Ganbare Goemon 2: Kiteretsu Shogun Magginesu
Kiteretsu Shogun Magginesu, or “The Strange General McGuinness” is a not-so-subtle allusion to Matthew Perry’s visit to Japan in the …
Raid Wind 2: ALLTYNEX
Before ALLTYNEX Second, before RefleX, before KAMUI, the man called Satoshi Yoshida (now known as Jirurun of SITER SKAIN) had released a vertical …
Goemon’s Great Adventure
The subtitle of Goemon’s second N64 game translates to “The Dizzying Journey: A Large Helping of Demons”. It still uses …
Legend of the Mystical Ninja
The first 16-bit Goemon title was also the first to be released in America and Europe. As the game begins, …
Space Bar, The
Designed and written by veteran text adventure game creator Steve Meretzky (Planetfall, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy), The Space …
Return of the Phantom
MicroProse’s adventure games weren’t exactly known for their originality. Dragonsphere owed a huge debt to King’s Quest, and Rex Nebular …
Ganbare Goemon Kirakira Douchuu: Boku ga Dancer ni Natta Wake
The fourth Super Famicom Goemon game – “The Glittering Journey: The Reason I Became a Dancer” – is the best …
Puyo Puyo! 15th Anniversary
Many game series release a game in celebration of an anniversary, and the Puyo series is no different. PuyoPuyo 15th Anniversary is …
Ax Battler
Outside of the regular series of beat-em-ups, Sega also released a handful of Golden Axe spinoffs. For the Game Gear, there’s Ax Battler: …
Power Strike II (GG) / GG Aleste 2
The second GG Aleste game was released in both Japan and Europe, the latter where it was known as Power …
Blue Revolver
The indie scene has been a hotbed of shoot-em-ups for a good long while, but they’ve become essential to the …
