Year: 2018

October 25, 2018

Magic Sword

Due to the popularity of RPGs like Dragon Quest, a number of Japanese arcade games experimented with melding role-playing elements …

October 24, 2018

The article is featured in HG101 Digest Vol. 3: The Guide to Retro Horror. Please check it out! Youkai Yashiki …

October 22, 2018

This game is featured in our new NES Cult Classics book! Please check it out! Natsume is a Japanese game …

October 20, 2018

This entry is part 2 of 2 in the series Nevada Smith

The sequel to Pharoah’s Tomb, although it’s nothing majorly different from its prequel. You are still Nevada Smith, and after …

October 20, 2018

This entry is part 1 of 2 in the series Nevada Smith

Another game by Micro/FX and George Broussard (who somehow managed to spell his last name wrong on the title screen), …

October 19, 2018

This entry is part 2 of 2 in the series Black Tiger

Capcom’s barbarian-themed arcade game Black Tiger was scheduled to be ported to the PC Engine at one point. However, sometime during …

October 19, 2018

This entry is part 1 of 2 in the series Black Tiger

Capcom’s Black Tiger is one of the many dark fantasy barbarian-themed arcade games of the mid/late 80s, undoubtedly inspired by …

October 17, 2018

Much of Capcom’s early output was dominated by shoot-em-ups, and most of these – Vulgus, Exed Exes, 1942 – were …

October 15, 2018

This entry is part 13 of 38 in the series Mega Man

The departure of Keiji Inafune from Capcom left multiple franchises under his watch floating in limbo. Most striking was the …

October 14, 2018

The article is featured in HG101 Digest Vol. 3: The Guide to Retro Horror. Please check it out! Those few …