Developer: The Game Kitchen Publisher: Dotemu Release: 07/31/25 Genre: Action Also on: PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series, Nintendo Switch Ninja Gaiden was long overdue for a comeback. After a spectacular revival in the early 2000s the...
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Developer: Tecmo Publisher: Tecmo Release: 03/93 Genre: Puzzle Solomon’s Key was one of the earliest NES games that taught me the limit of my gaming skills. I loved the gameplay and level design; the simplicity of the mechanics...
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Developer: Now Production Publisher: Takara Release: 1993 Genre: Action The Neo Geo’s technical superiority to the SNES and Genesis meant that even the simplest genres seemed more grandiose due to the outstanding production values. I am not much...
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Developer: Sega Publisher: Sega Release: 11/90 Genre: Sports When the Genesis launched in America new releases were slow. Thanks to Nintendo’s strong arm tactics few if any third parties were there in the launch window. That left Sega...
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Developer: Kemco Publisher: Kemco Release: 9/90 Genre: Platformer I dreaded most licensed games on the NES. Acclaim/LJN was largely responsible for making me realize video games could be bad as they butchered one license after another. But there...
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Developer: Zenovia Interactive Publisher: Retroware Release: 11/20/25 Genre: Action Also on: Xbox Series, PS5, Nintendo Switch It has been interesting to see how indie developers have evolved so many classic genres. Platformers and especially Metroidvania are now...
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Developer: Kaneko Publisher: Kaneko Release: 01/31/92 Genre: Action The Sega Genesis’ popularity in the West is a bit of an anomaly. Because the platform was so successful in Europe and especially the US publishers were constantly on...
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Developer: KID Publisher: VAP Release: 08/09/91 Genre: Action In the mid-90s there was an odd surge of 2d platformers featuring soccer. I suppose if cavemen and witches can have their day than football deserves its turn too....
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Developer: Red Company Publisher: NEC Release: 12/13/91 Genre: Action I have lamented the lack of platformers for the Turbo Grafx-16 many times. At a time when the mascot platformer and action games reigned supreme the system was severely...
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Developer: Traveller’s Tales Publisher: Sony Imagesoft Release: 11/01/94 Genre: Platformer Mickey Mania was billed as the ultimate Mickey adventure to celebrate his 65th anniversary. There were many titles starring the famous mouse during the 16-bit era but...
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Developer: AlfaSystem Co. Publisher: XS Games Release: 11/17/04 Genre: Shooter Here is a fun fact: the PlayStation 2 has one of the greatest shooter libraries of all time. By virtue of the system being more powerful than...
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Developer: Yuke’s Publisher: Eidos Release: 03/15/00 Genre: Action The Dreamcast was supposed to be the comeback story for Sega. For the most part they did everything right, from hardware and ease of development to repairing developer relations....
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Developer: Lucas Arts Publisher: Lucas Arts Release: 05/18/99 Genre: Racing When the prequel trilogy was announced I was overjoyed. Not only because it meant new Star Wars movies but also new games to go with them. The...
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Developer: Genki Publisher: Sega Release: 01/96 Genre: Racing Ah, Hang-On. Hang-On was one of the first Sega Master System games I ever played. Of course that is because it was packed in with the system but I digress. It...
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Developer: Acme Interactive Publisher: Namco Release: 1992 Genre: Action When the SNES released Mode 7 was the talk of the town. For the first time on a home console a 3d playing field could be simulated convincingly....
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