Arm Champs II / 1992 / Jaleco / Jaleco 68000 Hardware
a very neat arm wrestling simulator game. i’ve heard people have seriously hurt themselves exerting too much force against this thing!
Cannon-Dancer (Osman) / 1996 / Mitchell Corp / Data East Simple 156 Hardware
created by Kouichi Yotsui, Cannon-Dancer (released states-side as Osman) is a great action platformer with an incredibly cool Arabian cyberpunk setting.
Seirei Senshi Spriggan / 1991 / COMPILE / PC Engine CD
this game rocks! provided you’re okay with dealing with COMPILE’s long stages, they throw a lot of really cool stuff at you throughout, and a seemingly endless amount of cool sprite work. and if you already like COMPILE, it’s one of their best!
Hagane / 1994 / RED Entertainment / SNES
a true badass of a sidescrolling action game. brutally difficult, and a tough one to find! the only copies actually released in North America were Blockbuster rental copies (which have since found their way outside of the chain, of course) to gauge the interest for the game, and it never saw a print run outside of that. thankfully, the Japanese release is easier to track down if you’re itching for the actual cartridge (which you really should be).
