Dragon Saber (Arcade)
The original Dragon Spirit game is a vertically scrolling shooter where you control a dragon in an appropriately medieval fantasy
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The Game Hoard
Playing Every Video Game Ever Released And Reviewing Them Along The Way
1990
Super BurgerTime (Arcade)
While BurgerTime now sits quite comfortably among the other fondly remembered arcade classics of the 1980s, that doesn’t mean that
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50 Years of Video Games: Bonk’s Adventure (TurboGrafx-16)
By 1990, Nintendo’s NES had not only revitalized the home gaming market in the United States, it had comfortably asserted
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Yo! Noid (NES)
In the era of the Nintendo Entertainment System, Japanese developers often felt overseas audiences wouldn’t buy anything with too much
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Mendel Palace (NES)
It’s always interesting to see where a major developer got their start, and considering Game Freak would go on to
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Thunder Fox (Arcade)
Were I not playing Thunder Fox for the purposes of review, it is very likely that I would quickly forget
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The Ninja Kids (Arcade)
In the late 80s and early 90s, ninjas were being heavily embraced by pop culture, and this just so happened
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Pinball Palooza: Revenge of the ‘Gator (Game Boy)
Despite a name that sounds like it could be referring to an action game about fending of angry alligators, Revenge
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Cyber-Core (TurboGrafx-16)
The influence of Gradius can be felt across plenty of old shoot ’em up games, its upgrade system focused on
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Aerial Assault (Master System)
The year is 1999 and an evil military group known as N.A.C. has not only developed a super laser capable
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Street Fighter 2010: The Final Fight (NES)
While it’s not looked back on too favorably these days, Capcom’s original Street Fighter fighting game was a big hit.
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Aliens (Arcade)
The Alien franchise has always swung between isolationist horror and bombastic alien-blasting action, something that was true as early as
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Magic Sword (Arcade)
You can’t get much more generic than calling your medieval fantasy game Magic Sword, but Magic Sword does at least
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The Haunted Hoard: Werewolf: The Last Warrior (NES)
When it comes to classic horror monsters, the werewolf seems to play second fiddle to the vampire. Vampires earn their
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Kid Kool and the Quest for the Seven Wonder Herbs (NES)
Developer Vic Tokai had a vision for a sidescrolling platform game, one where the players could get a power-up that
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Trampoline Terror! (Genesis/Mega Drive)
Trampoline Terror is certainly an odd pair of words, one made even stranger when you realize the name isn’t referring
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Palamedes (NES)
Palamedes, named for the character of Greek myth who supposedly invented dice, quite appropriately is a game based entirely around
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Abadox: The Deadly Inner War (NES)
For a pretty typical side-scrolling shoot ’em up, Abadox: The Deadly Inner War sets up quite the intense backstory for
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Sesame Street: Big Bird’s Hide & Speak (NES)
Innovation can be found in the strangest of places, and if Sesame Street: Big Bird’s Hide & Speak’s box art
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Dr. Mario (NES)
After Mario captivated the world with his platforming adventures in Super Mario Bros. 1, 2, and 3, the portly plumber
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ESWAT: City Under Siege (Genesis/Mega Drive)
ESWAT: City Under Siege has a bit of an odd start. Despite promising the ability to play as a technologically
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