Esper Boukentai
In the 8-bit era, several hybrid genres were developing, but none more prominently than action-adventures. The Legend of Zelda had brought it …
Lords of Midnight, The
Introduction: Mike Singleton and Lords of Midnight series The name Mike Singleton might not be instantly recognizable to most gamers. …
Gokujou Parodius
Gokujou Parodius: Kako no Eikou wo Motomete (translating roughly to “Fantastic Parodius: Seeking the Former Glory”) is a pretty direct …
Holiday Lemmings
A thing several developers did in the early 1990s was release special Christmas versions of their games as an extra …
Oh No! More Lemmings
Shortly after the release of the original Lemmings, the game proved to be so popular that an expansion pack was created. …
Battletoads in Battlemaniacs
After two years of milking the first Battletoads game across several consoles and one portable spin-off, it appeared that Rare had finally …
Battletoads
In the early 1990s, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles media franchise was at the height of its power as cultural phenomenon. It …
Battletoads & Double Dragon
In a rather unexpected move, Rare decided to make their next Battletoads title a crossover matchup with the original beat-em-up badasses from Double …
Battletoads (Game Boy)
Rare would not be up to the task of porting the original Battletoads to the Game Boy right away, but they did …
Battletoads (Arcade)
Taking one final stab at bringing the Battletoads to a wider audience, Rare teamed up with Electronic Arts to produce …
Salamander / Life Force
Salamander was released a year after the original Gradius, and two years before Gradius II. It isn’t quite a sequel, …
Biomechanical Toy
Biomechanical Toy is a run-and-gun arcade game developed by a company from Spain known as Zeus Software. They created a handful …
Crime Fighters
By 1989, Konami had come upon major success with the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles arcade machine, a good-looking, fast-paced brawler based on …
