Jeremy Parish

Segaiden #51: Great Soccer, Great Basketball, and Fantasy Zone II (Patreon)

Published:

2023-05-17 11:53:04

Imported:

2024-04

Tags:

fantasy zone great sports rapid fire unit sega segaiden team sega

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You know what I really appreciate about the Sega Master System? Every time something dreadful appears to exist as the Opposite of Fun, you can count on some sort of leavening content to balance it out. In this case, Great Soccer and Great Basketball arrive, fully determined to set back progress in their respective genre of sports by a few years, only to find themselves stymied by the excellence of Fantasy Zone II.

Of course, the downside of Sega Master System is that even the great games are ball-breakingly hard and demand youthful reflexes, not the slow-firing neural twitches of my sluggish old man brain. I should have embarked on this endeavor 20 years ago. Oh, wait, actually... I kind of did... but it was in the form of a blog that no one read.

Anyway, Fantasy Zone II is neat. But difficult. You know the drill by now.

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Zip zap crap: Great Soccer - Great Basketball - Fantasy Zone II | Segaiden #051

Fantasy Zone II arrives as the delicious filling in this week's terrible, terrible sandwich as Sega closes out its 1987 lineup with that ultimate game review cliché: A mixed bag. With the likes of Great Soccer and Great Basketball on hand, this is not so much closing the book on the year as it is driving a nail into its coffin. Once again, it's up to Opa Opa to save the day... with a little help from Team Sega, as it happens. On to 1988! You know, eventually. Production notes: Why watch when you can read? Check out the massive hardcover print editions of NES Works, Super NES Works, and Virtual Boy works, available now at Limited Run Games (https://limitedrungames.com/collections/books)! Look forward to SG-1000 Works: Segaiden Vol. I, due 2024 alongside NES Works Gaiden Vol. I. Video Works is funded via Patreon (http://www.patreon.com/gamespite) — support the show and get access to every episode up to two weeks in advance of its YouTube debut! Plus, exclusive podcasts, eBooks, and more! Master System footage captured from U.S. carts running through a cart adapter on Sega Mark III hardware with FM Sound Unit and RGB bypass modification by iFixRetro. Most arcade and Light Phaser footage captured from MiSTer, with thanks to MiSTerAddOns. Video upscaled to 720 with xRGB Mini Framemeister. RGB cables courtesy of StoneAgeGamer.com and Allie Bellrose.