Panorama Cotton is a pseudo-3D scrolling shooter reminiscent of Space Harrier, set in an anime-style fantasy world. Various levels scroll "into the screen", vertically, horizontally, or diagonally.
It is widely considered one of the best technical showcase of the Sega Mega Drive.
ResQ is an unreleased Sega Mega Drive developed by Tempest Software and set to be published by Psygnosis. It is a 2D action game with both space ship and on-foot segments. Had it been released, ResQ would have been an exclusive title for the Mega Drive.
Psygnosis cancelled ResQ very close to release for unknown reasons. It was reportedly programmed on 486 DOS PCs, with the artwork produced with Deluxe Paint II and III on Amiga 1200s. A prototype has since been unearthed, with an internal copyright date of 1993.
Notably, ResQ's bonus stages are depicted as third-person on-the-rails shooting segments which involve primitive 3D polyons, similar to the Super Nintendo's Star Fox.
Thunderbolt II is an unlicensed vertical scrolling shoot-'em-up released for the Sega Mega Drive in 1995. There is not thought to have been a Thunderbolt I - more likely it is borrowing its name from Raiden II, a 1993 arcade shooter by Seibu Kaihatsu that is a sequel to Raiden.
Deep within the vast expanse of the universe, the people of the Planet Alah enjoyed a peaceful, prosperous existance. As with any flourishing culture, there were those who grew envious of Alah's success, watching and waiting and biding their time...
An evil fleet, striking from within the depths of a nearby black hole, catches the planet's inhabitants unaware and soon has them overwhelmed.
Merciless monsters ravage the villages, causing panic and destruction...
The sudden, unexpected assaults lay waste to entire communities, destroying families and inciting chaos. One very special young girl, trained in the art of magic, manages to survive.
Realizing her family and friends are gone, her heart fills with sorrow and anger. Driven by these intense feelings, she vows to defeat the invaders and restore peace to her world.
Facing a such powerful evil, can she, Ling Ling, stand alone against the onslaught and emerge victorious?
Game features:
-Nonstop fast-paced action
-Huge, animated boss monsters
-Five challenging s
War has been declared between two super powers. At play are real nuclear missiles and the outcome looks dim. If their missiles make contact, there's no chance for survival. Luckily there's hope. You and The Eliminator, the only anti-nuclear laser in operation. Aboard a fugitive space station, you're armed for intervention and your mission is clear: stop all nuclear missiles. But it won't be easy. Because those missiles are being launched at you, too. So play for keeps. This is the most important challenge you may ever face.
You control the action as John and Jack, two warriors hand-picked by the United Nations, attempt to bring down a terrorist organization which is responsible for a worldwide wave of violence! The terrorists are capable of launching attacks from the sky, the sea, and by land. Are you the one person who can end this reign of terror?
Galactic Protector is a Sega Master System shoot-'em-up game developed and published by Sega. It stars Opa Opa of Fantasy Zone and Zillion fame, who must save various planets from enemies and debris hurtling towards them.
The game is built specifically for the Paddle Control, and therefore cannot be played on a standard Master System Control Pad. This also makes emulating the game tricky.
Like the Paddle Control itself, Galactic Protector was not released outside of Japan. It was released as part of the Fantasy Zone Complete Collection for the PlayStation 2, also Japan only.
The Menacer 6-Game Cartridge is a cartridge containing six light gun games for use with the Sega Menacer. The Menacer came bundled with this cartridge, and predictably it is not compatible with any other Mega Drive peripheral.
Included games:
Pest Control
Space Station Defender
Ready, Aim, Tomatoes!
Whack Ball
Front Line
Rockman's Zone
Super Airwolf is a 1991 shoot-'em-up for the Sega Mega Drive by A.I and Kyugo to tie into Universal Pictures's Airwolf television series and as a sequel to their 1987 arcade game Airwolf. However in the United States, they dropped the license and published the game as Cross Fire for reasons unknown.
The Ghen War is first person shooter where you pilot a mech-like suit and traverse a multitude of environments to destroy every Ghen alien who turned on you and the rest of your human bretheren. This Sega Saturn exclusive is known for its dynamic soundtrack and landmark terrain deformation.
The colonies are waging war over the remaining fossil fuels and minerals left on earth, and a team of rebellious warriors go into battle to settle the score once and for all.
You're stranded on an uncharted island of Death. You're zombifying from Voodoo poison. A mad scientist is on your trail. Hundreds of rotting stiffs are crawling out of their graves to chew your guts. And you can't kill 'em. They're ALREADY DEAD! Hundreds of huge, full-screen rotting corpses to blow away! Faster action, more zombies, more ways to die! Spurting targets, blood-curdling screams, blood-boiling new sounds! Shocking new pop-up corpses right in your face! New "power-up" targets push your zombiekiller skills to the limit. More nasty slingers with spike balls, grenades, Death Skulls, the works!
Mighty Hits is a shooting gallery game and the gameplay and stages are very similar to Point Blank in theme and presentation. The game has a cartoony wild west theme throughout the cut scenes and menu screens.
One or two players compete in a series of mini games, which last about 20 or 30 seconds each. The rules of the mini games are displayed before each round. In general players have complete objectives and puzzles by shooting at targets. After each round a results screen shows if the objectives were completed or failed. Failing a round and the player loses a life feather, lose all feathers and the game is over.
There are 3 courses to select from, represented by a blue, green and yellow tin can. There is Easy (6 mini-games), Medium (9 mini-games) and Hard (15 mini-games) and completing hard mode unlocks a black tin can for Very Hard with 18 mini-games. The game is played in sets of 3 stages, the player has to shoot 3 cards to select the stages. The cards are quickly flipping randomly through mini-games. After 3
Blam! Machinehead, known in the US as Machine Head, is an action shooting game developed by Core Design and published by Virgin Interactive for the Sega Saturn, MS-DOS, and PlayStation in 1996.
Space Mountain is an SG-1000 game developed and published by Tsukuda Original with the Othello Multivision in mind. It is a very primitive third-person space ship shooter, in which the player has to gun down enemy craft before infiltrating a base.
Star Wars: Attack on the Death Star recreates the final battle from "Star Wars", putting the player at the controls of an X-Wing starfighter in full 3D. Engage in dogfights with TIE Fighters as you approach the station, and skim Death Star's surface while dodging turbolaser towers and shoot the torpedo run down the trench.
Attack on the Death Star features digitized voices and 3D wireframe vector graphics!