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Gain Ground. Sega (1991) Sega Genesis

Posted on May 11, 2017 by Van Rockingham — 16 Comments

This game is hard to describe, not in a Toejam and Earl kinda way, just that it is odd and I like it despite not being able to come up with a tangible reason for liking it.

Tagged with: 1991, Gain Ground, Megadrive, Multi-Directional Shooter, Retro Gaming, Review, Run and Gun, Sega, Sega Genesis, SEGA Mega Drive: Ultimate Collection
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Space Harrier. Sega AM4 (1985) Arcade

Posted on March 27, 2017 by Van Rockingham — 5 Comments

Space Harrier was released in arcades in 1985, and while I was about 1 when this was released, I did play this a bit in the arcades in the early 90s, I don’t remember much about it so I thought…

Tagged with: 1985, Arcade, On-rails-shooter, Retro Gaming, Review, Scrolling shooter, Sega AM4, SEGA Mega Drive: Ultimate Collection, Space Harrier
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Golden Axe Warrior. Sega (1991) Sega Master System

Posted on March 16, 2017 by Van Rockingham — 6 Comments

I’ll be honest, I thought I was going to absolutely hate this game. I don’t especially like the Golden Axe series, and lets be honest, this game looks like a Legend of Zelda clone. So let me take you on…

Tagged with: 1991, Action RPG, Altorulia, AssNugs, Ax Battler, Death Adder, Firewood, Gilius Thunderhead, Golden Axe, Golden Axe Warrior, Nendoria, Retro Gaming, Review, Sega, Sega Master System, SEGA Mega Drive: Ultimate Collection, Tyris, Yuria
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Golden Axe 3. Sega AM7 (1993) Sega Genesis

Posted on March 13, 2017 by Van Rockingham — 14 Comments

I really didn’t like Golden Axe, and while Golden Axe II was slightly better, it still wasn’t a good game. So rather than prolonging my suffering I decided to play the final installment in the Golden Axe saga (that isn’t…

Tagged with: 1993, Ax Battler, Beat 'em up, Chronos "Evil" Lait, Chronos Lait, Damud Hellstrike, Gilius Thunderhead, Golden Axe, Golden Axe 3, Kain Grinder, Megadrive, Prince of Darkness, Proud Cragger, Retro Gaming, Review, Sahra Burn, Sega AM7, Sega Channel, Sega Genesis, SEGA Mega Drive: Ultimate Collection, Tyris Flare, Yuria
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Shining Force II, Sonic Software (1994) Sega Genesis

Posted on March 2, 2017 by Van Rockingham — 2 Comments

I enjoyed Shining Force, in fact I enjoyed it so much I decided to jump almost straight into the sequel. I’ll be honest, fatigue did set in a few times, and I struggled to play for long periods, but that…

Tagged with: 1994, AssNugs, Bowie, Chester, Granseal, Jaha, Jewel of Evil, Jewel of Light, Kiwi, May, Megadrive, Peter, Princess Ellis, Retro Gaming, Review, RPG, Sega Genesis, SEGA Mega Drive: Ultimate Collection, Shining Force, Shining Force 2, Shining Force II, Slade, Sonic Software, Squad Tactics game, Tactical Role-Playing game, Tactical RPG, Tower of the Ancients
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Streets of Rage 3, Sega (1994) Sega Genesis

Posted on February 23, 2017 by Van Rockingham — 3 Comments

Streets of Rage is good, and Streets of Rage 2 is marginally better, and I am on a Megadrive kick at the moment, I thought I’d finish of this trilogy. So… Is SoR3 any good?

Tagged with: 1994, Axel Stone, Bare Knuckle, Bare Knuckle III, Beat 'em up, Blaze Fielding, Crime Syndicate, Dr Zan, Mr X, Retro Gaming, Review, RoboCy Corporation, Sega, SEGA Mega Drive: Ultimate Collection, Skate Hunter, Streets of Rage, Streets of Rage 3
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Golden Axe II. Sega AM7 (1992) Sega Genesis

Posted on February 16, 2017 by Van Rockingham — 7 Comments

All right, so I didn’t like Golden Axe. I thought it was bland, the combat wasn’t very interesting and what little fun there was is exhausted after 5 minutes of playing. So with 2 whole years between this release and…

Tagged with: 1992, Ax Battler, Beat 'em up, Death Saul, Gilius Thunderhead, Golden Axe, Golden Axe 2, Golden Axe II, Retro Gaming, Review, Sega AM7, Sega Genesis, SEGA Mega Drive: Ultimate Collection, Tyris Flare, Yuria
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Beyond Oasis, Ancient (1995) Sega Genesis

Posted on February 13, 2017 by Van Rockingham — 3 Comments

Called The Story of Thor: A Successor of The Light in Europe, but as there is no mention of anybody, or anything named Thor, we’ll break from tradition and call this game by the American title, and feature the American…

Tagged with: 1995, Action RPG, Agito, Ancient, Beyond Oasis, Bow, Dytto, Efreet, Golden Armlet, Megadrive, Oasis, Prince Ali, Retro Gaming, Review, Sega Genesis, SEGA Mega Drive: Ultimate Collection, Shade, The Story of Thor: A Successor of The Light
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Streets of Rage II. Sega (1993) Sega Genesis

Posted on February 6, 2017 by Van Rockingham — 5 Comments

I like Streets of Rage, it holds up in a way that Golden Axe simply doesn’t, and like the inevitability of the tide, I come to Streets of Rage 2, arguably the best of the trilogy. With that, it isn’t…

Tagged with: 1993, Ancient, Axel Stone, Bare Knuckle, Bare Knuckle II: The Requiem of the Deadly Battle, Beat 'em up, Blaze Fielding, Max Thunder, Megadrive, Retro Gaming, Review, Sega Genesis, SEGA Mega Drive: Ultimate Collection, Skate Hunter, Streets of Rage, Streets of Rage 2, Streets Of Rage II
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Shining Force. Climax Entertainment (1993) Sega Genesis

Posted on February 2, 2017 by Van Rockingham — Leave a comment

After chatting to a number of people on Twitter, and seeing a “Top Genesis games” list that featured Shining Force as the top Megadrive game, I figured I would finally have a playthrough and see what it is all about.…