Year: 2008

Dynamite Headdy
Dynamite Headdy was Treasure’s second foray into an original IP. Like its immediate predecessor, it is a side-scrolling platform game stuffed …

Brawl Brothers
After the considerable mediocrity of the first Rushing Beat, Jaleco somehow decided to make a sequel, but improve upon it in …

Rambo: First Blood Part II (SMS)
Games often had different licenses between territories, based on whatever the publisher could get ahold of. This particular game is …

Rambo (NES)
The Sega Master System version of Rambo is a fairly standard Commando-style run-and-gun, while the NES version is much, much …

Ninja Gaiden II (2008)
Another artifact, as dangerous as it is valuable, has been stolen from the Hayabusa village. By now you’d think that …

Ninja Gaiden: Dragon Sword
Six months have passed since the “Dark Dragon Blade Incident”, how the events from the Xbox game are now referred …

Dungeon Explorer (PSP)
At first glance, the PSP Dungeon Explorer game – subtitled Meiyaku no Tobira or “Door of the Covenant” in Japan – seems a lot …

Ninja Gaiden (2004)
After more than ten years of creative idleness on the franchise, Tecmo finally announced to revive Ninja Gaiden at E3 2002. It …

Dungeon Explorer (DS)
Perhaps to capitalize off the introduction of Dungeon Explorer on the Wii Virtual Console, in 2007, Hudson resurrected its series for portable …

Demolition Man (SNES / Genesis / Sega CD)
Fortunately, the version of Demolition Man that appeared on the more mainstream consoles wasn’t a port in any way of the …

Dungeon Explorer (Sega CD)
Despite its name, Dungeon Explorer is not merely a port of any of the TurboGrafx-16 games. Instead, it’s a whole new game …

Crystal Beans From Dungeon Explorer
Crystal Beans From Dungeon Explorer, is kind of a port of Dungeon Explorer II for the Super Famicom, but heavily reworked. The …

Dungeon Explorer II
At first glance, Dungeon Explorer II looks nearly identical to its predecessor, using most of the same graphics and practically identical mechanics. …

Shinsetsu Samurai Spirits: Bushidou Retsuden
Nicknamed “Samurai Shodown RPG” by the English fans (and known under the fan translated subtitle Tales of the Bushido), this title …

Samurai Shodown (Neo Geo Pocket)
Despite the obvious downgrades that occur when an arcade title is ported to an 8-bit portable system, most Neo …

Ys Strategy
No one really asked for this, but here it is – a real time strategy game in the Ys universe. It sort …

Thunder Cross
Salamander / Life Force is often considered the sister series of Gradius, mostly because it uses the same ships and …

Thunder Cross II
The sequel to Thunder Cross is pretty much more of the same, with another seven levels of action. It runs …

Demolition Man (3DO)
In the intro to Demolition Man, John Spartan (Stallone), “the 20th century’s most dangerous cop”, bungie jumps out of a helicopter …