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  • X-Zone (Super Nintendo)

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    Source: Game Players – February 1993

    X-Zone is one of a relative handful of games released for the Super Nintendo’s SuperScope, the SNES version of a light gun. It was released in 1992 and is a first person shooter on rails. In terms of plot, it is reminiscent of Terminator. You must fight your way through robotic enemies controlled by a “malfunctioning” computer (I’m sure it just gains self awareness). This computer has gained control of nuclear weapons and you must enter the “X-Termination” zone to defeat the defenses of Skynet… I mean the central computer.

    As far as light-gun games go, this one is pretty decent. It’s certainly challenging. Wikipedia claims that no one has been able to provide video evidence of beating this game on hard mode on original hardware. That’s pretty hard. It’s not quite so punishing on the easier modes but should offere a decent challenge even there so if you are looking for a challenging SuperScope game for your Super Nintendo, look no further.

    As far as I know, there haven’t been any rereleases of this game so you will have to hunt down an original. It can be emulated but emulating a true light gun experience can be more of a challenge. The good news is that an original copy shouldn’t cost you much.

    The above ad is from the February 1993 issue of Game Players magazine.



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  • Game Players (November 1993)

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    Source: Game Players – November 1993

    Game Players wasn’t one of my favorite gaming magazines. It always just seemed a little more shallow that some others to me. However, if often did cover a lot of games so it was useful for seeing a good cross section of what games were available. The November 1993 issue includes:

    Departments

    • Video Control
    • GP Press
    • Reader’s Network
    • Game Players 27407
    • Codebreakers
    • TechTalk
    • GP Sports
    • Ahead of the Game
    • BackTalk

    Features

    • Cover Story: Everything you always wanted to know about the new Mega Man and Sonic games but were afraid to ask.
    • Mega Man X for Super NES
    • Sonic CD for Sega CD
    • Sonic Spinball for Game Gear
    • Sonic Chaos for Genesis
    • Indiana Jones
    • Jurassic Park
    • Aladdin
    • Aero the Acro-Bat
    • World Heroes
    • Rocky Rodent
    • Spider-Man & X-Men
    • Eternal Champions
    • Lethal Enforcers
    • Street Fighter

    Reviews

    • Dungeon Master
    • Kendo Rage
    • The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening
    • Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective Vol. 2
    • Star Trek
    • Super Off Road: The Baja
    • Top Gear 2

    …and more!

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  • Kendo Rage (Super Nintendo)

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    Source: Game Players – November 1993 – Page 167 (Review)

    Kendo Rage is a side-scrolling hack and slash game for the Super Nintendo that was released in 1993. There are seven levels with a boss at the end of each level. The story involves a girl named Jo who travels to Japan to attend a summer Kendo school. The instructor gives her some kind of magic talisman that turns her into a super warrior and is also taught psychic abilities. Then she is instructed to fight monsters on the way to class. Pretty typical stuff for a Kendo school in Japan I imagine.

    So with a great story like that, the game play must be equally great, right? Pretty much. This is a pretty mediocre game. It isn’t terrible but there’s also nothing that really sets it apart from similar (and often better) games. However, if your into playing the role of a cute anime girl with a sword who has bad-ass magical and psychic powers then this may be the game for you. Game Players magazine gave it a pretty positive review in their November 1993 issue (see above).

    Unfortunately, this is not a game that was every popular enough to be re-made or re-released. Interestingly, there was a sequel of sorts though it was purely a fighting game and was released only in Japan on both the Super Famicom and later the PlayStation. There was also an RPG in this series released for the PC-FX. However, if you want to play the original, you’ll have to track down the cartridge or resort to emulation and I’m pretty sure that goes for the other games in the series too. This game is pretty expensive these days presumably because of its relative rarity. This was not a particularly popular or well known game.



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