From: tehkao@ocf.berkeley.edu (Teh Kao Yang)
Newsgroups: rec.games.video
Subject: New Games for Genesis,CD,and Game Gear
Date: 13 Aug 1992 09:37:49 GMT
Organization: U.C. Berkeley Open Computing Facility
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Summary: Infotainment for Sega fans

I've tried quite a few new Genesis games recently and saw some interesting
info in the latest Japanese magazines and thought I'd share them with you...

Some short impressions of new Genesis games:

D&D Warriors of the Eternal Sun: A candidate for best RPG for the Genesis
ever, IMHO. The game combines the best from several genres of RPG. The
dungeon is Dungeon Master style, with real time combat and all monsters
fully animated. The wilderness combat is similar to that found in the SSI
AD&D series, with a lot of tactical emphasis. The graphics are nice and
the great user interface makes gameplay smooth and fun. The plot is quite
interesting and the game system strictly adheres to the classic D&D rules.
All 7 character classes are here, including most of the spells too. Even
the monsters are copied straight from D&D rules! Example: A Carrior Crawler
gets 8 attacks, Bugbears attack for 1-6/1-6/1-8 damage. A must for D&D fans.

Terminator: This game sucks! I'd be really mad if I actually spent money
on it. Only 4 stages! You can finish the game in about 20 minutes.
The gameplay is really stupid. Only good things are the intro which is pretty
impressive(copied straight from the movie), and the intermissions which are
ok.

Atomic Runner: This game has probably the best looking graphics I've seen
in a Genesis game. The backgrounds are really detailed and beautiful.
The gameplay is pretty unique: it's a run and jump game, except that the
screen continuously scrolls. It's like a combination of a shooter and a
run and jump game. However the controls are very hard to get used to and
may cause a lot of frustration. 

Alien 3: A big surprise. I wasn't expecting the game to be this good. Most
of the game involves running around in a big maze, shooting aliens and
rescuing prisoners. Graphics are nice and gruesome. The music has some
catchy synthesizer tunes and fit the atmosphere really well. Gameplay can
be a little repetitive but still quite fun. The game appears to be quite
long: at least 12+ stages.

Megadrive games:

Twinkle Tale: This shooter plays similar to Arcus Odyssey, where the
screen doesn't scroll but you can move around. Graphics are excellent and
the game gets really intense at times. A great first effort from WAS, a new
Megadrive game developer. 

Super Monaco GP 2: Not much to say about it. Seems just like part I except
with slightly better graphics and control and A LOT of digitized pictures of
Ayrton Senna. 

Gley Lancer: A good shooter. However I think they spent too much memory on
the long intros: they should have just tried to make the game better.

Thunder Force IV: I've already said this before, but I gotta say it again...
This game is AWESOME!

New Sega News:

The big news in the latest Megadrive magazine is the new 16 Meg RPG from
Sega/Climax: Land Stalker. To be released in September in Japan. This is
another RPG in the "Shining" series.

Other new games of note: Phantasy Star 4, Mickey and Donald:World of Illusion
(coming out in October), and Gauntlet from Tengen. And Poppin' Land(also
known as Buster Bros. in the US), is coming to the Mega-CD in October. I
can't wait!

Game Gear news:

3 great games are coming for the Game Gear: A 4 meg RPG, GP Rider, and
Faceball 2000.  Finally, a multi-player game to put that gear-to-gear cable
to good use. BTW, is Faceball going to be released for the Lynx?It's kind
of weird that a game that was originally developed for the Atari ST would
show up on the Gameboy and Game Gear but not on the Lynx.

-Teh Kao

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