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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.
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.
PC Engine Super Grafx
Shoot Em Up
One of only three SG blast fests and with the other two being Aldynes and 1941, Battle Ace was always going to be hard pushed to jostle for a place higher up the winners podium. Still BA makes a valiant attempt opting for an an internal Elite style view out from your space ship. The gameplay is far less cerebral than Braben’s opus, more on the lines of After Burner’s Top Gun triggger happy gameplay. Perhaps just pushing the Super Grafx hardware a little too far? But good for a short arcade style thrill.
Complete with slip card case and registration card. Slight creases on manual edge. Slight peel on spine of Hu Card case sticker. Light scuffing to card slip as is common.
Playstation
Simulation
Enjoy an anime sports day with swimming, cycling, running events all presented in a high school setting with lead role going to Akari chan. The game takes place over the whole school term with plenty of distractions to keep players interested.
Super Famicom
One on One Beat Em Up
Conan style fight fest with plenty of swords, axes and scantily clad ladies to battle against. Sammy has a good arcade heritage and the mechanics see that it shines through here.
Famicom Cart
Action
Plenty of tributes to its mighty back catalogue in game for the discerning gamer. Taking out tanks that appear in the maze means keeping a keen eye out for where they will appear, if in control of the skirmish. Otherwise it means grabbing those freeze power ups or blasting a whole in the maze to sit in, perhaps even behind camouflage.
Super Famicom
Sports
Overhead perspective race title that simulates the real sport in the need for lightening fast reflexes and ideally a good memory of the the corners. Increases the tactical element by requiring pit stops and the overall presentation is as good as any race girl.
Gamecube
Action
Koei’s first release on the GameCube packed with the epic battles its name has become synonymous with. Cleverly constructed bosses will have you swaying to avoid their assaults and the enemies are highly imaginative even including a jellyfish. Each playable character has an elemental power as their theme to be summoned as a magical assault in the battlefield, all very strikingly realised.
Gamecube
Action
Koei’s first release on the GameCube packed with the epic battles its name has become synonymous with. Cleverly constructed bosses will have you swaying to avoid their assaults and the enemies are highly imaginative even including a jellyfish. Each playable character has an elemental power as their theme to be summoned as a magical assault in the battlefield, all very strikingly realised. Known in the West as Mystic Heroes.
PS2
Simulation
Tactical battle simulation full of truly super robots utilising the Gundam and Votoms licenses. Players choose their moves and the heaving hulks of metal play out the moves in dramatic fashion with some sleek, retro avatars of the human pilots. Must have for mecha heads.
Super Famicom
Simulation
Beautifully drawn tactical RPG with metal hulks taking on mecha robots. Attains a real high graphical standard on the SFC. Switches to a boxing style perspective aswell as the isometric strategic part with player avatar.
Super Famicom
Sports
SD football at its finest with shrunken versions of Gundam and Kamen Rider nipping down the wing to use their super-human powers to rise like a canary and ripple the onion net. Plenty of futuristic stadiums to choose from.
Super Famicom
Sports
SD football at its finest with shrunken versions of Gundam and Kamen Rider nipping down the wing to use their super human powers to rise like a canary and ripple the onion net. Plenty of futuristic stadiums to choose from.
Famicom Cart
Platform
The Battletoad games are very collectable and its easy to see why in this Rare crafted version. Cliched some of the locations may be, but when the execution is of such high standard its easy to see why they become much imitated and rarely bettered. Fun, wholesome action that squeezes every iota out of the hardware.
Playstation
Rhythm
The original, the one, the only… Show you got riddum in the comfort of your own home. Strangly addictive in a Parappa the Rapper stylie.
Playstation
Rhythm
Twenty tracks covering a variety of styles from J Pop to Drum and Bass and some fresh from the streets visuals make this one to savour for the Beatmania cool cats.
Playstation
Rhythm
Genki recalls the millennium and the crowds a fine practitioner of Beatmania could pull as players tap and scratched their way to DJ-ing glory. Not that we ever had much rhythm, but back in the day we could certain toe tap with Shinjuku’s game centre’s finest.
Playstation
Rhythm
The beat goes on with this funky update from those cool cats at Konami with some sublime, psychedelic visuals to distract you from keeping in sync with the tune. The Japanese DJ-ing equivalent of Smashy and Nicey seem to have snuck in there too, along with some tougher tracks to make this a very tidy update.
Super Famicom
Platform
Attains the Capcom level of polish as if Walt himself had been watching over the production. The imagination into the graphical effects sets the atmospheric powder keg off a treat such as with the lashing rain. And our beloved beast is a versatile creature ensuring the player soon warms to his dexterous manoeuvres.