Segaiden #011: Lode Runner / Safari Race / Champion Boxing / Champion Soccer
Added 2021-04-14 13:00:05 +0000 UTCThis week, we throw the mic back over to Sega and four more for ’84. Some impressive visual gimmicky happening here—once Sega manages to marry these visuals to equally strong gameplay, it'll be easier to see how SG-1000 represents basis of this first-power powerhouse's long and memorable life as a console industry superstar.
- Lode Runner: I'd like to promise this is the last we'll see of this property for a while, but both Famicom and SG-1000 have Championship Lode Runner lurking in the wings for ’85.
- Safari Race: The most visually impressive racer on SG-1000 yet, let down by an extraordinarily fussy design choice.
- Champion Boxing: The most visually impressive SG-1000 game yet, period. So good it was released as-is for arcades. Alas, it doesn't play nearly so well. But it is notable for reasons explained within...
- Champion Soccer: Finally, an SG-1000 sports sim that feels more in line with the NES era of games than the Atari 2600 years.
Comments
It's certainly nice when you can see the beginnings of Yu Suzuki and perhaps Rieko Kodama (I definitely liked that Kodama was the lead producer of Sega Ages on the Nintendo Switch, those are some great games). I definitely like seeing Sega competing in quality with Nintendo. 1984 seems a strong year for both.
Peter LaPrade
2021-04-15 00:39:34 +0000 UTC
