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December 21, 2018 2 Responses

Salamander

Developer: Konami Publisher: Konami Release: 12/06/91 Genre: Shooter Life Force, alongside Gradius, was one of the defining shooters of my childhood. It was one of the first vertical (yes, I know it switches) shooters I had ever played which...

December 10, 2018 No Responses

Monster in my Pocket

Developer: Team Murata Keikaku Publisher: Konami Release: 01/92 Genre: Action You can be forgiven if you have never heard of Monster in my Pocket. Long before Pokemon dominated the world these little plastic figures enjoyed tremendous populari...

November 7, 2018 No Responses

Akumajou Special-Boku Dracula Kun

Developer: Konami Publisher: Konami Release: 10/12/90 Genre: Platformer For as prolific as Konami were in the US there were still a legion of titles they left behind in Japan. What makes this even more surprising is that they even created...

October 24, 2018 2 Responses

Sunset Riders

Developer: Konami Publisher: Konami Release: 12/92 Genre: Action There were a good number of run and gun action games for the Genesis. Many of them are in the running for greatest action game of all time. A lot of...

October 15, 2018 2 Responses

Double Dribble

Developer: Konami Publisher: Konami Release: 09/87 Genre: Sports I’m sure like many Double Dribble was one of the first Basketball games they every played. I am sure I might have played some random B-ball title on the Atari 2600...

August 17, 2018 No Responses

Cybernator

Developer: Masaya Publisher: Konami Release: 04/04/93 Genre: Action Target Earth was an early Genesis title that left an impression on any who played it. It was mostly negative as the brutal difficulty was immediately off putting. But behind t...

July 16, 2018 No Responses

Bucky O’Hare

Developer: Konami Publisher: Konami Release: 01/92 Genre: Action Bucky O’Hare was one of my favorite cartoons growing up, which is surprising as it only lasted one season. But that one season was extremely cool in my eyes. It is also...

May 23, 2018 No Responses

Gradius Gaiden

Developer: KCE Tokyo Publisher: Konami Released: 08/28/97 Genre: Shooter I’m not much of a fan of mobile gaming but I do appreciate that it has given shooters a second life in the US. The slow, agonizing near death of...

May 11, 2018 one Response

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III – the Manhattan Project

Developer: Konami Publisher: Konami Release: 02/92 Genre: Beat em up Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III – the Manhattan Project is often forgotten among the games in the series. It is easy to see why; as a 1992 release most of...

April 6, 2018 7 Responses

Gradius III

Developer: Konami Publisher: Konami Release: 08/23/91 Genre: Shooter Gradius III was one of the first shooters for the SNES and years later remains one of its best. The console port would be my first exposure to the game as well....

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