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December 19, 2025 No Responses

Genji Tsūshin Agedama

Developer: Red Company Publisher: NEC Release: 12/13/91 Genre: Action I have lamented the lack of platformers for the Turbo Grafx-16 many times. At a time when the mascot platformer and action games reigned supreme the system was severely...

November 10, 2025 No Responses

Veigues Tactical Gladiator

Developer: Bits Laboratory Publisher: NEC Release: 1990 Genre: Action This one. I always knew there was something off about Veigues: Tactical Gladiators. The back of the box is a flawed method of determining a game’s quality. I bought The...

August 20, 2025 No Responses

Bomberman (Turbo Grafx)

Developer: Hudson Soft Publisher: NEC Release: 1991 Genre: Action Bomberman has enjoyed a long successful run in the game industry and Konami has done a decent job keeping him in the spotlight. But his first entry on...

May 7, 2025 No Responses

Hellfire S

Developer: Toaplan Publisher: NEC Avenue Release: 04/12/91 Genre: Shooter Zero Wing has been the butt of internet jokes for a few decades now and rightfully so. That localization is downright hilarious. But underneath that is a game that...

April 7, 2025 No Responses

Victory Run

Developer: Hudson Soft Publisher: NEC Release: 09/89 Genre: Racing I love Outrun. Next to Rad Racer and Hang-On it is one of the first racing games that made me a fan of the genre. There were not...

March 10, 2025 No Responses

Cyber Core

Developer: AlfaSystem Publisher: NEC Release: 1990 Genre: Shooter I freely admit that I did not give Cyber Core a chance back in the day. The box art did it no favors but you can say that about almost all...

September 18, 2024 No Responses

Devil’s Crush

Developer: Compile Publisher: NEC Release: 10/90 Genre: Pinball Alien Crush alongside Pinball Quest made me a fan of video game pinball. By its nature a video game can never replicate the tactile feeling of pinball table. But they...

September 1, 2023 No Responses

Tube Slider

Developer: NDcube Publisher: NEC Interchannel Release: 04/17/03 Genre: Racing The news that NEC was returning to the video game market in the US was surprising. While they left the US market in the mid-90s they remained a prolific publisher...

May 11, 2022 No Responses

Fighting Street

Developer: Capcom Publisher: NEC Release: 11/89 Genre: Action Street Fighter II revolutionized the arcade industry and is still celebrated to this day, especially by Capcom. While the various re-releases do seem a bit indulgent the game more...

March 23, 2022 No Responses

Galaga ’90

Developer: Namco Publisher: NEC Released: November 1989 Genre: Shooter Galaga, like many of its classic brethren, is as perfect a game as you can make. The simple alien blasting formula was addicting and gamers lined up to...

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