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Segaiden #46: Gangster Town & Great Volleyball (Patreon)

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2023-04-12 11:42:51

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2026-06

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Well! This is more like it.

Gangster Town may stack its odds unfairly against a single player, but maybe that's OK—it seems like the kind of game you'd want to share with a friend (in cooperative mode, you see?). Rather than being some bog-standard arcade interpretation that simply puts the Master System on equal light gun footing with Nintendo's NES, Gangster Town plays like nothing else before it. I mean, the first proper stage consists of a car chase. That's some Lucky & Wild shenanigans on an 8-bit system. Unbelievable. And, yet, here we are.

I have fewer kind words for Great Volleyball. Actually, looking more closely, that tally actually appears to be no kind words. Alors!

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Tommy Gun fun in the sun: Gangster Town & Great Volleyball | Segaiden #046

The Light Phaser finally proves itself an invaluable companion to the Master System instead of simply a tool for maintaining parity with Nintendo's lineup thanks to Gangster Town, the most inventive light gun shooter we've seen so far on an 8-bit system. With a fun theme, imaginative scenarios, and tons of bonus details and mechanics, it sets a new standard for the genre. It's also unreasonably difficult unless you play in two-player mode, but, hey. That's Sega for you. There's also a volleyball game this week. I guess. 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 July 2023. 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.