Dragon View
In 1994, Kemco made Dragon View, also known as Super Drakkhen in Japan. Although Kemco had already ported Drakkhen to the SNES, this “sequel” plays …
Obscure Video Game Controversies – Hard Hat Mack
Hard Hat Mack is an 8-bit computer game from Electronic Arts. It’s clearly inspired by Donkey Kong, in that it …
Color a Dinosaur
In the early 90s, a developer called Farsight Studios got their start in the industry working on the notorious Action …
WWF WrestleMania
There are almost far too many pro wrestling video games to write about, especially those officially licensed by the World …
Emerald City Confidential
The Wizard of Oz has been a gold mine for alternate interpretations. Beyond the world famous 1939 film, there have been …
Jackie Chan in Spartan X
A proper adaption of the movie Spartan X appeared soon after Irem’s arcade brawler, once again a MSX title by Pony Canyon. …
Broken Sword 2.5: The Return of the Templars
In 2001, a group of German fans who called themselves MindFactory began work on their own Broken Sword game. Between then and …
Inherit the Earth: The Quest for the Orb
Inherit the Earth: Quest for the Orb, designed by The Dreamers Guild and published by New World Computing, tells the …
Jackie Chan in Project A
Pony Canyon made their first real efforts of porting Chan’s amazing action into a video game with Project A, based on …
Flight of the Amazon Queen
Flight of the Amazon Queen so desperately wants to be a LucasArts game. Largely designed by two guys out of Brisbane, …
Samurai Shodown II
Samurai Shodown II (known as Shin Samurai Spirits: Haohamaru Jigokuhen or “True Samurai Spirits: Haohmaru’s Journey to Hell” in Japan) was released in …
Kizuna Encounter
Savage Reign probably didn’t exactly set the arcade charts on fire. But SNK apparently had enough faith in the game to …
Knights in the Nightmare
As Yggdra Union and Riviera did long before it, Knights In The Nightmare (hereafter abbreviated as KITN) takes the concept of a strategy RPG and completely …
