I have to say that I’m quite surprised by Super Space Invaders on the Sega Game Gear. It was first released in 1992 by Domark and it’s actually quite good.
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Alien Syndrome, Game Gear
The Game Gear conversion of Sega‘s arcade hit, Alien Syndrome, was developed by SIMS Co., Ltd. and first published in 1992. It’s a decent adaptation, but is for one player only (there’s no two player link-up).
Urban Strike, Game Gear
The third game and final game in the ‘Strike Series‘ released for the Game Gear, Urban Strike, was developed by Borta, Inc. and published by THQ in 1995.
Jungle Strike, Game Gear
The second game in the “Strike Series“, Jungle Strike on the Game Gear is more of the same isometric scrolling action in a helicopter. This time there are five missions to undertake, in various different environments.
Desert Strike, Game Gear
The Game Gear version of EA‘s classic helicopter action game, Desert Strike: Return To The Gulf, is excellent. It reproduces the tense gameplay of the original very well, and manages to pack-in quite a lot to do, over the span of four missions.
James Bond 007: The Duel, Game Gear
Developed by a company called “The Kremlin“, and published by Domark in Europe and Tengen in Japan, James Bond 007: The Duel is a Sega-only scrolling action game that was released for the Game Gear in 1993. The game was also released for the Megadrive/Genesis and the Master System, but for no other consoles.
Far Cry Instincts, XBox
A ‘consolised’ remake of the PC version of Far Cry, released for the original XBox in 2005, by Ubisoft. Far Cry Instincts was developed by Ubisoft Montreal.
Gradius IV, Arcade
The fourth instalment in the Gradius series was released into arcades in 1999, by Konami.
Star X, Game Boy Advance
Star X is a third-person space shooter, of a similar style to Star Fox. In fact: it wouldn’t be unfair to call it a Star Fox clone. It uses simple polygonal 3D graphics to create the world and sees you flying around in a small spaceship, blasting things. Star X was developed by Graphic State and published by BAM! Entertainment in 2002.
Zaxxon’s Motherbase 2000, Sega 32X
Zaxxon’s Motherbase 2000 was an attempt by Sega to update one of its most famous IPs onto the Sega 32X (a hardware add-on for the Megadrive/Genesis). In the process I think Sega forgot one of the main reasons Zaxxon was rated so highly…
