Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2: Back from the Sewers – Game Boy

Platform: Nintendo Game Boy Developer: Konami Publisher: Konami Genre: Action Release Date (NA): December 1991 Nerd Rating: 6/10 Reviewed by FrozenMallet When Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Fall of the Foot Clan released on Game Boy in 1990 it was the first time gamers could take the Heroes in the Half Shell on the go. It was a… Continue reading Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2: Back from the Sewers – Game Boy

ToeJam & Earl – Sega Genesis

Platform: Sega Genesis Developer: Johnson Voorsanger Productions Publisher: Sega Release Date: 1991 Genre: Adventure, Dungeon-Crawler Rating: 7 out of 10 Reviewed by Lady Russell   Sometimes, the best we can expect from a video game is the unexpected. ToeJam & Earl is a zany adventure that makes no sense at all, but is fun nonetheless. ToeJam… Continue reading ToeJam & Earl – Sega Genesis

Battletoads – NES

Platform: Nintendo Entertainment System Developer: Rare Inc. Publisher: Tradewest ( Midway ) Release Date: June 1991 Genre: Beat ’em Up, Platforming Nerd Rating: 5.5 out of 10 Reviewed by Spekkio     Battletoads. The first and original. I happened to of played Battletoads & Double Dragon ( The Ultimate Team ) NES version before getting my hands… Continue reading Battletoads – NES

Sonic the Hedgehog – Sega Genesis

Platform: Sega Genesis Developer: Sonic Team Publisher: Sega Release Date (NA): June 23, 1991 Genre: Platformer Nerd Rating: 9 out of 10 Reviewed by Nerdberry *NOTE: This Sonic the Hedgehog is not to be confused with Sonic the Hedgehog for the Game Gear, Sonic the Hedgehog for the Game Boy Advance, or Sonic the Hedgehog… Continue reading Sonic the Hedgehog – Sega Genesis

Super Smash T.V. – Super Nintendo

Platform: Super Nintendo Developer: Beam Software Publisher: Acclaim Release Date (NA): 1992 Genre: Run & Gun Nerd Rating: 8.5 out of 10 Reviewed by NerdBerry The arcade classic is now in your home! Super Smash T.V. brings to your cabinet-cased T.V. all of the mayhem and madness that you remember from the arcade except now… Continue reading Super Smash T.V. – Super Nintendo

Chiki Chiki Boys – Sega Genesis

Platform: Sega Genesis Developer: Capcom and Visco Publisher: Sega Release Date (NA): 1990 Arcade / 1992 Genesis Genre: Platformer Nerd Rating: 6.25 out of 10 Reviewed by NerdBerry Chiki Chiki Boys, or better known as the Mega Twins in Japan on the arcade, is a platforming game running with the pack of other platformers gracing… Continue reading Chiki Chiki Boys – Sega Genesis

Handy Boy

Check out the Handy Boy. A wild Game Boy peripheral that could only have existed in the intergalactic times of the 90s. I mean, this thing is INSANE!

6-PAK – Genesis

Platform: Sega Genesis Developer: SegaSoft Publisher: SegaSoft Release Date (NA): Summer 1995 Genre: Compilation Nerd Rating: Individually rated Genesis 6-PAK is a compilation cartridge released by SegaSoft in the summer of 1995.  It always amazed me how they can fit 6 FULL games on 1 cartridge, but they can’t add more content to the individual… Continue reading 6-PAK – Genesis

MERCS – Genesis

Platform: Sega Genesis Developer: Capcom Publisher: Capcom Release Date (NA): 1991 Genre:  Run and Gun, Action Nerd Rating: 6.5 out of 10 So my first experience with this game lasted all of 2 minutes. MERCS is a run and gun kind of game from a sort of top-down view of a badass mercenary named Zutura. … Continue reading MERCS – Genesis

Steel Talons – Atari Lynx

Format: Atari Lynx Developer: NuFX Inc, Panoramic Publisher: Atari Release Date: 1991 Genre: Flight simulator, Air-shooter Nerd Rating: 2/10   I purchased the Atari Lynx on eBay in the late ’90s and it came in a group with 9 games complete in the box.  If I was in a store and had to choose between… Continue reading Steel Talons – Atari Lynx

Battletoads – Genesis

Platform:  Sega Genesis (Mega Drive) Developer: Rare Publisher: Tradewest Release date: 1991 Genre: Beat ’em Up, Action Nerd Rating: 65/100 Battletoads is one of those games you love it AND you hate it.  It was originally released on the NES (but I’ve never owned a copy), and word is that the NES game is UNBEATABLE… but… Continue reading Battletoads – Genesis

Decap Attack – Genesis

Decap Attack for the Sega Genesis was a huge disappointment to Nerd Bacon’s own Nerd Berry. Weird characters and weirder story make this a must read.