Tag Archives: video games

1993

SNES A Day 168: Fatal Fury

Approximate Release Date: April 1, 1993
Genre: Fighting
Developer: SNK
Publisher: Takara

SNK’s Fatal Fury is a tremendously disappointing port to the Super Nintendo.

1993

Approximate Release Month: March 1993
Genre: Basketball simulation
Developer: Tecmo
Publisher: Tecmo

Tecmo Super NBA Basketball has what every other basketball game before and since is missing: cutscenes.

1993

Approximate Release Month: March 1993
Genre: Flight simulation
Developer: Microprose
Publisher: Microprose

Though it is impressive in a technical sense, playing Super Strike Eagle today is a painful experience.

1993

Approximate Release Month: March 1993
Genre: Turn-based strategy
Developer: Vic Tokai
Publisher: Vic Tokai

Super Conflict is most immediately comparable to Nintendo’s Game Boy Advance masterpiece Advance Wars, only not as good

1993

Approximate Release Month: March 1993
Genre: Puzzle
Developer: ASCII Entertainment
Publisher: ASCII Entertainment

The Amiga roots of Spindizzy Worlds are instantly clear from the title screen.

1993

Approximate Release Month: March 1993
Genre: Puzzle
Developer: Argonaut Software
Publisher: Jaleco

With King Arthur’s World, I find myself asking one question: How do you write about and evaluate a game that you fundamentally dislike?

1993

Approximate Release Month: March 1993
Genre: Turn-based RPG/strategy
Developer: Koei
Publisher: Koei

Inindo: Way of the Ninja seems to be a by-the-books Japanese role-playing game. It’s made by Koei, though, so it can’t be that simple, right?