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Daiku no Gen-san: Robot Teikoku no Yabou

This entry is part 6 of 8 in the series Hammerin Harry

The second Game Boy Daiku no Gen-san game takes out heroes to the final frontier – outer space. The basic

Hammerin’ Harry

This entry is part 1 of 8 in the series 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

This entry is part 6 of 7 in the series 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

This entry is part 2 of 4 in the series Assault Suits

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

This entry is part 1 of 4 in the series Assault Suits

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

Siren

This entry is part 1 of 3 in the series Siren

People enjoy being scared. Horror films are a staple of late night television and high school dates, both situations where

Metal Slug Advance

This entry is part 11 of 11 in the series Metal Slug

On the surface, Metal Slug Advance seems to emulate its arcade brethren perfectly – the graphics look spectacular, it plays almost exactly

Gradius: The Interstellar Assault

This entry is part 12 of 17 in the series Gradius

Unlike the first Game Boy installment, Gradius: The Interstellar Assault is a completely original game. If anything, the developers took

Astro Boy: Omega Factor

In the Game Boy Advance and DS era, there was a rather annoying trend amongst certain publishers – releases of

Solar Assault

This entry is part 10 of 17 in the series Gradius

Back in 1997, the idea of Gradius in 3D seemed beyond awesome, so Konami created Solar Assault, an arcade only

Nemesis (Game Boy)

This entry is part 11 of 17 in the series Gradius

Like most Game Boy conversions, Nemesis isn’t really a completely new game, but it isn’t a just a port either.

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