PLATFORMS

Run… fly… dodge those obstacles, but return fire on wave after wave of attacking aliens. Armed with a really big gun, you have to defend yourself against the alien hordes using your wits to navigate around the screen. But watch out for those end of level bosses! Originating in the arcades, Space Harrier is a third-person rail … Continue reading “Space Harrier”

Following the successful gameplay of Dragon’s Lair, Don Bluth released this second conversion of his Laserdisc games series. You’re playing Dexter, a guy fighting the evil madman Borf who has kidnapped your girlfriend Kimberly and is now threatening the world with his dreaded weapon, the “Infanto Ray” which turns adults into small children. The game … Continue reading “Space Ace”

Mad Dog McCree and his gang have kidnapped the Mayor and his daughter, and it’s up to you to rescue them. You must blast through bars and bank robberies to take the gang out and save everything you regard as good and true. Where the game differs from other Operation Wolf-influenced shoot-’em-ups is in the … Continue reading “Mad Dog McCree”

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”

In Super Hang-On you race a motorcycle around the world, completing each section of track within a time limit. There are other bikes on the road, but beating this is not important, so they can be thought of as moving obstacles. Each continent is a different difficulty level: Africa is beginner, Asia is junior, the Americas are … Continue reading “Super Hang-On”

After Axel Stone, Blaze Fielding and Adam Hunter destroyed the evil Syndicate leader, Mr. X, the city became a peaceful place to live, and each one of them followed their own paths. One year later, after their reunion, Adam’s brother Sammy returned from school to find their apartment in a mess, and Adam nowhere to … Continue reading “Streets of Rage 2”

Streets of Rage, Sega’s answer to Final Fight, follows the story of three young police officers (Adam Hunter, Axel Stone and Blaze Fielding) in a city controlled by a criminal syndicate led by a “Mr. X” where crime is rampant, which leads the three heroes to make a pact to leave the force and topple … Continue reading “Streets of Rage”

The skies are populated by zeppelins, large battleships and flying fortresses. In this age of steel, the Motorhead Empire has conquered and enslaved almost the entire planet. The last free nation, the Republic of Silverhead, tries to bring the Motorhead Empire down using its newly developed weapon, the lightning bomb. Apart from its unusual Steampunk … Continue reading “Steel Empire”

Sonic the Hedgehog 2 is a side-scrolling platformer based around speed, and the sequel to Sonic the Hedgehog. Like the original, players run through different worlds called “zones”, which each have their own specific theme. There are two Acts in nearly all of the 10 Zones, and at the end of each Zone’s last Act … Continue reading “Sonic the Hedgehog 2”

This is the sequel to The Revenge of Shinobi and the last installment of the series on the Genesis/Mega Drive. After defeating the Neo Zeed organization, the ninja Joe Musashi returns to Japan to recover from the battle. But while he’s training, he senses that the Neo Zeed leaders are secretly rebuilding the organization, so … Continue reading “Shinobi III: Return of the Ninja Master”