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Bill Walsh passed away last year at age at seventy-five, leaving behind three Super Bowl victories and two college bowl championships at Standford University. Quite the Hall of Fame career, one would think, but as impressive as coaching Joe Montana to three rings may be, it pales in comparison to having your own Genesis game! Electronic Arts immortalized Walsh in gaming with the stellar and imaginatively named Bill Walsh College Football for multiple consoles.
I can imagine the executives at Namco back in ’93, as they brainstormed about how else to use their yellow mascot Pac-Man. As they ran through the gamut of genres, one young suit shot his arm into the air. ” I’ve got it!” He exclaimed, “what about a puzzle game?” All the other executives nodded in agreement, their faces slowly growing wide with a grin of satisfaction. It was time to collect another cash crop, and as he had always done before, Pac-Man was about to ensure a bountiful harvest. Thus, Pac-Attack was born, and the Genesis received another quality puzzler.
The Wii Virtual Console has been on fire lately, serving up a slew of quality titles. This time around we have perhaps the best selection of titles yet – Gleylancer, Shining Force II, Super Fantasy Zone; these are just some of the great games that Genesis fans can now play on their Wiis. Oh, did you notice that two of the three games mentioned were never released on the American Genesis? Now you can own them without importing! Read about all the goodness in the full article and grab yourself some Wii points.
Take a snake and make him find his tail! That’s the basic premise behind Snake Rattle ‘n Roll, a NES game that got a major facelift for the Mega Drive. It never came stateside, but finding a copy should be easy enough, and the simple, arcade action is worth looking into.
Programming video games is a big challenge. Just ask Hideki Ikeda, a man who’s worked on everything from the TurboGrafx-16 and Game Gear to the mighty Genesis itself. He was also involved with the Sega CD, and he recently shared his experiences with us in a brief interview.
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