Attack Animal Gakuen

Attack Animal Gakuen

Developer: Scitron & Art   Publisher: Pony Canyon    Release: 12/26/87   Genre: Action I was not a Sega Master System owner growing up. I was fortunate to have friends with one and had the chance to occasionally swap systems. While I...
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Die Hard (TG-16)

Die Hard (TG-16)

Developer: Pack-in-Video    Publisher: NIhon Bussan    Release: 1990   Genre: Action You can write volumes about how badly the Die Hard license has been handled within the video game space. The NES game meant well but they botched the execution...
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Kōuryū no Mimi

Kōuryū no Mimi

Developer: Vap Inc.    Publisher: Vap Inc.    Release: 12/22/95    Genre: Beat em up One element of licensed video games from Japan that I lament is that there are scores of titles based on manga and anime that never...
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Gekisha Boy

Gekisha Boy

Developer: Tomcat System   Publisher: Irem    Release: 10/02/92    Genre: Action Among the PC Engine’s many shooters, action games, and oddities, Gekisha Boy might be one of the strangest. Instead of blasting aliens or saving princesses, you are a nerv...
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Seirei Gari

Seirei Gari

Developer: Hudson Soft    Publisher: Hudson Soft    Release: 12/08/89    Genre: Adventure One of my biggest regrets with the NES library is that point and click adventure games were sparse. Back in the 80s the genre was still largely...
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Hyper Iria

Hyper Iria

Developer: TamTam    Publisher: Banpresto    Release: 10/13/95    Genre: Action The anime adaptation market in Japan is a treasure trove of hidden gems, lost classics, and sadly a mountain of crap. While there are more Gundam games than you...
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Custom Robo

Custom Robo

Developer: Noise, Inc.    Publisher: Nintendo    Release: 12/08/99    Genre: Action/RPG The Nintendo 64 was not kind to fans of Japanese RPGs. The genre finally hit the mass market thanks to Final Fantasy 7 and a veritable mountain of...
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Battle Garegga

Battle Garegga

Developer: Raizing    Publisher: Electronic Arts    Release: 02/26/96    Genre: Shooter In the early 2000s I learned about a great many shooters on internet forums. While Radiant Silvergun and Dodonpachi dominated the conversation there were a few others...
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Rastan Saga II (TG-16)

Rastan Saga II (TG-16)

Developer: Taito    Publisher: Taito    Release: 07/06/90    Genre: Action Rastan was a Sega Master System game that I was jealous of as a NES owner. There was nothing like it on my chosen platform and while it was...
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Policenauts

Policenauts

Developer: Konami    Publisher: Konami    Release: 01/19/96    Genre: Adventure This one has been a long time coming. Snatcher is my favorite Sega CD game of all time and one that I hope gets a re-release someday. But Policenauts...
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