Tag: Namco

During the 8 and 16-bit era I’ll admit I did not think too much of Namco.  Not that they weren’t putting out good games, but compared to Capcom and Konami they were low on my priority list.  All that changed...

Developer: Now Production   Publisher: Namco   Release: 07/31/89   Genre: Action While it may seem quaint now Splatterhouse was a significant landmark in the arcades. Its gore and Friday the 13th inspired protagonist were unheard of at the time and ensur...

In the course of reviewing games for this website it is interesting to revisit games I was once fond of.  Phelios is not a particularly noteworthy title and not even one that I like all that much.  But even though...

Developer: Namco     Publisher: Bandai     Released: 1990     Genre: Shooter I’ve always liked Dragon Spirit more than most shooters.  It was one of the few arcade games I ever came close to finishing before the inevitable home port which probabl...

It’s funny to look back at the original Splatterhouse.  It was gory for its time and caused a bit of a stir.  Yet kids like me at the time could play it and no one batted an eye.  We were...

Developer: Namco    Publisher: Namco    Release: 1991   Genre: Action My first exposure to Rolling Thunder came from the Tengen NES port on one of those weird black cartridge. I did not know what to make of it at first as...

Namco were one of the few third parties to support the Turbo Grafx-16 with a variety of software.  Final Lap Twin and Dragon Spirit are two great games but I’m actually they were lacking with their shooter output.  I would...

Developer: Prism Zone     Publisher: Namco     Released: 09/22/1992    Genre: RPG In Japan there were far too many Dragon Quest clones for the Famicom.  I don’t mean games that were inspired by it; I mean titles that aside from slightly different...

Ah the innocent gaming years of the 80s.  While everyone was busy pumping out bright and cheery platformers Namco said screw that and took inspiration from the horror movies of the time and created Splatterhouse.  It’s kind of funny to...