PLATFORMS

An alien entity known as Geegus threatens the Earth in the year 3091. As all of Earth’s forces have been defeated, a scientist uses his recently-built time machine to find the greatest fighters of different eras to compete against Geegus. World Heroes is a versus fighting game. It features a cast of characters from different countries … Continue reading “World Heroes”

Monster World was once a peaceful region. Then, the peace was shattered by an invading army of monsters. A young man named Shion vowed to defeat them and make his land peaceful again. Wonder Boy In Monster World is the third game in the Monster World spin-off series, originally known as Wonder Boy 5: Monster … Continue reading “Wonder Boy in Monster World”

Wonder Boy III: Monster Lair is a quite different game to most of the games in the Wonder Boy series. You play a green-haired dude named Leo, who must attack the invaders that attempt to collect weapons and use them to destroy the land. The game starts out like a simple platform game, but it’s just when Wonder … Continue reading “Wonder Boy III: Monster Lair”

Warsong is the only title of a series of strategy games, known as Langrisser in Japan, to ever see an official release outside of Japan. It is set in a typical medieval fantasy setting and features traditional turn-based combat. The player controls several generals who can command up to eight different units ranging from ordinary … Continue reading “Warsong”

The future of the human race looks hopeless when maintenance drones accidentally replace the orbot leader’s head with a salvaged atomic bomb. All the orbots on Earth are immediately ordered, via television receivers, to stop cleaning up the planet and to start manufacturing weapons for an impending ambush of the returning humans. Only one orbot, … Continue reading “Vectorman”

The space ship Monotros has returned after receiving an SOS call to save his home world (Volfied) from alien invaders and has to defeat a different boss and his minions in each level. Volfied is very similar to Qix — the player takes control of a ship/object whose purpose is to roam the screen, forming … Continue reading “Ultimate Qix aka Volfied”

The sequel to ToeJam & Earl starts off where the first game ends. The two funky aliens have finally gathered all their rocket parts and left Earth for their home planet Funkotron. Accidentally, some earthlings manage to cling on to their spaceship and come along to Funkotron with them. Being responsible for the huge disturbance … Continue reading “ToeJam & Earl in Panic on Funkotron”

Toejam and Earl are two hip aliens from the planet Funkotron. One day, they are cruisin’ their galaxy in the sweet spaceship ride. Unfortunately, Earl wasn’t paying enough attention to where he was driving, and ran the ship into an asteroid. The ship crash landed onto the most bizarre planet in the galaxy: Earth. Toejam … Continue reading “ToeJam & Earl”

Target Earth is a space shooting game set in the future with Earth under attack by robots. The protagonist of the game is a pilot of a mech robot which can either walk on planet surfaces or fly in space. There are two types of levels in the game. Surface levels take place on planets or … Continue reading “Target Earth”

This follow-up to Thunder Blade is very similar to the original arcade game. Get into a helicopter and blast away at the numerous enemies with its cannon and missiles. The game’s four stages all follow a similar pattern: the first part is from a perspective behind the helicopter where players not only have to dodge enemy fire … Continue reading “Super Thunder Blade”