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Crystalis
 

SNK

July 1990

Action/Adventure

1 Player

SNK's not a company that's well known for their role-playing games, but they did a darned good job with this one.  Crystalis has a unique storyline (you're woken out of a cryogenic sleep to help save a world ravaged by war), along with solid visuals and a fun, action-packed combat system that lets you charge up your sword to fire magic bolts at distant enemies.

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Cyberball
 

Jaleco/Tengen

July 1990

Sports

1-2 Players

Cyberball addresses the issue of ball-hogging by replacing the ball with a bomb that becomes increasingly unstable after every down.  If one of your robotic players holds onto the perilous pigskin for too long, it's blown to bits when the ball explodes!  It's a unique gimmick in an otherwise bland football simulation with slow players and seriously ugly visuals.

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Cybernoid: The Fighting Machine
 

Acclaim/Gremlin

December 1989

Shooter

1 Player

If you're looking for cheap, unavoidable deaths and mercilessly hard gameplay in your shooters, we've got good news!  While you're waiting for the men in white coats to pick you up, you can play Cybernoid, a game that will appeal to your most maschocistic urges.  Those of you who HAVEN'T gone completely out of your minds would be wise to avoid this dreadful Acclaim release.

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