Introduction Technōs Japan released Nekketsu! Street Basket – Ganbare Dunk Heroes for the Famicom in 1993 as part of the Kunio-kun series. Kunio and his classmates from Nekketsu High School take their rough style to the basketball court, playing two-on-two matches against rival teams on outdoor courts around Japan and the United States. As in…
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 Baseball Stars 2 was developed and published by SNK, released for arcades in 1992 as a sequel to the original Baseball Stars, refining the series’ arcade-style take on baseball with team customization and more detailed player statistics than most sports games of its era attempted. Players can build and manage a custom team, adjusting…
Introduction Kunio-kun no Nekketsu Soccer League was developed and published by Technos Japan, released for the Famicom as a soccer entry in the Kunio-kun series, the same delinquent-school franchise behind River City Ransom and Nekketsu Fighting Legend. True to the series’ exaggerated style, matches favor chaotic, arcade-style soccer over simulation, with players able to pull…
Introduction Super Punch-Out!! was developed and published by Nintendo, released for the SNES in 1994 as a sequel to the NES classic Punch-Out!!, once again casting players as a boxer working through a gauntlet of exaggerated opponents rather than fighting toe-to-toe brawls. Success depends on memorizing each opponent’s tells and attack patterns, dodging or blocking…
Introduction Saturday Night Slam Masters was developed and published by Capcom, released in arcades in 1993 with character designs contributed by manga artist Tetsuo Hara, best known for Fist of the North Star. The game reimagines professional wrestling as a fast-paced arcade fighter, letting up to two players grapple, throw, and slam their way around…
Introduction World Heroes 2 was developed and published by ADK, with assistance from SNK, for the Neo Geo MVS arcade system, released in April 1993 as the sequel to 1992’s World Heroes and notably the first release to carry the ADK name after the studio rebranded from its earlier identity as Alpha Denshi. The game…
Introduction Super Dodge Ball was developed and published by Technos Japan, directed by Mitsuhiro Yoshida with design work by Koji Ogata, loosely adapting the studio’s own 1987 arcade game of the same name and serving as the second entry in the Kunio-kun series even though that connection was scrubbed from international releases. It launched in…
Introduction Mega Man 2 was developed and published by Capcom for the NES in 1988, directed by Akira Kitamura and produced by Tokuro Fujiwara, with Keiji Inafune stepping up from artist on the first game into a more central production role alongside fellow artists Yasuaki Kishimoto and Naoya Tomita and composer Takashi Tateishi. The sequel…
Introduction Punch-Out!! was developed by Nintendo R&D3 under director Genyo Takeda, with character designs from Shigeru Miyamoto and production by Minoru Arakawa, adapting Nintendo’s arcade boxing series for the NES. Nintendo first released a Mike Tyson-free gold cartridge in Japan in September 1987, initially given out as a tournament prize, before the more famous Western…
Welcome to Cal Ripken Jr. Baseball, play this classic retro game directly in your browser! Enjoy the nostalgic experience. About Cal Ripken Jr. Baseball Cal Ripken Jr. Baseball is a 1992 sports game developed by Beam Software and published by Mindscape for the Sega Genesis and Super Nintendo, built on the earlier home-computer game TV…
Welcome to ATP Tour Championship Tennis, play this classic retro game directly in your browser! Enjoy the nostalgic experience. About ATP Tour Championship Tennis ATP Tour Championship Tennis is a 1995 Sega Genesis tennis game developed by SIMS Co., Ltd. and published by Sega, featuring 40 licensed ATP players — 32 active pros of the…