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May 3, 2017 3 Responses

3-D World Runner

Developer: Square Publisher: Square Released: 1987 Genre: Action Growing up whenever it was time to buy a new game it was cause for celebration. That is a feeling any gamer can relate to unless you grew up rich, in which...

May 1, 2017 4 Responses

Vice: Project Doom

Developer: Aicom Publisher: American Sammy Release: 11/91 Genre: Action I am ashamed to admit I wrote off Vice: Project Doom for a very long time. I thought the box art was lame so I avoided it. At this...

April 24, 2017 7 Responses

DuckTales

Developer: Capcom Publisher: Capcom Release: 09/90 Genre: Platformer It’s hard to believe DuckTales is Capcom’s first actual Disney game as it really set a high bar. That it turned out so good comes as no surprise; Capcom were on fire...

April 21, 2017 No Responses

Magical Quest starring Mickey Mouse

Developer: Capcom Publisher: Capcom Release: 12/92 Genre: Platformer In the dark age of licensed games for the NES Capcom showed that you could create a more than respectable title if you actually gave a damn about the license. In some...

April 17, 2017 No Responses

Aladdin

Developer: NMS Software Publisher: Virgin Release: 1994 Genre: Platformer Aladdin was the movie event of 1992 and with good reason. The film was amazing, both story wise and in its animation. The following year the video game blitz would...

March 31, 2017 4 Responses

Chip & Dale’s Rescue Rangers

Developer: Capcom Publisher: Capcom Release: 06/90 Genre: Platformer I almost feel bad for the kids of today. Back in the day the Disney afternoon was a solid two hour block of cartoon goodness that everyone was anxious to watch....

March 27, 2017 2 Responses

The Lone Ranger

Developer: Konami Publisher: Konami Release: 08/91 Genre: Action Towards the end of the NES life Konami released licensed games targeted at western gamers rather than sequels to their intellectual properties. Tiny Toon Adventures, Mission Imp...

February 20, 2017 No Responses

Youkai Club

Developer: Tose Publisher: Jaleco Release: 05/19/87 Genre: Action As the NES rose to prominence platformers took over the market with every publisher getting in on it. Even though we got our fair share there were 3 times as many platformers.....

February 17, 2017 3 Responses

Hook

Developer: Ukiyotei Publisher: Sony Imagesoft Released: 1992 Genre: Platformer Movie licensed video games were on average absolutely dreadful during the 8 and 16-bit era. Sure you could blame this on the films publishers chose to create...

February 15, 2017 No Responses

Devastator

Developer: Wolf Team Publisher: Wolf Team Release: 05/28/93 Genre: Action In America most remember the Sega CD as a wasteland full of terrible FMV games and licensed junk. That is true to an extent but when you dig deeper it...

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