Battlemania Daiginjou
Trouble Shooter and Battle Mania did not become explosively popular in either the US and Japan but their creators were happy enough with …
Metal Slug
After the success of the legendary Fatal Fury, the Neo Geo became almost exclusively the home of 2D fighters. SNK’s most …
Barbarian (PS2/GC)
Sapphire, after cutting their teeth with a few projects for Midway like the home ports of War Gods and the ultra-violent 3D …
Warrior Blade: Rastan Saga Episode III
While Rastan Saga II didn’t achieve the same success as the original, Taito took another stab at the franchise a …
Rastan Saga II
Rastan found immediate popularity. To quickly capitalize on this, Taito developed and manufactured a sequel for the arcades in less …
Alien Syndrome (2009)
Despite the arguable lack of quality in the GBA versions of The Revenge of Shinobi and Altered Beast: Guardian of …
Axiom Verge
Metroid (together with Castlevania: Symphony of the Night and its successors) are the two names that created the “Metroidvania” subgenre, …
Jinmu Denshou
Space Harrier‘s release in 1985 was followed by many imitators. Their quality is as varied as their settings, running the …
Trouble Shooter
Trouble Shooter is a fitting Genesis game from Vic Tokai, combining the art style and goofy characters one would expect from …
Werewolf: The Last Warrior
After putting one on one fighting games on the map with Karate Champ in 1984, Data East would continue to hit it …
Atomic Runner Chelnov
Atomic Runner Chelnov, like many of Data East’s titles, is one of those games that’s regarded as a cult classic …
King of Fighters ’98, The
With the Orochi storyline concluded, SNK created the first “Dream Match” title, which ditched the plot and added nearly all …
