Super Locomotive
Japan is a country that loves its trains, with mass transit serving as the primary method for most citizens to …
Sword Master
Many developers clamored to release games on the ailing NES when they knew that the next generation was coming in …
Castle of Dragon
Sword-and-sorcery fantasy is perhaps the basest you can get for video game inspiration. You know, games with dragons, wizards, barbarians, …
Bio Force Ape
Some Japanese companies just never get a big break and remain veiled in obscurity, even by history. But who the …
Strider (NES)
The NES version of Strider was developed simultaneously with the more famous arcade version, but it’s a huge departure from …
Lucky & Wild
With the successes of 48 Hours and Lethal Weapon, the buddy cop film genre was thriving in the eighties and nineties. The basic …
Ali Baba & The 40 Thieves
It cannot be emphasized enough how much impact Pac-Man had on popular culture. Ask video game score champion Billy Mitchell, songwriter and …
Brute Force
Beat-em-ups are simple and fun, which also led to a lot of samey-ness. While most games strived to be …
Comix Zone
Sega was at its zenith in the middle of the nineties. Before the looming threat of 32-bit challenged their resources, …
