Year: 2017

King of Fighters ’99, The

This entry is part 6 of 17 in the series King of Fighters

The King of Fighters ’99 starts the NESTS storyline, a plot of an evil organization who seeks to clone the

After Burner

This entry is part 1 of 8 in the series After Burner

Sega’s After Burner, an aerial combat game released in 1987, ditches complexity in favor of straightforward action. Prior to this,

Lords of Thunder

Lords of Thunder (called Winds of Thunder in Japan) was published by Hudson in 1993 for the PC Engine/TurboDuo, in

Seirei Senshi Spriggan

This entry is part 1 of 3 in the series Spriggan

After their dalliance with the Sega Genesis with MUSHA, Compile returned to the PC Engine with their next shooter, Seirei

Ginga Fukei Densetsu Sapphire

While shoot-em-ups were king in the late ‘80s, the popularity of Street Fighter II caused a shift towards fighting games.

Princess Crown

Japanese game developer Vanillaware has a long standing reputation for absolutely gorgeous 2D visuals, with titles including Odin Sphere, Muramasa:

Galaxy Force

Galaxy Force is the ultimate culmination of Sega’s “super scaler“ series, developed for their System Y board in 1988. While

Fortune Summoners

LizSoft’s Fortune Summoners feels like a long lost 16-bit action-RPG. Published and localized into English by Carpe Fulgar, the same company that

Romancia

This entry is part 3 of 6 in the series Dragon Slayer

Romancia, a side scrolling action adventure initially released in 1986, is the third of Falcom’s Dragon Slayer line, which were all designed

Recca

Most of the shooter competition games of the late ‘80s and early ‘90s used a similar template – a score

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