1942: Joint Strike
In 2008, Capcom contracted Backbone Entertainment, largely known for their on-the-cheap console/arcade emulation packs, to develop new installments in some …
Dragon Quest III
Dragon Warrior III (subtitled Soshite Densetsu e… or “Into the Legend…” in Japan, and granted the subtitle Seeds of Salvation …
Ninja Jajamaru-kun: Onikiri Ninpou Chou
Jajamaru-kun and friends were practically everywhere in the 8-bit era, but other than the lone Super Famicom Ninja-kun game, he was pretty …
Ninja Jajamaru: Ginga Daisakusen
After dallying in RPG land for two episodes, Jajamaru finally returns to the world of side scrolling in the fifth …
Daiku no Gen-san: Robot Teikoku no Yabou
The second Game Boy Daiku no Gen-san game takes out heroes to the final frontier – outer space. The basic …
Hammerin’ Harry
Ah, the days of mascot platformers. Hammerin’ Harry – known in its Japanese homeland as Daiku no Gen-san, or” Gen the Carpenter” – …
Super Valis
The only Valis game to be released for the SNES relates to Valis IV like Castlevania: Dracula X does to Rondo of Blood – except its even less …
Cybernator
Assault Suits Valken (known as Cybernator in North America) is a prequel to Assault Suits Leynos / Target Earth. That …
Metal Warriors
Metal Warriors is not officially part of the Assault Suits series, but it’s easy to see where the confusion might come in. Konami …
Target Earth
Yoshiyuki Tomino’s Mobile Suit Gundam, a series of series about a bunch of large robots trashing each other amidst lectures about …
Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders
Released as a followup to Lucasfilm’s massively popular Maniac Mansion, Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders never quite garnered the same respect. There …
Astra Superstars
Sunsoft’s third and final fighter (although it was technically developed by a company called Santa Claus) is quite unlike its …
