From the pages of the past! Ads of yesteryear – Sunset Riders
Konami’s arcade empire ruled a vast cornucopia of great ideas, clever licenses, and a few games that could be a little out there but were fun anyway. Their designers plumbed […]
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From the pages of the past! Ads of yesteryear – Magic Sword
Magic Sword arrived in arcades in 1990 and parted more than a few brass tokens from my pocket. It is, at its heart, a hack ‘n slashers side-scrolling paradise pitting […]
From the pages of the past! Ads of yesteryear – Revolution X
One of the craziest ideas to hit the arcade scene came from Bally Midway in ’83. Wanting to capitalize on the success of Journey, they licensed their music and their […]
From the pages of the past! Ads of yesteryear – Super Smash TV
In ’87, Arnie starred in “The Running Man” casting him as a former police officer framed for a massacre in a dystopian version of America. It’s the future, and the […]
From the pages of the past! Ads of yesteryear – Ninja Warriors
This was a huge game in the arcade in ’88 (thanks to Romstar bringing it over from Japan). Physically huge, that is. I remember seeing this for the first time […]
From the pages of the past! Ads of yesteryear – Wanderers from Ys III
Ys III is probably the first Ys game that I had played so it was a big surprise to me to get into Ys I and II to learn how […]
From the pages of the past! Ads of yesteryear – Contra 3: The Alien Wars
Tough. Beastly. Hardcore. Those are only a few of the epithets leveled at Contra 3 for the SNES. This was the action packed sequel that made the most of the […]
hoi chummers, finally caught up with shadowrun…both versions
I’ve finally gotten to play both versions of Shadowrun. Two titles down, a massive backlog to go…
