Original Release: NEC, 1989, Turbografx 16Other Releases: Wii (2007), Wii U (2014) A simple but quirky top-down 2D racing game. Moto Roader (Turbografx 16, NEC, 1989) Where to Buy: eBay How to Emulate: coming soon! A top-down racing game with a lot of quirks, most of them not good. If you’ve played RC Pro-Am or…
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KING OF CASINO
Original Release: NEC, 1990, Turbografx 16 A casino-RPG that focuses heavily on the gambling and evokes an old-school Vegas feel. King of Casino (Turbografx 16, NEC, 1990) Where to Buy: eBay How to Emulate: coming soon! King of Casino initially appears to infuse a bit of an RPG element a la Casino Kid, but it…
FIRE PRO WRESTLING COMBINATION TAG
Original Release: Human, 1989, Turbografx 16 The first game in what would become a legendary wrestling series, founded by team members that worked on Nintendo’s Pro Wrestling. Fire Pro Wrestling Combination Tag (Turbografx 16, Human, 1989) Where to Buy: Amazon How to Emulate: coming soon! Pro Wrestling for the NES was developed by a team…
DEVIL’S CRUSH
Original Release: NEC, 1990, Turbografx 16Other Releases: Genesis (1991) The follow-up to Alien Crush goes with a more demonic theme. Demon’s Crush (Turbografx 16, 1990, NEC) Where to Buy: eBay How to Emulate: coming soon! Hmm, the follow-up to Alien Crush is pretty much more of the same, this time with a Satanist theme instead…
ALIEN CRUSH
Original Release: NEC, 1988, Turbografx 16Other Releases: Wii (2006), PSP / PS3 (2010), 3DS (2014) Pinball meets HR Giger in this interesting mashup. Alien Crush (Turbografx 16, 1988, NEC) Where to Buy: Play-Asia How to Emulate: coming soon! H.R. Giger themed pinball? Hey, I’ll try anything once. This is a pinball simulation, with pulsating brains…
BATTLE ROYALE
Original Release: NEC, 1990, Turbografx 16 A simplistic wrestling game that focuses on a five-way free-for-all. Battle Royale (Turbografx 16, NEC, 1990) Where to Buy: eBay How to Emulate: coming soon! As the name indicates, this is nothing but a battle royale (eliminate other people by throwing them over the top rope) between five fictional…
VEGAS STAKES
Original Release: SNES, 1993, HALOther Releases: Game Boy (1995), Wii (2007), Wii U (2013) Something of a follow-up to HAL’s Vegas Dream, this game has the same style of mostly focusing on the casino games but adding some random interactions to spice things up. Vegas Stakes (SNES, HAL, 1993) Where to Buy: Amazon How to…
UNIRACERS
Original Release: Nintendo, 1994, SNES An unconventional racer that seems to take a bit of inspiration from Sonic the Hedgehog. Uniracers (SNES, Nintendo, 1995) Where to Buy: eBay How to Emulate: SNES Emulation Guide Uniracers is a neat little game, definitely unique and can be fun at times, but there’s a good reason why you’ve…
TECMO SUPER BOWL 3
Original Release: Tecmo, 1995, SNES / Genesis The final entry to the series for many years kept the core gameplay, but shifted to a more “realistic” presentation meant to ape the Madden games. Tecmo Super Bowl 3 (SNES, Tecmo, 1995) Where to Buy: eBay How to Emulate: SNES Emulation Guide Tecmo Super Bowl 3 continues…
TECMO SUPER BOWL 2
Original Release: Tecmo, 1994, SNES / Genesis A strange sequel that had a very limited release to stores and was mostly intended for renting from Blockbuster and such. Tecmo Super Bowl 2 (SNES, Tecmo, 1994) Where to Buy: eBay How to Emulate: SNES Emulation Guide Tecmo Super Bowl II is a forgotten oddity in the…