Hot Wheels Turbo Racing
Developer: Stormfront Studios Publisher: EA Release: Genre: Racing If you are of a certain age Hot Wheels were a part of your childhood. As a child you could not own a car but a mini replica...
View ArticleLittle Ninja Brothers
Developer: Culture Brain Publisher: Culture Brain Release: 02/91 Genre: Action RPG I miss Culture Brain. I freely admit a lot of their output was downright weird. But their willingness to...
View ArticleMamono Hunter Yohko
Developer: Klon Publisher: NCS Release: 03/22/91 Genre: Action Mamono Hunter Yohko (or Devil Hunter Yohko as it is known in the West) is an anime I always wanted to watch but never got around...
View ArticleSuper Ninja Kun
Developer: Jaleco Publisher: Jaleco Release: 08/05/94 Genre: Platformer Jaleco was always a mid-sized publisher who never quite reached the level of Capcom or Konami. They published a wide...
View ArticleThe Goonies
Developer: Konami Publisher: Konami Release: 02/21/86 Genre: Platformer What happened to the Goonies I? I am sure I am not alone in wondering that when the Goonies II released in America. Any...
View ArticleImage Fight II: Operation Deepstriker
Developer: Irem Publisher: Irem Release: 12/18/92 Genre: Shooter I liked Image Fight. There were a number of arcade games that received both NES and PC Engine ports and while NEC’s version was...
View ArticleAero the Acrobat
Developer: Iguana Publisher: Sunsoft Release: 10/12/93 Genre: Platformer Sunsoft were a powerhouse on the NES and one of its best developers. They made that hardware sing like few others and...
View ArticleZoda’s Revenge – Star Tropics II
Developer: Nintendo Publisher: Nintendo Release: 03/15/94 Genre: Action-Adventure Star Tropics is an odd game among Nintendo’s lineup. As a very clear Zelda inspired adventure it was targeted...
View ArticleSengoku Denshou
Developer: Dragnet Publisher: Sammy Release: 12/28/93 Genre: Beat ’em up Before SNK rode the fighting game renaissance into the ground the Neo Geo was host to an assortment of beat em ups. With...
View ArticleMartial Champion
Developer: Konami Publisher: Konami Release: 12/17/93 Genre: Fighting Konami established the fighting game genre with Yie Ar Kung-Fu alongside Karate Champ. Many of us older gamers loved it as...
View ArticleYoukai Yashiki
Developer: Irem Publisher: Irem Release: 10/23/87 Genre: Action The Famicom Disk System is a fascinating piece of hardware from a historical perspective. In Japan for a while there it completely...
View ArticleIndiana Jones & the Last Crusade
Developer: Tiertex Publisher: U.S. Gold Release: 11/92 Genre: Action Indiana Jones is a cultural icon. A swashbuckling adventurer who goes hunting for famous relics? It sounds tailor made for a...
View ArticleFamicom Jump – Hero Retsuden
Developer: Tose Publisher: Bandai Release: 02/15/89 Genre: RPG Weekly Shonen Jump is an institution in Japan. Although there are dozens of manga anthologies in Japan even to this day it still...
View ArticleThe Untouchables
Developer: Special Fx Software Publisher: Ocean Release: 07/91 Genre: Action I don’t hate licensed video games just because. I hate them for a variety of reasons. One, because they are usually...
View ArticleOutrunners
Developer: Sega CS3 Publisher: Data East Release: 06/14/94 Genre: Racing Outrun is one of the most beloved racing games of the 80s. From its style to its music the game was a first class effort...
View ArticleKūsō Kagaku Sekai Gulliver Boy
Developer: Amble Publisher: Bandai Release: 06/28/96 Genre: Action RPG Anime licensed games in Japan back in the 16-bit era were usually fighting games or generic platformers. When you need to...
View ArticleFlying Dragon – the Secret Scroll
Developer: Culture Brain Publisher: Culture Brain Release: 08/89 Genre: Action Culture Brain is not the first name on my list of best NES publishers. But I will give them credit for coming up...
View ArticleHook (Sega)
Developer: Core Design Publisher: Sony Imagesoft Release: 08/93 Genre: Action Hook was one of the cinematic events of 1991. The marketing blitz was huge; I remember comic book advertisements...
View ArticleTop Ten NES Shooters
The NES was host to a legion of shooters despite its slow processor. Yet even with that handicap developers created video gaming gold on the little grey box. For many the Nintendo was their...
View ArticleRadia Senki – Reimeihen
Developer: Tecmo Publisher: Tecmo Release: 11/15/91 Genre: Action RPG The action RPG library for the NES in America was a bit light. We received some bangers for sure such as Crystalis,...
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