Demon Sword
The Legend of Kage. I never liked the Legend of Kage. Considering my love for old Kung-Fu movies with their aerial hijinks it should have been a shoe in to my tastes. But the novelty of replicating those same antics...
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The Legend of Kage
Growing up in the 80s I had an appreciation for old Kung-Fu flicks and ninja movies thanks to my older brothers. Yes, the English dubs and lip sync were bad but I didn’t care. Seeing one man fight off an...
Cadash
Developer: Taito Publisher: Taito Released: 1992 Genre: Action In this day and age most arcade games consist of fighting odds, sit down cabinet racing games and the occasional rail shooter. Typically you’ll only find these in Dave &a...
Power Blade
It’s interesting to look back at many of the games I enjoyed when I was young. We all knew most Nintendo games came from Japan. But at the time we weren’t aware of the significant changes some games received on...
Chase H.Q.
Sometimes the simplest ideas hit big. Chase H.Q. is basically Outrun gussied up with a cops and robbers theme. Except instead of pulling them over you instead ram into criminals to cause a fiery wreck that would kill the suspect...
Elevator Action Returns
To get the most out of the Sega Saturn you had to be a fan of import gaming. There were plenty of great releases but the vast majority of the truly great games were left in Japan, where the system...
Night Striker
Anyone who was around in the 80s has bought more than one video game based off of screenshots, a magazine or ad. My interest in Night Striker was peaked due to a preview in Diehard Gamefan. It looked incredibly cool...
Tetrastar the Fighter
Developer: Home Data Corp. Publisher: Taito Released: 1991 Genre: Shooter Platform: NES I can admit to being insanely jealous that Sega Master System owners had a somewhat decent version of Space Harrier. I loved that ...