Tag: Taito

The Flintstones
September 22, 2021 No Responses

The Flintstones

Developer: Taito     Publisher: Taito     Released: 1993    Genre: Platformer I will admit to being pleasantly surprised by Taito’s various licensed Hanna Barbara titles. These fairly innocuous licenses would normally be farmed out to a bottom of the barrel developer to...
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Growl
September 15, 2021 No Responses

Growl

Developer: Taito     Publisher: Taito     Released: 1991     Genre: Brawler I like a good beat ’em up. Yes, the genre became over saturated like shooters in the 90s but I will always make time for a good one. Because there were...
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Saint Sword
August 18, 2021 No Responses

Saint Sword

Developer: Cyclone System    Publisher: Taito    Released: 1991    Genre: Action I am a sucker for a good fantasy novel or movie. The Dragonlance series of books were some of my favorites so any game that came close to...
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Lufia & the Fortress of Doom
July 23, 2021 No Responses

Lufia & the Fortress of Doom

Developer: Neverland     Publisher: Taito     Released: December 1993    Genre: RPG Although Final Fantasy VII blew the doors off the RPG genre in terms of popularity in the US the genre did have its fans prior to that on the SNES. There...
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Bubble Bobble
May 24, 2021 No Responses

Bubble Bobble

Developer: Taito     Publisher: Taito     Released: 1988     Genre: Action I miss the single screen platformer. When games like Pitfall and Super Mario Bros. hit the market this once bedrock of the arcade industry began to disappear. I freely admit...
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Little Samson
April 9, 2021 No Responses

Little Samson

Developer: Takeru     Publisher: Taito     Released: 1992     Released: Platformer Taito released many late NES classics in 1992 that went unnoticed. Kick Master is a particular favorite of mine but there is one title that is even greater and often...
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Galactic Attack
March 22, 2021 No Responses

Galactic Attack

Developer: Taito     Released: Acclaim     Released: 1995     Genre: Shooter I’ve made fun of the deluge of shooters during the 16-bit era in the arcade and at home. But I do it out of love. That being said I genuinely missed the...
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Kiwi Kraze
November 9, 2020 2 Responses

Kiwi Kraze

Developer: Taito     Publisher: Taito     Released: 1991    Genre: Platformer I admit for the longest time New Zealand Story was a giant blind spot in my video game history. For years I have seen articles and reviews about it for nearly...
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Power Blazer
September 14, 2020 2 Responses

Power Blazer

Developer: Taito     Publisher: Taito     Released: April 20, 1990     Genre: Action In the 8 and 16-bit days it was not uncommon for the Japanese version of many titles to be better than its international counterpart. There were many reasons why g...
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Sonic Blast Man
August 14, 2020 No Responses

Sonic Blast Man

Developer: ITL Co, Ltd     Publisher: Taito     Released: 1992    Genre: Beat ’em up I have lamented the death of the arcade in the US on many an occasion in this blog. While I miss the titles that really pushed technology...
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