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Dark Half

Superficially workmanlike, Dark Half is actually one of the more unusual and challenging RPGs available on the Super Famicom. It’s

Ordyne

Namco is known for a number of shooters – Xevious, Dragon Spirit, Phelios – which are mostly vertically-oriented. Ordyne is a break from these, a side-scrolling

HG101 Presents: The Unofficial Guide to Konami Shooters

Cover artwork by Rusty Shackles Shoot the core! Hardcore Gaming 101 Presents: The Unofficial Guide to Konami Shooters includes 154 pages with full

Ninja Gaiden II (NES)

This entry is part 3 of 16 in the series Ninja Gaiden

Ninja Gaiden II: The Dark Sword of Chaos takes place shortly after the events of the first game. Ryu has defeated

Brandish

This entry is part 1 of 4 in the series Brandish

Brandish is a series of overhead dungeon crawlers from Falcom. Like most of their games, it began on Japanese PCs,

Metal Morph

Origin Systems is a company that made video game history not only with its seminal Ultima franchise, but also with their long-lived

Hoccer

It was hard to accurately replicate sports games in the early eighties. For a game as simple as table tennis, Pong was

Adventures of Lomax, The

This entry is part 4 of 12 in the series Lemmings

The lemmings have starred in numerous games, on tons of consoles and computer platforms. They’ve had a reasonably smooth transition

Saint Seiya: Ougon Densetsu Kanketsu Hen

Saint Seiya: Ougon Densetsu Kanketsu Hen is a follow-up to Bandai’s equally awful Ougon Densetsu, released less than a year after the

Moai-kun

In what perhaps seems like a strange choice for a game, Moai-kun is par for the norm from Konami. The game is

TwinBee

This entry is part 1 of 9 in the series Twinbee

  TwinBee is one of Konami’s most popular shooter series. There’s no doubt about the game’s immense popularity. However, those

Family Dog

There’s a good chance that you’re not familiar with Family Dog. It was a short-lived TV series that ran for ten

Dragon Knight II

This entry is part 2 of 5 in the series Dragon Knight

A sequel wasn’t planned when Elf made the first Dragon Knight, but the huge popularity and strong fan demand prompted them

Dragon Knight (Anime)

This entry is part 5 of 5 in the series Dragon Knight

Anime Dragon Knight ended up getting three anime adaptations over the years. In 1991, the original game was adapted into a

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