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September 10, 2018 No Responses

Jackie Chan’s Action Kung-Fu

Developer: Now Production Publisher: Hudson Soft Release: 12/90 Genre: Action For all of Jackie Chan’s success in film his video game “career” has been less than stellar. Over the last few decades there have been close to twenty...

August 24, 2018 No Responses

Super Bomberman

Developer: Produce Publisher: Hudson Soft Release: 09/93 Genre: Action I was not a fan of Bomberman initially. The title sounded exotic and I pictured, I don’t know, Bomb Man from Mega Man in an action platformer. Instead I...

July 11, 2018 No Responses

Ninja Gaiden (PC Engine)

Developer: Tecmo Publisher: Hudson Soft Released: 01/24/92 Genre: Action If I had to make a list of the games I have spent the most time with Ninja Gaiden would be in the top five. The amount of hours I have...

June 13, 2018 No Responses

New Adventure Island

Developer: Hudson Soft Publisher: Hudson Soft Release: 1992 Genre: Platformer It was only a matter of time. Since Hudson was the PC Engine/Turbo Grafx-16’s biggest supporter it was not unreasonable to assume all of their major brands would ...

April 30, 2018 4 Responses

Adventure Island

Developer: Hudson Soft Publisher: Hudson Soft Release: 09/88 Genre: Platformer I honestly do not know when my obsession with Adventure Island began. Maybe it was the name; and island full of adventure sounds like the greatest thing in the wor...

December 20, 2017 7 Responses

Bonk’s Revenge

Developer: Red Publisher: NEC Release: 1991 Genre: Platformer Bonk’s Adventure was a good first step in establishing a new franchise. It was original, had good gameplay, and certainly looked nice for the time. NEC knew this as it was...

May 29, 2017 4 Responses

Faxanadu

Developer: Falcom Publisher: Nintendo Release: 09/89 Genre: Action RPG Despite public opinion of it becoming mixed over the last decade or so I still like Zelda II. The shift in viewpoint and gameplay turned away many and I will...

March 3, 2017 2 Responses

Hagane

Developer: Red Publisher: Hudson Soft Released: 06/95 Genre: Action As an SNES owner for the majority of the 16-bit generation certain games made me extremely jealous. Gunstar Heroes is a contender for game of the generation in my eyes.....

October 28, 2016 2 Responses

Air Zonk

Developer: Red Company Publisher: Hudson Soft Released: 1992 Genre: Shooter There were plenty of successful mascot platformers during the 16-bit age. The true sign of success came when the character would branch out into other genres. Mario would...

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