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It’s college bowl season, and Sega-16 is right in the action with coverage. We’ve run simulations of each game on Genesis hardware, and we’ll be comparing our results to the actual games! What? You want in on it too? Well all right then! Check out the Fiesta Bowl article and see how it holds up to the game itself.
Sega’s OutRun series has been tearing up the roads for almost three decades. Though gamers received a true sequel only a few years ago with the incredible OutRun 2, there were many titles released in the series during the interval. One arcade sequel that was brought home to Europe and Japan was Turbo OutRun, and while it is faithful to its source material in spirit, the actual execution leaves much to be desired.
The early ’90s saw a flurry of console developers hopping on the 3D bandwagon. As games like Electronic Arts’ Block Out demonstrate, sometimes adding an extra dimension isn’t a good idea. Read our full review and do yourself a favor, stick with Tetris.
Early Genesis adopters found many different genres covered by the growing library, including space shooters. Toaplan’s Truxton was one of the earliest examples on the console, and it offered intense action with awesome visuals and engaging gameplay. Even after two decades, the game is still a blast to play, and it remains one of the favorites among shooter fans.
We’re taking New Year’s Day off, but we’ll be back on Friday with the first review of 2009. That being said, there’s still some business with 2008 to take care of, and Sega-16 is closing the year out with one last installment of our Reader Roundtable series. See what our staff, readers, and forum members played in December in the full article and happy new year!
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