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Darkstar: An Interactive Movie

Darkstar: An Interactive Movie (not to be confused with Darkstar One, the outer space flight sim that was released on

Guerrilla War

Ikari Warriors was one of SNK’s earlier titles that gained them a reasonable amount of popularity, even if it was ripping

Whirlo

This entry is part 3 of 2 in the series Valkyrie

The third title in the Valkyrie series, strangely, doesn’t actually star Valkyrie. Instead, it focuses on Krino Xandra, the second

Hell: A Cyberpunk Thriller

Hell: A Cyberpunk Thriller was the product of the burgeoning multimedia era in the mid-90s. PCs were finally infiltrating the

Final Zone (Genesis)

This entry is part 3 of 3 in the series Final Zone

While Telenet released its official sequel to Final Zone, the by now independent Wolf Team was working on this spin-off. While

Valis IV (PC Engine)

This entry is part 5 of 7 in the series Valis

Over the course of three games, the Valis series had gotten a bit narratively stale. Each time another demon of the week

Valis III

This entry is part 4 of 7 in the series Valis

Another Valis game, another threat to peace in the Dream World. This time it’s the dictator of the newly introduced World of

Desperado 2

This entry is part 3 of 3 in the series Gun.Smoke

In 1991 Topo Soft granted its Gun.Smoke clone something the original never got: A numbered sequel. After the surprisingly decent rip-off/ports follows

Desperado

This entry is part 1 of 3 in the series Gun.Smoke

Even before Capcom themselves ported Gun.Smoke for home use, several computer systems saw a release of the game in Europe. Prolific Spanish

Wanted / Outlaw

This entry is part 2 of 3 in the series Gun.Smoke

Infogrames’ Wanted was another blatant clone of Gun.Smoke, but unlike Desperado, it wasn’t officially adopted into the franchise. Yet its hardly distinguishable from its

Magical Quest 3 Starring Mickey and Donald

Next to Sega, the company who had the biggest success with licensed Disney video games were Capcom. Whereas Sega pitted

Super Ninja-kun

This entry is part 5 of 10 in the series Ninja Jajamaru-kun

An update of the original arcade games, Super Ninja-kun features improved 16-bit graphics, a much larger variety of stages, boss battles, dashing

Ninja-kun: Ashura no Shou

This entry is part 2 of 10 in the series Ninja Jajamaru-kun

The arcade sequel takes the gameplay of Ninja-kun and greatly expands on it. Although there are still many stages where you simply

Ninja-kun

This entry is part 1 of 10 in the series Ninja Jajamaru-kun

Few are aware of it, but Ninja Jajamaru-kun was one of Jaleco’s most prolific franchises back in the Famicom days. The stubby

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