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Whispering Willows is a 2D side-scrolling adventure game. Elena’s father John Elkhorn, the groundskeeper of a mansion, has gone missing. In her dream Elena sees he is snatched by a creature. She goes to the mansion to investigate herself, wearing her father’s amulet, but once through the gate a ghostly creature appears and she falls down … Continue reading “Whispering Willows”

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”

Sitting in the gunner position of a “GeoSword” fightercraft, you must shoot your way through the enemy armada and bring the fight to their base planet, Redeye. Altogether you’ll have around 10 missions to get through before the galaxy is safe and your wingmen will help you along the way. And during those missions, you’ll … Continue reading “Starblade”

In the once peaceful land of Mistral, legend holds of a brave knight named Drak who has sealed an evil god named Deoric beneath the six continents of the land. However, peace never lasts. The Garuda Empire has invaded the lands of Mistral, and the six Dark Generals, led by Sornbul, have conquered the continents. … Continue reading “Lords of Thunder”

Fatal Fury Special is an improved version of SNK’s 2D one-on-one fighter Fatal Fury 2. The objective is to win the tournament by defeating all other fighters including end boss Wolfgang Krauser. Fatal Fury Special features a fairly large selection of fighters that includes: The eight regular fighters from Fatal Fury 2: Terry Bogard, Andy … Continue reading “Fatal Fury Special”

An alien entity known as Geegus threatens the Earth in the year 3091. As all of Earth’s forces have been defeated, a scientist uses his recently-built time machine to find the greatest fighters of different eras to compete against Geegus. World Heroes is a versus fighting game. It features a cast of characters from different countries … Continue reading “World Heroes”

Monster World was once a peaceful region. Then, the peace was shattered by an invading army of monsters. A young man named Shion vowed to defeat them and make his land peaceful again. Wonder Boy In Monster World is the third game in the Monster World spin-off series, originally known as Wonder Boy 5: Monster … Continue reading “Wonder Boy in Monster World”

Wonder Boy III: Monster Lair is a quite different game to most of the games in the Wonder Boy series. You play a green-haired dude named Leo, who must attack the invaders that attempt to collect weapons and use them to destroy the land. The game starts out like a simple platform game, but it’s just when Wonder … Continue reading “Wonder Boy III: Monster Lair”

Warsong is the only title of a series of strategy games, known as Langrisser in Japan, to ever see an official release outside of Japan. It is set in a typical medieval fantasy setting and features traditional turn-based combat. The player controls several generals who can command up to eight different units ranging from ordinary … Continue reading “Warsong”

The future of the human race looks hopeless when maintenance drones accidentally replace the orbot leader’s head with a salvaged atomic bomb. All the orbots on Earth are immediately ordered, via television receivers, to stop cleaning up the planet and to start manufacturing weapons for an impending ambush of the returning humans. Only one orbot, … Continue reading “Vectorman”