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Tag Archives: Action

Sega Genesis Reviews

Altered Beast

Author Chris Alaimo Date January 22, 2010
Fans of Nintendo’s home consoles were treated to top-quality pack-in games during the 8-...
Tagged Action, Altered Beast, genesis, launch, Review, sega |
Sega Master System Reviews

Altered Beast

Author Chris Alaimo Date January 22, 2010
Altered Beast is a side-scrolling action game in which the hero, a shape-shifting resurrected...
Tagged Action, Altered Beast, Master System, Review, sega |
Nintendo Game Boy Reviews

Batman

Author Chris Alaimo Date December 22, 2010
When I was 13, I was getting ready to take a train ride through...
Tagged 1990, Action, Batman, Game Boy, Gameboy, Nintendo, Review, Sunsoft |
Nintendo NES Reviews

Contra

Author Chris Alaimo Date May 24, 2010
Contra is a game that should need no introduction. This classic side-scrolling shooter was...
Tagged Action, Contra, Konami, NES, Nintendo, Review, Run & Gun |
Sega Genesis Reviews

Contra: Hard Corps

Author Chris Alaimo Date May 1, 2009
Contra: Hard Corps should be one of the best games on the Genesis. In...
Tagged Action, Contra, genesis, Hard Corps, Review, sega |
TurboGrafx-16 Reviews

Die Hard

Author Chris Alaimo Date September 14, 2010
Die Hard is one of my all-time favorite action movies, and it’s a shame...
Tagged Action, Die Hard, HuCard, Movie, Pack-In Video, PC Engine, Review, turbografx, turbografx-16 |
Sega Saturn Reviews

Elevator Action Returns

Author Chris Alaimo Date July 10, 2010
Game companies may have decided that Americans were no longer interested in 2D games...
Tagged 1997, Action, Arcade, Elevator Action, Returns, Review, Saturn, sega, Taito |
Sega Genesis Reviews

Last Battle

Author Chris Alaimo Date May 14, 2014
Released in Japan as a licensed game based on “Fist of the North Star,”...
Tagged Action, genesis, Last Battle, launch, Review, sega |
Sega Genesis Reviews

Mega Turrican

Author Chris Alaimo Date March 23, 2011
When reviewing Mega Turrican, the obvious comparisons to be made are between this game...
Tagged Action, genesis, Mega Turrican, Review, sega |
Neo-Geo Reviews

Metal Slug

Author Chris Alaimo Date April 20, 2013
Whenever the topic of run & gun games comes up, someone has to mention...
Tagged 1996, Action, AES, Arcade, Metal Slug, MVS, Nazca, Neo Geo, Review, SNK |
TurboGrafx-16 Reviews

Ninja Spirit

Author Chris Alaimo Date April 20, 2010
Ninja Spirit is one part Shinobi and one part shooter, mixing the side-scrolling ninja...
Tagged Action, HuCard, Irem, Ninja Spirit, PC Engine, Review, turbografx, turbografx-16 |

Super Nintendo Reviews, Videos

Operation Logic Bomb Review

Author Chris Alaimo Date July 26, 2013
Episode 5 – This week I review Operation Logic Bomb: The Ultimate Search &...
Tagged Action, Jaleco, Review, SNES, Super Nintendo, Video, YouTube |
Sega Genesis Reviews

Turrican

Author Chris Alaimo Date March 20, 2011
Turrican is a run-and-gun shooter in the vein of Contra or Gunstar Heroes, that...
Tagged Action, genesis, Review, Run & Gun, sega, Turrican |
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