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An unlicensed Famicom mahjong game. Like typical mahjong games, players receive and discard tiles until they complete hands by forming groups and pairs.What separates this mahjong game from the others is that it features the Taiwanese mahjong variation which is a version of mahjong in which hands are made up of 16 tiles each. Taiwan … Continue reading “Taiwan Mahjong”

Year: 1989

Platforms: NES

Genre: Strategy / tactics

Theme: Cards / tiles


This is a game of tag using dragons. The dragon is only vulnerable from the rear so you need to sneak up on your opponent to tag him. Be careful, though, that your opponent does not sneak up on you and do the same to you. In a one player game, it is you versus … Continue reading “Tagin’ Dragon”

Year: 1989

Platforms: NES

Genre: Action

Theme: Arcade


Super Sprint is a racing game for one or two players, with the Arcade version allowing three players to race at the same time. Gameplay is from an overhead view of the racetrack. The racetracks start simple and gradually get more complicated, and may also feature obstacles ranging from traffic cones to tornadoes. Occasionally wrenches … Continue reading “Super Sprint”

Year: 1986

Platforms: Amstrad CPC, Arcade, Atari ST, Commodore 64, NES, ZX Spectrum

Genre: Racing / driving

Theme: Racing/Driving


Danny and David, the protagonists from the first game, return to fire a load of harpoons at another bunch of balloons. The sequel is pretty much the same sort of thing over a new batch of levels, with backgrounds including the Great Wall of China, the Arc d Triomphe, Sydney Opera House, the Leaning Tower … Continue reading “Super Pang II”

Year: 1992

Platforms: NES

Genre: Action

Theme: Arcade


Super Pang is a clone of the arcade game of the same title. The premise is simple: there are balloons bouncing around a room, and you must shoot and destroy them without getting hit. However, it’s not that simple; when shot, the balloons will split into two smaller balloons, and only the smallest size will … Continue reading “Super Pang”

Year: 1991

Platforms: NES, Supervision

Genre: Action

Theme: Arcade


It Lurks Below is a retro-styled, 2D, action-oriented, survival RPG by David Brevik. Create a custom character and choose from several different classes to delve deep into the mysteries of what evil lurks below. Dig down and explore the randomly generated levels, find random items, and combat deadly monsters to get the answers. Though this … Continue reading “It Lurks Below”

Year: 2018

Platforms: Windows, Windows Apps, Xbox One

Genre: Role-Playing (RPG)

Theme: Action RPG


Bound by Flame is an action RPG set in a fantasy universe. The player controls the mercenary Vulcan who protects the lands against a siege by the seven ice lords and their minions. He starts as an experienced fighter in the game, but early on he messes up summoning a fire demon and instead becomes possessed … Continue reading “Bound By Flame”

Year: 2014

Platforms: Linux, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Windows, Xbox 360

Genre: Role-Playing (RPG)

Theme: Action RPG


This unlicensed title contains three different games, not released separately: Sunday Funday, Fishfall and 4HIM: The Ride. Sunday Funday is an adaptation of the game Menace Beach, and contains a changed storyline and some graphical changes. The storyline now deals with a boy trying to make his way to Sunday school. Gameplay consists of riding … Continue reading “Sunday Funday: The Ride”

Year: 1995

Platforms: NES

Genre: Action, Compilation

Theme: Platform


Stunt Kids is an unlicensed head-to-head dirt bike racing game featuring a pair of helmeted, yet clearly wide-eyed children. Two human players can compete head to head, or a computer can control the second player, as the kids race dirt bikes through increasingly difficult obstacle courses whilst collecting power-ups. The dirt bikes can jump and lean … Continue reading “Stunt Kids”

Year: 1992

Platforms: NES

Genre: Action

Theme: Racing/Driving


Street Heroes, one of Sanchen’s final releases, does some genuinely impressive things with the NES hardware. It’s a blatant Street Fighter knock-off, with eight playable characters, all of whom seem to be based on different types of historical warrior. There’s a surprising amount of sampled speech in Street Heroes, and given the limitations of the … Continue reading “Street Heroes”

Year: 1994

Platforms: NES

Genre: Action

Theme: Beat 'em up / brawler