Metal Slug 1st Mission
The Neo Geo Pocket Color may not have lived long, but the quality-to-crap ratio is astoundingly high. It’s especially surprising …
Cooking Fighter Hao
On paper, Cooking Fighter Hao sounds brilliant. Created by Nippon Ichi Software, before they started with Marl Kingdom or any of their strategy games, Cooking …
Fatal Fury: Wild Ambition
Even though SNK had an excellent reputation with creating 2D games, they were facing fierce opposition from the likes of Virtua …
Groove on Fight: Gouketsuji Ichizoku 3
After nipping at the heels of the more popular 2D fighters, Atlus decided to reinvent the series in the third …
Fire Emblem: Monshou no Nazo
Two years after Fire Emblem Gaiden, Nintendo brought the series to the Super Famicom. The story of Monshō no Nazo (“Mystery of the …
Crazy Taxi: Fare Wars
Looking to release a game on the PSP, Sega and Sniper Studios ported over Crazy Taxi. It’s really just a combination …
Ganso!! Yanchamaru
Despite appearing on a portable platform, Ganso! Yanchamaru for the Game Boy is a much more appropriate successor to the original arcade …
Kaiketsu Yanchamaru 3
While the second Yanchamaru game only contained the barest essentials from the original arcade game, the third entry, also released solely on …
Kaiketsu Yanchamaru 2
Although Kid Niki/Yanchamaru was born in the arcades, Irem decided to move the franchise to the home consoles with the …
Cho Aniki: Seinaru Protein Densetsu
Masaya packed up its bags during the 32-bit era, so “The Legend of Holy Protein” was made by X-nauts, a …
