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Red Earth / Warzard
In 1996, 3D gaming was all the rage. Many arcade manufacturers upgraded their hardware, and the face of fighting games …
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Vapor Trail
Shoot-em-ups were among some of the most common games in the arcade in the late 80s. Data East’s entries included …
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Quest for the Rings, The
The Quest for the Rings is a different video game indeed, at least from what we’re used to. Instead of picking …
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Dragon Buster
Dragon Buster is a bit of an obscure classic. Much like another similarly themed Namco title from the era, Tower of Druaga, …
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Skull Fang
Skull Fang is a perfect example of taking something successful and then running it right into the ground. After the …
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Rohga: Armor Force
Although you couldn’t tell directly from looking at it, Rohga: Armor Force (known in Japan as Wolf Fang: Kuuga 2001) …
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Sword of Vermilion
In the late ’80s and early ’90s, Sega and NEC were pumping the audience for the world of 16-bit consoles. …
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Legendary Axe, The
The Legendary Axe is NEC’s relatively high profile (for a TG-6 game) side scroller, meant to be the equivalent of Castlevania and Ninja Gaiden for …
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Blazing Dragons
Blazing Dragons is based on the relatively obscure Canadian cartoon of the same name and is the brainchild of Terry …