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Retro Review: Sega Soccer Slam

It was the year 2002 and Sega as a 1st party platform holder was no more. Instead, the house that Alex Kidd built (and was subsequently evicted from in favor of a potbellied rodent) was trying to establish itself as a 3rd party developer producing games for the Nintendo Gamecube,…

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Retro Review: Alien Soldier

I only realised after the review of the 4th Genesis Collection that Alien Soldier doesn’t actually belong there. It was only ever released in Japan and Europe, so it was never -actually- released on a Sega Genesis, marking the PC port only the 2nd time it’s been available in the…

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Retro Review: Gunstar Heroes

It’s that time again! Sometimes I think I’ve done a few too many of these, and then I remember a game I haven’t had a chance to honour yet. Today’s lucky remembered is Treasure’s Gunstar Heroes, which is one of the finest two-player games on the entire Mega Drive (It…