Homage to the blue droid, featured more than once in Mega Man: Tricky Warfare, a compilation of the first three episodes of the Capcom saga, optimized here for Sega’s 16-bit. Not only does the game contain a series of simple ports, it also allows you to unlock a series of additional levels, the Wily Tower, battles with three robot masters, and a new final boss at the end of the path.
Quickly recognizable by its analog comic board art direction, Comix Zone is a beat game released late in the Mega Drive’s life. Just imagine, in 1995, demo terminals installed in stores coexisted with PlayStation and Saturn’s first 3D game. After that, between the game’s wild difficulty, short lifespan, and limitations limited to single-player play, it’s hard to say that Comix Zone really has the potential to be an integral part of Mega Drive.
When it comes to difficulty, target Earth landed there as well. Released in Japan under the name Assault Suit Leynos, its remake is available on PS4 and PC since 2016, this shooter where we control mechs comes from Masaya studios, we’ve recently been able to discover or rediscover things like Gleylancer, Moto Roader Games like MC, especially Gynoug on current platforms.
Finally, head to Toaplan for Zero Wing, another side-scrolling shooter that most people first know about, and which gave birth to the age-old meme “All your bases belong to us” in reference to the dangerous English translation of the cutscene. Jokes aside Also, critics at the time were divided on this port of the arcade, collecting a small 28/40 in Famitsu and a good 90% in Joypad.