Just when you thought your Shanghai stragety was as solid as the Great Wall of China…Three captivating new games with enticing new rules, plus Classic Shanghai for the purist. Play each game in a head-to-head tournament against a friend – or race the clock in a series of games. Perfect your stragety under extreme competitive … Read more
The SNES version of Shadowrun appeared earlier than the Genesis one, and it is an entirely different game, with different story and gameplay, although it is also based on a pen-and-paper RPG of the same name. Your hero, Jake, is attacked by assassins, and appears to be dead. However, a mysterious dog approaches his lifeless … Read more
Sgt. Saunders’ Combat! is a 1995 strategy game for the Super Famicom that takes an isometric perspective and liberally uses clips and images from the black and white ABC TV show Combat!, which ran from 1962 to 1967 and continues to hold the record for the longest running TV show based on the second World … Read more
In Mecarobot Golf, a mechanical golfer by the name of Eagle was banned from competing in professional human tournaments when it was determined that his mechanical brain that can determine the right angles was an unfair advantage. Instead, the engineers that built Eagle have built him his very own course and the player has taken … Read more
The date is Tuesday, September 13th, 1921. It’s a stormy night, and the luxury ocean liner “Lady Crithania” is about to be capsized by an enormous wave. Many of its crew and its 2300 passengers will be killed outright in the initial overturning; in the transfigured catastrophic ship environment, most of the remainder will be … Read more
Sengoku no Hasha (“Supreme Ruler of Sengoku”) is a strategy sim based on the Sengoku-era of 16th century feudal Japan. The player selects one of the many daimyo (warlords) of the period and attempts to conquer the other territories. The game’s full title is Sengoku no Hasha: Tenka Fubu e no Michi, which translates to … Read more
A 2D side-scrolling beat ’em up, Sengoku casts you and a friend as two renegade fighters out to beat the crap out of the many assorted gangs that threaten the post-apocalyptic cities of the future. Unfortunately for them they also get caught in a time-warping scheme caused by the evil Nobunaga who attempts to invade … Read more
Trials of Mana is set in the same world as the two previous Mana games (Final Fantasy Adventure, and Secret of Mana). The mysterious power of Mana is also the center of all events in Trials of Mana. Years have passed, and all the destructive powers of Mana have been securely sealed by Mana Swords … Read more
In Secret of Mana, a young boy unknowingly unleashes ancient evil by pulling a legendary sword from its resting place and is cast out of his village. His only hope lies in reforging the Mana Sword and restoring balance by protecting the Mana seeds in eight sacred palaces. With loyal allies at his side, he … Read more
Seijuu Maden Beasts & Blades (“Sacred Beast Magic Legend Beasts & Blades”, roughly) is an isometric RPG for the Super Famicom. The game uses a tactical turn-based combat system, with characters and enemies moving across a grid-like map to line up attacks and perform other actions. The player-named protagonist collects allies as he travels the … Read more