Gaming History 101

Below is our current list of reviews and/or retrospectives.  If a game has a retrospective it seemed redundant to do a review.  Please note that as a US site we lean to the US name of the game, although the European and Japanese titles will also be given in each review profile.  On rare occasions (like Ironsword: Wizards & Warriors II) we will put the link in both Ironsword and Wizards & Warriors II for connection to series and ease to find.  If a US title is a single game with a larger European or Japanese series, it will be mentioned within the review.  In cases of card games, casino games, annual sports series and especially poker and mahjong, the titles will not make the list given their extremely niche nature.

• 1942
• 1943: Battle of Midway (Battle of Valhalla in Japan)
• 1943: Kai: Midway Kaisen (Japan only)
• 1944
• 19xx
• Altered Beast (Juoki in Japan)
• Asteroids
• Battle Garegga (Japan Only)
• Battletoads
• Bust-A-Move 2 (Puzzle Bobble 2 in Japan)
• Darius
• Darius II
• Darius III
• Darkstalkers: The Night Warriors (Vampire: The Night Warriors in Japan)
• Darkstalkers 3 (Vampire Savior in Japan, includes Vampire Hunter 2 and Vampire Savior 2 alternates)
• Deathsmiles (Japan only)
• Deathsmiles II (Japan only)
• Defender
• Die Hard Arcade (Dynamite Deka in Japan)
• DonPachi
• DoDonPachi
• DoDonPachi II (Japan only)
• DoDonPachi: Dai Ou Jou (Japan only, English: Peaceful Death)
• DoDonPachi: Dai Fakkatsu (Japan only, English: Great Resurrection)
• Double Dragon
• Dragon’s Lair
• Duck Hunt (identical to NES version)
• Empire Strikes Back (Atari)
• Espgaluda (Japan Only)
• Fantasy Zone
• Fantasy Zone II: Tears of Opa-Opa
• Final Fight
• Galaga
• Galaga ’90 (Galaga ’88 in Japan)
• Gallop: Armed Police Unit (R-Type series)
• Ghosts’N Goblins
• Ghouls’N Ghosts
• Gokujo Parodius: Kako no Eiko o Motomete (Japan only, English: Fantastic Journey)
• Gradius
• Gradius II: Gofer No Yabo (Japan only, English: Ambition of Gofer)
• Gradius III
• Hogans Alley (identical to NES version)
• Ikaruga (Japan only)
• Life Force
• Mortal Kombat
• Mortal Kombat II
• Mortal Kombat 3
• Night Warriors: Darkstalkers’ Revenge (Vampire Hunter: Darkstalkers’ Revenge in Japan)
• Operation Wolf
• Parodius Da! (Japan only, English: It’s Parodius!)
• Primal Rage
• Radiant Silvergun (Japan only)
• Raiden
• Raiden II
• Raiden DX (Japan only)
• Raiden III (Japan only)
• Raiden IV (Japan only)
• Revolution X
• R-Type
• R-Type II
• R-Type Leo
• Salamander
• Salamander 2
• Sexy Parodius (Japan only)
• Shadow Dancer: The Secret of Shinobi
• Shinobi
• Smash TV
• Space Invaders
• Star Wars (Atari)
• Street Fighter
• Strider
• Strider 2
• Terminator 2 (T2): Judgement Day
• Xevious
• Zero Gunner 2 (Japan Only)
• Zero Wing (Japan only)