Category Archives: Single Credit Reviews

Single Credit Reviews – Mad Crasher | SNK Arcade Game

Posted on December 25, 2015 by HagensAlley

Mad Crasher is an isometric arcade racing game where you can also shoot enemies that are in your way. With its heavy emphasis on jumping, it’ll be an interesting one for only a single credit.

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Single Credit Reviews – Blaster | Williams Arcade Game

Posted on December 18, 2015 by HagensAlley

Blaster is an arcade game developed by Eugene Jarvis and released by Williams in 1983. The game is a 3D shooter set in outer space and is a quasi-sequel to Robotron: 2084. The question is, how will I do on … Continue reading →

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Single Credit Reviews – Liquid Kids | Taito Arcade Game

Posted on December 4, 2015 by HagensAlley

Liquid Kids is a Taito arcade game released in 1990, looking like a mix of Bubble Bobble and Mr. Gimmick. How far will I get this time before I meet my untimely demise?

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Single Credit Reviews – Hopper Robo | Sega Arcade Game

Posted on November 13, 2015 by HagensAlley

Hopper Robo is a platform arcade game, which was released by Sega in 1983. The player must use a two-way joystick to take up control of a robot and a single button to make him jump. Will I be able … Continue reading →

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Single Credit Reviews – Armed Police Batrider

Posted on October 30, 2015 by HagensAlley

Armed Police Batrider is an arcade game published by Eighting and developed by Raizing in 1998. Will I get destroyed again or can I at least get past the first level this time?

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Single Credit Reviews – Exerion

Posted on October 20, 2015 by HagensAlley

This is Exerion an arcade game from 1983. As this is a Single Credit Review, I am playing this game with no research or practice. Enjoy as I likely get slaughtered!

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Single Credit Review 009 – Invader’s Revenge – Arcade

Posted on April 19, 2015 by HagensAlley

1981 – Zenitone Microsec Ltd From the look of it, Invader’s Revenge looks like a simple Space Invaders clone. However, simply watching the looping intro screen you can see that the ship can accelerate to the top of the screen. The color … Continue reading →

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Single Credit Review 008 – Arcus Odyssey – Sega Genesis

Posted on March 25, 2015 by HagensAlley

1991 – Renovation Products Very rarely does a game wow me from the intro/title screen, but Arcus Odyssey has a killer one! The music really puts you in the mood to slay some baddies. On the title screen there is a 2 … Continue reading →

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Single Credit Review 007 – Beerslinger – NES

Posted on March 14, 2015 by HagensAlley

2015 – GreetingCarts Beerslinger is a homebrew NES game released in 2015 by GreetingCarts, who also made the homebrew game Blow ‘Em Out released in 2014. This time the holiday is Saint Patty’s Day and what better way to celebrate than slinging some beer? … Continue reading →

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Single Credit Review 006 – Barunba – PC Engine / TurboGrafx 16

Posted on March 10, 2015 by HagensAlley

1989 – Zap Corp & Namco(t) Barunba is a horizontal shmup for the legendary NEC PC Engine. A unique control feature allows you to rotate your cannons when shooting. This allows you to pinpoint your fire on enemies no matter … Continue reading →

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Single Credit Review 005 – Reactor – Arcade

Posted on February 24, 2015 by HagensAlley

1982 – Gottlieb In Reactor, “A Skelly Game”, you control a flashing ship that you can vibrate to increase it’s intensity. You use this intensity to push positrons, photons and other objects into the lethal walls surrounding you. As time … Continue reading →

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Single Credit Review 004 – Timber – Arcade

Posted on February 12, 2015 by HagensAlley

1984 – Bally/Midway Timber is a single screen classic arcade style game. The goal is to take your lumberjack, who looks suspiciously like Mario, and chop down trees, that sprout up as you chop them down. As I progressed through … Continue reading →

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Single Credit Review 003 – Parallax – Commodore 64

Posted on January 31, 2015 by HagensAlley

1986 – Ocean Software Limited & Sensible Software Parallax is a top down multi-scrolling space ship shooter for the legendary Commodore 64. The instructions are pretty vague, but from what I get out of it your goal is to fly … Continue reading →

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Single Credit Review 002 – Macross Plus – Arcade

Posted on January 20, 2015 by HagensAlley

1995 Biguest & 1996 Banpresto Standard top down shmup based on the Macross anime series. There is no auto fire but holding charges a homing rocket attack that can also attack ground enemies more efficiently. The game offers 3 different … Continue reading →

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Single Credit Review 001 – Rohga Armor Force – Arcade

Posted on January 8, 2015 by HagensAlley

I have been wanting to do this for a long time now and because my Xbox arcade is now “near perfect” it’s time. Basically what I’m going to do is hit the random button on my arcade and play the … Continue reading →

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