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Here we have all the games in the Shop Section.
Nintendo 64
Sports
System exclusive that uses expansively wide dirt tracks to be really able to savour a power slide. Good reflections of the clouds and skies on the car windscreen and a good level of roadside detail. Its ultimate selling point is probably the ability to be able to take short cuts: a much underused cheat for racing games.
Famicom Cart
Shooter
Take off and get up to altitude whilst dog fighting other fighter jets at Mach speed in your aviator shades. Impressive frame rate.
Mega Drive
Sports
From the publishers of crack shmup Eliminate Down comes this two-course wonder with Japanese and American rounds to sample. Up to four players can participate for the hole or keep a tally of the overall score in tournament mode. An accomplished title.
Super Famicom
Sports
Kashiwagi san is a suitable candidate to introduce this game and star as the prime strike fisherman. A real oyaji in terms of his appearance and actions, his presence adds much to this well made fishing title complete with plenty of lures to choose from.
Sega Saturn
Simulation
Rather off kilter adventure with plenty of FMV sequences as you solve puzzles and gain necessary items such as oil for a rusty door to progress. Its not until the second disk that things start going a bit astray though. Impressive attention to the graphics from Sega. Known in the West as Lunacy. Full title ‘Gekka Mugentan Torico.’
PSP
Action
Genki had great trouble resisting this title which combines two of Japan’s great loves in food and gaming. The series runs in Shonen Jump and besides the fight action, delightful dishes of culinary, gourmet grade cooking are served up to boost the player get through a particularly tricky boss run in. Be it the huge crocodiles, King Kong gone run, Yeti or even the electric eels; an empty stomach makes for a poor fight. The scaling works well displaying a vast, vibrant play area and helping the bosses show off their might.
Playstation
One on One Beat Em Up
Few will forget the spherical glory of Tohshinden when it first captured the potential of the Playstation for real 3D fighters. The eye candy was all it needed to sell, yet the gameplay is distinctly 2.5D. Happy days and memories, especially when the alternative was another go on Kileak the Blood.
Playstation
One on One Beat Em Up
The sequel lavishes more textures on Toushinden’s ellipses and features some fabulous backgrounds from the peace and tranquillity of the forest stage to the flashing strobe of the disco dance floor, if saying that doesn’t make Genki sound too old. The detail is balanced correctly with playability and as such the speed of the contest zips along.
Playstation
One on One Beat Em Up
A nice collectable for Playstation and Toshinden fans as Playstation Magazine promoted the release of Toushinden 2 in Japan.
Playstation
One on One Beat Em Up
Lots of love for Toshinden’s style of fight action with its distinctive ellipse like appearance of its pugilists. The series went on to gain strength and its quick paced action helps this third instalment flex its muscles.
Super Famicom
Action
Luckyman is the combination of one of the unluckiest boys in the world (being crushed by a UFO landing) and Luckyman. This dream combo are charged with keeping alien invaders away. It makes more sense in the manga anyway. Well not much! This action based game is subtitled Lucky Cookie Roulette.
Super Famicom
Action
Luckyman is the combination of one of the unluckiest boys in the world (being crushed by a UFO landing) and Luckyman. This dream combo are charged with keeping alien invaders away. It makes more sense in the manga anyway. Well not much! This action based game is subtitled Lucky Cookie Roulette.
Nintendo DS
Action
Hal Laboratory pulls out all the stops once again as Kirby bounds around the screen to be controlled by the players deft use of the stylus in drawing a small line to shift their direction. The end game is to get to the magic mirror or door and their players enjoy a wee bonus stage. Similar to Famicom Mario having to jump as high as possible on the flagpole, the player gets Kirby to launch along the ramp to launch them as far as possible. Beautiful backgrounds and full of Kirbys stylish colouring.
Super Famicom
Sports
Try and become the hang-on hero in this Japanese based motorbike racing game with two player mode, time attack along with the season’s challenge over a variety of terrains with eleven players to choose from.
Playstation
Sports
Zippy race game with plenty of tunnels and mountain passes with impressive frame rate and draw distance. Good feeling of velocity with plenty of in game avatars to meet that wouldn’t look out of place at a late night race meet. Known in the West as Peak Performance.
GameBoy Advance
Sports
Wrestling simulation in a first person perspective similar to ‘Fist of the North Star’. A plethora of Mexican wrestling masks and luminous lycra leotards backed up by an interactive anime story mode with all the Chinese characters simplified by syllables written above.
Dreamcast
Sports
Slickly animated and with plenty of razzmatazz to blend the borders between the sport and its gaming equivalent with wrestlers instantly recognisable. The series reaches a crescendo bigger than Big Daddy jumping off the ropes in this pinnacle of Dreamcast wrestling.
Famicom Cart
Action
Classic title from a golden era of gaming where players take on the role of knight tasked with clearing mazes. Set apart by Namcot’s flair for appealing sprite graphics and some fine gameplay blending quick thinking and fast pacing to create a title as loved today in updates such as this and on virtual consoles.
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Brilliant Gamecube
Action
Classic title from a golden era of gaming where players take on the role of knight tasked with clearing mazes. Set apart by Namcots flair for appealing sprite graphics and some fine gameplay blending quick thinking and fast pacing to create a title as loved today in updates such as this and on virtual consoles.
Merchandise
Merchandise
A lavishly illustrated Final Fantasy Thirteen themed trading card set to get started in the game. The cards really help you appreciate the talented illustrators that create the beautiful characters in the game.
Merchandise
Merchandise
Sixty high-grade trading card sleeves featuring a design from the manga and anime series where the protagonists are teleported to a distant galaxy and try to find their way back home.
Merchandise
Merchandise
Sixty high-grade trading card sleeves featuring the strong tank player R0365 that is great in boss battles, if lacking a bit of longevity in terms of up time.
Merchandise
Merchandise
Sixty high-grade trading card sleeves featuring the popular anime series involving plenty of ghostly goings on. Japanese Scooby Doo with spooky eastern ghouls.
Merchandise
Merchandise
Sixty high-grade trading card sleeves featuring the popular anime series involving plenty of ghostly goings on. Japanese Scooby Doo with spooky eastern ghouls. This sleeve features Kintaro himself.
Merchandise
Merchandise
Sixty high-grade trading card sleeves from the Sakura Wars gaming series. Flower Division’s very own Greek goddess Anastasia Palma features in this design with her silver hair, dark skin and penchant to belt out a fine song.
Merchandise
Merchandise
Sixty high-grade trading card sleeves from the Sakura Wars gaming series. This design features ninja Azami who is a member of Flower Division.
Merchandise
Merchandise
Sixty high-grade trading card sleeves from the Sakura Wars gaming series. Flower Division’s very own Greek goddess Clarissa Snowflake, to give her her full title, is renowned for her love of books and her patience and kindness despite being able to summon magic powers.
Famicom Cart
Platform
Robots in disguise must be avoided, but otherwise Optimus Prime romps through the platform levels blasting all and sundry. Nice nostalgia in many of the baddies including a T Rex look alike. Genki was always a big fan of the ones which could transform into cassette tapes, Decepticons or not. Subtitled Convoy no Nazo in Japanese or Mystery of Convoy.
Super Famicom
RPG
The golden era of Square SFC RPG’s came to an end with this masterpiece signing off in true style. Graphically astounding proving the time it takes for developers to truly grasp the ins and outs of a system’s architecture with this surpassing many 32bit efforts. Nice to see a bit of monkey still in Square with the ability to smash barrels and rip up hedges in peoples gardens to gain extra items. And its such attention to detail that bring the Treasure Hunter world to life.
XBOX
Simulation
A love triangle where the hair lines are plentiful and there is plenty of J Pop songs in the air.