Taito Games
Like Data East and Konami, Taito Software is an established arcade name that has skyrocketed to the top of the consumer gaming field. With powerful adaptations of several solid coin-op properties, Taito has plenty of ammunition to carry the company into 1989 and beyond. Qix - The classic strategy/action classic! Pronounced "kicks", this abstract game pits you, as a pen drawing boxes to claim areas, against other equally abstract bad guys and the title character, Qix. The Qix is an energy field that methodically winds its way across the screen, destroying your pen whenever it comes in contact with broken lines.
Operation Wolf - A battlefield tour-de-force! Just now appearing for the Nintendo Entertainment System and the C-64/128, Operation Wolf is a first-person shoot-em-up that places you in a number of jungle settings where commandos attack from every direction. Sky Shark - Another safe bet from Taito, Sky Shark brings home the tried and true vertical shooter. A variety of land and air targets attack with relentless frequency as a detailed background slowly slumbers by. A little light on substance, but definitely a lot of fun when Sky Shark becomes available for the Nintendo Entertainment System in April and popular computer formats in March and April.
Jaleco Games Here's a company that, with a few minor exceptions, has found a very successful niche in the NES market by sticking with recognizable sports titles. Having already done justice to baseball and tennis, Jaleco is now banking on Basketball and Hockey as well as an in-depth action piece.
Hoops - A basketball simulation with a twist! Hoops recreates the finer points of street basketball, where teams of two compete on the blacktop. Great enhancements like a close-up visual of each slam dunk make Hoops one of the best basketball games ever! Goal! - Goal! cashes in on the booming popularity of soccer, a sport that now out-ranks football among teenage youth. Goal! features three different play formats: against the computer, against each other, or cooperatively against the computer. A Pass Key function allows you to save progress against the computer opponents.
Robowarrior - The first high action entry from Jaleco. Robowarrior combines the action elements from hits like Ghosts and Goblins with adventure overtones from The Legend of Zelda. The meshing of straight action with adventure turns out well, with plenty of game play throughout.
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
The Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade game has 5 levels, each of them are rather large, and are all taken from locations of the movie.
Bubble Bobble
You and a friend take control of Bub and Bob, two bubble blowin' dragons headed on a fantastic voyage to save their sweethearts, held captive by Baron von Blubba.
Rastan Saga 2
Rastan Saga 2 is the sequel to Rastan, containing the same hack-em'/slash-'em gameplay as the original.
The Flintstones
The Flintstones: The Rescue of Dino and Hoppy is a first-rate platformer with a bright, colorful look that successfuly mimics the cartoon series.
Super Bubble Bobble
Super Bubble Bobble is an Action game, developed by Audiogenic Ltd. and published by SunSoft, which was released in 1994.
James Buster Douglas Knock Out Boxing
You're a contendah! James "Buster" Douglas Boxing throws you into the ring with the meanest power-punchers around. Pummel your way to the title in a game designed with all the toughness of James "Buster" Douglas, the Columbus, Ohio boxer who beat M..
Chase HQ 2
Chase H.Q. II is a Racing game, developed by ITL and published by Taito Corporation, which was released in 1992.
Hit The Ice
This radical hockey game pits you and your team against some of the toughest skaters ever to burn a hole in the ice! Victory goes to the team that kicks, punches, and high-sticks its opponent into slush. Standard hockey rules apply, plus a few surp..
Final Blow
You're a contendah! James "Buster" Douglas Boxing throws you into the ring with the meanest power-punchers around. Pummel your way to the title in a game designed with all the toughness of James "Buster" Douglas, the Columbus, Ohio boxer who beat M..
Super Chase HQ
In the game the player assumes the role of a police officer named Tony Gibson in a black Porsche 928 chasing after a fleeing criminal. Along with his partner, Raymond Broady, they are members of the Chase Special Investigation Department, who must ..
Bust-A-Move 4
Can't get enough of that pudgy green dinosaur with a penchant for busting balls?
Insector X
Drab graphics, bland music, frustratingly hard levels (and only five of them!), disgustingly easy bosses.
The Flintstones: Rescue of Dino and Hoppy
Turn your watch back a few million years and join the whole Flintstone family in prehistoric pandemonium.
Time Gal
Keep the roads safe from the forces of evil with this new CD driving game!
Ultimate Qix
Ultimate Qix plays much like the arcade Qix. You slowly box in an entity that is large and strong
Bust-A-Move 2: Arcade Edition
Bust-A-Move 2 is the lightning-quick, ultra-intense, 100% addictive, arcade puzzler that's gonna grab you and never let go! As the balls descend, you're gonna need sharp eyes and quick reflexes to match 3 or more balls and pop them... fast! Insane ..
New Zealand Story
The player controls a sneaker-wearing kiwi called Tiki, and the aim of the game is to rescue several of his kiwi chick friends who have been kiwi-napped by a leopard seal.
Saint Sword
The evil being Gorgan has set his minions out to wreak havoc upon humanity. Humanity has joined with the Titans to help bring down Gorgan.
Sonic Blastman
The game consists of hitting the enemies and targets, in order to win, each target has a set a number of tons (t) of resistance. Once they are depleted, they will be defeated.
Toki
The resident Sorcerer, Vookimedlo, snatches your girlfriend, Miho, and immediately changes you into, that’s right a banana burner.
Darius Twin
Join Proco and Tiat in Darius Twin as they fight to protect planet Orga from Belser in this planetary scrolling horizontal shooter game.
Sonic Blastman 2
The Super NES sequel, entitled Sonic Blastman II, plays similarly to its predecessor, as well, and adds more options, such as new playable characters, two-player modes, among others.
Wrath of the Black Manta
The main game character is a ninja called Black Manta, who has to save children from kidnappers.
Flintstones: The Treasure of Sierra Madrock
The Flintstones: The Rescue of Dino and Hoppy is a first-rate platformer with a bright, colorful look that successfuly mimics the cartoon series.
Super Soccer Champ
Another soccer game
Bust-A-Move '99
Think you've busted with the best? Not until you've faced Bust-A-Move '99! With intense 4-player competition, all new graphics, and create-a-level mode, you've never busted bubbles like these! And with eight new mysterious characters to save, you'l..
Growl
Growl is a one-player game, in which you control one of four characters and must defeat these evil poachers by dealing with them with your fists.
Runark
A mysterious poaching and smuggling syndicate, operating under the cover name Rendow Animal Protection Organization (RAPO), has been stripping the world of its endangered animals. No one knows who Rendow is or the real motives behind his organizati..
