Legend of Xanadu, The
While Falcom’s games were a huge success on video game consoles, particularly their Ys series, they were primarily a computer developer, and …
Mystic Warriors
Konami’s Mystic Warriors is a lot like their previous game, Sunset Riders, though it moves away from the western theme and …
Wild West C.O.W.-Boys of Moo Mesa
Based off the mostly-forgotten cartoon series about a bunch of anthropomorphic cows in the wild west, C.O.W.-boys of Moo Mesa may as …
Surprise Attack
The terrorist organized Black Dawn has taken over a moonbase and its neighboring space station. Only patriotic hero John Ryan, …
Aliens (Konami Arcade)
The Alien movies were a huge inspiration for Konami’s Contra, so it would only make sense that they’d eventually pick …
Devastators
The 3D over-the-shoulder corridor sections were definitely the weakest part of the original Contra – so much so that Super …
Bangai-O Spirits
Nearly ten years after the original, Treasure released Bangai-O Spirits for the Nintendo DS. Like most of Treasure’s previous sequels, it’s not …
Blood-over-
What if Devil May Cry were a 2D side scroller? That’s the question that Blood-over- tries to answer, to varying degrees of success. Of …
Bonk’s Adventure: Arcade Version
The arcade version of Bonk is dubbed Kyukyoku! PC Genjin, or “Ultimate! PC Genjin,” and was developed by Kaneko rather than any of …
Assault Suits Valken 2
If Masaya saw Front Mission: Gun Hazard as a ripoff of Assault Suits Valken, well, this game, developed by TamTam (who did some …
Assault Suits Leynos 2
Assault Suit Leynos 2, released for the Saturn in 1997, combines the basic gameplay and level structure of the first Leynos with …