This week, the Virtual Console is apparently like a box of chocolates: You never know which games have the tasty caramel filling and which ones have that pink-green crème inside.
Yeah, I don’t know what that means either. Most chocolate boxes I’ve seen list what each of the chocolates has so that you don’t eat something you’re allergic to. And video games don’t melt in the sun unless you’re on Mercury or some other place close to our giant burning ball of gas in the sky.
Anyways, onto this week’s new releases:
Star Soldier (NES, 1 player, Rated E for Everyone – Mild Fantasy Violence, 500 Wii Points): The standard for vertically scrolling shooters, Star Soldier is the original game that spawned all of the titles in the long running Soldier series. Go inside a floating space station inhabited by a giant computer known as Starbrain. Your mission: to stop Starbrain’s galactic invasion by piloting Caesar, a new, compact space fighter through 16 deadly stages. Collect power capsules to increase three different attributes of your ship: firepower, movement speed and defensive shields. Blast wave after wave of approaching enemies or use the innovative Trap Zone feature to fly beneath a land mass and avoid incoming fire. Conquer each stage to make your way to the final confrontation with Starbrain.
Dynamite Headdy (Sega Genesis, 1 player, Rated E for Everyone – Comic
Mischief, 800 Wii Points): Headdy, a toy with a detachable head, arrives in North Town to find that the evil puppet king Dark Demon is causing serious problems. Dark Demon is gathering up all the puppets in town and turning some into his own evil minions, while eliminating the rest of the puppets that aren’t good enough to join his legions. Headdy is captured and is targeted for the incinerator, but escapes in the nick of time. Now he’s got to save the town. To do so, Headdy has to take on all manner of bad guys and even has to contend with his lifelong nemesis, Trouble Bruin the bear. Can Headdy overcome all his foes and take down Dark Demon?
Article comments
1 - Matt Paprocki
Dynamite Headdy is a lost classic and encourage those looking to spend some points give it a long look. It's one of my favorites from the 16-bit era Treasure lot.