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December 8, 2023 No Responses

Kūsō Kagaku Sekai Gulliver Boy

Developer: Amble Publisher: Bandai Release: 06/28/96 Genre: Action RPG Anime licensed games in Japan back in the 16-bit era were usually fighting games or generic platformers. When you need to get a game out as quickly as...

December 4, 2023 No Responses

The Untouchables

Developer: Special Fx Software Publisher: Ocean Release: 07/91 Genre: Action I don’t hate licensed video games just because. I hate them for a variety of reasons. One, because they are usually awful and a waste of your hard...

December 1, 2023 No Responses

Famicom Jump – Hero Retsuden

Developer: Tose Publisher: Bandai Release: 02/15/89 Genre: RPG Weekly Shonen Jump is an institution in Japan. Although there are dozens of manga anthologies in Japan even to this day it still remains the most popular. Their list...

November 29, 2023 No Responses

Indiana Jones & the Last Crusade

Developer: Tiertex Publisher: U.S. Gold Release: 11/92 Genre: Action Indiana Jones is a cultural icon. A swashbuckling adventurer who goes hunting for famous relics? It sounds tailor made for a video game. Yet outside of his PC...

November 13, 2023 No Responses

The Goonies

Developer: Konami Publisher: Konami Release: 02/21/86 Genre: Platformer What happened to the Goonies I? I am sure I am not alone in wondering that when the Goonies II released in America. Any child of the 80s is familiar with...

September 27, 2023 No Responses

Michael Jackson’s Moonwalker

Developer: Sega Publisher: Sega Release: 08/90 Genre: Action Before Sonic the Hedgehog Sega relied on celebrities and athletes to bolster the Genesis lineup. Signing a major athlete like Buster Douglas or Joe Montana to endorse a sports game was...

September 13, 2023 No Responses

Dinosaurs for Hire

Developer: Sega Interactive Publisher: Sega Release: 10/93 Genre: Action Dinosaurs for Hire? In the land of media this is far from the strangest idea out there. After all we have Biker Mice from Mars and Turtles that are...

June 30, 2023 No Responses

Spider-Man: the Movie

Developer: Treyarch Publisher: Activision Release: 04/16/02 Genre: Action Platforms: PS2, Gamecube, Xbox, PC For the longest time Activision was a shining example of how to hand...

March 31, 2023 No Responses

Beauty and the Beast

Developer: Probe Publisher: Hudson Soft Release: 1994 Genre: Action Beauty and the Beast, like nearly all of Disney’s legendary animated films from the 90s, saw its fair share of licensed titles. But unlike the likes of Aladdin and...

March 20, 2023 4 Responses

Dragon Power

Developer: Tose Publisher: Bandai Release: 03/88 Genre: Action The NES is host to a litany of strange titles. With its rapid success, everyone wanted to cash in on it. How else would you explain a Christian game producer...

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