Upcoming Reviews & Features

[Melf]

Sure did! It will go up the week after next, as The Coop submitted a Wolfchild review that will go up first.

Thanks for the review!

[Bones Justice]

Here's a good tip if you ever want to write future reviews: The emulator KEGA Fusion easily takes pictures and puts them into a good file format and are clear and very very easy to make.

Yep. The Gens emulator works well too. Thats the one I use. It is surpisingly easy, just shoot me a pm for more info.

My computer really is a Windows Mobile device so I'm not sure if the software either of you are referring to would work or not. I do have a computer at home but it's ancient and is really only used for basic stuff like maintaining my wireless network. I am interested in that Retrode device (see feature article on Sega 16) but I don't know if that would do screenshots or not. I like the idea of being able to plug my Genesis carts and controllers into a computer when I need to, though.

I also have had trouble taking good box shots. I only have my mobile's camera which probably isn't ideal. I got some good advice on taking photos but lighting seems to be my biggest issue. I get a lot of glare from the cover. She suggested I take the paper out of the box but I don't want to destroy it, especially my MegaDrive version.

Thanks for the advice!

[Assault9]

Just wanted to post a quick update on the Warp Speed review. I started writing up the review today after finally finishing the last mission of the main campaign last night. All that's left is a few more drafts of the review, some screens from Kega and this one will be ready to go.

[goldenband]

Just wanted to post a quick update on the Warp Speed review. I started writing up the review today after finally finishing the last mission of the main campaign last night. All that's left is a few more drafts of the review, some screens from Kega and this one will be ready to go.

Congrats, I look forward to reading it! Did you do Novice or Expert? I didn't have any trouble with Campaign mode on Expert, but one of the earlier missions got pretty nasty, with frequent groups of the four toughest ships that would annihilate my ship quickly. Eventually I figured out a strategy to get upgraded sooner.

Also, did you complete Campaign all at once? That makes it much easier since you can keep the weapon and shield upgrades between missions, but it takes around 4 hours of continuous gameplay.

[Assault9]

I finished it on Novice so far, but I'll be going back to give it another run through on Expert. You managed to do it in four hours? I must have gotten the short end of the stick in my random missions then I had to play it through using passwords due to limited gaming time. The first two missions took an hour each, the third took four hours on the first attempt which ended in a failure, but on the second run I did it in two, and the last one in just two hours on the first try. Suffice to say I was very thankful I didn't have to contend with another cosmic storm knocking out the long range radar again

[Melf]

Sounds good!

I have two import reviews for the Mega CD ready to go: Devastator and Arcus 1-2-3. It's time to tackle those Japanese CD games.

[goldenband]

I have two import reviews for the Mega CD ready to go: Devastator and Arcus 1-2-3. It's time to tackle those Japanese CD games.

I saw that those were in the pipeline! That's great news. I'll be sure to update my lists here and here accordingly.

[Benjamin]

I saw that those were in the pipeline! That's great news. I'll be sure to update my lists here and here accordingly.

That's so great to see a list such as yours. It's getting tough to see what's still left.

On that note, no one's covered Night Trap yet? Can I claim it?

[goldenband]

That's so great to see a list such as yours. It's getting tough to see what's still left.

Hey, thanks! I might start a fresh thread in the Sega CD area with the unreviewed list, since it's sort of tucked away in an odd place.

On that note, no one's covered Night Trap yet? Can I claim it?

Isn't it bizarre that the SCD version hasn't been reviewed, while the 32XCD one has? I look forward to your review! Will you be covering the censorship angle? I remember there are two different versions, but I've lost track of what was changed.

[Benjamin]

Isn't it bizarre that the SCD version hasn't been reviewed, while the 32XCD one has? I look forward to your review! Will you be covering the censorship angle? I remember there are two different versions, but I've lost track of what was changed.

Yeah, I can only assume the 32X one was done over the Sega CD one given the smaller 33 game library of the unit and perhaps due to the enhancements, but it's still surprising that the original hasn't been covered yet. As far as I recall, the censored version just got rid of the bathroom scene, which should be included due to the two versions, but I don't think too much of the review's focus should be on the censorship, trial, and ratings which stemmed from the game. Important as that is, that strikes me as feature material.

[Melf]

Ben, it's all yours! I got your other review, so look for that to go up soon.

[Benjamin]

My Play-Asia order just arrived, so dibs on Rent-A-Hero and Lord Monarch while I'm at it. I'll do Rent-A-Hero first (over the weekend), then Night Trap (later next week), then Lord Monarch (following week).

Edit: More text in Rent A Hero than I figured (even by RPG standards), so I'm going to do Night Trap this week, then either of the two the following week. Trying to contact someone about translation help if possible before going ahead.

[Assault9]

Warp Speed has been submitted, finally!

Here's a zip file containing a cover scan of the game and several Kega screen shots:

http://www.tacticalsites.com/~assaul...SpeedShots.zip

[Melf]

Many thanks! I'll have it ready today. It might not go up for a couple of weeks, as we have about 3 reviews in the queue before it, but it will certainly go up.

[havok666]

Looks like the Tengen version of Marble Madness hasn't been reviewed.