Tag: Taito

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 games...
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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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Operation Wolf
August 3, 2020 2 Responses

Operation Wolf

Developer: Taito     Publisher:Taito     Released: 1989     Genre: Action I’ve never been the biggest fan of light gun games. I was not enamored with Duck Hunt when the NES launched and outside of Gum Shoe found the NES Zapper useless.  I respec...
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Panic Restaurant
July 6, 2020 one Response

Panic Restaurant

Developer: EIM     Publisher: Taito     Released: 10/92     Genre: Platformer I’ve lamented the numerous NES titles that went largely ignored due to the 16-bit war heating up. Most of these releases such as Shatterhand, Vice Project Doom, and Kic...
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The Flintstones: The Surprise at Dinosaur Peak!
June 29, 2020 No Responses

The Flintstones: The Surprise at Dinosaur Peak!

Developer: Taito     Publisher: Taito     Released: 1994     Genre: Plaformer Seriously what was up with Taito and their late NES output? Taito released some of the finest games on the system in its twilight years that hardly anyone played. Titles ...
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Sagaia
May 1, 2020 one Response

Sagaia

Developer: Taito    Publisher: Taito    Released: 1991    Genre: Shooter Darius never particularly wowed me, even with its impressive triple screen playing field. That is not to say I thought it was bad; it simply did not stand out during the peak...
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Wardner
February 26, 2020 No Responses

Wardner

Developer: Visco    Publisher: Mentrix Software    Released: 1991    Genre: Platformer Ghosts ‘n Goblins was a massive hit in the arcade. At a time when companies were not afraid to copy any successful product surprisingly few games were made in that...
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On the Ball
January 10, 2020 2 Responses

On the Ball

Developer: Taito    Publisher: Taito    Released: 1992    Genre: Arcade I am a simple man at heart. When it comes to video games I have my favorite genres; RPGs, action games, and platformers. But I love to look outside my wheelhouse every...
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Wrath of the Black Manta
January 6, 2020 No Responses

Wrath of the Black Manta

Developer: Kyugo      Publisher: Taito      Released: 1990      Genre: Action I was never particularly fond of Wrath of the Black Manta. It made no sense too; this was the height of the ninja craze. You had movies like American Ninja, games like...
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Power Blade 2
December 2, 2019 one Response

Power Blade 2

Developer: Natsume    Publisher: Taito    Release: 10/92   Genre: Action Power Blade was one of the rare times the US version of a game was better than its Japanese counterpart. Power Blazer was a complete mess of a game that was...
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