All posts by Federico Tiraboschi

Boogie Wings

Boogie Wings, known in Japan as The Great Ragtime Show, is one of Data East’s most obscure arcade titles. Too

Prehistoric Isle 2

This entry is part 2 of 2 in the series Prehistoric Isle

Exactly ten years later, Prehistoric Isle received an arcade sequel for the Neo Geo. It was developed by Saurus, who was previously

Prehistoric Isle in 1930

This entry is part 1 of 2 in the series Prehistoric Isle

Long ago, before SNK was known mostly for their fighting games, they dabbled in a variety of genres, including shooters. Prehistoric

Kabuki Z

In the 80s, Taito produced a lot of popular coin-ops – mostly shoot-em-ups, puzzle and platform games. However, their beat-em-ups

Baraduke

This entry is part 1 of 2 in the series Baraduke

By now, everyone and their mom knows that Samus Aran, the interplanetary bounty hunter from Nintendo’s Metroid series, is a woman. Nintendo

Big Red Adventure, The

This entry is part 2 of 2 in the series Nippon Safes / Big Red Adventure

Nippon Safes Inc. was a moderate hit all around Europe, but the way it was handled by the distributors meant that

Nippon Safes Inc

This entry is part 1 of 2 in the series Nippon Safes / Big Red Adventure

At the end of the 80s, an Italian software house named E-Motion signed a contract with British developer Mirrorsoft to

Joe & Mac Returns

This entry is part 4 of 4 in the series Joe and Mac

Once again Data East makes another spiritual sequel to Tumblepop, this time by mixing it with another of their properties, Joe &

Tumblepop

This entry is part 1 of 2 in the series Tumblepop

It’s the near future and Earth has been overrun by monsters, mutants and aliens. The only hope for the planet

Virocop

In the wide world of video games there are many self-referential entries, that is, games featuring other games, about developing games,

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