Alien Syndrome

Alien Syndrome

Developer: Sunsoft      Publisher: Tengen      Released: 1989      Genre: Action Sega games on a Nintendo system will never stop being strange to me. I realize they have been third party since 2001 but as a seasoned veteran of the console wars...
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Dragon’s Fury

Dragon’s Fury

Developer: Technosoft    Publisher: Tengen    Released: 1992    Genre: Pinball I have always been fascinated by the idea of pinball more than the reality of playing it. Growing up pinball tables were everywhere, featuring any license you could think o...
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Grind Stormer

Grind Stormer

Developer: Toaplan      Publisher: Tengen      Released: 1994      Genre: Shooter The Genesis, like the Turbo Grafx, featured excellent hardware that almost seemed tailor made for the shooter genre. Many developers cottoned on to that fact as it...
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James Bond 007: the Duel

James Bond 007: the Duel

Developer: the Kremlin    Publisher: Domark    Release: 08/14/93   Genre: Action Goldeneye 007 was a landmark title for the N64 and console first person shooters as well. Not only did it prove that the genre could work on console...
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Robo Aleste

Robo Aleste

Developer: Compile    Publisher: Tengen    Release: 1993   Genre: Shooter The Sega CD is the butt of many jokes in plenty of circles. To some extent it does deserve some of the ridicule regarding its library. While Sega of Japan...
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After Burner

After Burner

Developer: Sega   Publisher: Tengen    Release: 12/89   Genre: Shooter It’s surprising but as early as the mid-80s I was aware of console exclusives. I owned a NES but somehow knew that Sega did not make games for Nintendo and...
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Rolling Thunder

Rolling Thunder

Developer: Namco     Publisher: Tengen     Released: 10/89     Genre: Action Rolling Thunder may be a forgotten series now but looking at the current gaming landscape it was very influential. All cover based shooters can trace their heritage back t...
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