You also have to research new weapons to improve your chances.
The actual combat is 3D, with the eras characteristic polygon technology.
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Each room of the tower contains traps and bioweapon creatures.
you’ve got the option to also rescue stranded company employees, granting you extra lives.
Why are you doing all of this?
To become the best TV station ever?
Nope, not really.
Mad TVis an interesting strategy game with a great cartoon style and unique interface.
Despite the whimsical presentation, its still quite a deep game, and has a ton of replayability.
you’ve got the option to even run a TV station without any crappy reality TV shows.
Its a typical side-scrolling shooter, and to be honest, there isnt really anything unique about it.
Jewel Master
Another Mega Drive title, this time in the form of a side-scrolling action platformer of sorts.
As you make your way through the game you find more powerful rings, giving you even more options.
Its a challenging, and fairly decent-looking title that presents quite a challenge.
Armour power-ups can also help you in your mission.
Eventually, youd need to fight and defeat your foes, taking over the whole land.
A shame the sequel never got out of development.
The isometric design also makes it feel very different, and each level presents a new challenge.
The boss battles are also good, taking inspiration directly from the Goose enemy ofSilkworm.
Wonderboy In Monster World
Once upon a time,Wonderboywas a big thing in gaming.
So, to stay relevant, spin-offs were created, includingWonderboy In Monster Worldfor the Mega Drive.
The game plays in a similar way to the likes ofZelda IIon the NES.
Some puzzle elements are also included.
In every sense, this isZelda IIfor Sega machines.
The premise is simple: compete in cross country bike races with the goal of finishing first.
you might punch, kick and club your foes off their bikes to get to gain the upper hand.
Whilst doing all of this you have to avoid traffic and the police.
Get busted, and its game over.
EAs reluctance to reboot this is puzzling.
Your ultimate goal is to find and confront the wanted outlaw, Sir Richard Rose.
You play as Hercules on a quest to become immortal.
What is interesting is the games AI system.
Depending on how well you do in the game, youre given more or less items and power-ups.
Enemies also change their behaviour and positions.
Its also much better than the subsequent Bitmap game,Magic Pockets…
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Of course, its all delivered with the usual humour and none-too-serious writing.
This difficulty put many players off, meaning the game arguably never found its true success.
It sold a lot of copies, though.
With the recent interest in harder games like Dark Souls, however, maybe the toads could return.
These provided some great boss battles and visual effects for magic.
A very speed-run friendly title, and one of the better scrolling shooters on the Mega Drive.
The game allows one to four players, and each picks a different coloured knight.
This was also possible in single-player, as the computer took over this role.
Despite a loyal fan following, the game is largely unknown, which is a shame.
Its an anime title with a typically bubbly red-haired female protagonist.
Unlike the side-scrolling second game, the first is a skewed perspective top-down adventure that features randomly generated levels.
Blocking your progress are a zany collection of humans, each of which have different attacks and personalities.
Most are dangerous, but some are friendly.
This is important, as some presents are bad for you, even to the point of instant death.
A classic, and one that could be done justice in a decent reboot with web connection play.
The Immortal
The Immortalis a unique take on the usual sword and sorcery adventure.
At this is quite literal.
Every level of the dungeon youre exploring contains traps and enemies, all of which can kill you outright.
The game is split into two main sections, villages and side-scrolling action stages.
The action sections are side-scrolling action stages where you have to fight enemies, avoid traps and defeat bosses.
