Although movement is essentially limited to left and right (firing at doors lets you pass through them), the action is tense, and the importance of quick accurate aiming hints at the FPS genre to come. Players have to guide six of the film's characters through the colony base, toward the queen's lair.

It's essentially a prototype first-person shooter, complete with moveable targeting reticule. Aliens: The Computer Game (Software Studios/Electric Dreams Software, C64/Spectrum, 1986)Īctivision developed a higher profile tie-in with the movie, but this version is far superior and has lasting significance in game design terms. The first-person view and smooth sensation of movement were astonishing at the time (especially considering it ran on the older 16k Spectrum), and it no doubt prepared the way for future variations on the free-roaming driving game. Written by lone coder Mervyn Estcourt (who also produced a PC remake almost 20 years later), this remarkably progressive 3D chase game gets the player to ride a futuristic motorbike through dense woodland, attempting to track down and shoot enemy riders. 3D Deathchase (Micromega, ZX Spectrum, 1983) If that name doesn’t ring a bell, Ohshima is credited as the character designer for both Sonic himself and Eggman.What have I forgotten? What crimes against video game nostalgia have I committed? Add your own favourites in the comments section. Sega has also teased a brand new villain for the game, with Naoto Ohshima returning to design them. Even then, that wasn’t really him but an illusion. Sonic Superstars will mark his first proper in-game appearance since 1996, not counting his Sonic Mania cameo. However, in a surprise for long-time Sonic fans, he’s working with Fang the Sniper, who’s largely been absent from the series since the 90s.

While series villain Dr Eggman doesn’t make an appearance, the presence of his robots guarantees his involvement. It also talks of new abilities Sonic and friends can perform as they acquire Chaos Emeralds, such as climbing waterfalls and creating copies of themselves which you can see them do in the trailer. The official website only mentions local co-op, though, which suggests that there’ll be no online functionality. Previous games have allowed for two player co-op so it’ll be interesting to see how Sonic Superstars handles having four players speed through stages at once.

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