Tag: action

King of Demons (Majyuuou)
December 9, 2016 2 Responses

King of Demons (Majyuuou)

Developer: KSS    Publisher: KSS    Released: 08/25/95    Genre: Action While we are familiar with Japanese publishers such as Capcom, Konami, and Square Enix over the decades there have been many companies that have flirted with game’s publishing that you...
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Batman
December 5, 2016 2 Responses

Batman

Developer: Sunsoft    Publisher: Sunsoft    Release: 02/90   Genre: Action Movie licensed video games are bad. Even at a young age I knew this was a fact. After suffering through the likes of ET for the Atari 2600, Back to the...
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Mitsume ga Tooru
November 28, 2016 one Response

Mitsume ga Tooru

Developer: Natsume     Publisher: Tomy     Released: July 17, 1992     Genre: Platformer Capcom, Konami, and to a lesser extent Sunsoft are revered for putting out legendary NES titles. Their reputations are wholly deserved as some of the fondest N...
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Steel Empire
November 24, 2016 No Responses

Steel Empire

Developer: Hot-B     Publisher: Flying Edge     Released: 1992     Genre: Shooter As much as I loved shooters growing up they did become over saturated with releases in a very short period. The Genesis, Turbo Grafx-16 and the arcade saw an innumera...
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Code Name: Viper
November 21, 2016 one Response

Code Name: Viper

Capcom were pioneers on the NES, able to balance their output with between arcade conversions and original titles.  Even their “ports” to the NES tended to become completely original games, often vastly superior to the arcade brethren.  This was ...
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Wonder Boy in Monster World
November 10, 2016 one Response

Wonder Boy in Monster World

The Wonder Boy games started out as slightly unique platformers at the genre’s beginning but it wouldn’t be long before the series would explore other genres.  Wonder Boy III: Monster Lair was a weird shooter/platformer hybrid that wasn’t successful...
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Blaster Master
November 7, 2016 2 Responses

Blaster Master

Blaster Master is a game I didn’t think highly of initially.  That more than likely has to do with the terrible Worlds of Power novelization I read beforehand.  Talk about coloring your expectations.  But after about ten minutes I began...
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Night Creatures
November 5, 2016 No Responses

Night Creatures

I remember Night Creatures from first issue of Gamepro.  Their review gave it average scores across the board and briefly listed its many faults.  I also remember thinking they were crazy; how could this game that looked so cool be...
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Magical Pop’n
November 1, 2016 2 Responses

Magical Pop’n

Developer: Pack-In-Video   Publisher: Polestar Co.  Released: 03/10/95   Genre: Action As I plumb the import libraries of these old consoles I am continually astounded at the sheer number of hidden gems most have never heard of. You’ll hear plenty ab...
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Target Earth
October 27, 2016 No Responses

Target Earth

Developer: Masaya    Publisher: Dreamworks    Release: 1990   Genre: Action The NES library covered pretty much all genres but conspicuously absent were games starring giant robots. No, Probotector does not count. If you explore the Famicom library you ...
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