Flying Warriors

Flying Warriors

Developer: Culture Brain    Publisher: Culture Brain    Release: 02/91   Genre: Action If at first you don’t succeed try again. Flying Dragon was an attempt at distilling a karate movie in 8-bit video game form. It succeeded in some areas but...
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Super Ninja Boy

Super Ninja Boy

Developer: Culture Brain    Publisher: Culture Brain    Release: 04/93   Genre: Action RPG I was late getting around to Little Ninja Bros. on the NES. It was a game I always meant to get around to but never did. But despite...
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Flying Dragon – the Secret Scroll

Flying Dragon – the Secret Scroll

Developer: Culture Brain    Publisher: Culture Brain    Release: 08/89   Genre: Action Culture Brain is not the first name on my list of best NES publishers. But I will give them credit for coming up with some weirdly ambitious titles. The...
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Little Ninja Brothers

Little Ninja Brothers

Developer: Culture Brain   Publisher: Culture Brain    Release: 02/91   Genre: Action RPG I miss Culture Brain. I freely admit a lot of their output was downright weird. But their willingness to experiment with genre conventions also yielded some cool...
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Kung Fu Heroes

Kung Fu Heroes

Developer: Micro Academy   Publisher: Culture Brain   Release: 04/89   Genre: Action Kung Fu was one of my favorite NES games in its early months. The smooth flow of enemies and pattern based bosses taught me valuable skills that...
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The Magic of Scheherazade

The Magic of Scheherazade

Developer: Culture Brain    Publisher: Culture Brain    Released: 1989    Genre: RPG I never knew what to make of Culture Brain.  Where Capcom and Konami had signature brands everyone associated them with as well as arcade ports Culture Brain were ju...
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