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Classic Gaming Quarterly

Month: May 2009

NHLPA Hockey ’93

May 30, 2023May 31, 2009 by Chris Alaimo

NHLPA Hockey ’93 is the second game in the franchise, and the follow-up to 1991’s NHL Hockey. The game was renamed to reflect the addition of actual player names instead of just using their numbers. While this is a welcome addition, EA apparently felt that they could only afford to pay for one license, so … Read more

Categories Sega Genesis Reviews Tags genesis, Hockey, NHLPA Hockey '93, Review, sega, Sports

Gun.Smoke

May 30, 2023May 12, 2009 by Chris Alaimo

Gun.Smoke is a pretty unique game in that it has all of the game play mechanics of a vertically-scrolling shooter, but you don’t fly a plane or a space ship. You play the role of a wild west vigilante who kills the leaders of various groups of bandits who have been harassing the town of … Read more

Categories Nintendo NES Reviews Tags Arcade, Capcom, Gun.Smoke, NES, Nintendo, Review, Shooter

Excitebike

May 30, 2023May 12, 2009 by Chris Alaimo

In the early days of the NES, Excitebike was *the* game to have, and it’s easy to see why. Excitebike is a dirt bike-based racing game in which you race against the clock in either a time trial format or in a group of other riders. The object of the game is to navigate your … Read more

Categories Nintendo NES Reviews Tags Excitebike, launch, NES, Nintendo, Racing, Review

Urban Champion

May 30, 2023May 11, 2009 by Chris Alaimo

In Urban Champion, you fight an opponent who looks just like you but has bright green hair. Your ultimate objective is to knock him down a manhole, and this is accomplished through a series of fights. Each bout takes place in front of a building, and the objective is to keep hitting your opponent so … Read more

Categories Nintendo NES Reviews Tags Beat 'em Up, NES, Nintendo, Review, Urban Champion

Donkey Kong

May 30, 2023May 11, 2009 by Chris Alaimo

Donkey Kong was released as part of Nintendo’s early “Arcade Series”, in which they ported their own arcade titles to the NES. Although not a launch title, Donkey Kong was one of the original 30 games that were packaged in black boxes. For those who have never played the game, the object of Donkey Kong … Read more

Categories Nintendo NES Reviews Tags Arcade, Donkey Kong, NES, Nintendo, Review, Shigeru Miyamoto

NHL Hockey

May 30, 2023May 3, 2009 by Chris Alaimo

NHL Hockey was the first hockey game to be released on a true 16-bit console, and until its release hockey fans had to make do with games like “TV Sports Hockey” on the Turbo Grafx 16 and “Blades of Steel” on the NES. NHL Hockey was a huge step forward from all previous hockey games. … Read more

Categories Sega Genesis Reviews Tags genesis, Hockey, NHL Hockey, Review, sega, Sports

Contra: Hard Corps

May 30, 2023May 1, 2009 by Chris Alaimo

Contra: Hard Corps should be one of the best games on the Genesis. In 1994, only a handful of memorable games were released for the system, and the Genesis could have used the help against the Super Nintendo’s increasing market share. Hard Corps has some of the most detailed and colorful graphics of any game … Read more

Categories Sega Genesis Reviews Tags Action, Contra, genesis, Hard Corps, Review, sega

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