Like many gamers of the current generation, I grew up playing games on the earlier consoles such as the Sega Mega Drive and the Super Nintendo. Those were the days that really got me hooked on gaming, and the vast majority of them were 2D, often platformers - such as Sonic, Mario, Megaman, Metroid, Castlevania, Strider or Gunstar Heroes. Although many of these games still have incarnations nowadays, things have changed. Losing their 2D roots, most of these have converted to 3D formats [...]
Megaman is a franchise that is well known – Nintendo seem to have a knack for platform titles, creating many well loved series’ over the years, such as Metroid and, of course, Mario. Over the years there have been many incarnations of Megaman, such as the original NES titles, the greatly updated SNES titles, and the Megaman Xseries – as well as some spinoffs, such as Megaman Zero (starring the light-sword wielding Zero), and some more obscure titles such as [...]
