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Mega Drive
Simulation
A Sega strategy title that allows you to choose you characters for your team and then use superior tactics to defeat your rivals.
Mega Drive
Simulation
A Sega strategy title that allows you to choose you characters for your team and then use superior tactics to defeat your rivals.
PSP
A Bit Special
Intriguing project that exudes Sony chic on the PSP. Basically a compilation of mini games pulled together on the premise of the rise in part-time work in modern Japan. Players save their very hard-earned cash to buy strange gashapons in the hope of unlocking another job, whilst chatting to their fellow part-time friends via the in game emails to pick up tips. An initial four games are available: catching baseballs to try and get up to a thousand. Putting pen caps on biros with an unhinged soundtrack to really feel the daily grind and mess with your sanity. Crossing the road frogger style avoiding the high speed cars. Finally counting pedestrians as they dart across a busy street. All executed with great style. A surprising unknown cracker in the PSP world.
Famicom Cart
Platform
Captures the comedy of the source material as Bakabon clings on to the platform levels that must be negotiated, albeit with the help of a bowl of noodles power up, before tackling the madcap bosses. Full title Heisei Tensai Bakabon.
Sega Saturn
Puzzle
A really off kilter action puzzle title based on the antics of Japanese anime oyaji Bakabon and so drawing on a rich tradition of characters from the series. Gameplay is of the vertically scrolling Puyo Puyo variety with very imaginative and distracting backgrounds.
Super Famicom
Sports
Horse racing simulator for the dedicated Super Famicom completists or those studying to be a book maker in Japan.
Nintendo 64
Action
Bomberman freed from his maze confines and tossing bombs around like confetti to reveal hidden items or take down opponents. Players must negotiate the 3D courses utilising switches and other secrets to progress. Ambitious change in direction from Hudson and with a fine graphical look reminiscent of Mario 64 in parts.
Nintendo 64
Action
Bomberman freed from his maze confines and tossing bombs around like confetti to reveal hidden items or take down opponents. Players must negotiate the 3D courses utilising switches and other secrets to progress. Ambitious change in direction from Hudson and with a fine graphical look reminiscent of Mario 64 in parts.
PC Engine Super CD ROM
A Bit Special
Bizarre musical adventure game converted popular enough to be converted over to the Mega CD, starring monks, kimono clad girls and Frankenstien. Controlled by simple on screen icons such as look, touch and talk. Totally mad.
Sega Saturn
Simulation
The prequel to the yellow label ‘Bakuretsu Hunter R’ is alot tamer, but still plenty to recommend here to anime fans.
Playstation
Simulation
The prequel to the yellow label ‘Bakuretsu Hunter R’ is a lot tamer, but still plenty to recommend here to anime fans.
GameBoy Original
RPG
A fine take on the fishing RPG genre popular on the GameBoy and given plenty of Konami polish that saw it rise to become a grand master in its gaming field. Lovely, cute sprites.
PS4
Action
Fell of the Disney Fantastical with sparkling visuals and musical interludes to the gaming worlds that bring the magic to life. Seasoned gamers may get the feel of Nights with the aerial escapades and its clear this is a game from the fine stable that produced the Kingdom Hearts series.
Sega Saturn
Puzzle
Fans of the Jaguar CD may be as rare as the snow leopard, but those familiar with the add on may recognise this as Baddies given a Japanese make over by Banpresto. Players control little bald dudes within their own world in a fun simulation that certainly cant be accused of taking itself too seriously.
Playstation
Puzzle
Fans of the Jaguar CD may be as rare as the snow leopard, but those familiar with the add on may recognise this as Baddies given a Japanese make over by Banpresto. Players control little bald dudes within their own world in a fun simulation that certainly cant be accused of taking itself too seriously.
Mega Drive
Puzzle
Unusual action puzzle title where players must use robotic arms to grab balls from your opponent that cascade down the screen. Frantic at times especially as the count down reaches zero.
Mega Drive
Puzzle
Unusual action puzzle title where players must use robotic arms to grab balls from your opponent that cascade down the screen. Frantic at times especially as the count down reaches zero.
Famicom Cart
Action
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 art: knowing when to drop anchor and when to float like a bee.
Nintendo DS
Shooter
A National Treasure gets a worthy update to hopefully woo more with its charms. Full of tongue in cheek humour as you’d expect from this developer and some very funny English translations. Huge title with plenty of levels and even a level editor for the DS version. Cunning counter attack method involves waiting until your ship is in imminent danger before launching the counter, and the results are the more spectacular depending on the level of danger. And based on the experience of past competitions, Treasure have made data transferable via sound so that another DS can upload it or even it can even be sent onto the net for the real high rollers.
Nintendo 64
Platform
Rare’s values shine through as virtuously as Nintendo’s in its quest to distil pure, gaming fun. And the partnership between the two was never as bosom buddy as it was on the Nintendo 64. Few can match Nintendo’s eye for detail, but Rare have savoured the gaming moment with this fine action title.
Nintendo 64
Platform
Sorely missed from the Nintendo brand with Rare having attained near Big N standards in its games and especially with the tweaks of the sequel. The gaming is pure, the worlds are well realised (with plenty of play testing) and the multilayer mini games add a generous extra helping to the cauldron.
Super Famicom
Simulation
A curio game that requires an adaptor to allow a Barcode Battler to be hooked up to the game to bring useful power points to fights. The gameplay itself is a traditional battle sim with plenty of super deformed robots needing bringing down to size.
PS4
Side Scrolling Beat Em Up
Playable with Streets of Rage 1 or 2 soundtracks and plenty more nods to its retro roots, but doesn’t it look delightful with its moody settings capture the urban grit perfectly. Just hope players get the chance to appreciate the surrounds whilst swinging punches furiously.
Famicom Cart
Sports
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 will lose their tempers snapping the bat in two at being out, but the mechanics are nice and simple making it easy to pick up and play for those lacking a passion for pitching and without an inkling for batting.
Nintendo 64
Sports
Update of the Super Famicom top seller with Itoi Shigesato given a full 3D work out on the N64. Initial catches won’t go breaking your tsuri controller, but these smaller catches can be used to bring in hard cash for upgrading the boat and equipment. As with all fishing, chatting to the locals will reveal the latest hot spots to check out for that killer bass. Just make sure the rumble pack is switched on to get that feel for the bite.
Super Famicom
Sports
Quite arsoter of characters to choose from from yound whippersnapper to seasoned bass vet before taking to the wee boat and venturing out into the lake. Sensors give a good idea as to where to cast off and then the view turns to the underwater camera and the challenge of bagging a bass worthy of bragging about back in the club house.
Gamecube
RPG
Every detail exudes a triple A title with lavish visuals blended with anime avatars, stirring orchestral score and high-end voice acting. The look is really stunning even today adding up to an epic opus.
Super Famicom
Side Scrolling Beat Em Up
Always a treat to see a bit of effort go into a licensed title and Konami does justice to Gotham’s finest. Platform and Batmobile sections break up the beat em up pattern, but the fisticuffs are as enjoyable as a run in with catwoman as you hurle enemies through windows with the interactive backgrounds. Such attention to detail raises the level of licensed games especially when looking this good.
Switch
Shoot Em Up
Wonderful to have the shooter torch passed on burning so brightly. Its just a shame you are not given a split second to appreciate the detailed sprites and parallax layers. And it is a shame you might wish for the absent slowdown in some levels such is the frantic pace of the on screen onslaught. Five levels of mayhem: please remember to keep an eye out for the pigs that need rescuing.
PS4
Shoot Em Up
Wonderful to have the shooter torch passed on burning so brightly. Its just a shame you are not given a split second to appreciate the detailed sprites and parallax layers. And it is a shame you might wish for the absent slowdown in some levels such is the frantic pace of the on screen onslaught. Five levels of mayhem: please remember to keep an eye out for the pigs that need rescuing.