Mappy-Land

Mappy-Land

Developer: Tose    Publisher: Taxan    Release: 04/89    Genre: Platformer Mappy-Land is a game I ignored growing up for no good reason. I played the original in the arcade briefly but did not think much of it. But by...
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Time Crisis II

Time Crisis II

Developer: Namco    Publisher: Namco    Release: 10/02/01    Genre: Action Namco came out the gate swinging with Time Crisis, revolutionizing the light gun genre with its mechanics and cinematic action. The PlayStation home port was a step above with...
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Ridge Racer Revolution

Ridge Racer Revolution

Developer: Namco    Publisher: Namco    Release:09/30/96    Genre: Racing Ridge Racer is one of the most important games of the PlayStation launch. Sony was new to being a platform holder and needed hit games to create an air of...
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Wings 2: Aces High

Wings 2: Aces High

Developer: Acme Interactive    Publisher: Namco    Release: 1992    Genre: Action When the SNES released Mode 7 was the talk of the town. For the first time on a home console a 3d playing field could be simulated convincingly....
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Battle Cars

Battle Cars

Developer: Malibu Interactive    Publisher: Namco    Release: 12/93   Genre: Racing F-Zero set the tone for racing games on the SNES with its use of Mode 7 and there would be many, many games that would follow in its footsteps....
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Klonoa 2 –  Lunatea’s Veil

Klonoa 2 – Lunatea’s Veil

, Developer: Namco    Publisher: Namco    Release: 07/25/01   Genre: Platformer Klonoa was a breath of fresh air for platformers during the 32-bit era. While many developers were going full 3d like Mario 64 Klonoa was a throwback to the 16-bit...
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Time Crisis

Time Crisis

Developer: Namco    Publisher: Namco    Release: 11/12/97   Genre: Rail Shooter I have always enjoyed the yin and yang between Namco and Sega. When Sega created Virtua Fighter Tekken was not far behind. Once Virtua Cop was a hit Time Crisis...
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Vampire Night

Vampire Night

Developer: Wow Entertainment   Publisher: Namco   Release: 11/13/01  Genre: Action In the mid to late 90s Sega and Namco went back and forth creating arcade hits to compete with each other. When Sega made Virtua Fighter Tekken was not far...
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Märchen Maze

Märchen Maze

Developer: N.H. System   Publisher: Namco   Release: 12/11/90   Genre: Action When you think about it Alice in Wonderland makes for the perfect backdrop for video games. With its fairy plot of Alice visiting ever stranger worlds it has...
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Whirlo

Whirlo

Developer: Nova Co.    Publisher: Namco    Release: 1992    Genre: Platformer I have always been both fascinated and jealous of games from Japan that release in Europe but skip the US. It stands to reason that if the game...
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