Renovation Archive

  • Thanks to its relatively fast processor the Genesis is home to nearly any incarnation of the shooter genre.  You like space ships?  Thunderforce.  You like cutesy shit?  Panorama Cotton (which...

    Gaiares

    Thanks to its relatively fast processor the Genesis is home to nearly any incarnation of the shooter genre.  You like space ships?  Thunderforce.  You like cutesy shit?  Panorama Cotton (which...

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  • I’m pretty sure very few have played this great shmup.  Technosoft were no stranger to the genre and some would say they were the undisputed master during the 16-bit era. ...

    Elemental Master

    I’m pretty sure very few have played this great shmup.  Technosoft were no stranger to the genre and some would say they were the undisputed master during the 16-bit era. ...

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  • Good side-scrolling action games weren’t exactly overflowing in the Genesis’ early years.While the likes of Mystic Defender were passable classics like Revenge of Shinobi were practically events.Renovation, one of Sega’s...

    El Viento

    Good side-scrolling action games weren’t exactly overflowing in the Genesis’ early years.While the likes of Mystic Defender were passable classics like Revenge of Shinobi were practically events.Renovation, one of Sega’s...

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  •   Time certainly can be cruel.  I remember Valis as a kick butt series of action games for each platform they graced.  However as time passed and the bar was...

    Super Valis IV

      Time certainly can be cruel.  I remember Valis as a kick butt series of action games for each platform they graced.  However as time passed and the bar was...

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  • Remember when old video game magazines would have numerous screenshots of cut scenes?  These were never labeled as such and often times would be mistaken for actual gameplay.  At least...

    Exile

    Remember when old video game magazines would have numerous screenshots of cut scenes?  These were never labeled as such and often times would be mistaken for actual gameplay.  At least...

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  • An interesting bit of history behind this game.Once scheduled for release in the US, it was cancelled when Sega bought out its publisher Renovation.Man what a dick move.  There were...

    Neugier/The Journey Home

    An interesting bit of history behind this game.Once scheduled for release in the US, it was cancelled when Sega bought out its publisher Renovation.Man what a dick move.  There were...

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