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Arr! This Sunday be the official “Talk Like a Pirate” day, and all ye scurvy landlubbers need be lookin’ at our latest article in celebration! Staff writer and sea dog Sebastian Sponsel rounds up the pirate dogs of the Genesis in one treasure chest of an article, so get to readin’ or ye’ll be walkin’ the plank!
The Sega CD seemed to peak in the beat-’em-up genre with the early release of Final Fight, since few games that followed, if any, equaled that level of quality. Sony Imagesoft, known for its dreadful line of licensed games (Mickey Mania was a fortunate hiccup), tried to fill the void with Ultraverse Prime, a game based on the Malibu Comics superhero. To say the game is underwhelming is a major understatement, and it comes off as a digital checklist of how to make a generic brawler. It did have an interesting theme song though…
Today, many console gamers enjoy the tower defense genre of games. The genre wasn’t so well known back in 1990, when Atari games released Rampart in the arcades. Featuring play for up to three people simultaneously, it was ported to every console known to man, including the Genesis. Handled by Tengen, the 16-bit version is actually pretty darn good.
Billiards is a much loved game in the United States. Unfortunately, most Americans are unfamiliar with the game snooker (read more about it here), something our friends in England greatly enjoy. There was even a PAL Mega Drive release that understandably never came stateside, and it’s actually very good.
Summer’s all but done, but there’s still plenty of time left for playing Genesis games. Our staff and readers have been quite busy this month, so check out what they’ve been playing in volume 57 of our monthly Reader Roundtable feature. Read the full article for more details.
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