Tag Archives: combat

Atlus, Game Gear, Multimedia Intelligence Transfer, Sega

Megami Tensei Gaiden: Last Bible, Game Gear

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Megami Tensei Gaiden: Last Bible is a handheld RPG that was developed by Multimedia Intelligence Transfer and initially published by Atlus for the original black and white Game Boy, in Japan only, in 1992. The Game Gear version was developed by Sega and was first released in 1994 – once again: in Japan only. A fan translation into English was released in 2019, which made the Game Gear version finally playable to Westerners. Which is great because the Game Gear port is the best version of the game available. Let me explain…

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Atari ST, Homebrew

Bugziacs, Atari ST

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Bugziacs is a homebrew Atari ST port of Don Priestley‘s classic ZX Spectrum game, Maziacs, created by Bello Games and available to download free from the internet. It was first released in 2019.

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Commodore 64, DK'Tronics

Maziacs, Commodore 64

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This conversion of Don Priestley‘s brilliant Spectrum game first appeared on the Commodore 64, courtesy of Andy French and DK’Tronics, in 1984. C64 fans tend to frown on conversions of Spectrum games to their system, but in this case they should be thanking their lucky stars, because Maziacs is a great little game.

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Game Arts, Game Boy Advance, Japan Art Media, Media Rings Corporation, Ubisoft

Lunar Legend, Game Boy Advance

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Developed by Japan Art Media and published internationally by Ubisoft in 2002, Lunar Legend is a handheld remake/re-telling of Game Arts‘ classic RPG, Lunar: Silver Star Story Complete, with new graphics, content and story changes.

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Arcade, Sega

Golden Axe: The Duel, Arcade

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Golden Axe: The Duel is the third arcade game in the Golden Axe series (after Golden Axe and The Revenge of Death Adder) and is a two-player versus fighting game based on characters from the popular side-scrolling hack and slash games. It was first released into arcades in February 1995.

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Megadrive/Genesis, Sega, Steam

Golden Axe III, Megadrive/Genesis

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The third Golden Axe game was initially only ever released in Japan, exclusively on the Megadrive in 1993. It wasn’t until two years later, in 1995, that it received a localised English language release in North America via the online-only Sega Channel.

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Megadrive/Genesis, Sega, Steam

Golden Axe II, Megadrive/Genesis

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Golden Axe II is a sequel to the classic Sega arcade game, Golden Axe, and was released exclusively on the Megadrive/Genesis* in 1991 in Japan and 1992 in North America and Europe.

*= It was eventually released as an arcade game using ‘Mega Play’ hardware, which is essentially a Megadrive/Genesis in an arcade cabinet, but the game was initially marketed as a ‘killer app’ on Sega‘s famous home console.

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Megadrive/Genesis, Sega, Steam

Golden Axe, Megadrive/Genesis

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This conversion of the classic Sega arcade game was first released on the Megadrive/Genesis in 1989 and is a reasonably accurate port of the famous hack and slash action game.

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Arcade, Sega

Golden Axe: The Revenge of Death Adder, Arcade

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Golden Axe: The Revenge of Death Adder is the 1992 sequel to the classic 1989 arcade game, Golden Axe. It features four new playable characters, more detailed graphics and four-player simultaneous gameplay (although that was dependent on the cabinet – variations were available to arcade operators).

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Ehrgeiz, Game Arts, Game Gear, Studio Alex

Lunar: Walking School, Game Gear

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Lunar: Walking School (aka Lunar: Sanposuru Gakuen) is a Game Gear exclusive handheld RPG first released in 1996. It is a spin-off/side story from the main Lunar series published by Game Arts. This ‘Walking School‘ edition was developed by Ehrgeiz and written by Studio Alex.

Again: thanks to the efforts of fans a number of translation patches exist to make the game playable to non-Japanese speakers/readers.

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