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Mega Man X the 16-Bit Age: Mega Man X2
661 days agoIt was a foregone conclusion. It took Capcom many years to bring Mega Man to the SNES and when…
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Goonies II
Posted on May 20, 2013 | No CommentsThe Goonies was something of a cultural touchstone for many of us who are children of the 80s. A group of teenagers on the adventure of a lifetime searching for... -
TaleSpin
Posted on April 26, 2013 | 2 CommentsThe kids of today really missed out on the golden era of Disney cartoons. Back in the late 80s and early 90s every self-respecting kid hauled ass to get home... -
DuckTales 2
Posted on April 24, 2013 | No CommentsI don’t envy the development team at Capcom who were tasked with creating a sequel to DuckTales. The original was a huge international success and is universally voted as one... -
Gradius II
Posted on April 22, 2013 | No CommentsI know what you’re thinking, “isn’t Life Force Gradius 2”? And the answer is no. While the two series share similarities Life Force is actually a part of the Salamander... -
Chip & Dale: Rescue Rangers 2
Posted on April 15, 2013 | 2 CommentsBy 1993 the writing was on the wall and it was time for the NES to walk off into the sunset with its head held high. Nintendo graced the system... -
Dragon Fighter
Posted on April 8, 2013 | No CommentsThere’s obscure and then there’s the really obscure. In all of my younger years when I would voraciously devour any and all information about video games I could find I... -
Back to the Future
Posted on March 22, 2013 | No CommentsAh, LJN, my arch nemesis, we meet again. Wherever a popular license existed back in the 80s and 90s LJN were there to completely fuck it up in search of... -
Air Fortress
Posted on March 20, 2013 | No CommentsI remember Air Fortress primarily from its cheesy commercial. The advertisement was full of all of the typical 80s tropes when promoting videogames: corny extreme voiceover, footage cut to make... -
King’s Knight
Posted on March 18, 2013 | No CommentsWell every publisher has to start somewhere. Even the likes of Capcom and Nintendo have a few skeletons in their closets that they wish gamers would forget about. While Square... -
Kick Master
Posted on March 11, 2013 | No CommentsNow here’s another lost gem from an underrated publisher. During the NES era when the likes of Capcom, Konami, and Acclaim (for all the wrong reasons) dominated the headlines Taito...