Approximate Release Date: April 1, 1992
Genre: Platformer
Developer: Hudson Soft
Publisher: Hudson Soft
Super Adventure Island would feel like an evolutionary dead-end for the platformer genre if it weren’t for the recent resurgence of endless runners for cell phones.
It is the Archaeopteryx to Canabalt‘s pigeon.
Approximate Release Date: March 10, 1992
Genre: Platformer
Developer: Ocean Software
Publisher: Ocean Software
The Addams Family screws up the one thing that any adaptation of the movie of the television sitcom needs to get correct: The rendition of the theme song is terrible.
Approximate Release Date: March 1, 1992
Genre: Action/platformer
Developer: Game Freak/System Sacom
Publisher: Sony Imagesoft
Smart Ball is adorable. That’s not surprising since Game Freak, the developers of Pokémon, were involved in its creation.
Approximate Release Date: January 7, 1992
Genre: Action/platformer
Developer: Data East
Publisher: Data East
I’m as surprised as anyone to find that Joe & Mac holds up okay after 22 years.
Approximate Release Date: December 4, 1991
Genre: Action/Platformer
Developer: Konami
Publisher: Konami
Super Castlevania IV is a kinder, friendlier Castlevania.
Approximate Release Date: November 28, 1991
Genre: Platformer
Developer: Capcom
Publisher: Capcom
Super Ghouls ‘n Ghosts was the first scary game I can remember playing.
Approximate Release Date: November 1, 1991
Genre: Platformer/Simulation
Developer: Quintet
Publisher: Enix
You know what they say about jacks of all trades? It fits ActRaiser perfectly.
