Tag: Taito

Wardner
February 26, 2020 No Responses

Wardner

Developer: Toaplan     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 one Response

On the Ball

Developer: Taito      Publisher: Taito      Released: 1992      Genre: Arcade      Platform: SNES I’m 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 lo...
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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 growing up.  It made no sense too; this was the height of the ninja craze.  You had movies like American Ni...
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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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Super Nova
November 1, 2019 No Responses

Super Nova

The Darius series is no stranger to name changes.  When Darius II was ported to home systems it was renamed Sagaia.  I don’t know who or what a Sagaia is but I digress.  Darius Force is an awesome exclusive entry...
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Super Chase HQ
August 23, 2019 No Responses

Super Chase HQ

As much as I wanted to like the Chase H.Q. games they were a bit too simple for my tastes.  “Outrun except you smash cars too” works great in the arcade but as a home release the various ports suffered...
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Chase H.Q. II
April 10, 2019 No Responses

Chase H.Q. II

This one is interesting.  Chase H.Q. definitely has its roots firmly planted in the Outrun camp. That being said it managed to add its own interesting little twist to that format.  The 80;s cop aesthetic and focus on smashing your...
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Kick Master
March 18, 2019 3 Responses

Kick Master

Developer: KID      Publisher: Taito      Released: 1992      Genre: Action Toward the end of the NES’ life cycle when everyone else had moved on Taito levelled up. I liked Power Blade as much as the next man but before that they were...
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Darius Twin
March 15, 2019 No Responses

Darius Twin

When the SNES first launched there were a glut of sports games and shooters.  With the console’s increased power over its predecessor there were many arcade ports of popular shooters.  For the most part these turned out alright outside of...
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The Ninja Warriors
March 8, 2019 3 Responses

The Ninja Warriors

Original home beat ‘em ups usually fell into one of two categories.  Those that adhered to the Final Fight/Double Dragon mold, which is the majority.  And those that tried something different.  Games like Melfand Stories and Splatterhouse may not have...
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