Posts Tagged ‘arcade’

Star Wars Arcade

Developer: Sega Interactive/LucasArts

Publisher: SEGA

Published: 1993(Arcades) , 1994 (32X)

Platform: Sega 32X, Arcades

Features: 1-2 Players

Star Wars will always have a special place in my heart, I always get a rush when I see Luke Skywalker flying his X-wing down the trench run on the Death Star. Star Wars Arcade allows you to feel a part of the battle like no other game of it’s time, except perhaps the Super Star Wars Trilogy. Star Wars Arcade was originally released in arcades in 1993, then was ported to home consoles in 1994 as a launch title for the infamous Sega 32X.

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Action Fighter

Platform: Sega Master System

Release date: 1986

Features: 1player, 2players (alternating)

Developer: Sega

“Get ready to play a starring role in the incredible world of international espionage. You receive five different assignments. All action-packed. And all extremely dangerous. Your secret weapon? A vehicle that transforms into a dozen different deadly devices.

Your high-speed motorcycle can turn into a customized car and then into a sound-barrier-breaking jet plane. All in a matter of seconds. The real test? To know when to use which weapon. Because the wrong machine, at the wrong time, can prove fatal.” Read the rest of this entry »

TransBot

“Ward off a computerized underworld invasion with your transforming weaponry.” Not the most inspiring ‘blurb’ in video game history, in fact it kind of reads more like an order. However when one is confronted with TransBot’s gameplay you soon realise that it is a surprisingly accurate summary of the game. Because warding off an invasion is all you’ll be doing… and there is a lot of warding in this game.

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