Tiger Road

Tiger Road

Developer: Capcom     Publisher: NEC     Released: 1990    Genre: Action As an early adopter of the Turbo Grafx-16 the pickings were slim initially. After the launch period releases were sporadic and unless you liked sports or shooters you were screwed. As...
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Breath of Fire

Breath of Fire

Developer: Capcom     Publisher: Square Soft    Released: 08/10/94    Genre: RPG Capcom is one of the most versatile developers in the world. From platformers to shooters and fighting games in their heyday they covered nearly every genre. The one notab...
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Arcade Gears – Three Wonders

Arcade Gears – Three Wonders

Developer: Capcom    Publisher: Xing Entertainment    Released: April 2, 1998    Genre: Compilation I loved Capcom’s Three Wonders in the arcade. Released before the fighting game boom would take over the arcade it offered three enjoyable titles in one...
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Final Fight 3

Final Fight 3

Developer: Capcom     Publisher: Capcom     Released: 01/96     Genre: Beat em up Final Fight 3 was a bit of an anomaly at release. 1995 was a sequel heavy year for Capcom, with Mega Man X3, Mega Man 7 and Breath of...
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Disney Adventures in the Magic Kingdom

Disney Adventures in the Magic Kingdom

Developer: Capcom    Publisher: Capcom    Released: 1990    Genre: Platformer Disney Adventures in the Magic Kingdom is an unusual release. As essentially an advertisement for the Disney World theme parks it should be awful. Who wants to play a video g...
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X-Men: Mutant Apocalypse

X-Men: Mutant Apocalypse

Developer: Capcom     Publisher: Capcom     Released: 1994     Genre: Beat em up The X-Men license did not get off to a good start on the SNES. Spider-Man & the X-Men in Arcade’s Revenge was not a good game in spite of its...
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Journey from Darkness: Strider Returns

Journey from Darkness: Strider Returns

Developer: Tiertex     Publisher: U.S. Gold     Released: 1993     Genre: Action Strider was an important release for the Sega Genesis. As the first 8-meg cartridge it opened the doors for larger games and for its time was a stellar arcade conversi...
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1941: Counter Attack

1941: Counter Attack

Developer: Capcom    Publisher: Hudson Soft    Released: 08/23/91    Genre: Shooter I like Capcom’s 19XX series of shooters but can freely admit they did not have the best start. 1942 was decent for its time if a bit simple. Most...
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Willow

Willow

Developer: Capcom     Publisher: Capcom     Released: 1989     Genre: Action RPG Capcom was one of the most prolific NES developers. Next to Konami, Sunsoft and Nintendo they also probably have the highest hit ratio in terms of their releases. And w...
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Ghouls ‘n Ghosts

Ghouls ‘n Ghosts

Developer: NEC Avenue     Publisher: NEC Avenue     Released: 01/27/90     Genre: Platformer The Turbo Grafx-16, much like the Genesis, was home to many arcade ports. Many of these were arcade perfect or close. But by 1991 the system was...
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