Dodonpachi Daifukkatsu
“Somebody, Stop Me.” Dodonpachi Daifukkatsu (lit. “Angry Leader Bee Great Resurrection”) was developed in an incredibly short time span of around …
Operation Darkness
Metacritic, due to its out-of-context aggregation of review scores and summaries, is fairly misrepresentative. The meta-score for Operation Darkness, a strategy RPG for …
Pilgrim: Faith as a Weapon
Arxel Tribe, originally founded in 1990 in Slovenia by two architects, specialized in 3D modelling and the virtual reconstitution of …
Dodonpachi Daioujou
“Daioujou Suru Ga Yoi (Die A Blissful Death)” When Dodonpachi was released, it had a tagline telling players that “dying is good” …
Action Fighter
The genre of vehicular combat combines two thrilling virtual pastimes – racing and shooting – into one high-octane asphalt killfest. …
Donald Duck no Mahou no Boushi
Donald’s first Japanese-only adventure wasn’t exactly the best game he could have starred in, so it was probably for the …
Twin Cobra
Twin Cobra is the second game in the Tiger-Heli series, and Toaplan’s fourth shoot-em-up. In Japan, it’s known as Kyuukyoku Tiger (“Ultimate Tiger”). While their …
Flying Shark
Flying Shark is Toaplan’s third arcade shoot-em-up. Rather than following in the footsteps of their previous game, Slap Fight, instead …
Arch Rivals
Sports games are a genre that has existed ever since the very first game consoles, and they’re a genre that …
Eternal Champions: Challenge From The Dark Side
Released at the tail end of the unpopular add-on’s life, EC:CDS (I see what you did there, Sega!) was more or less …
XZR: Hakai no Gouzou
Telenet’s XZR series is wild. It mixes religious historical figures and iconography, along with prolific drug-taking and a crazy storyline that sees …
Koneko Monogatari
The publisher Pony Canyon had a reputation for making terrible games for the Famicom, and Koneko Monogatari is no different. …
