"I thought Genesis was such a great product that I gave one for free to every Electronic Arts employee. But 32X is just a stop gap. It's a financial event for Sega as a company. It's not a good product for consumers."
- Trip Hawkins, Next Generation Premiere Issue
Sammy 16 megabits Viewpoint is somewhat unique, in that it was the only Neo Geo translation for the Genesis that wasn't a one-on-one fighting game. The translation itself, however, received mixed reviews, and led to the release of more NG fighting game conversions instead... "As far as the translation goes, most of the Geo game is here. The more complex polygons have been scaled down or lost a little color but the great feeling of Viewpoint is 100% intact, and the music is surprisingly close... with some speech even!" "American Sammy has done a good job at converting this Neo Geo shooter. However, there is some bad slowdown, and the music comes nowhere near the original." |
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Takara 24 megabits The first game in the Samurai Shodown series made its way to the Genesis in 1994 sans sprite scaling, but otherwise intact. "Fans of the arcade game won't be disappointed with this solid translation, complete with blood and all the varied endings of the original." "For those of you wanting bigger fighters than those in the Super NES version, look no further. The scaling is out, but the graphics are very close to the Neo version, with the omission of the fighter Earthquake." |
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Data East CD-ROM I don't know much about Panic!, but the game is notable, if for no other reason, for being one of the last games to feature music by Tokuhiko "Bo" Uwabo of Phantasy Star and Space Harrier II fame... "Panic is not much of a game, rather it's a series of visual gags. It's fun to watch all the hilarious things going on, and a lot of it is downright twisted." |
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Vic Tokai 8 megabits The second game in the Top Gear series features split-screen play across 64 different courses. |
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ReadySoft CD-ROM Space Ace joined Dragon's Lair in 1994 to complete the Bluth laser disc collection for the Sega CD. |
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Acclaim CD-ROM NBA Jam came out for almost every system available, the Sega CD being no exception... |
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Time Warner Interactive 16 megabits TWI pushed the "3-D rotating court" as one of the major features of their Genesis basketball effort, Dick Vitale's "Awesome, Baby!" College Hoops. It can't have been that great, however, as the Dick Vitale series only seems to have lasted for this one game... |
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Electronic Arts 16 megabits Tony LaRussa makes an appearance in the latest game from EA. Surprisingly, it's not an expansive cel-shaded JRPG, but a baseball simulation... |
