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Circus Lido |  |
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| Circus Lido is a puzzle game where you control a Gecko who's aim is to eat bugs and then spit them into the nearby plants to be eaten. The puzzle elements are usually focused around the fact that you get abilities from the bugs you have swallowed (a la Kirby), some bugs speed you up, whilst others allow you to navigate the spiked rails for instance, these elements lead to some fiendish brain stumpers, and the password system means that the game never gets too bogged down. Word of warning, don't spend too much on this, the game used to go for obscene amounts of money, but after a whole warehouse of Hu-Cards was reportedly discovered the price nose dived almost overnight from multiple $1000s to less than $100! I feel for the poor guys who bought it before the price drop. | |||||
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Dragon Saber |  |
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| Dragon Saber is a vertical scrolling shoot-em-up which is the 2-player sequel to Dragon Spirit. The game keeps the core gameplay of the original, with emphasis on ground bombing on top of the normal shooting action, but improves on the level design (featuring some much more kinetic stages than those seen in the earlier game), and polishes up the power-up system, as well as including a very welcome, and very fun 2-player co-op option. | |||||
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Bonze's Adventure |  |
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| This Taito arcade port has you playing as a monk traveling through the underworld having to deal with evil spirits and monsters. The game is a platformer, with your main form of attack being coloured spheres which can be thrown at the enemy, these spheres can be powered up in size, and there are different types which have different effects. The game's graphics can look quite unpolished at times, but its a fun title with nice layouts and it even manages to throw in the odd multiple route here and there. | |||||
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Psychosis/Paranoia |  |
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| Here's a weird horizontal shmup which has you shooting your way through your own subconscious in an effort to take back control. The game very much contains the sort of gameplay feel that you'd generally associate with Irem, playing with the sort of methodical, brutal, and clever style seen in games like R-Type, and X-Multiply. Here you get two pods which can be maneuvered around your ship and used for both defensive and offensive purposes, the game is quite tough, but its not too long, though two playthroughs are required for the "good"ending (albeit truthfully there's not a whole lot of difference between the two endings anyway). | |||||
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Newzealand Story, The |  |
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| A port of the classic arcade platform game where you play as a little kiwi with a bow and arrow attempting to rescue his family. Like the arcade original the levels here are huge and mazelike, and commandeering the enemy floating platforms is a fun as it ever was. Unfortunately this isn't the greatest port of the game out there (the music is a little weak for instance), which is why its languishing in the high 70s, but its still a decent version of a very cool game. | |||||
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Formation Soccer |  |
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| This is a solid (excellent for its day) Soccer game which plays a little like Tehkan World Cup, or Microprose Soccer. The passing here is a little weak (you have to choose who you want to pass to buy pressing "run"), but the dribbling control is smooth and responsive, multiplayer is cool, and the aerial ball control is set-up in a way which allows you do some fun and impressive aerial passing. | |||||
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Skweek |  |
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| Skweek is a puzzle game where the aim is to colour all of the blue squares pink by walking over them. As you walk around the stage you need to avoid, and shoot at the enemies, and after a while you start to come across a multitude of tile types which have different effects and require you to use some thought to navigate them. Overall Sweek is simply a fun pick up and play type game. | |||||
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Final Lap Twin |  |
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| Much like World Court Tennis, this is a sports and RPG combination, with you traveling from village to village taking part in Formula 1 races to earn cash and upgrade your vehicle. Separately the racing mode, and the RPG aspects are respectable, though not stunning, but as a package its all pretty good. | |||||
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Legend of Hero Tonma |  |
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| This is a responsive action game from Irem thats packed with energy, has memorable levels designs, and includes some pretty cool power-ups too. Its a lot of fun overall, but the 1-hit kills may be a problem for some. | |||||
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Victory Run |  |
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| Early racing release with Outrun-style gameplay and fairly smooth (for the time) scaling. Victory Run is a long, tough racing game with a lot of locale changes and a decent "car maintenance" gameplay element, its pretty playable though a little dated. | |||||
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