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Playstation
Simulation
Drawing deeply on Middle Eastern mythology comes a smooth war simulator which is no Tower of Babylon. Set in ancient Persia with historically sensitive setting and rekindled recently for a Playstation download.
Soundtracks
Soundtrack
Club mixes of some sublime Eighties chip tunes classics from the Family Computer system. Twenty toe-tapping tracks including Gradius, Ganbare Goemon, Son Son, Salamander, Twinbee, Contra, Dracula II and Ghouls and Ghosts. Geek chic at its finest.
Nintendo Hardware
Accessory
One for the real Famicom Tinkerman or for the curio collector.
Miscellaneous Hardware
Accessory
A very smart stand to show off the jewels of your cartridge collection. Works a treat with appropriate lighting, but Genki won’t be held responsible for irate partners.
Miscellaneous Hardware
Console
A clever, value hybrid console at a great entry price for starting an import collection. Utilises USB ports for the controller with an AV output, the console has three different cartridge slots for Famicom, Super Famicom and Mega Drive modes. Think of it as neutral Switzerland during the 16Bit console wars. Nice, retro Famicom colour scheme.
Brilliant Merchandise
Merchandise
Classic Famicom coloured designed bag, officially licensed coming with the piece de resistance of the controller side pocket.
Gamecube
Action
A wonderful version of the cherished series seeing players take a hands on approach as a foot soldier behind enemy lines. There are some fun vehicles littered around that make for great fun when commandeered such as the motorbike or plane.
Nintendo Hardware
Console
The original design allows you to play Japanese Famicom titles as well as having seven titles built in to the console itself bringing back some heady memories. However it is not compatible with every game released for the Famicom system, there are some that won’t run on it.
Miscellaneous Hardware
Console
Smashing little Famicom clone coming with two pads, AV cable, power pack and the console itself. It can play most (though it does warn not all) Famicom games too, besides the Famicom Yarou clone carts. Further good news is that there are seven built in games.
Miscellaneous Games
A Bit Special
Seven in one cart which features original titles including Boat Race, Mario Bros clone Roge Brer, Chack n Pop tribute Bomb, Warp Man look a like Aether, Penguin (which is like Nuts & Milk), Twinbee wanabee Van-1 and Conte Energy which is reminiscent of Lode Runner. So whilst we say original the games are not pirated, but are certainly based on existing ideas. Good value little pack.
Miscellaneous Games
A Bit Special
Jam packed with seven titles: Frog Prince, Bounce Ball (Pinball), Spar (Urban Champion), Cobra of Sky, Rescue of Kuck (Donkey Kong Jr.), Bounce (Mappy) and Surface Fire (Centipede). Frog Prince is a competent Mario Bros clone complete with pipes, venus fly traps and warp zones. Players even grab a flag in a run and jump at the end. Very impressive, but not too sure what Miyamoto san would make of it.
Miscellaneous Games
A Bit Special
Ladangel, Scoring, Tennis, Maze, Bandits, Mars Man and Space War. A great compilation of original games which test Nintendo’s definition of original.
Merchandise
Guide Book
An independent guide to the Famicom’s many charms. Part 11 focuses on Zelda, Hattori kun, Dig Dug II, Mighty Bomb Jack, Spy vs Spy and Pro Wrestling. Plenty of screen shots and manga style features make this pleasant going. Known in Japan as Family Computer Daizukan.
Merchandise
Guide Book
An independent guide to the Famicom’s many charms. Part 12 covers some shooters in Gradius, Argus, and B Wings plus the Legend of Kage, Hydlide and Puzzle of Atlantis. Plenty of screen shots and manga style features make this pleasant going. Known in Japan as Family Computer Daizukan.
Merchandise
Guide Book
An independent guide to the Famicom’s many charms. Part 13 includes Nazo No Murasamejyo, Dragon Quest, Bird Week, Super Chinese, Gegege no Ge and Ghouls and Ghosts. Plenty of screen shots and manga style features make this pleasant going. Known in Japan as Family Computer Daizukan.
Famicom Cart
Sports
Never a dull moment with players such as Cupid having a game on a court in space. Players also have very varied shot repertoires adding to the novelty of the colourful and varied courts.
Nintendo Hardware
Controller
The predecessor to the Wii Trainer by a good thirty years and a very clever peripheral it proves making it a wonder why it took so long to rekindle. 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 as lakeside and riverside levels. The height of retro chic.
Famicom Cart
Sports
The Famicom was decades ahead in terms of its escapades into peripherals and this Family Trainer jogging game is a fine example followed up in years to come by the Wii version. It even tells players how long they have run for and how many calories burned up running through the parks of Tokyo against rival competitiors.
Famicom Cart
Action
A maze version of Family Trainer where the young lad must run through the 3D levels avoiding bats and the like. Interesting use of the Family Trainer mat.
Famicom Cart
Sports
Players get their daily fix of exercise by manoeuvring around the park trying to track down criminals and apprehnding them. Not as easy as it may sound when using your feet to control the action, but a great use fo the peripheral.
Famicom Cart
Sports
Walking like a crab, pushing a beach ball along in a race and hopping from log to log in this sports themed game for the Family Trainer mat. A fine peripheral and well supported by Nintendo.
Merchandise
DVD
Highlighting exciting releases of the era with Metal Gear Solid, Gran Turismo 4 and Siren just a few to whet the appetite in the 90mins of footage.
Merchandise
Magazine
Multi format magazine famed in Japan with reviews that can make or break a game. Covers many bases with a look at gaming soundtracks perhaps of interest to Genki’s conscientious gamers. The adverts look very eye catching too.
Famicom Cart
Shoot Em Up
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. Unusually the levels don’t scroll but are wrapped around and the boss can only be reached through destroying the ten bases first. Thankfully supplies can be procured from passing hot air balloons bringing welcome relief.
PS2
A Bit Special
One of the first releases in Japan for the PS2, it is only recently the delights of Fantavision have blasted back into the limelight boosting its price on the second hand market. Long may Sony continue such experimental titles.
PC Engine CD ROM
RPG
A step back to feudal times and a golden gaming era when RPGs were a soothing combination of exploring the village to simple chip tunes before more sinister encounters with combat requiring experience points.
PC Engine Super CD ROM
RPG
Full of crazy Kabuki (traditional Japanese theatre) humour and expressions, with beautiful anime sequences and plenty of madness. Also known as ‘Tengai Makyo.’
Soundtracks
Soundtrack
A drama or radio show style CD based on the popular Hudson Tengai Makyou series. Fine voice acting from the stars of the show and a nice collectable.
PC Engine CD ROM
RPG
Well-loved series on the platform and fine use of the new format, as it was at the time, with animated cut-scenes and plenty of speech to meet the fine band of folk that inhabit its old school, RPG village and locales.
Mega Drive
Sports
Tidy little retro racer covering the formula one world circuit tour with split screen two player mode and some tight corners. Human were the 16Bit masters of the F1 season – an ever present on the winners podium.