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Little Samson
While the NES was on its way out in 1991 thanks to the advent of the SNES, games were still …
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Mission: Impossible (NES)
Americans are practically required by law to have at least heard of Mission: Impossible at some point in their lives. …
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64th Street: A Detective Story
Beat-em-ups are not a particularly varied genre by nature, but when you have a premise as blunt as “beat up …
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Magician Lord
SNK’s Neo Geo hardware was most notable for its many fighting games ever since the inception of Fatal Fury in later 1991. …
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Super Locomotive
Japan is a country that loves its trains, with mass transit serving as the primary method for most citizens to …
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Sword Master
Many developers clamored to release games on the ailing NES when they knew that the next generation was coming in …
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Castle of Dragon
Sword-and-sorcery fantasy is perhaps the basest you can get for video game inspiration. You know, games with dragons, wizards, barbarians, …
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Bio Force Ape
Some Japanese companies just never get a big break and remain veiled in obscurity, even by history. But who the …
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Strider (NES)
The NES version of Strider was developed simultaneously with the more famous arcade version, but it’s a huge departure from …