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August 8, 2025 No Responses

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...

July 25, 2025 No Responses

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...

July 21, 2025 No Responses

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...

July 14, 2025 No Responses

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...

June 18, 2025 No Responses

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...

June 9, 2025 one Response

Bubblegum Crash: Knight Sabers 2034

Developer: Naxat Soft Publisher: Spiel Release: 12/06/91 Genre: Visual Novel It has been interesting exploring the PC Engine library. While we received lots of shooters and awful platform games in the West Japan received games in all genres...

May 30, 2025 No Responses

Super Bomberman 4

Developer: Produce Co. Publisher: Hudson Soft Release: 04/26/96 Genre: Action In the West the 16-bit consoles were beginning to wind down by 1995. We had some classics to be sure but it was apparent that all eyes...

May 21, 2025 No Responses

Power Gate

Developer: Pack-in-Video Publisher: Pack-in-Video Release: 08/30/91 Genre: Shooter Sometimes I wonder what goes through the minds of developers that release a subpar game. The PC Engine is a shooter paradise with a library that rivals the best o...

May 7, 2025 No Responses

Hellfire S

Developer: Toaplan Publisher: NEC Avenue Release: 04/12/91 Genre: Shooter Zero Wing has been the butt of internet jokes for a few decades now and rightfully so. That localization is downright hilarious. But underneath that is a game that...

April 23, 2025 No Responses

Altered Beast (PS2)

Developer: Sega WOW Publisher: Sega Release: 02/24/05 Genre: Action When Sega went third party it presented a huge opportunity. With three platforms to support in addition to the PC they could reach deep in to their catalog of intellectual...

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