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Established 1997
Mega? Sure.
Drive? Eh…?
I love Sega for the Arcade
Many people love Sega for Sonic. I love Sega for the Arcade.
Altered Beast always seemed special, and I was somewhat
shocked that it was derided by many people on the web.
Curiously, Afterburner is dearly remembered, but I always found
it somewhat too chaotic.
Virtual Racer on the Sega Mega Drive was controversial at the
time, mostly due to the price but it’s an incredible achievement
to see it running on the humble Mega Drive. The 3DO stumped
up the best version of Star Blade but the Mega CD version is
pretty good too,
Virtua Fighter did not get the Virtua Racer treatment, and lost
an entire dimension to fit on the Mega Drive. That said, it has a
luxery feel and the character moves for the most part seem to
have been retained.
Games that weren’t in the Arcade but on
the Mega Drive
CD Drives were a big deal
“Jaguar XJ220 on the
Sega MegaCD is
awesome.”
Novastorm, the quintessential Psygnosis all show and no go for
the early 1990s. I love this game, but the best version is on the
3DO. And yes, all versions are different. Ever-so slightly,
Road Avengers is like Space Ace or Braindead 13. And I didn’t
much like them, either.
Chaos Engine on anything but the Amiga and ST seems weird,
but here it is on the Mega Drive. Sans disk-swapping, so that’s a
good thing.
Castlevania on the Mega Drive looks pretty amazing
Steel Talons also appeared on the Atari Falcon. And it’s not very
good on that either. This is one of those games that I imagine you
stuck with, because you had spent £30 on it and be damned if
you weren’t going to get your moneys worth.
Micromachines. A top down racer and I do love a top
down racer,
Chuck Rock. A game based on the premise that you’re an
overwight middle-aged caveman, you solved simple problems
and slaughtered hundreds with your diabetes type 2 girth.
