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  • Fantastic Night Dreams: Cotton 

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    Fantastic Night Dreams: Cotton (generally just referred to as Cotton) is an arcade shooter released in 1991 that defined a new sub-genre (the cute ’em up though I don’t know anybody who actually says that). In 1993 a port was released for the TurboGrafx-CD. This version, particularly the U.S. release, is very rare and demands exorbitant prices on eBay. It was also released on the PlayStation in 1999 but only in Japan. The prices for that one are not much better.

    In Cotton, the player controls a young witch on a broomstick. Fans of arcade shooters, anime and extremely cute games all love this one so I suppose that explains its relative rarity and high demand. As far as shooters go, it is not really exceptional and got mostly average reviews but the uniqueness adds a certain appeal. You would think that the publisher just would have released more of them…

    There was also a much more limited Neo Geo Pocket Color port, available only in Japan and again very expensive. There have been various spinoffs and follow-ups including a sequel (Cotton 2: Magical Night Dreams). Cotton 2 was released for the Sega Saturn but once again it is quite expensive if you are looking to buy it today. It seems like these games would be good Virtual Console candidates given their expense but as of today you’ll have to lay out the cash or look into emulation options.

    The above screen shots are from the 1999 PlayStation release of Fantastic Night Dreams: Cotton.

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    Release Date: 1991

    Platforms: Arcade, TurboGrafx-CD, Sharp X68000, PlayStation1, Neo Geo pocket color

    Genre: shooter

    Developer: Success

    Darkness has surrounded the fairies world, and with that, the prism that brought joy and life to the land doesn’t work anymore. The fairy queen told Silk, a young fairy, to find some help and get the seven magical candies, Willows, that you need to fix the prism. Silk finds Cotton, a witch who loves Willows, and thanks to that, the fairy is able to trick her into the adventure.

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  • Shockman (TurboGrafx-16)

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    Shockman, TurboGrafx 16.

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    Shockman is a platform game released for the TurboGrafx-16 in 1992. The Japanese title is “Kaizou Chouin Shuibinman 2: Aratanaru Teki”. In Japan the game was part of a series but Shockman was the only one in the series released in North America.

    Shockman is a pretty average platform game. It has decent graphics and level design and if you are looking for a game in this genre on the TG-16 then it isn’t a bad choice. The game was also released on the Wii’s Virtual Console in 2007. As of 2014 it is also available on the Wii U’s Virtual Console but only in Japan.





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  • Neutopia II (TurboGrafx-16)

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    Neutopia II, TurboGrafx 16.

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    Neutopia II is an action/adventure/RPG released by Hudson Soft for the TurboGrafx-16 in 1992. The Neutopia series is very much like the original Legend of Zelda, so much so that it could be called derivative. While Neutopia II improves in many ways over Zelda and the first Neutopia (better graphics for instance), the gameplay and story are not quite as polished. However, if you like Zelda-like games then you will probably like both of the Neutopia games. Neutopia II teased a third entry in the series at the end but a Neutopia III was never developed.

    The original releases of both Neutopia and Neutopia II were only for the TurboGrafx-16. However, both games were released on Nintendo’s Virtual Console for the Wii in 2007 and the PlayStation Network in 2011.

    Above is the box/case art for Neutopia II.





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