Hot off the heels of BadComputer’s Road Fighter port to Master System that turned up in this year’s SMS Power hacking competition, is another hack that we missed entirely. What we have here is a really impressive enhancement hack of the Master System port of Hang-On. This new version of the game makes it much closer to the arcade experience by overhauling the title screen, redrawing some of the graphics and restoring the iconic gameplay theme song. Check it out:
Hang-On Enhanced was coded by Maxim, with art, music and direction being done by chirinea. You can download the IPS patch file by clicking here, but you’ll need to supply your own Hang-On ROM to apply it to.
BadComputer, the developer of Master System shooter Frontier Force, has released a free Master System port of Konami’s arcade classic Road Fighter.
Originally releasing in 1984, Road Fighter was only ever ported to the NES and MSX back in 1985, with a Japan-only mobile port showing up later in 2005. Emulated ports of the arcade version have been available on modern systems for a while now, but this is the first dedicated console port of the game since 2005. BadComputer has done an amazing job with this and it looks incredible.
Compile’s Aleste series is highly regarded amongst fans of shoot-em-ups. Power Strike is the Western version of the first entry in the series, and in this video we take a criticial look at this 1988 classic:
Developed by xfixium and featuring audio by Louis the Sega Nerd and graphics by Mondo, an impressive 2 stage homebrew demo of Castlevania for the Master System is now available to download and play.
The demo currently features no sound effects or boss battles, but this is an extremely playable and visually impressive little homebrew project that is well worth trying. You can see it in action via the video below:
The practice of hiding entire games within the code of other games is an art lost to time, but back in the day this was surprisingly common. Let’s take a look at a bunch of SEGA games that have smaller secret games hidden within them:
While the Ninja Gaiden series has become synonymous with Nintendo thanks to the very successful NES trilogy of Ninja Gaiden games, this series nearly saw 3 entries come to various SEGA platforms. In this video we take a look at all of them and see if they’re worth your time:
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In our latest YouTube video we have been kindly provided a download code for Frontier Force – the brand new Master System shooting game from Badcomputer. Check out our full video review via the embed below:
Tectoy are making a big return to the gaming hardware space with a brand new system called the Zeenix – a PC handheld that is competing in a similar space to the Steam Deck. The console is clearly named in reference to their previous console the Zeebo and will follow a similar digital distribution system for releasing games. There is currently no firm release date other than “2024” at the time of writing.
There will be 2 models of the Zeenix – a Pro and Lite model. The Pro model features a 512gb SSD for storage and is powered by the Ryzen 7 6800U GPU. The Lite model features a 256bg SSD for storage and is powered by the AMD 3050e GPU. In addition to the console itself, Tec Toy have revealed a wireless RGB keyboard and pro controller that can be paired with the system. Connection to a TV or monitor is done via a separately sold dongle.
The first game announced for released on the system is an asymmetrical multiplayer horror title called Damned 2, developed by 9heads Games Studios. The game will also release on Steam and you can wishlist it now. You can check out a trailer for Damned 2 via the embed below:
While it is safe to assume the Zeenix will release in Brazil, the official website is available in English as well. There is no official word from the company, but this could imply Tectoy are planning to release the Zeenix outside of Brazil too.
If you are unfamiliar with Tectoy, they started life as the official Brazilian manufacturer and distributor for SEGA consoles in that territory. As a result, they have a history that is deeply connected with SEGA. Their biggest success came with the Master System which they started manufacturing in 1987 and continue to sell variants of to this day.
1991’s Asterix for the Master System is a game that is likely going to be shrugged off as “Euro trash” by a certain contingent of retro gamers (cough cough, Americans, cough cough) thanks to the franchise’s French origins. Licensed platformers also don’t have a great track record when it comes to quality, but what we’ve got here is an internally developed SEGA platformer from an era when the company were on a hot streak.
Released in 1989; Bomber Raid for the Master System is a vertically-scrolling shoot-em-up developed by Sanritsu and is infamous for being the final Master System game officially published by SEGA in Japan during the console’s lifespan. As a result of being a game that released in Japan, it also has a secret FM soundtrack that anyone in the PAL territories could never really access during the console’s original run, as those regions never received the FM Sound Unit or a version of the Master System where it’s built into the console itself.
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