8 Bit Music Power Final (New)
Proof of Columbus Circles dedication to the cause comes in this demonstration of the Famicom's chip tune architecture. Its non-playable, but fans of synthet...
8 Bit Rhythm Land (New)
Famed for its Famicom revival, Columbus Circle goes for a rhythm action premise. There are four games; baseball relies on hitting in time to the beat, the S...
Battle Kid (New)
Columbus Circle releases are a real labour of love with the fine grasp of the hardware making some beautiful sprites reminiscent of Rockman. Yet, like Mega ...
Pico Pico Grand Adventure (New)
Another fine discovery from Columbus with fast paced platform shooting action presented to Capcom's lofty standards. The gameplay seems to have taken on boa...
Adventures of Jya Jya Maru (Cart Only)
Genki Gurus will know it only takes a few Japanese ghosts, a wise sage and a few ninjas and Genki is sold on the concept. Where Ja Ja excels is utilising a ...
Aigina no Yogen (Cart Only)
Nice scale to the sprites on the platforming world allowing players to take in the potential hazards and escape routes. Known as Agina's Prophecy. ...
Commando
Run and gun action as players charge into the screen avoiding the pillar boxes, motorbikes and hand grenades as everything including the kitchen sink gets t...
Crazy Climber (Cart Only)
Classic gameplay that has aged well as players must hot foot it up sky scrapers avoiding falling plant pots, helicopters, King Kong and even UFOs. A fall af...
Dragon Quest II (Cart Only)
Traverse the lands in your merry band with battles never too far away. The classic Enix fight interface is never celebrated more than in the Dragon Quest se...
Fist of the North Star (Cart Only)
Reminiscent of Master Karateka’s rotoscoped sprites, Ken journeys through a post-apocalyptic world dishing out a few well-timed sweeps and high-kicks like K...
Kunio Kun Jidaigeki (Cart Only)
A Jidaigeki is a historical drama as Kunio takes a trip back in time to enjoy some of Japan's rich feudal history with samurai and chonmage hairstyles. Our ...
Maze of Galious (Cart Only)
Konami shows it class in this action RPG that features possessed hot-dogs and witches set to a skeleton background. Full of those slick touches that announc...
Onyanko Town (Cart Only)
The nyan of the title refers to the meow noise a cat makes and our feline friend plays up to dog stereotypes by trapping hapless dogs in manholes that they ...
Rockman (Cart Only)
Genki prefers the name Rockman to Megaman: the rock of the title more appropriate of the difficulty level encountered. This Famicom debut has varying attrib...
B Wings (Cart Only)
Vertically scrolling shooting action as the players ship is encircled by sphere shields to try and survive. The enemies seem to fly at you like swordfish or...
Balloon Fight (Cart Only)
Classic Nintendo gameplay as the player floats higher and higher on screen to float past the obstacles, but the perpetual motion makes control a distinct ar...
Baseball Star (Cart Only)
Early baseball game from the sturdy SNK stable that uses that unique, exaggerated emotions of the players to capture the fun of the sport. Spoilt sluggers w...
Bump N Jump (Cart Only)
This race game has a twist in the road in that the car can get some sky time to squash rival vehicles and make the Dukes of Hazard style jumps between diffe...
City Connection (Cart Only)
Brings back the gaming fun with a unique twist on the platform genre in that it is played by a car. Drivers must cover as many of the platform levels as pos...
Conquest of the Crystal Palace (Cart Only)
Very stylish Chinese themed platform shooter complete with shop to boost inventory, rather than a DVD on sale in the Brighon & Hove Albion Club Shop. Draws ...
Dragon Buster II (Cart Only)
Popular sequel as players bravely explore the cavernous levels that hide dinosaurs besides the obvious dragon or two. Fast pace and looking very prim and pr...
Dragon Quest II
Traverse the lands in your merry band with battles never too far away. The classic Enix fight interface is never celebrated more than in the Dragon Quest se...
Dragon Quest III
Traverse the lands in your merry band with battles never too far away. The classic Enix fight interface is never celebrated more than in the Dragon Quest se...
Excitebike (Cart Only)
Fans of the Commodore 64 cracker Kickstart will be right at home here as the fumes mass on this speedway simulator. A real chest of gold in Nintendo's back ...
Fantasy Zone (Cart Only)
Conversion of the coin op is garishly illustrated in primary colours. Traverse levels in a wee opa opa pod trying to restore peace to the Fantasy Zone. Unus...
Final Fantasy II (Cart Only)
Fight back against the evil empire whose Dark Knights have burnt down your village. Square does justice to its immense FF series with this sparkling sequel ...
Final Fantasy III (Cart Only)
The early potential of Square's masterpiece realised in a superb piece of programming. Simple commands to attack, block, run or use an item but when he stor...
Galaxian (Cart Only)
Fine shooting action as the ship remains rooted to the base of the screen firing off a good deal of strafe into outer space. Sound pacing as the challenge c...
Getsu Fuuma Den (Cart Only)
Konami shows its early promise for the Castlevania series in this platform hack and slash with light RPG elements. Draws on Japanese ghost stories to create...
Gyro (Cart Only)
Guide the professor round the platform levels collecting the dynamite and avoiding the enemies in this game designed for the Famicom robot. Surely one of th...
Hi no Tori (Cart Only)
Light hearted platform action as the Asterix style lead character collects squashed opponents to use them as platform blocks when it a tight fix in order to...
Ninja Kun Ashura no Sho (Cart Only)
Delightful gaming as the wee ninja sprints through platform section to avoid the unwanted attentions of Dharma or sneaking along the sea bed avoiding over z...
Obake no Q Tarou Wan Wan Panic (Cart Only)
With cheery chip tunes to accompany the on screen platform action, the closest companion Genki can think of for those unfamiliar with Q Taros charms would t...
Parodius (Cart Only)
Showing Konami to have a good sense of humour in light of the more serious Gradius series, play as an octopus or penguin amongst others in a vintage version...
Puss n Boots (Cart Only)
A varied platform action title in the style of the colourful Toei animation with the feline hero taking to air balloons, sailing ships and submarines to tac...
Salamander (Cart Only)
Old school shooter from dependable Konami with both horizontal levels such as 'Bionic Germ' and vertical levels like 'Meteorite Space.' Trigger happy Genki ...
Seicross (Cart Only)
Players ride on bikes like the speeders from Return of the Jedi and try to knock opponents into the on screen traps, such as laser beams. The speeder also h...
Space Harrier (Cart Only)
Flying into the screen in a 3D effect, Sega's Super Scaler techinique was quite a jaw dropper in its day. Requires fast reflexes to shoot or avoid the incom...
Super Mario Brothers (Cart Only)
Mario's penchant for red and white mushrooms and hiding down pipes continues unabated ageing like a good wine. Just don't tell princess what he's been up to...
Super Mario Brothers 3 (Cart Only)
The pinnacle of platform entertainment with a sublime blend of power ups and powerful adversaries. Yet the real dazzling gem in this treasure chest is the s...
Super Star Force
Fine sequel that pushes the boundaries with isometric backgrounds and good variation in the setting with skyscrapers brushing the players vessel, carvings f...
Twinbee (Cart Only)
Lushly pastel shaded vertically scrolling shoot 'em up from the reliable Konami stable. Off - shoot of the Gradius and Parodius series. Shooter heads may fi...
Wai Wai World 2 (Cart Only)
A dream sequel that combines simultaneous two player side scrolling shooting levels with platforming sections where the character has a distinct look of Joh...
Athletic World (Cart Only)
Some great imagination to mix up the action with a track and hurdle level, mountain path with wild boar, a section based on the tunnels of a pyramid as well...
Batman (Cart Only)
Reminiscent of Ninja Gaiden in the way Sunsoft have shrunk down the caped crusaders on screen presence to allow a bigger scale of gritty, urban platform lev...
Binaryland
The penguin protagonists look like they have escaped from Pengo as they work together to get to the exit. Team work is a must as both penguins need to escap...
Bomber King (Cart Only)
Known as Robo Warrior in the West, the Bomber King must get through the levels by dropping bombs to clear a path whilst taking down the array of enemies tak...
Castle Excellent (Cart Only)
Delightful chip tunes add a cheery, medieval banquet feel to the old school platform action. The hero is a pixelated Robin Hood look-a-like who nimbly negot...
Challenger (Cart Only)
Scroll freely on the open plain firing at adversaries and then tackling the platform sections with pixel perfect jumps. Nicely paced, wholesome 8bit action....
Daiva (Cart Only)
Side scrolling platform shooting levels that may have been the inspiration for Cybernator (or Assault Suits Valken) and look lush on the vintage architectur...
Door Door (Cart Only)
A simple concept, immaculately executed as our egg-like hero must lead on screen aliens and the like to the nearest door. Provided they have been opened, th...
Family Jockey
Namcot keep the action nice and arcadey so its possible to crack the whip down the final furlong without too much grooming or brushing. Surprising compellin...
Flappy (Cart Only)
The deceptively cute Flappy bird must get the blue rock to the goal but other rocks and birds must be negotiated with careful thought to succeed....
Glory of Heracles (Cart Only)
Popular role playing game that unusually seems set in ancient Greece or the Roman empire. A good emporium is needed to ensure being sufficiently equipped to...
Godzilla (Cart Only)
Godzilla towers on screen, swinging arms wildly to progress through the levels against a brutal barrage of projectiles. A good kaijyuu scrap awaits at the e...
Hyper Sports (Cart Only)
Superb compilation of sports in clay pigeon shooting, archery, long jump high jump... Pixel perfect timing and a good button rhythm are a requisite as Konam...
Kaijyuu Monogatari (Cart Only)
Kaijyu are the huge monsters, the likes of which give Godzilla a tough time. And with a title that translates as Monster Story, there are plenty to battle i...
Kinnikuman Muscle Tag Match (Cart Only)
Kinnikuman is an alien prince whose escapades are detailed in the Shonen Jump manga. This is a whacked out wrestling game could teach the WWF games a half n...
Lagrange Point (Cart Only)
Its not the unusual sci-fi setting which Lagrange is most renowned for, more its special sound chip which caused a stir by generating FM quality sound on th...
Mario Open Golf
That pixel perfect presentation with Nintendo as Mario takes to the world courses with Flower of Scotland belting out, in chip-tune format, whilst playing i...
