Tag: Konami

Castlevania
October 2, 2017 6 Responses

Castlevania

Developer: Konami     Publisher: Konami     Released: 05/87     Genre: Action Castlevania was a game ahead of its time. When the NES launched in the US for the majority of that first year its main software came from Nintendo. As the third party...
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Spotlight: Castlevania Part 1
October 1, 2017 2 Responses

Spotlight: Castlevania Part 1

  Castlevania has been one of my favorite series in gaming for as long as I can remember. Always difficult and yet so satisfying their measured pace and dark theme stood out among the early NES library. The series has...
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Detana!! Twinbee
September 6, 2017 2 Responses

Detana!! Twinbee

Developer: Konami    Publisher: Konami    Release: 02/28/92   Genre: Shooter The fact that I like Detana!! Twinbee so much is one of the biggest surprises of my gaming life. I was not a fan of Stinger, the lone game in the...
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Gradius II
August 28, 2017 2 Responses

Gradius II

Developer: Konami    Publisher: Konami    Release: 12/16/88    Genre: Shooter I am sure there are millions like myself who just assumed that Konami’s Life Force was the sequel to Gradius. Both shared similar ships and near identical power-up systems ...
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II – the Arcade Game
August 4, 2017 one Response

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II – the Arcade Game

Developer: Konami    Publisher: Ultra Games    Release: 12/90   Genre: Beat em up Next to Turtles in Time and Street Fighter 2 I can safely say that there is not another arcade game I have pumped more quarters in than Konami’s...
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Life Force
July 10, 2017 3 Responses

Life Force

Developer: Konami    Publisher: Konami    Release: 08/88   Genre: Shooter I along with millions of kids always assumed Life Force was the sequel to Gradius. It would come a year later, feature an identical power-up system and even star the same...
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Contra (Japan)
June 23, 2017 one Response

Contra (Japan)

Developer: Konami    Publisher: Konami    Release: 02/09/88   Genre: Action We live in a time now where a significant number of Japanese video games are released almost simultaneously worldwide. That is a tremendous feat regardless of title but is espec...
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Contra Spirits
June 22, 2017 No Responses

Contra Spirits

Developer: Ei-How Yang    Publisher: Hosenkan Electronics    Released: 1997    Genre: Action As a fan of Contra I was shocked to learn of the staggering number of bootleg and unlicensed games in the series created overseas. Most of these games were si...
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Neo Contra
June 20, 2017 2 Responses

Neo Contra

Developer: KCET    Publisher: Konami    Released: 10/19/04    Genre: Action Contra saw some dark days but Konami was able to right the ship with Contra: Shattered Soldier. Although it was incredibly difficult it had everything you could want in a next...
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Contra: Shattered Soldier
June 19, 2017 4 Responses

Contra: Shattered Soldier

Developer: KCET     Publisher: Konami     Released: 10/23/2002     Genre: Action At the end of the PlayStation era Contra as a series was in danger of fading away. What once stood for some of the most bad ass action games on the...
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