1991 – Taigen Moon Works

10/25/20 Dragon Spirit (1991)

Dragon Spirit (1991) developed by Namco and published by Domark Software for DOS, Commoodore 64, Amstrad PC, and Atari ST. This is a conversion of the original arcade title for home computers and it’s… good! Dragon Spirit is a fantasy twist on the ever popular ‘shmup genre that features some pretty solid design and pleasantContinue reading “10/25/20 Dragon Spirit (1991)”

10/24/20 Exile (1991)

Exile (1991) by Peter Irvin and published by Audiogenic Games for Commodore 64, Amiga, and Atari ST. Most of the discussion around this game will call it a masterpiece, I don’t really know how to feel about it. Exile sees you as an astronaut on an alien planet on a rescue mission to stop aContinue reading “10/24/20 Exile (1991)”

10/17/20 Wrath of the Demon (1991)

Wrath of the Demon (1991) by Abstrax and published by ReadySoft Incorporated for Atari ST, DOS, Amiga, and Commodore 64. Oh boy, the first Atari ST game I’ve covered! Too bad it’s not that great. Now, to be clear, this game excels in its presentation. I’m a sucker for parallax scrolling, so once the firstContinue reading “10/17/20 Wrath of the Demon (1991)”

10/13/20 ActRaiser (1991)

ActRaiser (1991) by Quintet and published by Enix for SNES. This is one of the first games ever developed for the Super Nintendo, and it’s quite the way to kick off a console’s library. ActRaiser feels like a game that someone really wanted to make because they had a great idea. In it, you areContinue reading “10/13/20 ActRaiser (1991)”

10/8/20 Shatterhand (1991)

Shatterhand (1991) developed and published by Jaleco for the NES. It’s been a minute since I covered a console title, and man is this ever a return. This game is awesome! It’s an action sidescroller that feels heavily inspired by Fist of the North Star. Compare this, released on the system’s deathbed, to most gamesContinue reading “10/8/20 Shatterhand (1991)”

9/15/20 Beast Wrestler (1991)

Beast Wrestler (1991) by Riot and published by Renovation Products for Genesis. A great concept executed poorly. Beast Wrestler should be rad, you select from a wide range of giant monsters with heavy shades of Japanese kaiju movies, then duke it out in a wrestling tournament. In what is basically the story mode, you canContinue reading “9/15/20 Beast Wrestler (1991)”

9/14/20 Devious Designs (1991)

Devious Designs (1991) by Peter James Baron and Bob Stevenson, published by Mirrorsoft for Amiga. This game is… flawed? It’s a puzzle game where the aim is to assemble Tetris-like blocks into place to complete shapes that become recognizable objects. That’s a good enough concept that I actually enjoy quite a bit, as you mustContinue reading “9/14/20 Devious Designs (1991)”