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The Genesis debuted in 1989 with a wide variety of games from all genres, sports included. Alongside the great Tommy Lasorda Baseball and the simple, yet fun Arnold Palmer Golf was a soccer game that well, sucked. To be honest, World Championship Soccer wasn’t even fun when it came out, and with the plethora of incredible soccer games to be had on the system, there’s no reason on Earth to play it today.
The Wii may still be scarce in stores, but there’s plenty of Genesis goodness available for download on the Virtual Console. Sega-16 staff writer Tom Briggs takes a look at the latest releases for Nintendo’s fledgling service, and gives you the low down on what you should be playing. Is there anything worth downloading?
When it was first released in 1994, Virtua Racing wowed gamers with its incredible use of polygons and its $100 price tag. The exorbitant cost (the highest for the time) was due to it being the one and only game to ever make use of the powerful Sega Virtual Processor, or SVP chip. Until the 32X got a port a year later, this was the only way to play the arcade hit at home, and it was darn close to having a real Model 1 arcade board. It may be outdated now, but Virtua Racing’s place in Genesis history is assured.
There have been some efforts over the last few years to finish up and release those few Sega CD titles that never made it to market, such as the ChuChu Rocket inspired Mighty Mighty Missile, and most recently Burning Fists: Force Striker. These two made their appearances on the Sega CD as commerical releases published by Good Deal Games and can be purchased from them, along with a few other Sega CD rarities. Sega-16 recently had the chance to talk to one of the people involved with these two games, as well as the great new Mega Cart by Tototek, Fonzie Voltnov. He shared his experiences on after-market products for the Genesis and Sega CD, as well as some upcoming projects.
1993 saw the release of Francis Ford Coppola’s version of the horror classic Bram Stoker’s Dracula. The film tried to remain faithful to the novel while injecting a more modernized interpretation of everyone’s favorite vampire. Such a concept sounds like it would make for a great video game, right? Well, it did, and that’s why we have the Castlevania series. Unfortunately, Sony Imagesoft decided to license the film for a game released for several platforms, including the Sega CD. The latter included FMV cut scenes and cool-looking rendered backgrounds but not much else of note.
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