![]() The game is well balanced, with levels that are challenging without being altogether too difficult to be enjoyable. And I mean hideous! There’s gross larva, there’s red squid-like monsters, and then there’s the puke-inducing boss I don’t even want to think about. ![]() The run-and-gun shooter game features two protagonists, Ricky and Mary, as they shoot their way through scrolling levels to rescue comrades being held by hideous aliens. Even if they want to.Īlien Syndrome had been around as both an arcade and DOS game since the late ‘80s, but when it was released on Game Gear, suddenly everyone was paying attention. Well this list is for all those who still remember, for all those who will never forget. ![]() Sure, legendary titles like GoldenEye and The Legend of Zelda will live on forever, but there are others that have drifted from the collective memory. What did it matter when you could rent video games and even rent the consoles themselves?ĭevelopers kept pumping them out and we kept plugging them in. Those of us who lived through those days remember that sometimes all you needed was a catchy name and a cool-looking cover to win kids over. As the decade progressed, some creations found their legs-others lost them completely. Advances in game design created new opportunities for developers to do things they had never thought possible. Like Jean Luc Picard and the Starship Enterprise, we were navigating a new universe of possibilities without the slightest idea of what to expect. ![]() It was a time when you could grab your BMX and your Big Gulp, ride to Blockbuster and find yourself an adventure. As far as gaming goes, it was a revolutionary time. It’s hard to ‘get a grip’ on the metamorphic changes and convoluted phases that encompassed the 1990s, a decade defined by both Tupac and Ricky Martin, by The Lion King and Silence of the Lambs. ![]()
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