PLATFORMS

This 32X-exclusive sci-fi shooter is similar gameplay-wise to Sega’s arcade game Zaxxon. The graphics consist of a diagonally scrolling playfield which creates a pseudo 3D environment. The backgrounds are drawn using 2D scrolling planes, but the enemy and ship objects are drawn using 3D flat-shaded polygons. Although the basic goal of each of the 9 … Continue reading “Zaxxon’s Motherbase 2000”

This entry in the World Series Baseball video game franchise features a full MLBPA license, which allows it to have all 28 teams and 700 real-life players. There are three main game modes: Exhibition, Full season, and Playoff. Exhibition is useful for a quick game between any two teams of the player’s choice. Full season allows the … Continue reading “World Series Baseball Starring Deion Sanders”

Virtua Racing Deluxe is an enhanced arcade-to-console conversion of Sega’s 3D racing game. This game is primarily an arcade-style affair; Players compete in a 5 lap race with timed checkpoints. It’s also possible to play with 2 players in a split-screen mode. The 32X version of Virtua Racing adds a couple of new features. There are now 3 … Continue reading “Virtua Racing Deluxe”

Virtua Fighter is considered one of the progenitors of one-on-one fighting games with fully 3D environments and characters. The fighters and arenas are rendered in flat-shaded polygons. Unlike many fighting games, Virtua Fighter focuses on gameplay based on actual fighting styles, rather than outrageous special moves and storylines. There are eight fighters to choose from in … Continue reading “Virtua Fighter”

Tempo is a grasshopper who lives on Planet Rythmia, the world of music. Unfortunately, the malevolent King Dirge is trying to steal all the rhythm from the planet. It’s unclear as to how a creature with no appreciation for music became King, but it’s up to Tempo to stop him! Tempo’s game is a side … Continue reading “Tempo”

T-Mek is essentially an updated Battlezone. You are a warrior battling in the T-Mek competition, a hugely popular event in the future. You control a hovercraft and try to blow up everyone else. The action is viewed from your perspective as you travel around the arena. You also have an overall view of where your … Continue reading “T-Mek”

Star Wars Arcade is a 3D shoot ’em-up set in Episodes 4, 5, and 6 of the Star Wars saga. You take control of either an X-Wing or Y-Wing, and are put right in the middle of the space combat. In some levels, you have to shoot down a specific number of TIE fighters before time … Continue reading “Star Wars Arcade”

Two years before the better-known computer game came this title, in which the aim is to successfully complete the space combat element of Starfleet training. You will fight Klingons, deal with repairs, and find yourself in all manner of dangerous situations, but try to stay within Starfleet directives. The game is viewed from the bridge … Continue reading “Star Trek: Starfleet Academy Starship Bridge Simulator”

An electric plasma grid has left New York in a state of chaos, and only Spider-Man can save the city from total destruction. Responsible is the terrorist organisation HYDRA, which also sent out machines (similar to Gargoyles) into the city. The game features side-scrolling action in which Spider-Man has to take on various enemy types … Continue reading “Spider-Man: Web of Fire”

Run… fly… dodge those obstacles, but return fire on wave after wave of attacking aliens. Armed with a really big gun, you have to defend yourself against the alien hordes using your wits to navigate around the screen. But watch out for those end of level bosses! Originating in the arcades, Space Harrier is a third-person rail … Continue reading “Space Harrier”