Introduction Aero Fighters was developed by Video System, ported to the SNES in 1993 from its arcade original, a vertically scrolling shoot ’em up letting players choose from a roster of pilots and aircraft from different countries, each with distinct stats and a unique special weapon. Its stages take players across real-world locations rendered in…
Introduction Aero the Acro-Bat 2 was developed by Iguana Entertainment and published by Sunsoft, released for the SNES in 1994 as a direct sequel continuing the acrobatic bat mascot’s adventures, this time facing off against a new villain plotting to take over Aero’s circus for a criminal scheme. It refines the original’s tail-spin and glide-based…
Introduction Advanced Dungeons & Dragons: Eye of the Beholder was originally developed by Westwood Studios for PC in 1991 before Capcom published a SNES port in 1994, adapting the first-person dungeon crawler built on TSR’s Dungeons & Dragons ruleset. Players create and control a party of adventurers exploring the sewers and dungeons beneath the city…
Introduction 8 Eyes was developed by Thinking Rabbit and published by Taxan, released for the NES in 1990 as an action-platformer following a knight named Orin traveling to eight castles across Europe to recover jeweled orbs stolen by a corrupt duke, accompanied by a trained falcon that assists in combat. Players wield a sword for…
Introduction Baseball Stars was developed and published by SNK, released for the NES in 1989 as a home console entry in the same series behind the arcade original and its Baseball Stars 2 sequel, bringing SNK’s team-building take on baseball to a wider console audience. Players can create and customize a team, allocating stat points…
Introduction Adventures of Lolo 2 was developed by HAL Laboratory and published by Nintendo, released for the NES in 1990 as a sequel to the original Adventures of Lolo, continuing its single-screen puzzle format where Lolo must collect all heart framers on a stage while avoiding or manipulating monsters to open a path to the…
Introduction Arkanoid II: Revenge of DOH was developed and published by Taito, released for the NES in 1988 as a direct sequel to the original Arkanoid, continuing the Vaus spacecraft’s brick-breaking mission against the resurgent alien force DOH. It expands on the original’s formula with new stage layouts, additional power-up capsules, and boss encounters against…
Introduction A Boy and His Blob: Trouble on Blobolonia was developed by Absolute Entertainment and published by Konami’s overseas arm INTV, released for the NES in 1989 as a puzzle-platformer built around a unique companion mechanic rather than combat. Players control a young boy who can feed different flavored jellybeans to his shapeshifting alien companion,…
Introduction A Nightmare on Elm Street was published by LJN and developed by Rare, released for the NES in 1990 as a licensed adaptation of Wes Craven’s horror franchise, tasking players with controlling a group of Elm Street teenagers who must find and destroy Freddy Krueger’s bones before he can kill them in their dreams….
Introduction Art of Fighting 3: The Path of the Warrior was developed and published by SNK, released for arcades in 1996 as the third and final entry in the original Art of Fighting trilogy, serving as a prequel exploring Ryo Sakazaki’s father Takuma and the martial arts school’s earlier history. It overhauled the series’ presentation…
Introduction The King of Fighters 2003 was developed and published by SNK Playmore, released for arcades in 2003 as a significant structural overhaul of the series, replacing the traditional fixed three-character teams with a rotating tag system where any of three selected fighters could be swapped in in real time during a match. This tag…
Introduction Crossed Swords was developed by Alpha Denshi and published by SNK, released for arcades in 1991 as a first-person perspective sword-fighting game, an unusual viewpoint choice that put players directly in a knight’s boots rather than viewing combat from the side as most fighting games of the era did. Players guide a young prince…