Time Crisis

Time Crisis

Developer: Namco    Publisher: Namco    Release: 11/12/97   Genre: Rail Shooter I have always enjoyed the yin and yang between Namco and Sega. When Sega created Virtua Fighter Tekken was not far behind. Once Virtua Cop was a hit Time Crisis...
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Vampire Night

Vampire Night

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...
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Mars Matrix

Mars Matrix

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...
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Bubble Symphony

Bubble Symphony

Developer: Taito    Publisher: Taito    Publisher: 11/27/97   Genre: Platformer Watching arcades disappear around the mid-90s was a sad sight. Not only because it was a place to meet fellow gamers before the internet became big but also because there we...
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Street Fighter II: Champion Edition

Street Fighter II: Champion Edition

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...
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Dolphin Blue

Dolphin Blue

Developer: Sammy    Publisher: Sammy    Release: 2003    Genre: Action Dolphin Blue is a 2.5D Metal Slug, let’s get that out of the way right now. The game takes obvious “inspiration” from SNK’s classic run and gun series and does not...
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Off Road Challenge

Off Road Challenge

Developer: Avalanche    Publisher: Midway    Release: 06/30/98   Genre: Racing When the 3d revolution hit racing games were one of the genres that benefited the most. To this day they continue to be showcases for new hardware and this was...
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Golden Axe: the Duel

Golden Axe: the Duel

Developer: Sega AM1   Publisher: Sega    Release: 06/27/96   Genre: Fighting Once the Saturn was released the expectation was that we would receive 32-bit updates to all of Sega’s intellectual properties. Streets of Rage, Vectorman……Sonic. Oh how na...
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Thunder & Lightning

Thunder & Lightning

Developer: Visco   Publisher: Romstar    Release: 12/90   Genre: Action Breakout is a video game classic. Like Tetris the formula is simple yet addicting and has endured for decades. To this day there are still clones of Breakout being released....
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Time Gal

Time Gal

Developer: Wolf Team   Publisher: Renovation    Release: 1993   Genre: FMV To this day I question why Sega of America focused their marketing of the Sega CD around FMV games so heavily. The system was woefully inadequate at presenting those...
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