Showing posts with label Sega. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sega. Show all posts

Monday, August 1, 2011


The Fatal Fury series hit many platforms and the GameGear was no stranger to the series. 


In honesty, it's not that bad of a game. Plays very similar to the Fatal Fury games, but with a simpler control system and move-set. 


Fatal Fury was never the greatest fighter out there, but this version is surprisingly well done given hardware limitations. However it simpleness does catch up with it, and that's what kinda ruined the game a bit for me. 

Score: 6 out of 10

Sunday, July 31, 2011


Virtua Fighter was a huge success for Sega back in the day, and they needed to milk that cow for all it's worth. The GameGear was not discriminated against when it came to Virtua Fighter.


They did a fairly decent job "De-making" Virtua Fighter. Most of your favorite fighters are here, and play similar to their 3D incarnations. 


The graphics are a bit laughable, but it's surprisingly deep for what I expected. Then again I didn't expect very much from it. Some of moves transfer over to the GameGear version, but the fighting is far less detailed and complex. It's a admirable try for such a limited hardware system, but it's not that great of a game. 

Score: 3 out of 10

Saturday, July 30, 2011



I love my Jeopardy games apparently. Had to try out the old Sega Game Gear version of the classic game show. 


The graphics are quite a bit better than the NES version, even though it looks like I'm playing as Willie Tanner from ALF. There's only one other contestant though, whether you're facing the CPU or a human.  The sound is also horrid when they try to put in verbal sound clips from the show itself. The Sega Game Gear was not powerful enough for that. 


While the game-play moves a bit slow, and the questions are dated (of course) I liked most of the answers that they asked. Decent mix up on the categories, even though I stink at a few of them.



In short, it's really not a bad version. Could be better, but I could hope all day and never get anything. If you're a Jeopardy! fan I'd give it some consideration.

Score: 7 out of 10


The Sega 32X was a unique console. Not only was it a bad idea, and a mess of a hardware system, but Sega soon left it out to die after release. However there were a few games for it, one such being Virtua Fighter. It's actually pretty close to the Arcade and Sega Saturn versions than you'd might expect. 


Obviously the graphics do take a swift punch to the face, but they're defiantly 32-bit. Frankly if you had to get any version, this would probably be dead last on your list. 


It plays rather decent, but the controls are too simple and floaty at times.There's also very little content besides a regular single-player and multi-player mode. It's an impressive effort for a awful system like the 32X, but it's still a bad game. Laughably this is probably the best game the console had to offer.

Score: 4 out of 10 

Monday, July 25, 2011


I got this one for a few bucks, and I wasn't very impressed. 


It's an okay tennis game, but there's little to keep your entertained. 


Even the little mini-games and extra modes are kinda lame. 


Sunday, July 24, 2011


The Ghosts N Goblins series is known for it's frustrating difficulty, and it's legion of hardcore fans. 



You really do have to be hardcore to enjoy this game. It's brutally hard. The first level on easy is still harder than most games out there. 


You really only have about 2 chances not to die. Once with armor, and then in your boxer shorts. Once you fall into one of the many traps, there's not much time left. Game over. 


I can understand why so many people like the game. However I can't stand putting myself through so much pain. Games are suppose to be fun, not claw into your head and rip your soul in half. I like challenges, but I don't like impossible tasks. This was originally an arcade game, and I'm sure Capcom made so much money sucking up quarters with such an daunting adventure. 


Score: 4 out of 10




The Panzer Dragoon series have had their fans over the years. It's never been as successful as the StarFox games, but among critics it's very comparable. Sega actually made a Panzer Dragoon game for the Sega GameGear back in the day, but only for Japan. 


The game requires no knowledge of Japanese (what little is written is in English), so there's no language barrier to hold you back. The graphics do look simple, but it plays remarkable well for what a Panzer Dragoon on GameGear might sound like. You can still fly around and dodge, shoot, and even lock-on enemies. 


The game consists of five stages, and most of the time you have a slew of land and air enemies, a mid boss, more enemies, and then the stage boss. I had a good time playing through each stage, and despite the technical limitation of the system it's actually well put together. 



Granted it's a very short game, those five stages won't last for long, but it's a short and sweet experience for sure. Some great boss fights I might add as well. Don't spend too much to obtain this small gem, but if you get a chance to play it, don't pass it up. 

Score: 7 out of 10

Saturday, July 23, 2011


Like the Sega Master System Ninja Gaiden, this is another "lost" Ninja Gaiden game. Many people remember the recent ones, and the NES trilogy, but the Game Gear got a unique version of it's own. 


The graphics are simple, but the gameplay is bit more Shinobi than NES-Gaiden. I frankly like it since I thought platforming was the worst part about those games. 



The levels are mostly hack and slash, but I really liked the troll boss. It was bit hard to figure if he was taking damage or not, but then I got the hang of it. 


The 2nd boss I find almost impossible to beat. So I basically got stuck right there. Oh well, it's kinda hard for the sake of hard, not for the sake of challenging skilled players. I like the idea, but they could have made a much better game out of it. 

Score: 5 out of 10 



I'm very fond of the Ninja Gaiden series. I loved the Xbox game, Dragon Sword, and the first two NES classics. However there was a Sega Master System NG that was developed by Sega not Tecmo. I was always interested to see how it played. 



It looks a lot more colorful than the NES games, and the gameplay is pretty similar. However it does have a much faster pace to it, which I think is more it's downfall than it's advantage. Jumping around is floating, and you will fall into many unwanted places. 



Speaking of unwanted places, see those two pits? You will fall into pits like that a lot. Hit by a bomb? Death. Hit by other Ninja Guy? Death. Misjudge your jump? Death. 



After some frustrating trial and error, I managed to make it to the first boss. I really liked Mr. Sumo man a lot, since he was hard, but wasn't impossible when I found out his moves and how to defeat him. 


The rest of the game jumps up in difficulty after that. The next stage is Toyko or something, and apparently Yakuza, those fucking eagles, and Japanese cameramen hate you worse than Hitler. It's a decent try by Sega, but I think it's unworthy of it's series legacy. 

Score: 5.0 out of 10

Sunday, July 17, 2011


The Super Monkey Ball series kinda hit a slump after the first two games. I was hoping the Wii game would be a revival of a great game, but not so much. 


I like the graphics, and the stages are decently designed, however there is one big problem. 


You can only use motion control, and like Mario Kart Wii (which gives the option) you'll be longing to go back to the traditional joystick. 

Friday, July 15, 2011


Despite being more powerful than the Gameboy, the GameGear never really took off. It was too expensive, and had mostly a bunch of shitty games. 

Wednesday, July 6, 2011


I've heard for a couple years that this one was pretty bad. 


It was originally an arcade game and it shows. Most side scrolling arcade games kinda sucked ass to begin with. You're really just an awkward human punching and kicking random monsters. 


Then you turn all Furry and become stronger, but even that's still lame and boring. 

Tuesday, July 5, 2011


This was obviously trying to tap at the success of the Mario Kart series. 


It had the right idea, Sonic sorta copied Mario the first time so why not racing?


Well if you count just running around boring tracks with crappy controls fun then you're in luck! Otherwise you will hate Sonic R about as much as I did.

Monday, July 4, 2011


It had a decent premise and has it's fair share of fans, but I'm not one of them. 


I don't really remember to much about the game off the top of my head, but I wasn't too fond of the combat or the game-play. 



Though I'll give them bonus points for the power-ups though. 


Even though I don't think it's good as the first game, it's a decent adventure. 


It plays almost the same with a few new moves, and a bump up graphically. 


Too bad the level design just isn't as good. Oh well, it's still good mindless fun. 

Sunday, July 3, 2011


One of my favorite and most played games from the Sega Genesis. 


I loved playing co-op with my brother, and fighting over who got to ride the dragon.


Loved the special attacks, so fucking epic. 


The final boss was a son of a bitch though. Cheating motherfucker.