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Famicom Cart
Sports
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. Designed to be played with the Family Trainer.
Mega Drive
Shoot Em Up
Not your standard shooter as Robo Kid uses a unique firing system and the levels vary from horizontally scrolling to maze type. Sound range of weaponry to rip into the bosses. Feels very fresh: a different kind of blaster with the shadowy jungle level particularly innovative.
PC Engine HU Card
Shoot Em Up
Not your standard shooter as Robo Kid uses a unique firing system and the levels vary from horizontally scrolling to maze type. Fresh in a crowded PC Engine market place.
PS4
Action
Has a feel of Zombies Ate My Neighbours as players open fire on all manner of bugs and critters to keep their crops healthy. An unusual approach to farming, but plenty of fun a result.
Playstation
Simulation
Turn based strategy combat making use of the hardware’s 3D capabilities as the space ships are spun and flipped around in the search for weaknesses, like a hardware demo itself.
Playstation
Simulation
Turn based strategy combat making use of the hardware’s 3D capabilities as the space ships are spun and flipped around in the search for weaknesses, like a hardware demo itself.
Nintendo Hardware
Cable
AV cable for a Famicom, Super Famicom, N64 or GameCube. Very versatile and from a stable with a good retro history.
Nintendo DS
RPG
The shuffling is in the dungeons as the very layout shifts when the timer has expired leading to a frantic, smash and grab approach and a keen eye on the timer. Dungeons are home to some bountiful treasure and bizarre creatures who stick along for the ride. Traditional RPG fare in rescuing good folk and savouring the charms of the town, yet the shuffle keeps this one ticking along nicely.
Mega CD
Shoot Em Up
Full motion video shmup in a similar vein to Slipheed seeing you battling your fighter to the far away planet of Prism in order to get the super weapon to save the earth again!
Super Famicom
Shoot Em Up
Few can forget the into the screen appeal of Axelay that has lost little of its lustre as the lava boss vents his wrath. Nor the ED209 robot boss capturing the 90s appeal of Robocop. But below the clever programming is a very solid shooter with as much polish on the gameplay as the graphical pizzazz.
Famicom Cart
Shoot Em Up
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 flying fish and it’s a good idea to keep hammering the fire button to keep them at bay. Keeping blasting ensures a path through land based defences too.
PS2
Sports
A real trailer trash feel to the back garden fight action that sees wrestlers utilise any of the detritus lying around to smash against an opponent, all whilst the guy happily barbecues away obliviously. Varied fight arenas including a dimly lit bar with nervous looking fish int he aquarium. Quite a cult following to this rough and ready fight fest.
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.
Sega Saturn
Simulation
The prequel to the yellow label ‘Bakuretsu Hunter R’ is alot 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.