#sprite-based 3d

[hardcore-gaming-101]

Operation Thunderbolt

Coming just a year after Operation Wolf, this sequel makes many changes over the original even though the basic concept is the same. New to this is two-player co-op mode, as Roy Adams is called back into action along with his Green Beret comrade Hardy Jones. Their mission? Track down some terrorists that hijacked a plane and landed it in the northern African country of Karubya. This plot is likely taken from the real-life Operation Thunderbolt in 1976 (and also inspired a movie the next year), when a civilian plane was taken over by Palestinian/German terrorists and landed in an airport in Uganda, and were rescued by Israeli forces.

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[hardcore-gaming-101]

Oh No!

If you’re looking for quirky PS1 games, it’s hard to beat Oh No!. It’s a game about creepy looking kids and their equally creepy family getting into all sorts of raunchy hijinks over the course of a day. Crude sexual humor is the norm and the music changes genres at a moment’s notice and is infectiously energetic. Just as weird is Oh No!’s development as it’s a collaboration between Tycoon (makers of The Ring: Terror’s Realm), publisher Asmik Ace Entertainment, and the Tokyo Broadcasting System. It’s unclear how exactly this came to be, but it even features Shiro Suzuki, one of the network’s most famous anchors and a fan of gaming himself, as the game’s narrator who delivers absurd lines as straightly as possible.

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[hardcore-gaming-101]

Top Speed

Sega’s 1986 arcade racer OutRun was a technical marvel, featuring brilliantly lush graphics, a stellar soundtrack, and super smooth scaling that put most of its competition to shame. Taito was one of the first competitors to really give Sega a run for their money with these type of games, and so they released Top Speed in arcades the following year, also known as Full Throttle in Japan. 

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