PLATFORMS
Super Street Fighter II is a sequel to Street Fighter II Turbo and Street Fighter II: Champion Edition. The game features four new characters (Cammy, Dee Jay, T. Hawk, Fei Long) and stages, making a total of sixteen playable. It also features many multiplayer modes in addition to the single-player mode. Among those is the … Continue reading “Super Street Fighter II”
Year: 1993
Platforms: Amiga, Arcade, DOS, FM Towns, Genesis, New Nintendo 3DS, SNES, Sharp X68000, Wii, Wii U
Genre: Action
Theme: Fighting
In Ice Climber one or two players need to climb their way to the top of 32 different mountains. Each mountain is broken up into eight levels of platforms along with a bonus stage at the top. Attempting to stop the player from making upward progress are different creatures ranging from polar bears to condors, as well … Continue reading “Ice Climber”
Year: 1985
Platforms: Arcade, Game Boy Advance, NES, New Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo Switch, PC-88, Sharp X1, Wii, Wii U
Genre: Action
Theme: Platform
Golf features two challenging 18 hole courses where players are able to play a round of golf, and allows players to choose a club, adjust stance and control the swing. The game features three alternating views; an overhead long-range view of the entire hole, an overhead medium-range view from the ball’s current location, and an overhead … Continue reading “Golf”
Year: 1984
Platforms: Arcade, Game Boy, Game Boy Advance, NES, New Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo Switch, PC-88, Sharp X1, Wii U
Genre: Sports
Theme: Sports
Another tournament composed of several different challenges rocks the streets near Nekketsu High and since the series hero Kunio isn’t going to turn down a challenge anytime soon, every gang in the city sends its team hoping to come up on top. Crash ‘n’ the Boys: Street Challenge features the same basic gameplay engine and mechanics … Continue reading “Crash ‘n’ the Boys: Street Challenge”
Year: 1992
Platforms: Game Boy, NES, New Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Wii, Wii U, Xbox One
Genre: Action
Theme: Sports
The game begins with a classic story of a boy and his frog who runs away, becomes radioactive and jumps into a hole. More importantly however, it is a story about a boy named Jason who finds a fully functional battletank, SOFIA the 3rd, and goes adventuring around the underground. His mission is to find … Continue reading “Blaster Master”
Year: 1988
Platforms: NES, New Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo Switch, Wii, Wii U
Genre: Action
Theme: Metroidvania, Platform
Long ago, seven noble warriors defeated the ultimate evil, and brought peace to the world. But the memory of the humans is short… wars begin, breaking the world’s harmony, and now the world is threatened by seven demons. Emperor Leon of Avalon tries to rid the world of the demons. One day, he goes on … Continue reading “Romancing SaGa 2”
Year: 1993
Platforms: Android, New Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo Switch, PS Vita, PlayStation 4, SNES, Wii, Wii U, Windows, Windows Apps, Xbox One, iPad, iPhone
Genre: Role-Playing (RPG)
Theme: Turn-based strategy
Super Castlevania IV is, story-wise, a remake of the first game in the series. Set in the year 1691, the game casts the player in the role of Simon Belmont, a vampire hunter armed with a powerful whip, on a quest to defeat the evil Count Dracula in his castle. Despite the identical plot, the six castle stages … Continue reading “Super Castlevania IV”
Year: 1991
Platforms: New Nintendo 3DS, SNES, Wii, Wii U
Genre: Action
Theme: Platform
Once upon a time, three evil gods fought against the holy gods, and the holy God-Father chose a human warrior to help them. Finally, after a prolonged, terrible war, the leader of the three evil gods – Death, the eldest of them – surrendered. The youngest evil god, Schirach, became a human and has lost … Continue reading “Romancing SaGa”
Year: 1992
Platforms: New Nintendo 3DS, SNES, Wii, Wii U, WonderSwan
Genre: Role-Playing (RPG)
Theme: Turn-based strategy
Long ago in the days of darkness and magic, a young wanderer comes face to face with his destiny. You control the fate of Ryu, a young warrior and descendant of the Light Dragon Clan. Together, with your mystical friend, Nina, you must search for magic spells and mysterious secrets. Along the way, gain experience … Continue reading “Breath of Fire”
Year: 1993
Platforms: Game Boy Advance, New Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo Switch, SNES, Wii U
Genre: Role-Playing (RPG)
Theme: Japanese-style RPG (JRPG)
Pokémon Gold takes place several years after Red, Blue and Yellow, and puts the user into a brand new world, Johto. The gameplay is very similar to the previous games, but with several improvements. These include new functions for the player’s PokéGear, a Pokédex that can now be sorted by evolution type, and, of course, new Pokémon. Once again, the … Continue reading “Pokemon Gold Version”
Year: 1999
Platforms: Game Boy Color, New Nintendo 3DS
Genre: Role-Playing (RPG)