Video Games of 1990
Stop dancing in the shadows, grab a golden axe warlord! Nuclear War will not be decided by aliens and dragons!!! This is 1990.
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Games featured in this video:
Double Dragon II: The Revenge (NES By Technōs Japan)
TMNT II: The Arcade Game (Nintendo NES / Famicom By Konami)
Castlevania III: Dracula’s Curse (Nintendo NES By Konami)
Journey to Silius (Nintendo NES / Famicom By SunSoft)
River City Ransom / Downtown Nekketsu Monogatari (Nintendo NES)
Forgotten Worlds (Sega Mega Drive)
Mystic Defender (Sega Mega Drive)
Shadow Blasters (Sega Genesis By Sigma Enterprises)
Shadow Dancer: The Secret of Shinobi (Sega Genesis)
Golden Axe (Sega Genesis)
The Legendary Axe II (TurboGrafx-16 By Victor Interactive)
Psycho Chaser (PC-Engine By Naxat Soft)
Neutopia (TurboGrafx-16 By Hudson Soft)
Ys Book I & II (Turbografx CD By Hudson Soft)
Saint Dragon (PC-Engine By Storm Entertainment)
Saint Dragon (Amiga By Storm Entertainment)
Federation Quest 1: BSS Jane Seymour (Amiga By Gremlin Graphics)
M&M II: Gates to Another World (Amiga By New World Computing)
Captive (Amiga By Mindscape)
Nuclear War (Amiga By New World Computing)
Growl (Arcade By Taito)
Smash T.V. (Arcade By Williams)
Aliens (Arcade By Konami)
Alien Storm (Arcade By Sega)
The Combatribes (Arcade By Technos Japan)
Target: Renegade (Nintendo NES By Taito)
WWF WrestleMania Challenge (Nintendo NES By Rare / LJN)
Super C (Nintendo NES / Famicom By Konami)
Tank 1990 (Famicom / Nintendo NES By Yanshan Software)
Ninja Gaiden II - The Dark Sword of Chaos (Nintendo NES)
Dragon Lord / Dragon’s Breath (Amiga By Palace Software)
Shadow of the Beast II (Amiga By Psygnosis)
Warlords (MS-DOS / Amiga By SSG)
Dragon Wars (Amiga By Interplay)
Sid Meier’s Pirates (Amiga By MicroProse)
The Cliffhanger: Edward Randy (Arcade By Data East)
Two Crude / Crude Buster (Arcade By Data East)
Cyber-Lip (Arcade By SNK)
G-LOC - Air Battle (Arcade By Sega)
Raiden (Arcade By Seibu Kaihatsu / Tecmo)
The Immortal (Amiga / Atari ST By Sandcastle / Electronic Arts)
Speedball 2: Brutal Deluxe (Amiga / Atari ST By The Bitmap Brothers)
Prince of Persia (MS-DOS / Amiga By Broderbund)
Breach 2 (Amiga By Omnitrend Software)
Street Rod (Amiga By Logical Design Works)
Punk Shot (Arcade By Konami)
Hit the Ice (Arcade By Taito)
Thunder Fox (Arcade By Taito)
Steel Gunner (Arcade By Namco)
Space Gun (Arcade By Taito)
The Secret of Monkey Island (MS-DOS) [VGA 256 Colors]
Commander Keen in Invasion of the Vorticons (MS-DOS)
Buck Rogers: Countdown to Doomsday (DOS / Amiga)
Ultima VI: The False Prophet (MS-DOS By Origin Systems)
Wizardry VI: Bane of the Cosmic Forge (MS-DOS / Amiga By Sir-Tech)
Dragon Warrion II / Dragon Quest II (NES By Chunsoft / Enix)
Final Fantasy III (Famicom By Square)[Japan exclusive]
A Nightmare on Elm Street (NES By Rare / LJN)
Mega Man 3 / Rockman 3 (Nintendo NES / Famicom By Capcom)
Splatterhouse (TurboGrafx-16 By Namco)
Devil’s Crush (TurboGrafx-16 By Naxat Software)
F-1 Circus (TurboGrafx-16 By Nihon Bussan)
Super Monaco GP (Sega Genesis)
Phelios (Sega Genesis By Namco)
Test Drive III: The Passion (MS-DOS By Accolade)
Champions of Krynn (Amiga By Strategic Simulations)
Curse of the Azure Bonds (Amiga By Strategic Simulations)
Pool of Radiance (Amiga By Strategic Simulations)
The Bard’s Tale III: Thief of Fate (MS-DOS By Interplay)
Chip ’N Dale - Rescue Rangers (Nintendo NES / Famicom By Capcom)
Little Nemo: The Dream Master (Nintendo NES / Famicom By Capcom)
Dr. Mario (Nintendo NES / Famicom)
Phantasy Star II (Sega Mega Drive)
Batman: The Movie (Genesis By Sunsoft)
Castle of Illusion starring Mickey Mouse (Sega Genesis)
Michael Jackson’s Moonwalker (Sega Genesis)
Michael Jackson’s Moonwalker (Arcade By Sega)
Nemo (Arcade By Capcom)
Alex Kidd in Shinobi World (Sega Master System)
Gauntlet: The Third Encounter (Atari Lynx By Epyx)
Spinal Breakers (Arcade By Video System)
ThunderJaws (Arcade By Atari Games)
I am sorry, I couldn’t fit more games in this list, it already includes two bonus games, making the total number in this list 82.
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New Hardware of 1990
Nintendo releases the Super Famicom 16-bit console in Japan. SNK releases the Neo Geo AES home console. Sega’s Game Gear color handheld is released in Japan. Sega’s Mega Drive released in Europe.
Video Games of 1990
Konami releases Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles The Arcade Game, on the NES. Nintendo releases Dr. Mario for 3 Nintendo platforms.
LucasArts releases The Secret of Monkey Island. Origin releases Ultima VI: The False Prophet. Commander Keen is released as shareware, the first major platformer on a PC.
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