Where I live there are no arcades, so what is a guy supposed to do if he wants to relive his childhood?
He goes the way of emulation! I decided to pull out the Dreamcast and take a trip down memory lane with one of the first games I ever played: Shinobi.
I fired it up, dropped in some virtual quarters and shazam! I was eight years old again. I also realized something else. After twenty years of playing video games, I still suck at the bonus game.
Damn you, non-animated generic ninja! I had finished this game before on the Sega Master System (yes, I was one of a dozen people to own it), so that helped me finish it once again.
There are a lot of patterns, so playing through the same areas a few times helps to figure out where to jump and when to attack. Kind of like Ninja Gaiden for the NES. Now, continuing in the game at home isn’t the same as the arcade. I dropped like ten (fake) bucks in a couple of hours.
I sure as hell wouldn’t have done that when I was a little kid, because my mom never gave me that much for the arcade. Regardless, I grew up to be a lifelong gamer.
That’s all for this week, but are there any suggestions for next Thursday night? Is there a beloved game you want me to check and see if it stood the test of time? Make a suggestion and I will try to get my hands on it one way or another.
I know I touched on the fact that the Wii is hard to find, but here’s some more insight on why Nintendo is being a wee bit careful on how many systems they throw out there. Much props to the Wall Street Journal online for this nugget of information.
The SEGA Dreamcast was one of the most innovative consoles of its time. It was the first systems to allow online play. Its visual memory units were pretty cool, no more useful than a memory card, but cool nonetheless.
RedSpotGames is debuting two independently developed games for the Sega Dreamcast at the Leipzig Games Convention. Remember, folks: we’re talking about an eight year old system.
