July 15th 1993 – the day the world changed. Well, the day FIFA International Soccer was released and the life of this humble reviewer changed. Prior to this date, soccer/football games were a non-event (Jon Hare’s Sensible Soccer aside), we longed for a realistic football experience. FIFA plugged a gap that Sensible Soccer could not, … Read more
Things you want to be when you grow up: astronaut; movie star; game blogger (kidding? – Ed); Formula One star; etc… I can’t speak for etcetera, but there’s definitely a way you can fulfill your Niki Lauda dreams on the 16-bit and that’s Super Monaco GP on the Mega Drive. Originally released at the arcades, … Read more
Yee-haaaaahhhhh!!! The Mega Drive version of the popular coin-op could have gone horribly wrong but thankfully for Konami this is one of the most beautiful, perfectly balanced scrolling shooters I’ve ever seen on the 16-bit. Fans of the Sunset Riders arcade machine will tell you that the game’s main allure is its co-op mode. In … Read more
We weren’t greatly impressed with the first Lotus game but it clearly did enough to warrant a sequel (nothing like a bit more direct advertising…) so here were have Lotus 2 (II) R.E.C.S, funny title and all. One of the major qualms we had about its predecessor was that there weren’t enough options. EA and … Read more
If any game deserves a retrospective rather than our usual “review it as if back then” approach, it’s Sonic 2. The first Sonic revitalised the Mega Drive and gave Sega a worthy mascot. Following it up was both easy and difficult at the same time. One thing Sega had already established was the game … Read more