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Congo Bongo Year Of Release: 1983 Studio: Sega Description It is pretty common knowledge that Nintendo had a huge hit on their hands with Donkey Kong. When Donkey Kong blew up all over the world, many other game developers wanted to get in on this and make their own platform style game. Congo Bongo is seen as Sega’s answer to Donkey Kong. These days, Congo Bongo is looked back upon as one of the first major Sega games, but actually Congo Bongo did not perform well at well when it was first released into arcades in 1983 As a matter of fact...

Captain America & The Avengers Year Of Release: 1991 Studio: Data East Description The Avengers these days thanks to the hit Marvel movies have never been more popular, but even though there have been plenty of super hero themed games since the days of the Atari 2600, The Avengers were kind of ignored. While The Avengers are one of the premier Marvel teams. The first video game to be specifically based on The Avengers would be actually this one. Back in 1991, Data East would make the first two arcade games based on The Avengers. The game would be pretty successful for...

Splatterhouse Year Of Release: 1988 Studio: Namco Description Released by Namco in 1988, Splatterhouse is something of a cult favourite with gamers even to this day. The game is clearly inspired by some the most popular horror movies of the 80’s such as Poltergeist, Halloween, Evil Dead and of course Friday The 13th. There really was nothing like this game at the time it was released and it certainly captured the attention of both horror fans and gamers looking for something that was a little different. Splatterhouse has a pretty interesting story running through it. You play the role of a young...

Mortal Kombat II Year Of Release: 1993 Studio: Midway Description Mortal Kombat was a monster of a hit for Midway and Midway wasted no time in following up on the success of what would be one of the most influential arcade games of all time. Mortal Kombat II was designed to look  much different from its predecessor, more dark, gothic and other worldly. Developer of the game Ed Boon has said that some of what was put into Mortal Kombat II was intended for the first Mortal Kombat game, but as Midway wanted the game to only have a year development time...

Donkey Kong Junior Year Of Release: 1982 Studio: Nintendo Description Following up the arcade smash that was Donkey Kong was always going to be a tough task, but if there was one man who was up to the task it was gaming legend, Shigeru Miyamoto. By the time 1982 came around, Donkey Kong was known all around the world so when this new game showed up, people were very excited. An interesting little bit of trivia about Donkey Kong Junior is that some versions of the game are called Donkey Kong Junior and others are called Donkey Kong Jr on the title...