Made In Japan: Radiant SilverGun

by Magazine Writer | Aug 21, 2020 | 1980s, Other Magazines Preview

Released in 1998 in Arcades on the SEGA ST-V Titan hardware, followed by a SEGA Saturn release later that year, Radiant Silvergun is a shmup (shoot’em up) that almost didn’t come to be. According to the diary of Hiroshi Iuchi, the director & producer of Radiant...

Hidden Gems: Bloody Wolf

by Magazine Writer | Aug 19, 2020 | 1980s, Other Magazines Preview

Bloody Wolf, developed by Data East and designed by Yoshiaki Honda, does for the TurboGrafx 16 what Contra does for the NES. It rocks the machine! Originally released in the Arcades (1988), Bloody Wolf, also known as Battle Rangers (Europe), made its US console debut...

Made In Japan: Elevator Action

by Magazine Writer | Aug 17, 2020 | 1980s, Other Magazines Preview

Elevator Action was one of my favorite games as a kid. I used to remember going to a diner with my folks and playing the game after we ate. I loved being a secret agent trying to go around to find documents in a building swarming with bad guys. While there have been a...

Hidden Gems: Vice: Project Doom

by Magazine Writer | Aug 15, 2020 | 1980s, Other Magazines Preview

What do you get when you combine the over head perspective of the amazing Spy Hunter, the stellar side scrolling game play of Ninja Gaiden and the killer First Person Sniper game play found in games like T2: The Arcade Game? You get the kick ass Hidden Gem, Vice:...

Retro Reviews: Retrode

by Rob OHara | Aug 13, 2020 | Indie Built-Retro Inspired, Other Magazines Preview

Emulators are computer programs that, as their name suggests, “emulate” hardware through software. There are emulators all kinds of machines, everything from old computers to old calculators, but the emulators most gamers are familiar with are emulators...

Made in Japan: Bangai-O

by Magazine Writer | Aug 11, 2020 | 1980s, Other Magazines Preview

Most everyone in the classic gaming community knows of the Japanese game developer Treasure and their impeccable track record for making some of the best action games to ever grace a video game console (and even a candy cab or two). So this being an article on...