The holidays are here, and in between egg nog and Christmas ham, we must be sure to make time to recognize just how lucky we are to have all these wonderful games. Christmas comes but once a year, and our staff and readers are taking time away from their families for what’s truly important: playing Genesis! All kidding aside, we here at Sega-16 wish all our readers happy holidays, and we send off 2010 with its final installment of our monthly Reader Roundtable series. Enjoy, and see you next year!
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Disney’s Beauty and the Beast: Belle’s Quest
Roar of the Beast was the first of our two-part review of Sunsoft’s Beauty and the Beast games for the Genesis, and we finish things off today with a full review of the other release, Belle’s Quest. An odd pair of platformers, the two play like a single Sunsoft title that was divided in half. We know how the first one is in terms of quality, but is the second part any better? Apparently not…
Chicago Syndicate
Sega’s Eternal Champions is one of the more controversial fighting series out there. Most people tend to either love it or hate it, and the debate only gets stronger as time goes by. The majority during the 16-bit era seems to have been on the side of the game, as Sega made a strong push to promote it and its characters. There was plenty of merchandising, and even some spin-offs, so the franchise was obviously selling. That being said, not everything with the series moniker was quality, as evidenced by the atrocious Game Gear side-scroller Chicago Syndicate, which featured private eye Larcen Tyler. The bland level design is fitting complimented by an awful fighting mechanic, resulting in a game no one ever need play again.
Madden NFL ’95
The NFL season is winding down, and the playoff picture is becoming clearer with each passing week (go Pats!). That being said, professional sports can be rough, so why not make your own destiny? There’s no better way to do so than with video games! Electronic Arts’ Madden series has been the benchmark for football for two decades, and in no place was its evolution more notable than on the Genesis. The ’95 installment made major strides in bringing a true football simulation to Sega’s console, but it fumbled in a few areas.
2010 European Mega Drive Championship
Every year, Europe’s best Sega gamers gather to fight it out for bragging rights. 2010 was no different, and teams from several countries brought their “A” game to this year’s competition. Our resident tournament gamer Sebastian Sponsel was there, and he brings us the scoop! Read the full article to see who took the trophy this time around.
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