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Anyone tried out Arena: Maze of Death?
I've only sampled it so far, but played a lot longer than I planned (a good sign). Seems like an isometric Doom game (of sorts). I am impressed with it so far.

I want to like Tempo Jr.
Also only sampled it (played past the 1st boss). It seems to be a decent platformer with great animation and fairly imaginative level design, but maybe to simple and easy to be great.
...Have no idea how it compares to it's 32x brother.

I would like to hear other thoughts on those 2.

Tempo Jr. gives me the same feeling as Trip World on Gameboy. Excellent graphics, good control, but more of a tech demo than a challenging or fun game.

Haven't played Arena, so I can't comment. I'll give it a try.

marurun wrote:GG Shinobi was pretty good, actually.

GG Shinobi II was even better, but a little bit easier.

Fatal Fury Special is fantastic on the Game Gear and is fairly hidden since it came out quite late.

nightrnr wrote:Fantasy Zone-different than the original; not sure if hidden gem or a top game, but overlooked IMO

Fantasy Zone Gear is definitely hidden since most people falsely believe it's a port and ignore it.

PresidentLeever wrote:Didn't they botch the controls in that one though?

More like the collision detection. It's very inconsistent. Once you buy the shield, it stops glitching.