All posts by Cory Woodrum

Graduate of Purdue University, resident of Speedway, Indiana.

1993

SNES A Day 158: Super Valis IV

Approximate Release Month: February 1993
Genre: Action
Developer: Telenet Japan
Publisher: Atlus

Most of the problems I have with Super Valis IV are rooted in the basic level design.

1993

Approximate Release Month: February 1993
Genre: Brawler
Developer: Taito
Publisher: Taito

Despite the game’s slow pace, Sonic Blast Man is a surprisingly technical take on the beat-’em-up genre.

1993

Approximate Release Month: February 1993
Genre: God game/simulation
Developer: Tomcat System
Publisher: FCI

SimEarth: The Living Planet is ambitious, but lacks the kind of grounding that made the previous game in the series so approachable.

1993

Approximate Release Month: February 1993
Genre: Puzzle
Developer: Hot-B
Publisher: Activision

Shanghai II: Dragon’s Eye is a solid mahjong game.

1993

Approximate Release Date: February 23, 1993
Genre: Action/platformer
Developer: Ocean Software
Publisher: Ocean Software

Some of what made its predecessor special has been stripped out of The Addams Family: Pugsley’s Scavenger Hunt.

1993

Approximate Release Date: February 2, 1993
Genre: Simulation
Developer: Koei
Publisher: Koei

Koei finally gets it (mostly) right with Aerobiz.

1993

Approximate Release Date: February 2, 1993
Genre: Hockey
Developer: Taito
Publisher: Taito

In what could have been just an interesting failure in the arcade hockey genre, Hit the Ice instead decides to be annoying.