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There has been an off-and-on argument on our forums over the past few months over whether or not first-person shooters were viable on the Genesis. However you may feel about FPS games on 16-bit, you have to admit that games like Cyber-Cop (Corporation outside the U.S.) didn’t do much to endear people to the genre. Complex controls and brutal difficulty killed what was an excellent FPS/RPG hybrid on computers.
Guiding mindless little creatures around a level so that they don’t blindly fall to their death seems to have caught on, as evidenced by the success of Lemmings. There have been several other entries in this style of games, and Gametek’s The Humans has players taking the fate of the human race in their hands. Are we worth saving? You’ll have to read our full review and decide for yourself!
Rare games always create controversy, and fewer games of the 16-bit era are rarer than Uzu Keobukseon, known outside its native Korea as Space Turtle Ship. A shooter that conjures up images of Truxton and Twin Cobra, it’s one of those games that few people know about and even fewer have played. The question is: is it worth tracking down?
If there’s one thing Sega knows how to do, it’s rehash the biggest stars of the Genesis era. Before the numerous compilations released on modern consoles, the Sega CD was among the first machines to get hit with the cash run wave. Home to not one but two editions of the Sega Arcade Classics Collection (the only difference being one game), the add-on gave Segaphiles their first taste of watered down ports. The worst part? Sega didn’t even wait until the Genesis was discontinued before it started to butcher its library.
The Duel: Test Drive II was another Amiga port to make the jump to the Genesis. Unfortunately for this racer, a lot of horsepower was lost in the transition. Read our full review for all the details on this less-than-stellar port.