Streets of rage

SEGA’S HANDHELD HARDWARE MAY NOT HAVE HIT THE HEIGHTS THE MEGA DRIVE DID, BUT IT OFFERED PLENTY OF FUN ON THE GO FOR PLAYERS IN THE EARLY NINETIES. WE TAKE A LOOK BACK AT SOME OF THE SYSTEM’S BEST EXCUSES TO BURN THROUGH A PACK OF BATTERIES

WITH AMAZING ART DESIGN, IMPRESSIVE PROGRAMMING AND A SPECTACULAR SPEED-METAL SOUNDTRACK, MUSHA ALESTE ON SEGA’S MEGA DRIVE IS A TIMELESS CLASSIC. WE TALKED TO ART DIRECTOR KAZUYUKI NAKASHIMA ABOUT ITS CREATION AND THE VARIOUS STRUGGLES THE TEAM FACED IN THE PROCESS

Revisiting the 16-bit era with some added punch.

A little one on one time By Scott McCrae

WHAT MAKES GAMES SPECIAL

KONAMI WAS ON FIRE DURING THE NINETIES, RELEASING A SOLID NUMBER OF HITS ACROSS THE SNES AND MEGA DRIVE. HERE ARE TEN WE CAN’T LIVE WITHOUT