Tag: Konami

Developer: Konami    Publisher: Konami    Release: 12/88    Genre: Action Castlevania was an undeniable success. As one of the earliest third party games for the NES it immediately stood out with its darker theme, nuanced gameplay, and especially its v...

Developer: Konami     Publisher: Konami     Released: May 1987     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...

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 continued...

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...

I’m 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 and enemies. But in reality the true sequel to Gradius would unfortunately...

Next to Turtles in Time and Street Fighter 2 I can safely say that there isn’t another arcade game I’ve pumped more quarters in than Konami’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.  I was lucky enough to have a cabinet in a...

I along with millions of kids always assumed that Life Force was the sequel to Gradius.  It came a year later, featured an identical power-up system and even starred the same ship.  And Konami certainly positioned it as such.  But...

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 especially impressive for Rpgs.  Back in the 80s this wasn’t the...

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...