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#679 – Touch Down Fever

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                                                                                                                                                      Bob Ross-endorsed cover.                                                                                                                                                             Pac-Man guest stars.   PLAYERS: 1-2 simultaneous PUBLISHER: SNK DEVELOPER: SNK GENRE: Sports RELEASE DATE: February 1991   Are there any football titles on the NES besides Tecmo Bowl and Tecmo Super Bowl? Of course, other 8-bit football titles do physically exist, but why bother … Continue reading #679 – Touch Down Fever →

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#464 – P.O.W.: Prisoners of War

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                                                                                              What a tease! Prisoners of War isn’t two-player at all!                                             Look at all those spare knives just laying there, begging to be thrown at someone!   PLAYERS: 1 PUBLISHER: SNK DEVELOPER: SNK GENRE: Beat-em-up RELEASE DATE: September 1989   SNK have a real obsession with war, don’t they? They’ve developed … Continue reading #464 – P.O.W.: Prisoners of War →

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#400 – Mechanized Attack

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                                                                                            I’ve had a vendetta against dogs and divers for years…                                                                                                              Your battleship can’t help you now, unholy diver!   PLAYERS: 1 PUBLISHER: SNK DEVELOPER: SNK GENRE: Light Gun RELEASE DATE: June 1990   In the late 80s and early 90s, the arcade scene was exploding with shooting games. These were … Continue reading #400 – Mechanized Attack →

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#370 – Little League Baseball: Championship Series

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                                                              I bet that batter eats a loaf of Iron Kids bread a day.     In Little League Baseball, you are indeed playing a baseball game with kids. Not much else to say, really.   PLAYERS: 1-2 simultaneous PUBLISHER: SNK DEVELOPER: SNK GENRE: Sports RELEASE DATE: July 1990   There’s absolutely nothing wrong … Continue reading #370 – Little League Baseball: Championship Series →

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#359 – Lee Trevino’s Fighting Golf

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                                                                            There was a U.S. National Video Game Team?                                                                                       Probably one of the nicest looking golf games for the NES   PLAYERS: 1-4 alternating PUBLISHER: SNK DEVELOPER: SNK GENRE: Sports RELEASE DATE: September 1988   If Lee Trevino ran at you with a nine-iron, you would do one of two things: … Continue reading #359 – Lee Trevino’s Fighting Golf →

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#307 – Iron Tank: The Invasion of Normandy

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                                                                                              James Woods as the Foul-Mouthed Tank Operator                                         You think those tanks are going to let your iron butt through?! TAKE ‘EM THE @!@! OUT!   PLAYERS: 1 PUBLISHER: SNK DEVELOPER: SNK GENRE: Action RELEASE DATE: July 1988   There’s nothing wrong with invading Normandy every now and again, especially if … Continue reading #307 – Iron Tank: The Invasion of Normandy →

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#296 – Ikari Warriors II: Victory Road

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                                                             Sorry Paul, the power of your pecs will not repel the creatures.                             Shoot, blow things up, die, game over, take out cartridge, ponder it, shake head, walk away.   PLAYERS: 1-2 simultaneous PUBLISHER: SNK DEVELOPER: Micronics GENRE: Action RELEASE DATE: April 1988   Paul and Vince, the Ikari Warriors (not … Continue reading #296 – Ikari Warriors II: Victory Road →

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#295 – Ikari Warriors

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                    Tom Selleck and Corey Feldman are Mr and Mrs. Ikari in “National Lampoon’s Vietnam Vacation!”                                        Is that a pink machine gun he’s wielding? I’ll give him this: he’s committed to that color.   PLAYERS: 1-2 simultaneous PUBLISHER: SNK DEVELOPER: Micronics GENRE: Action RELEASE DATE: May 1987   SNK, those noble … Continue reading #295 – Ikari Warriors →

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#272 – Guerrilla War

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                                                            Richard Karn and Kris Kristofferson take on network television executives.                                                                                                       No peasant’s laundry is safe.   PLAYERS: 1-2 simultaneous PUBLISHER: SNK DEVELOPER: SNK GENRE: Action RELEASE DATE: June 1989   Contra, we’ve had some good times together. You are, as they say in the biz, a “non-stop action thrill ride.” … Continue reading #272 – Guerrilla War →

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#155 – Crystalis

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                                                                                         You got this, unassuming hero guy.                                   He’s a stranger in a strange land. He’s also shroomin’. (thanks to MobyGames.com for the snap).   PLAYERS: 1 PUBLISHER: SNK DEVELOPER: SNK GENRE: Action/RPG RELEASE DATE: July 1990   Am I wandering into sacrilege territory by not devoting more time and effort into … Continue reading #155 – Crystalis →

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#061 – Baseball Stars

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                                                                                                                    Biff Wellington smacks it out of the box!                                                                                                  That’s supposed to be a ninja pitching. Points for trying! PLAYERS: 1-2 simultaneous PUBLISHER: SNK DEVELOPER: SNK GENRE: Sports RELEASE DATE: July 1989   In 1989, before the Neo-Geo CD, before the two-hundred dollar cassette cartridge games, before the crazy 6-in-1 arcade … Continue reading #061 – Baseball Stars →