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Granada, Megadrive/Genesis

Granada is an obscure-but-brilliant overhead tank shooter on the Sega Megadrive/Genesis that was developed by Wolf Team Japan and published by Renovation in North America in 1990. Granada was never given an official European release.

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Zombies Ate My Neighbors, Super Nintendo

This brilliant single and multi-player overhead shooter by LucasArts is a parody of every single horror and sci-fi film you’ve ever seen.

Chainsaws, zombies, UFOs, mummies, werewolves, demonic babies, spiders, shopping malls – you name it, the game will throw it at you during at least one of its 48 different stages.

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Astro Boy: Omega Factor, Game Boy Advance

Astro Boy: Omega Factor is a fun and visually spectacular scrolling beat ’em up on the Nintendo Game Boy Advance.

The game was created by famous Japanese development house, Treasure – in association with Hitmaker – and was published by Sega in 2003.

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Another World, Megadrive/Genesis

There are countless versions of Another WorldDelphine Software‘s 1991, sci-fi masterpiece – but the Megadrive version (shown here) is arguably the best of them.

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Rendering Ranger: R2, Super Nintendo

Rendering Ranger: R2 is a rare run-and-gun game from the end of the life of the Super Nintendo. It was published by Virgin Interactive in Japan only in 1995. Which is strange for a German game…

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