there were too...
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The Legend of Kage
January 14, 2019 one Response

The Legend of Kage

Developer: Taito    Publisher: Taito    Release: 08/87   Genre: Action Growing up in the 80s I had an appreciation for old Kung-Fu flicks and ninja movies thanks to my older brothers. Yes, the English dubs and lip sync were bad but...
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Gunforce
January 11, 2019 No Responses

Gunforce

Developer: Bits Studio   Publisher: Irem    Release: 11/92    Genre: Action I loved Contra III. It is one of my favorite action games of all time and blew my mind back in 1992. But you can only replay a game...
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Greendog: the Beached Surfer Dude!
January 9, 2019 No Responses

Greendog: the Beached Surfer Dude!

Developer: STI    Publisher: Sega    Release: 1992   Genre: Platformer I may not have been a fan of most of Sega Technical Institute’s output but I can acknowledge that it went a long way toward broadening the system’s library. While Japan...
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