Bio-ship Paladin, known in Japan as Space Battleship Gomora (宇宙戦艦ゴモラ), is a 1990 horizontally scrolling shoot ’em up arcade game. It was later ported to the Sega Mega Drive. While the game is essentially a standard horizontally scrolling shoot ’em up, it has an innovation that makes it unique in the genre. The player flies … Read more
Burning Force (バーニングフォース, Bāningu Fōsu) is a 3D shooter arcade game which was released by Namco in 1989 only in Japan. It runs on Namco System 2 hardware and was later ported to the Sega Mega Drive in 1990, and was also later released on the Wii Virtual Console in 2009.
Pigskin 621 A.D. is an arcade game released in 1990 by Bally Midway. One player can battle the computer, or two players can battle head-to-head. Two teams compete to score as many touchdowns as possible in the tradition of American football, but actual play is more similar to rugby football. A version for the Sega … Read more
Mega Twins, also known as Chiki Chiki Boys (チキチキボーイズ, Chiki Chiki Bōizu) in Japan, is a side-scrolling action game released for the arcades by Capcom in 1990. It was the tenth game released for the CP System hardware.
Rastan Saga II (ラスタンサーガ2), known in Europe as Nastar and in North America as Nastar Warrior (except for the North American Sega Mega Drive/Genesis version, which was known as Rastan Saga II) is a hack and slash platform arcade game developed and released by Taito in 1988. It is the sequel to Rastan Saga (released … Read more
Phelios (フェリオス, Feriosu) is a 1988 vertical scrolling shooter video game released for the Namco System 2 arcade platform in Japan by Namco. A Mega Drive port was released in 1990. The game features a plot loosely based on Greek mythology. The player takes control of the knight Apollo, the god of the sun, who … Read more
Hard Drivin’ is a 1989 driving arcade game that invites players to test drive a high-powered sports car on stunt and speed courses. The game featured one of the first 3D polygon driving environments via a simulator cabinet, rendered with a custom architecture. The force feedback, car physics simulator, game design and most game programming … Read more
Race Drivin’ is a driving arcade game that invites players to test drive several high-powered sports cars on stunt and speed courses. The game is the sequel of 1989’s Hard Drivin’ and was part of a new generation of games that featured 3D polygon environments. Unlike most racing games of its time, it attempted to … Read more
Fire Shark, released in Japan as Same! Same! Same! (鮫!鮫!鮫!), is a 1989 shoot ’em up arcade game developed and published by Toaplan. The player controls a biplane and builds up a score by shooting a variety of military targets. It is considered the sequel to Flying Shark. It was ported to the Mega Drive … Read more
Devil’s Crush (known as Devil Crash in Japan) is a pinball video game developed by NAXAT Soft for the TurboGrafx-16 and released in 1990. The second installment in the Crush Pinball series after Alien Crush, the game has an eerie occult theme with skulls, skeletons, and demons. It was later followed by Jaki Crush and … Read more
Rainbow Islands (レインボーアイランド) is a 1987 arcade game developed and published by Taito. The arcade version was licensed to Romstar for North American manufacturing and distribution. The game is subtitled “The Story of Bubble Bobble 2” and is the sequel to Taito’s hit game Bubble Bobble from the previous year. It is the second of … Read more
Frogger (フロッガー (Furoggā)) is a 1981 arcade game developed by Konami. It was licensed for North American distribution by Sega-Gremlin and worldwide by Sega itself. It is regarded as a classic from the golden age of video arcade games, noted for its novel gameplay and theme. The object of the game is to direct frogs … Read more