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Genesis

Ristar

Also known as Ristar: The Shooting Star (JP)

Developer
Sonic Team
Also on
Game Gear
North America February 16, 1995 SEGA
Europe 1995 SEGA
Japan February 17, 1995 SEGA
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Ristar review

I don’t profess to being Hannibal Lecter, or anything close to his ilk, but due in no small part to this game, I too seem to have reached the lowest levels of adult human depravity. Witness this scene: I, a grown man, observe three young children at play, shiny black controller…

Marc Golding · December 20, 2003

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Ristar review

It never fails. Look at each and every quality videogaming system that’s ever hit the market. They all have had their share of heavily-hyped flops — those games that were awesome to hear about, but nightmarish to play. But, to balance it all out, occasionally you find a…

overdrive · February 2, 2005

Ristar review HG exclusive

They sure were wrong… Snerds had most gamers believing, myself included, that Genesis upgrades such as the Sega CD and 32x (especially the latter) were the beginning of a decline for Sega. The world got the picture that Sega wanted gamers to spend extra money to buy their…

Halon · December 7, 2004

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