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One of the most famous run-‘n-gunners of all time was also one of the first to lock and load on the Genesis. Turrican was a franchise that spawned several consoles and PC formats until it upped and vanished suddenly. What happened? Why would such a popular character suddenly disappear? Read on and find out.
Long before Xbox Live and even the Sega Channel, another company attempted to bring gamers together over the phone. Catapult’s Xband was a moderately successful method of doing so, and the story behind it is an interesting one. Read the full article for all the details.
Shinobi was recently given a new lease on life with releases on the Playstation 2 and Game Boy Advance. Hopefully, this signifies the resurgence of everyone’s favorite ninja and many more games in the future. Read our complete retrospective on the series, and watch out for the shurikens!
We’re seeing a resurgence of the OutRun franchise with the release of OutRun Online Arcade on Xbox Live Arcade and the Playstation Network. With a history spanning almost twenty years, it’s very hard to have been a gamer for long and not have played even one entry in the series.
I was very excited when I heard that Sega was bringing back a few of its Genesis franchises for PS2. Along with a new incarnation of Altered Beast, they also decided to give Vectorman a new lease on life. Unfortunately, our hero forgot to read the “Proprietor has the right to cancel at any time” clause in said lease. The game was canned early in development and Vectorman was sent back to the end of the huge line of Sega properties awaiting another chance to shine.