Tag: SNK

Guerilla War
April 27, 2020 No Responses

Guerilla War

Developer: SNK     Publisher: SNK     Released:1989     Genre: Action SNK had a strange fascination with war games in the 80s.  From Ikari Warriors to P.O.W. and Iron Tank the theme was pretty consistent.  More than likely they were simply leveraging their...
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Iron Tank
August 26, 2019 one Response

Iron Tank

I was not a fan of the NES port of Ikari Warriors.  It was a Micronics hack job that was so slow and brutal that I nearly wrote off the series because of it.  However the one good thing I...
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Ikari Warriors II: Victory Road
July 29, 2019 No Responses

Ikari Warriors II: Victory Road

Buying new games when you are young is akin to a religious experience.  For most children new games were a rarity, usually relegated to birthdays and the occasional holiday.  Your mind is racing as you consider what game you’ll buy...
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Ikari Warriors
May 13, 2019 one Response

Ikari Warriors

Sometimes I miss the big dumb action movie phase of the 1980s.  I will fully admit that most of those films were not good upon closer inspection.  But they were at least entertaining.  And they inspired a legion of awesome...
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P.O.W.: Prisoners of War
November 6, 2017 No Responses

P.O.W.: Prisoners of War

I’ve never really given it much thought but SNK really seemed to love military themed action games in the 80s.  It shouldn’t be that surprising considering that particular decade was rife with the stuff like the Rambo series, Commando, Platoon,...
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Art of Fighting
January 18, 2017 3 Responses

Art of Fighting

Developer: SNK     Publisher: Sega    Released: 1994     Genre: Fighting Art of Fighting has always held an interesting position in SNK’s fighting lineup.  No one can argue that Fatal Fury was its bread and butter, to be succeeded by the King of....
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