Retro Game of the Day! Curse
Curse by Micronet, released in Japan for the Sega Megadrive in 1989.
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An odd little shooter, sort of - Curse sticks out in my mind as being an early-announced game for the Sega Genesis which never made it to store shelves on these shores after all, strangely..
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Being announced not-to-terribly long after
Thunder Force II had whetted my appetite for 16-bit shooty destruction, Curse looked just like what the doctor ordered to fill the gap until the next fancy "big name" blast'em-up appeared. Plus, the name and screen shots looked kinda cool - and look at that boxart! Creepy and cool!
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For some reason, it received magazine coverage (and ratings, even) but just disappeared off the face of the earth. Not having any brand cachet, I didn't care much and moved onto other things (though I did keep an eye out for it, for a time). If Curse had hit the shelves, I would have bought it! In hindsight, would I have enjoyed it?
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Finally seeing the game years later, i can say I would have enjoyed it - though it's pretty standard fare, and was far outclassed by the games released shortly following (
Whip Rush,
Gaiares,
Thunder Force III, et cetera) Curse wouldn't have held a candle to any of 'em, but like I said - it would have been a nice stopgap. Even now, it's not much to look at/play, but it does have it's fans and there's something compelling about it. I will play it some more, maybe you should too!
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