Platform – NEC PC Engine – The Retro Gaming Treasury

Super Raiden – NEC PC Engine Super CD-ROM – 1992

On June 27, 2018September 4, 2018 By Wingnut

Raiden is a scrolling shoot ’em up that appeared in the arcades in 1990 and was successful enough to spawn several sequels and a few spin-offs. Home conversions started appearing the following year but the only ones on my shortlist are for the TurboGrafx-16 and PC Engine. Raiden was released […]

Parodius Da! – NEC PC Engine – 1992

On January 23, 2018September 8, 2018 By Wingnut

As I’ve stated a few times before, the Gradius series contains some of my favourite shoot ’em ups. These games in turn produced a couple of spin-off series – one being Salamander/Life Force, and the second being the rather strange Parodius. As can be deduced from the title, Parodius is […]

Gradius II: Gofer no Yabou – NEC PC Engine Super CD-ROM – 1992

On December 14, 2017September 9, 2018 By Wingnut

Gradius II: Gofer no Yabou is a conversion of the second title in the Gradius series of arcade games. It was released on the CD-ROM format some four years after the arcade game. I have already featured the NES version of Gradius II on my blog. Where the NES […]