Streets of Rage is trilogy of a beat 'em up video games developed and published by Sega in the first half of the 1990s. The series centers on the efforts of several heroes to rid a troubled city from the rule of a crime syndicate. The dance music-influenced soundtracks of the games, scored by Yuzo Koshiro...
Virtua Fighter is a series of fighting games created by Sega studio AM2 and designers Yu Suzuki and Seiichi Ishii in 1993, and receiving four main sequels and numerous re-edtionas and spin-offs since. If a character is knocked out of the ring, the opponent wins the round. Through various timings, positions,...
The player is put behind the wheel of a stock car (known as the Hornet), with the choice of three tracks as well as an automatic or manual transmission. The player's objectives are to outrun the competing cars, and complete the race before time runs out.
Produced for arcades, the title has been ported to over twenty different home computer and gaming platforms in Japan, North America and Europe. Two home-system sequels followed in Space Harrier 3-D and Space Harrier II , as well as an arcade spinoff, Planet Harriers, in 2000. I calculated the position,...
Aleste is a 1988 shoot 'em up video game developed by Compile for the Master System. A version of the game has been released on phones by Square Enix, presumably based on the MSX2 version.
It was released in Japan in 1989, and in North America and Europe in 1990. It was later ported to a variety of different platforms. Phantasy Star II is the second installment in Sega's acclaimed Phantasy Star series and serves as a sequel to the original Phantasy Star for the Master System. Gameplay...
The series debuted in 1987 on the Sega Master System with Phantasy Star, and continues into the present with Phantasy Star Online 2 and other extensions of the Phantasy Star Online sub-series. The first four games in the series are set in or related to the fictional planetary system of Algol, and are...
There are 40 levels in the arcade version of the game. If a player controlled character is killed, that character turns into a captive, except that they will disappear if the next active player controlled character dies, exits the level without them, or the player has no characters left in their party....
It is the third game in the Wonder Boy series and the last one released for the arcade. He must ride a flying dragon and confront a large boss throughout the second half of each round. In the shooter scenes, the player rides a pink friend as he makes his way through the scene. The game starts out like...
A call for help comes from deep in the universe. Fantasyland has been taken over by destructive forces. Quick on the scene is Space Harrierâ„¢ equipped with his laser, who must attempt to outwit and outmanoeuvre the hoards and prevent Fantasyland from being blown into oblivion!
The peaceful and prosperous solar system Junos was located at the end of the Milky Way. Those who called its five planets home had no idea what was about to happen... Halcyon, ruler of the Fourth Empire, had Junos marked as its final target in the galactic massacre, and had sent the bulk of his attacking...
Forgotten Worlds, originally titled Lost Worlds in Japan, is a side-scrolling shoot-'em-up game by Capcom originally released as a coin-operated video game in 1988. The controls in the original coin-op version consists of an eight-way joystick for moving the character in the air while flying and a unique...
A second sequel, the working titles for which included Clockwork Knight 3: Pengin War and Clockwork Knight Puzzle, used gameplay similar to the Bomberman series, but never made it past the beta stage. Clockwork Knight 2 immediately picks up on the cliffhanger left by Clockwork Knight. They especially...
Clockwork Knight, known in Japan as Clockwork Knight: Pepperouchau's Adventure – First Volume , is a side-scrolling platform video game developed and published by Sega for the Sega Saturn. He is in love with the Clockwork Fairy Princess, Chelsea, whose voice wakes up the toys of the house every...
Woody Pop , is a ball and paddle game similar to the likes of Breakout and Arkanoid It was originally released exclusively in Japan for the Sega Master System in 1987, before being given an international release on the Sega Game Gear in 1991. Other features include a train that on some screens serves...
The player has to drive Alex through an obstacle course and get to the finishing point without other competitors trying to push him off his bike.
While the evil genius Dr. Robotnik is testing the ultmate destructive weapon, one of his assistants makes a mistake causing his lab to explode and scattering five Chaos Emeralds across the planet Mobius.
While the original Japanese version depicts the adventure in Nazca, the story and title were later changed to be based in Aztec settings for international releases, though the elements of the former culture, including the Nazca Lines, can still be seen. The more powerful the companion, the more gold...
After Burner is a 1987 combat flight simulator arcade game by Sega AM2. It is one of the first games designed by Yu Suzuki. The game allows the player to control a F-14 Tomcat jet, which must destroy a series of enemy jets throughout 18 stages. In the arcade version, the jet itself employs a machine...
Columns is a puzzle based game released on Arcade and SEGA systems. Following the like system of Tetris. In Columns, There are three different symbols (such as differently-colored jewels) that appear, one at a time, at the top of the well and fall to the bottom, landing either on the floor or on top...
A rail shooter featuring a number of planes including the default F-14D Super Tomcat, it is best remembered for its semi-official connection to Sega's earlier hit After Burner. Like After Burner, Sky Target places players in control of a modern fighter jet. Unlike After Burner II, however, there is no...