Bonkers
Developer: Sun L Publisher: Capcom Release: 10/94 Genre: Platformer Of all the Disney Afternoon shows Bonkers is the one I am the least fond of. It is not that it was a bad show, but Darkwing Duck is a...
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The Adventures of Gilligan’s Island
Developer: Human Entertainment Publisher: Bandai Release: 07/90 Genre: Action Bandai and its numerous NES licenses never cease to amaze me. They were sitting on a gold mine in Japan but most of them would never see the light...
Taz-Mania
Developer: Recreational Brainware Publisher: Sega Release: 1992 Genre: Action The explosive popularity of the Tasmanian devil has always baffled me. In the 90s he was everywhere: the cartoon had a four year run, there was plenty of merchandise,...
The Jetsons: Cogswell’s Caper!
Developer: Natsume Publisher: Taito Release: 12/92 Genre: Platformer I grew up on a steady diet of Hanna Barbera reruns from the 60s. In a time before streaming and cable TV being a regular thing those old cartoons were a...
The Simpsons: Bartman meets Radioactive Man
Developer: Imagineering Inc. Publisher: Acclaim Release:12/92 Genre: Action When the Simpsons hit they hit big. And with any popular property the licensed tie-ins came fast. While a lot of us were excited for the Simpsons video games as the years...
Cool Spot SNES
Developer: Virgin Publisher: Virgin Release: 12/10/93 Genre: Action Cool Spot was one of the most pleasant surprises of the 16-bit era. Virgin were an incredible developer back then, able to churn out excellent original titles as well as lice...
Platoon
Developer: Ocean Publisher: Sunsoft Release: 12/88 Genre: Action Platoon was one of the most impenetrable games I tried to play back in the day. In the days where it was common to borrow games without the instruction manual I had...
The Uncanny X-Men
Developer: Unknown Publisher: LJN Release: 12/89 Genre: Action Take a trip down memory lane with me. Imagine being 10 years old in 1990 with a cool $50 in Birthday money burning in your pocket. The video game aisle in Toys...
Disney’s Beauty & the Beast – Belle’s Quest
Developer: Software Creations Publisher: Sunsoft Release: 1993 Genre: Adventure Beauty and the Beast was the Disney movie event of 1991 and one of their highest grossing animated films ever. But unlike your traditional licensed titles it took a.....
Disney’s Talespin
Developer: Sega Publisher: Sega Release: 1992 Genre: Platformer Disney’s Talespin is possibly the most underrated of the Disney afternoon cartoons. Where DuckTales and Darkwing Duck have enjoyed continued popularity decades after their sho...