The levels were big, the bosses were bigger, and you had the added bonus of getting a longer game if you played on a higher difficulty level. Sparkster may not be as fondly remembered as the likes of Sonic and Ducktales, but his games were always fun. Oh, and he can hang from branches by his tail, which is cool. As I’m sure you all know, the best way to combat such a threat is with a marsupial armed with a jet pack, goggles and a sword. Flora has managed to get herself kidnapped by The Lioness and her horde of robots and yellow wolves. In this case, Sparkster is on a mission to save Princess Flora. Rather than run on from those originals though, the game adds a new move for the titular Sparkster (a short-distance rolling dash), and takes the story into a new continuity. While I was originally familiar with the character from the Megadrive, the SNES version is also pretty fun. What more reason could you want? Seriously though, this was a fun little franchise from Konami. It may not revive the genre, but it would certainly serve as a reminder why this type of game was once popular. What it would need would be reworked graphics and smoother animation, but with the gameplay left intact. While the rereleases are good fun, I can’t help but feel that a HD remaster would work wonders for this. Each of the four characters has different strengths and weaknesses, they each have different special moves, and the level design is among the best of the genre. These versions do a good job of recapturing the original magic of the game, and even now, it’s so easy to pick up and play. The game is incredibly fondly remembered, and it’s reappeared a number of times on various newer systems as part of the Megadrive/Genesis Collection.
X in an attempt to save Adam Hunter, police officer and older brother of ‘Skate’. The game is a side scrolling beat ‘em up, and follows Axel Stone, Blaze Fielding, Eddie ‘Skate’ Hunter and Max Thunder as they battle the minions of crime lord Mr. I think that most people who had Sega’s 16-Bit beauty will be familiar with this title, even if they didn’t play it. Streets of Rage 2 (Sega Megadrive/Genesis 1992) So, with that made clear, let’s get to the list. I cannot pick a game that I’ve already covered in the In Desperate Need of Love series.I can only pick one game per genre, though offshoot genres are allowable.The reason for this is that there are so many Sonic and Mario games available, and they have actually had one or two remastered to one degree or another.