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This is the third entry in the series of fast-paced ninja action games, and is the last game in the series to be released on the Nintendo Entertainment System. Some time has passed since the defeat of Ashtar and the resurrected Jaquio, and Irene Lew has received a new mission to complete. She is to … Continue reading “Ninja Gaiden III: The Ancient Ship of Doom”
Year: 1991
Platforms: Arcade, Lynx, NES, Nintendo 3DS, Wii, Wii U
Genre: Action
Theme: Platform
A year after the events of the original Ninja Gaiden, a new villain named Ashtar receives word of Jaquio’s defeat. Ashtar uses this opportunity to hatch a new plan to plunge the world into darkness. The ninja, Ryu Hayabusa, hits the trail to destroy all manner of vile creatures entering the world while fighting his … Continue reading “Ninja Gaiden II: The Dark Sword of Chaos”
Year: 1990
Platforms: Amiga, Arcade, DOS, NES, Nintendo 3DS, Wii, Wii U
Genre: Action
Theme: Platform
A force of alien invaders has descended upon the Earth and has wiped out humanity for the most part. Some ninjas survived the onslaught, however, and two ninjas in particular, named Blade and Talon, are assigned to rid the planet of this alien menace. Ninja Crusaders is a side-scrolling action game that can be played alone … Continue reading “Ninja Crusaders”
Year: 1990
Platforms: NES
Genre: Action
Theme: Platform
Sutekh has gotten rid of local superhero Vortex, and now Metro City is in the hands of crime. You are Nightshade – the superhero that nobody knows – and your goal is to stop the evil doers, including main villain Sutekh. Nightshade is a humorous adventure game, with a menu that allows the protagonist to perform … Continue reading “Nightshade”
Year: 1992
Platforms: NES, Nintendo Switch, Windows
Genre: Action
Theme: Puzzle elements
LJN’s NES version of the classic horror series casts the player as a teen searching the houses on Elm Street for Freddy Krueger’s bones. Once they are all collected, they must be thrown into the high school furnace to destroy Freddy once and for all (a plot similar to 1987’s A Nightmare on Elm Street … Continue reading “A Nightmare on Elm Street”
Year: 1990
Platforms: NES
Genre: Action
Theme: Horror
Timing smiled on Gremlin with this licensed Formula 1 simulation, as Nigel’s long quest for a championship had finally come good. The game was pitched somewhere in between a full-blown simulation like F1 GP and action games like Continental Circus. Only 12 cars were in each race, which could last from between 3 and 20 … Continue reading “Nigel Mansell’s World Championship Racing”
Year: 1992
Platforms: Amiga, Amiga CD32, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, DOS, Game Boy, Genesis, NES, SNES, ZX Spectrum
Genre: Racing / driving
Theme: Sports
Based on professional football as played in the National Football League, NFL was the first 8-bit console game to carry the official NFL license. There is no NFLPA license, though, which means the 28 real teams are included, but no player names or faces. The player is in control of the action from a side-scrolling … Continue reading “NFL”
Year: 1989
Platforms: NES
Genre: Sports
Theme: Sports
One day, a kiwi tribe was having fun and games outside the zoo, only to be kidnapped by the evil-minded Leopard Seal, who plans to sell them at the black market. Fortunately, during the kidnapping process, Tiki, leader of the tribe, managed to escape the sack, and her job is to rescue Phee-Phee and the … Continue reading “The New Zealand Story”
Year: 1988
Platforms: Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Arcade, Atari ST, Commodore 64, FM Towns, Genesis, NES, SEGA Master System, Sharp X68000, TurboGrafx-16, Wii, ZX Spectrum
Genre: Action
Theme: Platform
New Ghostbusters II loosely follows the plot of Ivan Reitman’s original film. You start out by selecting two ghostbusters out of five (The 5th one is Louis Tully). The first, player controlled buster will use proton pack and second, controlled by AI, uses the trap where ghosts end up, after been freezed by using the … Continue reading “New Ghostbusters II”
Year: 1990
Platforms: NES
Genre: Action
Theme: Platform
Nintendo takes its game to the gridiron with NES Play Action Football. While Nintendo did not get the NFL license for this one, it did secure the license of the NFL Player’s Association, so the 8 teams to choose from (all named after the appropriate NFL cities) are all stocked up with real pro players … Continue reading “NES Play Action Football”
Year: 1990
Genre: Sports
Theme: Sports