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Mega Drive
Shoot Em Up
There’s a certain magic to a plane based shoot ’em up – maybe its the giant enemy planes that must be taken down or the ginormous warships that scale across the screen? But what a Mach speed flight of fancy this treat is being a canned Jaleco 90’s shooter from back in the hey days of the 16Bit wars.
Super Famicom
Platform
Pac Man is nicely rendered in 3D form as he romps around the levels collecting Pac pills. His versatility comes to the fore as he swings around levels and swims to the depths to get that hidden pill.
Famicom Cart
Platform
Pac Man is the height of retro chic. Plenty of ghosts to avoid and water pumps to jump on in this brightly coloured classic. (What is it with platform games and water pumps?!) The name Pac comes from the Japanese onomatopoeia from the sound of munching away, as our little friend tends to do.
Famicom Cart
Action
The ghost AI remains as fierce some as ever. One to show your grandchildren as to why your reflexes have been shot through.
🏆Brilliant!
Brilliant Gamecube
Action
A request from Shigeru Miyamoto lead to the orginal creator of Pac Man producing this update where in a novel twist the player can control the ghosts. Available only as a demo disk from Club Nintendo, Pac Man is reinvented by controlling the ghosts making for amazing multiplayer matches. The way it works is to have Pacman play via the GameBoy Advance link up so that the ghosts cannot see Pac’s position, only that of the 3D maze on the television screen.
Nintendo DS
A Bit Special
Namco does a heroic job of reinventing its yellow pill muncher making use of the DS to innovate and originate. Play begins by drafting a quick sketch of our little yellow friend who then trots off to the bottom screen. Pacman is then controlled by the stylus on the upper screen with appropriate flicks taking him where required. Skills honed in early stages are soon called on in full as the action heats up, such as being able to draw arrows or bombs. Boss encounters provide an opportunity to demonstrate a bit of lateral thinking adding much to the overall experience. As an extra there is a sketch book to enjoy seeing what happens when a few creative doodles are produced. Pure gameplay, highly original and exactly the kind of title Nintendo preached the DS stylus would deliver.
Nintendo DS
A Bit Special
Namco does a heroic job of reinventing its yellow pill muncher making use of the DS to innovate and originate. Play begins by drafting a quick sketch of our little yellow friend who then trots off to the bottom screen. Pacman is then controlled by the stylus on the upper screen with appropriate flicks taking him where required. Skills honed in early stages are soon called on in full as the action heats up, such as being able to draw arrows or bombs. Boss encounters provide an opportunity to demonstrate a bit of lateral thinking adding much to the overall experience. As an extra there is a sketch book to enjoy seeing what happens when a few creative doodles are produced. Pure gameplay, highly original and exactly the kind of title Nintendo preached the DS stylus would deliver.
PS2
Simulation
Genki is just pleased its more than a slot or fruit machine simulator with Ken and the post-apocalyptic scenes adding to the atmosphere, rather than just menacingly crunching their knuckles and waiting to mutter the immortal words of the series.
PS2
Simulation
Evangelion themed pachinko title which captures the frantic action, noise and detailed video used as a background in a lot of Japanese pachinko and slot titles. The footage and characters draw heavily on the Evangelion world and add much to this sleek production.
Super Famicom
Simulation
Visit the slot machine and pachinko parlours of Japan under the master guidance of the king of spin Sammy. Genki wont be held responsible for anyone developing a pachinko habit and hanging around outside parlours exchanging prizes for cash.
PC Engine Super CD ROM
Simulation
Pachio kun is a little ball with legs, a Pachinko ball to be precise, who here travels into outer space for the theme to this Pachinko controller compatible table game. Pachinko involves a pile of steel balls falling from the top of screen and players trying to manipulate them to fall out to the players collection. Here without the deafening sound.
PS2
Simulation
Sammy has fine lineage in the pachinko stable and excels here once again in recreating the parlour at home with colourful eye candy graphics and toe tapping tunes.
PS2
Simulation
A good license to add much to the pachinko genre as steel balls tumble to many aggressive sounding threats and grim looking outcomes from the Mad Max of the anime world. This is the updated Special Edition with even more shouts of ‘Kiai.’
Dreamcast
Simulation
Fruit machine simulator that took advantage of the DC networks whilst available to give slot machine fans a cheaper alternative to feeding their habit. Tidy Jungle Master theme to the machine in line with the fruity feel.
Dreamcast
Simulation
Spend a week with the girls of Pandora’s Dream: a beautifully animated adventure set in the height of the muggy Japanese summer.
Super Famicom
Puzzle
Panel de Pon is also known as Puzzle League. Lines must be matched up but blocks can only be shifted horizontally to clear the on screen action. Liften head and shoulders above the competition by Nintendo’s exceptional presentation.
Virtual Boy
Puzzle
Join Bomberman’s quest to make the golden Bomberman statue his own by winning the three medals. All of the enemies and levels are of a spooky nature, but in a cuddly Bomberman style. Gameplay is in a similar vein to Columns.
Sega Saturn
Simulation
Panic Chan and Trouble Chan star in this OVA anime adventure packed full with plenty of doe eyed characters and more high jinx than Maison Ikkoku with a cheeky nod to Star Trek.
Sega Saturn
Simulation
Panic Chan and Trouble Chan star in this OVA anime adventure packed full with plenty of doe eyed characters and more high jinx than Maison Ikkoku with a cheeky nod to Star Trek.
Mega Drive
Shoot Em Up
With only 5,000 copies of the original print rumoured to be in circulation, this is one of the rarer titles for the Mega Drive and the price in Japan of the original often reflects this. Not merely collectable for its low print run though – its the finest shooter on the Mega Drive. The heroine of the title is a witch named Cotton, on a mission to find out why all the sweets have been poisoned. But it times it may seem like Cotton has had a strong dose of dental gas, such are the colourful, almost psychedelic nature of the graphics with genre defining effects. Smashing bosses, clean, creative anime cut scenes, original ‘chase view’ perspective, yet true to its title with free movement – this title is the best example of what the Mega Drive architecture can produce. Michelangelo would surely approve. Thankfully collectors can now own it and not just watch the original with tea cup on Antiques Roadshow.
Sega Saturn
Shooter
Jaw dropping visuals and a story whose threads gently wrap around you before you realise you are cocooned in it. Whilst gameplay is on the rails the 360 degree firing range makes it feel unrestricted as you fly against hordes of critters to drop them from the sky. A Saturn must have title that announced the new generations arrival.
🏆Brilliant!
Brilliant PS2
Action
Even by the epoch defining Japanese standards, this limited edition really raises the bar with the customisable figures coming with a display case. Not forgetting the game of course as the mecha suits are put through their paces with seamless anime cut sequences and more speed lines than a bumper edition of Shonen Jump.
Gamecube
RPG
A real Nintendo tour de force with Mario, Yoshi et al enjoying the colourful scenery, pseudo 2D look and Nintendo’s love of the gamer, never leaving you high and dry without a clue. So good it was remade for the Switch.
PS2
Rhythm
The Para Para dance craze swept Japan like the cherry blossom front with deeply tanned girls and bleached blond boys tossing about there limbs in the clubs from Shibuya to Sekijo. The game involves flicking out arms and legs in time to the beat and onscreen prompt proving a fine work out and building up a fine ability to para para!
PS2
Rhythm
Genki is a massive fan of Master Onion and its great to see him in such good form teaching martial arts. Beard Burger is also great fun as Parappa must flip and toast hamburgers in style under the pressure of the watching, hungry crowd. The 2D look works a treat and has aged like a fine claret.
Playstation
Rhythm
Genre defining release from Sony with eye catching graphical style and high degree of variety between levels. Master Onion has to be one of the coolest characters in the gaming world. “Kick, punch: its all in the mind. If you want to test me, I’m sure you’ll find…” It may just be Simple Simon, but when its this much fun…
Playstation
Rhythm
Genre defining release from Sony with eye catching graphical style and high degree of variety between levels. Master Onion has to be one of the coolest characters in the gaming world. “Kick, punch: its all in the mind. If you want to test me, I’m sure you’ll find…” It may just be Simple Simon, but when its this much fun…
Playstation
RPG
Square’s underated opus is perhaps a little short, but its bitterly sweet with Biohazard moments of fleeting fear mingled with Final Fantasy style roleplaying mechanics. But the eerie sense all is not well gnaws away at you throughout the twisted and at times unhinged story.
Super Famicom
Simulation
A gaming parlour simulator with a pachinko game based on the theme of Horse Heaven and a slot machine simulator where three of the lucky seven hits the jackpot. Seven is nana in Japanese, so this part of the game is known as Nanasy (a pun on the Japanese pronunciation of Nancy?) A popular series with seven instalments.
Playstation
Simulation
War sim take on the Parodius world where players can take charge of an army of octopuses, penguins or paper planes with the aim of capturing more factories and further build up your military might. Whilst the play mechanics are up there with the very finest of this genre, the game never takes itself too seriously and some high jinx ensues in the pre battle banter.