Tag: brawler

I discovered Fist of the North Star at a far too young age.  My family had bought a random issue of the Viz single-issue release and the violence and casual nudity blew my mind.  Fast forward nearly a decade and...

Alien Storm is a strange one for me.  I remember indifferent to it at first.  It was rare to see it in the arcade and I only remember giving it a shot once or twice.  I didn’t dislike the game...

The end of every console’s life is always bittersweet. In most cases some of the best games in a system’s library are released in its twilight years. On the other hand shovelware and low budget crap also come in droves....

Final Fight for the SNES disappointed many, not once but twice.  While the game sold well the public outcry could not be denied.  As a mea culpa Capcom created Final Fight 2 exclusively for the SNES.  It’s a bit strange...

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III – the Manhattan Project is often forgotten among the games in the series.  It’s easy to see why; as a 1992 release most of the industry and gamer’s attention was squarely on the SNES.  It...

Developer: Capcom     Publisher: Capcom     Released: April 1994     Genre: Beat em up It’s interesting to look back and see how much Capcom were into exploring RPG mechanics with their various games in the 90s.  Magic Sword dipped its toes in t...

Developer: FACE     Publisher: Sankindo     Released: December 21, 1990     Genre: Action Cyber Cross was not a good game.  It was the kind of generic pap you get not long after a system launch and was mediocre in every way.  It was...

In spite of their flaws I genuinely like the Double Dragon games.  I’m sure like most it was my introduction to the beat em up genre and would remain the one I judged subsequent games against.  The NES version of...

Developer: Data East    Publisher: Data East    Release: 07/90   Genre: Beat em up Part of what I enjoy the most about writing this blog is revisiting games that I remember fondly.  For the most part the games that were great...