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Sometimes, a company gets too complacent with its properties, and decides to farm them out. Big mistake. The result is almost never good, as demonstrated by U.S. Gold’s horrible Journey from Darkness: Strider Returns. It took everything the original game did well and buried it up deep, deep in the Earth, and what was released was decidedly un-Strider-like.
It’s been ported to just about every platform on Earth, but it’s always just as grand. Delphine Software’s Flashback: The Quest for Identity set a new standard in just how much could fit into a cartridge, and it showed us that a great story, wrapped around excellent gameplay, was the true way to create a classic.
Are you a fan of the Olympics? Then Sega-16 has a little something to either get you in the mood or kill your interest entirely… it could go either way. In any case, read our full review of Winter Olympic Games: Lillihammer ’94 and decide for yourself.
Just another victim in the 16-bit mascot wars, Izzy lacked everything that made one so appealing in the first place. Less popular than Sonic and half as appealing as Bubsy (ouch!), poor Izzy was a poorly thought-out attempt at attracting attention to the Olympics. The thing is, he could barely attract attention to himself. Just how thoroughly mediocre was he? Read the review to find out!