Shinrei Jusatsushi Taroumaru
Shinrei Jusatsushi Taroumaru, also translated as “Psychic Killer Taromaru” or “Spiritual Assassin Taromaru”, or any combination of those words, has …
Circuit’s Edge
Circuit’s Edge is an interesting adventure/RPG hybrid published by Activision under their Infocom label, and developed by Westwood Studios. Based …
Mystic Riders
Irem was typically known for dark shoot-em-ups, ranging from the biomechanical Giger-esque designs of R-Type and X-Multiply, the dark fantasy …
Nazo no Murasamejou
It’s easily apparently that the number of Japanese Famicom titles outnumbers the American/European release by some huge number. And yet, …
Ganbare Goemon 2: Kiteretsu Shogun Magginesu
Kiteretsu Shogun Magginesu, or “The Strange General McGuinness” is a not-so-subtle allusion to Matthew Perry’s visit to Japan in the …
Raid Wind 2: ALLTYNEX
Before ALLTYNEX Second, before RefleX, before KAMUI, the man called Satoshi Yoshida (now known as Jirurun of SITER SKAIN) had released a vertical …
Goemon’s Great Adventure
The subtitle of Goemon’s second N64 game translates to “The Dizzying Journey: A Large Helping of Demons”. It still uses …
Legend of the Mystical Ninja
The first 16-bit Goemon title was also the first to be released in America and Europe. As the game begins, …
Space Bar, The
Designed and written by veteran text adventure game creator Steve Meretzky (Planetfall, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy), The Space …
Return of the Phantom
MicroProse’s adventure games weren’t exactly known for their originality. Dragonsphere owed a huge debt to King’s Quest, and Rex Nebular …
