It has been interesting exploring the PC Engine shooter library. While the Star Soldier games received the lion’s share of ...

The Death and Return of Superman should be great. But in the end Death and Return of Superman is average and deserves better.

While it suffers compared to the games that inspired it due to its PC roots Times of Lore overall is a solid if short ...

Toaplan were one of the most prolific and revered shooter developers of all time. Their catalog is long, storied, and influential. One need only look at the large number of developers that arose when ...

Developer: Origin Publisher: Toho Release: 05/91 Genre: Action RPG Computer RPGs did not fare well on the NES. Much like with adventure games the interface and their general design did not jive well ...

As a fan of the beat em up genre the 32-bit generation was a wasteland. Like shooters this once venerable cornerstone of the industry was one of many sacrifices in the move to the 3d. But this was ...

It was hard to be a King of Fighters fan growing up. King of Fighters ’94 showed up as arcades in my area were disappearing. Sony did us a solid bringing KOF ‘95 to the US. Otherwise the series was ...

During the late 90s as anime began to rise in popularity Ghost in the Shell was one of the biggest animated films of 1995 with ridiculous production values and a theatrical release in the US. While it ...

Rayman was the surprise hit 2d platformer of the early 32-bit era. It was a bright star on every system it hit, even the Jaguar. But as with all things during that era eventually the limbless one ...

Capcom were on a roll with their arcade ports of Street Fighter II to the various 16-bit platforms of the day. The versions released on the SNES, Genesis, and especially PC Engine were above and ...

Developer: Compile Publisher: NEC Release: 10/90 Genre: Pinball Alien Crush alongside Pinball Quest made me a fan of video game pinball. By its nature a video game can never replicate the tactile ...