Kid Niki: Radical Ninja
Amidst the legions of ninja-themed video games released during the ’80s, Irem had an interesting idea – what if they …
Metal Slug 7 / XX
The initial announcement of Metal Slug 7 on the Nintendo DS was a stake to the heart of 2D lovers anywhere. In …
Colonel’s Bequest, The
Envisioned by Roberta Williams, Laura Bow is the star of a short lived series that draws from classic mystery novels. …
Gabriel Knight 3: Blood of the Sacred, Blood of the Damned
In the late ’90s, the adventure game genre was dying. LucasArts’ fantastic Grim Fandango had more or less flopped, Sierra’s latest entries …
Beast Within, The: A Gabriel Knight Mystery
The Beast Within: A Gabriel Knight Mystery picks up roughly a year after the end of the first game. Gabriel has …
Psycho-Nics Oscar
Ever wonder how the Gradius power-up bar would work outside of a side-scrolling shooter? Konami eventually stuck it in the …
Ninja Baseball Bat Man
by Jeff “Kamatacci” Browning – June 16, 2007 The early 90s was a great time for America’s favorite pastime: the …
Baruusa No Fukushuu
Zainsoft isn’t exactly a company that’s recognized very much. While they published a number of action and RPGs in the …
KOF Maximum Impact Regulation A
The Maximum Impact series was designed for the console audience, but SNK realized that most fighting game fans don’t play …
Leather Goddesses of Phobos 2
After the purchase of Infocom by Activision, text adventure development slowed to a crawl before dying completely. Legend Entertainment picked …
Leather Goddesses of Phobos
One of Infocom’s most popular text adventures, Leather Goddesses of Phobos (often shortened as LGOP) began as a joke title that eventually morphed …
After Burner Climax
Even though After Burner technically had many follow-ups, none really captured the style of the original arcade release. After Burner …
After Burner: Black Falcon
This PSP title is often mistaken for a port of After Burner Climax, but it’s actually a completely different game developed …
Sega Strike Fighter
Released only in the arcades on the Naomi hardware, Sega Strike Fighter is only listed here by virtue of including “Strike Fighter” …
