I’ll take it. Those wings must have been a huge undertaking. PLAYERS: 1-2 simultaneous PUBLISHER: Konami DEVELOPER: Konami GENRE: Action RELEASE DATE: April 1990 1988. Contra – one of the best action games ever made – is released. It turns a generation of children, boys and girls alike, … Continue reading #618 – Super C
#617 – Sunday Funday: The Ride
This was originally called Tuesday Poo-sday but the Wisdom Tree marketers wouldn’t stand for it. Exploding plumbers isn’t something you typically deal with on the way to church, but he had it coming. PLAYERS: 1 PUBLISHER: Wisdom Tree DEVELOPER: Wisdom Tree GENRE: Action RELEASE DATE: 1995 Sunday Funday takes … Continue reading #617 – Sunday Funday: The Ride
#616 – Stunt Kids
47 nightmarish levels. Those poor snails. The Stunt Kid would rather take his own life than squelch that of an innocent duck. PLAYERS: 1-2 simultaneous PUBLISHER: Camerica DEVELOPER: Codemasters GENRE: Racing RELEASE DATE: 1992 Nothing says “why God why” like a horrible unlicensed rip-off of Excitebike. Stunt Kids … Continue reading #616 – Stunt Kids
#615 – Strider
Hiryu is easily offended by gross mustaches. He also runs laps up the pyramids every day. “It’s good for my glutes!” he cries. PLAYERS: 1 PUBLISHER: Capcom DEVELOPER: Capcom GENRE: Action/Adventure RELEASE DATE: July 1989 Strider should be great. Capcom developed it. It stars a sweet ninja with … Continue reading #615 – Strider
#614 – Street Fighter 2010: The Final Fight
My seven-year-old self knew better: this wasn’t Street Fighter. Well, poop. PLAYERS: 1 PUBLISHER: Capcom DEVELOPER: Capcom GENRE: Action RELEASE DATE: September 1990 Street Fighter 2010: The Final Fight has nothing to do with either of those storied Capcom franchises. It could have been called Robo Generica for … Continue reading #614 – Street Fighter 2010: The Final Fight
#613 – Street Cop
I’ll be takin’ that soul of yours now. Nice and easy. Copping a feel on an officer is an arrestable offense. PLAYERS: 1 PUBLISHER: Bandai DEVELOPER: Human Entertainment GENRE: Beat-em-up RELEASE DATE: June 1989 Street…? Cop…? Street Cop. In this Power Pad/controller collaboration (1989 y’all!), you guide a … Continue reading #613 – Street Cop
#612 – Stinger
Stinger engages in fisticuffs. Yup, that’s a cross. In an American Nintendo game. PLAYERS: 1-2 simultaneous PUBLISHER: Konami DEVELOPER: Konami GENRE: Shoot-em-up RELEASE DATE: September 1987 Stinger‘s proper Christian name is Moero TwinBee: Cinnamon-hakase wo Sukue! For those of us who don’t speak Japanese, that’s Burn TwinBee: Rescue … Continue reading #612 – Stinger
#611 – Stealth ATF
All the Fight! Is that supposed to be the Middle East or a Nacho Cheese Dorito? PLAYERS: 1-2 simultaneous PUBLISHER: Activision DEVELOPER: Imagineering GENRE: Flight Sim RELEASE DATE: October 1989 Throw on some Whitesnake and put on your Tom Cruise-approved sunglasses: Stealth ATF puts you in control of … Continue reading #611 – Stealth ATF
#610 – StarTropics
Such an evocative cover. Eyes up top, chief.* PLAYERS: 1 PUBLISHER: Nintendo DEVELOPER: Nintendo GENRE: Action/Adventure RELEASE DATE: December 1990 StarTropics starts off as an all-American take on the original Legend of Zelda before blossoming into its own brand of adventure funk. You are Mike Jones, a “teenage … Continue reading #610 – StarTropics
BONUS ROUND! – Devil World
The fate of the world rests on a goofy green dragon. Shiggy, Shiggy, Shiggy, can’t you see? Sometimes your games just hypnotize me. PLAYERS: 1-2 simultaneous PUBLISHER: Nintendo DEVELOPER: Nintendo GENRE: Arcade RELEASE DATE: October 1984 Devil World has the fantastic distinction of being the only Shigeru Miyamoto … Continue reading BONUS ROUND! – Devil World
#609 – Starship Hector
Hudson Soft put “HECTOR” in big, bold font so the kids would come runnin’ On the surface of an alien tongue. Mind the extravagant papillae. PLAYERS: 1 PUBLISHER: Hudson Soft DEVELOPER: Hudson GENRE: Shoot-em-up RELEASE DATE: June 1990 For a game named after Hudson Soft’s fifty-eight year old … Continue reading #609 – Starship Hector
#608 – Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back
Better believe you’re fighting these buggers. Hall and Oates, ladies and gentlemen. PLAYERS: 1 PUBLISHER: JVC Digital Studios DEVELOPER: Lucasfilm Games GENRE: Action RELEASE DATE: March 1992 If Star Wars for the NES was a Bantha poodoo sandwich, then The Empire Strikes Back is a Wampa fur coat. … Continue reading #608 – Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back