MegaDrive Game Reviews
Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles - The Hyperstone Heist
Written by Tom Clare in MegaDrive Game Reviews, Saturday 13 September, 2008
Throughout much of the nineties, the Turtles were a permanent fixture on kids TV schedules, meaning the 1993 gaming tie-in was something of an inevitability. What was rather less inevitable however wa... Read More...Rolling Thunder 2
Written by Tom Clare in MegaDrive Game Reviews, Wednesday 27 February, 2008
Before Namco were able to make a healthy living off of their Ridge Racer and Tekken series, they had endured a largely indifferent 16-bit era. Famed in the eighties for the likes of PacMan, Galaga and... Read More...Double Dragon
Written by Tom Clare in MegaDrive Game Reviews, Friday 5 October, 2007
Double Dragon is testament to how far gaming has come in such a short period of time. And I'm not talking about the advent of polygons, 3D or 'emotion engines' either - in the five years between its o... Read More...The Steel Empire
Written by Tom Clare in MegaDrive Game Reviews, Tuesday 18 September, 2007
At a glance, The Steel Empire may not look any different to a hundred other early nineties shoot 'em ups. To the untrained eye, it's routine, by-the-numbers and doesn't stand out. Inves... Read More...World Of Illusion
Written by Tom Clare in MegaDrive Game Reviews, Monday 14 August, 2006
It's almost become a custom these days in the gaming industry to see a blockbuster film hit the cinemas in all its glitzy glory, and then be quickly followed up by a lukewarm video game tie-in, t... Read More...Lotus 2 RECS
Written by Tom Clare in MegaDrive Game Reviews, Wednesday 23 March, 2005
In the mid-nineties, the world was introduced to game consoles that finally had the power to deliver accurate 3D environments and playing levels. Suddenly a host of new genres were born out of this ph... Read More...Outrun
Written by Tom Clare in MegaDrive Game Reviews, Friday 14 January, 2005
With so many new games appearing these days, the newer generation of players may struggle to recall Outrun, which was arguably Sega's second most popular franchise of the Mega-Drive era, behind the ma... Read More...Golden Axe 3
Written by Tom Clare in MegaDrive Game Reviews, Saturday 27 November, 2004
Combining that oh-so-illusive fun factor with immaculate presentation and imaginative design, Sega's Golden Axe was a hit back in 1989. Mega-Drive gamers the world over consider the classic hack 'n' s... Read More...Ferrari Grand Prix Challenge
Written by Tom Clare in MegaDrive Game Reviews, Friday 15 October, 2004
Here's a racer that few of you will have come across, as it was a rather low-profile release back in 1992 for the Sega Mega-Drive. It isn't the type of game you'll find easily of course, though given ... Read More...Streets of Rage 2
Written by Tom Clare in MegaDrive Game Reviews, Friday 24 September, 2004
Back in 1991, SEGA released the now-legendary scrolling beat 'em up Streets Of Rage; a fantastic, terrifically enjoyable title that simply oozed style and class. It made rivals such as Double Dragon l... Read More...Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles - The Hyperstone Heist
Throughout much of the nineties, the Turtles were a permanent fixture on kids TV schedules, meaning the 1993 gaming tie-in was something of an inevitability. What was rather less inevitable however wa...
Rolling Thunder 2
Before Namco were able to make a healthy living off of their Ridge Racer and Tekken series, they had endured a largely indifferent 16-bit era. Famed in the eighties for the likes of PacMan, Galaga and...
Double Dragon
Double Dragon is testament to how far gaming has come in such a short period of time. And I'm not talking about the advent of polygons, 3D or 'emotion engines' either - in the five years between its o...
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