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Surging Aura is a classic Sega adventure that has somehow resisted all attempts to be translated from Japanese (though a French version does exist). This is unfortunate, as the game is entirely playable, even in Japanese. We’ve gone through it from beginning to end, so check out our full review to see just what you – and the rest of the world – have been missing these many years.
If there’s a bright side to having to review all these full-motion video games for the Sega CD, it’s that we’ve gone through the majority of them. A few still linger around the fringes of our consoles, like hungry puppies trying to force their way close to thier mother’s belly to nurse. One particularly determined puppy is Rocket Science’s space rail shooter Loadstar: The Legend of Tully Bodine. Typical for the genre, the gameplay falls far short of the cut scene production values, and gamers have yet another means to cure their insomnia.
For more than 30 years, Marvel’s Wolverine has been among comic’s most popular heroes, and as with most popular do-gooders (just ask Batman and Superman), video games has not treated him too kindly. From the NES LJN nightmare to his lackluster outing in Wolverine’s Revenge, it seems that only recently, with the excellent X-Men Origins: Wolverine game, that the industry finally got it right. Somewhere in all that mess lies Wolvie’s only solo Genesis outing, Wolverine: Adamantium Rage, a title that suffers from unintuitive control and some questionable difficulty. Still itchin’ for a scrap after that description? Then read our full review for all the flamin’ details, bub.
Dinosaurs always make things better, don’t they? What can be better than giant lizards smashing stuff? Well, pair them with fast cars, and you have the makings of the comic book classic Cadillacs and Dinosaurs. Capcom gave it the arcade treatment, and Rocket Science Games brought a FMV perspective to the series on the Sega CD. Wait! Come back! It’s not as bad as it sounds! Aside from being repetitive, the game’s not that bad, and the FMV gameplay is actually not at fault.
For a quarter century, Vanna White has been making a fortune turning letters on a wall, even after technology had long made her obsolete. The popularity of Wheel of Fortune has endured for decades, and many a gaming platform has had its own version in some form or another. The Sega CD was no exception, but whatever charm and magic made the show such a hit was completely lost in this horrible version.