Review by: Kenneth LeeWhen looking back at the Sega Saturn’s impact (great games) during the ’32-bit era,’ most gamers in the US would probably have a rather skewed perspective (through no fault of their own), as most of the Saturn’s greatest games never made it over to our shores. Games that […]
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Hyper Duel
Hyper Duel Review by: Don Pasch Technosoft has always made great side-scrolling shooters. In fact they make my second favorite series of shooters, the Thunderforce series, (the ‘Thunder series on the PC-Engine is tops in my books). Thunderforce III is still one of my favorites till this day! When I heard […]
Frank Thomas Big Hurt Baseball
Genre Sports/Baseball Publisher Acclaim Developer Acclaim Players 1-2 Difficulty Medium Released Mar ’96 NetLink n/a Miscellaneous n/a Rating 5.5/10 Screenshots Frank wanted big technology to match his 2-time MVP-winning, power-hitting arms. He wanted 28 3-D rendered baseball stadiums to crank home runs. He wanted Motion Captured player sprites. […]
Duke Nukem 3D
Review by: David SharpeWith Labotomy Software doing the programming for Duke there was never any doubt that the Saturn conversion of the game would be anything less than amazing. This review is basically to explain just how good this game actually is. It is hard to know where to begin reviewing […]
The House of the Dead
Genre Shooter Publisher Sega of America Developer Sega Enterprises Players 1 or 2 Difficulty Hard Released March 1998 NetLink n/a Miscellaneous n/a Rating n/a Screenshots TEXT Review(s) By J.M. Vargas (Arcade) By Jason Cha (Arcade) By JEDIKNIGHT3 (Demo) By Glenn Lester By JL By J.M. Vargas
The House of the Dead
Review by: J.M. VargasCHRIS REDFIELD AND JILL VALENTINE ARE NOW PART OF VIRTUA CITY’S VIRTUAL SQUAD! Not really, but ain’t that a cool opening line? Seriously folks, the moment you glance and/or play Sega’s last arcade game featuring the now outdated Model 2 board you’ll realize the folks at the lab […]
News August
August 31, 1996 Iron Man/XO Delayed Iron Man/X-O Manowar In Heavy Metal featuring Marvel Comics’ Iron Man and Acclaim Comics’ X-O Manowar has been delayed till the final quarter of this year. Sega Classics for Saturn Afterburner 2, Space Harrier, Outrun, and Fantasy Zone are all being re-released for the […]
News October
October 31, 1996 SATURN ACTRAISER RENAMED Game Fan Online recently reported that the Saturn remake of the SNES classic Actraiser has been renamed “Solo Crisis,” (still tentative). The game will also be much more different that what was previously planned. Solo Crisis is Quintet’s first Saturn title, and will be released […]
Virtua Fighter 2
Fact: Sega’s AM2 team are the most successful developers of arcade machines today. This comes from their standards of extremely high quality, in the technology they use, and most importantly in the superb playability of their games. Of all the great titles they have produced, Virtua Fighter 2 would have […]