System: Sega Game Gear Release date: 1995 Ristar on the Sega Game Gear is the game that proves you don’t need speed, combat depth, or a famous franchise name to make something genuinely brilliant – sometimes all you need is very long arms and a good attitude. This Ristar Game Gear title puts you in…
System: Sega Game Gear Release date: 1994 Shinobi II on the Sega Game Gear is the kind of handheld game that makes you forget you’re on a bus – right up until you miss a jump and nearly lob the console across the aisle. This Shinobi II Game Gear title brought more ninja action, bigger…
System: Sega Game Gear Release date: 1995 Tails Adventure on the Sega Game Gear is the game that finally answered the question nobody knew they were asking – what does Sonic’s sidekick actually get up to when the blue blur isn’t around? This Tails Adventure Game Gear title stepped Miles “Tails” Prower firmly out of…
System: Sega Game Gear Release date: 1994 Streets of Rage 2 on the Sega Game Gear is proof that sometimes you just want to punch someone on the bus – and the Game Gear was happy to facilitate that. This Streets of Rage 2 Game Gear title brought Axel, Blaze, Max and Skate to the…
System: Nintendo Game Boy Release date: 1994 Donkey Kong on the Game Boy is one of gaming’s great bait-and-switches – and we mean that as the highest possible compliment. This Donkey Kong Game Boy title opens with the four classic arcade stages – ladders, rolling barrels, the construction site, everything you remember – and lets…
System: Nintendo Game Boy Release date: 1992 Star Wars on the Game Boy is the game that tried to squeeze an entire galaxy far, far away into a grey brick the size of a sandwich, and got considerably further than it had any right to. This Star Wars Game Boy title takes the full arc…
System: Commodore Amiga Release date: 1990 The Secret of Monkey Island on the Commodore Amiga is the game that introduced the world to Guybrush Threepwood – a man with enormous ambition, minimal pirate skills, and the ability to hold his breath for ten minutes, which turns out to be more useful than you’d expect. This…
System: Commodore Amiga Release date: 1994 Sensible World of Soccer on the Commodore Amiga is the game that made football fans forget real football existed for entire weekends at a stretch. This Sensible World of Soccer title took everything brilliant about Sensible Soccer and smuggled in a frighteningly deep management game underneath it without telling…
System: Commodore Amiga Release date: 1990 Speedball 2 on the Commodore Amiga is what happens when the Bitmap Brothers look at conventional sports games, decide they’re not violent enough, and go to work with a sledgehammer. This Speedball 2 title took a futuristic sport played by armoured athletes in a metal arena and made it…
System: Commodore Amiga Release date: 1991 Lemmings on the Commodore Amiga is the game that turned mass extinction into one of the most beloved puzzle experiences in gaming history – and somehow made it adorable. This Lemmings title handed you a mouse, an endless supply of small green-haired creatures with absolutely no survival instincts, and…