Every couple of years or so ditzy EiC, Jason Venter, decides this is the year when he’s totally going to champion a completion project. And, because it’s Jason Venter, it’s going to be a Nintendo console because otherwise his Kirby plushie tells him it’s going to start burning things down again. And we all smile politely and chip a few Nes reviews or something his way until something else comes along and the project is never heard from again. Logic might suggest the reason these have such a short lifespan is because of the daunting backlog of games that would need to be covered. Such an undertaking would require an army and what we have is barely a platoon. But, screw that; it’s more because who cares about Nintendo? Real gamers demand ethics play Sega.
Let’s be realistic; we’re in no shape to cover the hundreds of games in the Master System/Mega Drive/Game Gear/Saturn/Dreamcast demographic. That would be crazy. Who remembers the Game Gear, by the way? That thing would have destroyed the Gameboy if it didn’t eat through its batteries in approximately seven seconds. I’m not sure why I’m building up to a dramatic reveal; the console’s in the thread header thing you would have clicked on already.
Yes, the humble 32X. Released and discontinued before it ever had a chance to get out of the starting blocks in Sega’s ill-advised bulrush into prematurely killing their 16bit charge to stumble into 32bit and CD-quality sounds and Clockwork Knight Titles. But! Its infamous loss is a completionist’s dream; with its abbreviated release list, there’s actually some chance we can whack through the entire library in a non-specified time period. Even if this is HTML tumbleweed territory and it’s just a few people chipping away at it now and then, there’s already light at the end of the tunnel.
So, why bother being one of those people? I dunno; why not? If that doesn’t convince you, then I promise detailed feedback for every 32X review put through – the kind I used to give in, say 2009. Oh! Or 2011. That was a good feedback year. The ideal plan is to get a staff review on each game, so any new content you do produce can and will be upgraded to such upon request and/or whim. I’ll also throughout the project try to drum up work from outside sources where applicable. I don’t have many ideas on how to do so as of yet, but something will come up in the dead of night where sleep is imposable and the weight of the world and the many promises I fail to keep crush the life out of my lungs while I stare unblinking into the murky darkness….
*ahem*
So, helpful list of what games are available and still need to be covered?
A
After Burner: COVERED
B
BC Racers: COVERED
Blackthorne: COVERED
Brutal: Above the Claw: COVERED
C
Corpse Killer: Covered
Cosmic Carnage: Covered.
D
Darxide: Covered
Doom: Covered
E
-
F
Fahrenheit: Covered.
FIFA ’96: Covered
G
Golf Magazine: 36 Great Holes Starring Fred Couples COVERED
H
-
I
-
J
-
K
Knuckels Chaotix: COVERED
Kolibri: COVERED!
L
-
M
Metal Head Covered
Mortal Kombat II: Covered
Motocross Championship: Covered
N
NBA Jam Tournament Edition: Covered
NFL Quarterback Club: Not Covered.
Night Trap: Covered.
O
-
P
Pitfall – The Mayan Adventure:Covered
Primal Rage: Covered
Q
-
R
RBI Baseball ’95: Not Covered
S
San Goku Shi IV: Not Covered
Shadow Squadron:Covered
Slam City with Scottie Pippin: COVERED!
Space Harrier:Covered
Spider Man – Web of Fire: Covered!
Star Trek Starfleet Academy Starship Bridge Simulator: Not Covered
Star Wars Arcade:Covered
Supreme Warrior: Covered
T
Tempo:
T MEK: Covered
Toughman Contest:
U
-
V
Virtua Fighter: Covered
Virtua Racing Deluxe: Covered
W
World Series Baseball: Not Covered
WWF Raw: COVERED
WWF WrestleMania the Arcade Game: Covered
X
-
Y
-
Z
Zaxxon’s Motherbase: COVERED
Let’s be realistic; we’re in no shape to cover the hundreds of games in the Master System/Mega Drive/Game Gear/Saturn/Dreamcast demographic. That would be crazy. Who remembers the Game Gear, by the way? That thing would have destroyed the Gameboy if it didn’t eat through its batteries in approximately seven seconds. I’m not sure why I’m building up to a dramatic reveal; the console’s in the thread header thing you would have clicked on already.
Yes, the humble 32X. Released and discontinued before it ever had a chance to get out of the starting blocks in Sega’s ill-advised bulrush into prematurely killing their 16bit charge to stumble into 32bit and CD-quality sounds and Clockwork Knight Titles. But! Its infamous loss is a completionist’s dream; with its abbreviated release list, there’s actually some chance we can whack through the entire library in a non-specified time period. Even if this is HTML tumbleweed territory and it’s just a few people chipping away at it now and then, there’s already light at the end of the tunnel.
So, why bother being one of those people? I dunno; why not? If that doesn’t convince you, then I promise detailed feedback for every 32X review put through – the kind I used to give in, say 2009. Oh! Or 2011. That was a good feedback year. The ideal plan is to get a staff review on each game, so any new content you do produce can and will be upgraded to such upon request and/or whim. I’ll also throughout the project try to drum up work from outside sources where applicable. I don’t have many ideas on how to do so as of yet, but something will come up in the dead of night where sleep is imposable and the weight of the world and the many promises I fail to keep crush the life out of my lungs while I stare unblinking into the murky darkness….
*ahem*
So, helpful list of what games are available and still need to be covered?
A
B
Blackthorne: COVERED
Brutal: Above the Claw: COVERED
C
D
Doom: Covered
E
-
F
FIFA ’96: Covered
G
H
-
I
-
J
-
K
L
-
M
Motocross Championship: Covered
N
NFL Quarterback Club: Not Covered.
O
-
P
Primal Rage: Covered
Q
-
R
RBI Baseball ’95: Not Covered
S
San Goku Shi IV: Not Covered
Slam City with Scottie Pippin: COVERED!
Space Harrier:Covered
Star Trek Starfleet Academy Starship Bridge Simulator: Not Covered
Supreme Warrior: Covered
T
U
-
V
Virtua Racing Deluxe: Covered
W
World Series Baseball: Not Covered
WWF WrestleMania the Arcade Game: Covered
X
-
Y
-
Z
For us. For them. For you.
