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Koei has always been known for deep strategy games, and the company supported the Genesis in a big way. One of it’s most popular titles is also one of the easiest for newcomers of the genre to get into. Gemfire is a great way to spend some time watching wizards get fried by dragons, and who doesn’t love that?
Every time I think of Bubble and Squeak, I get this distinctive A Boy and His Blob feel. Chalk it up to the cute graphics or the buddy system gameplay, but it just seems too attractive to put down. Sunsoft scores another solid platformer with this Amiga port, and it’s one everyone should at least try out.
Electronic Arts and High Score Productions made a great college football game with Bill Walsh College Football. They followed it up with perhaps the best college game of the 16-bit era with the ’95 edition. Improvements in several areas and the inclusion of actual teams rounded out the already solid gameplay and presentation.
Boxing is a brutal sport, and few men in the past forty years have been more successful at it than Julio César Chavez. the six-time world champion is a national hero in his native Mexico, and his fame was so widespread that he even got his own video game… twice! How’s that for badass? Given that Chavez was such a master of the sweet science in the ring, it stands to reason that a game based on him would be great, right? Well, not really, and his second outing, the imaginatively named Chavez II, is a lesson in mediocrity. A reskinned version of Boxing Legends of the Ring, it does little more than add Chavez to the game.
It’s a new year, and we’re kicking things off with a review of a game that’s considered a classic by many. Populous II has been released on a myriad of systems, and it’s gained a reputation as one of the most playable god sims out there. How does the Genesis version stack up?