On the PAL Wii Virtual Console today: Super Fantasy Zone, Pac-Attack, King of the Monsters, Cybernoid: The Fighting Machine, Summer Games II
Today Nintendo of Europe (and Australia) added new classic games to the popular Wii Shop Channel. The games went live at midnight CET. Wii owners with a high-speed Internet connection can redeem Wii Points to download the games. Wii Points can be purchased in the Wii Shop Channel or at stores like Amazon UK (Card).
We’ve included videos of the games so you can see if it’s for you. This week’s new games are:
Super Fantasy Zone (Sega Megadrive, 1 player, 800 Wii Points = €8 / £6 / AU$12) Sunsoft’s 1993 side-scrolling shoot ‘em up Super Fantasy Zone was the last addition to the Fantasy Zone series. The game follows Opa-Opa as he fights to avenge the death of his father, (O-papa), who was killed defending the Fantasy Zone against the invading “Dark Menon”. Opa-Opa must rid the Fantasy Zone of the minions of the Dark Menon and restore peace.
Pac-Attack (Super NES, 1-2 players, 800 Wii Points = €8 / £6 / AU$12): Namco’s Pac-Man makes a rare appearance outside of a maze environment in Pac-Attack, a fun and quirky puzzle game. This unique entry in the genre puts its own twist on established conventions and adds one of gaming’s most iconic characters to the mix. The goal is simple: Keep your screen clear of falling blocks and ghosts by lining up blocks horizontally, causing them to disappear. Clearing the ghosts, though, requires the help of a hungry Pac-Man (who just happens to swing by every so often for a snack). It’s up to you to get all of the ghosts lined up for him, because Pac-Man will keep eating them until he is stopped by a block or he runs out of ghosts. In addition, his range of movement on the playing field is limited to horizontal or downward—thus adding further strategy. There are three game modes to choose from: 1 Player Normal, 2 Player VS., and the challenging 1 Player Puzzle. Feel like gobbling up some ghosts?
King of the Monsters (NEOGEO, 1-2 players, 900 Wii Points = €9 / £6.75 / AU$13.50) This 1991 SNK classic is a two player or one player vs. computer fighting game, in which the players take control of two gargantuan monsters (like Geon, Woo, Astro Guy and others) to battle it out in different destructable city locations.
Cybernoid: The Fighting Machine (Commodore 64, 1 player, 500 Wii Points = €5 / £3.75) In Raffaele Cecco’s 1987 shoot ‘em up, the pirate craft have activated all planetary defence systems which you will have to negotiate as well as the pirates themselves. If you fail to reach the depot within the time limit or the value of your retrieved cargo is insufficient you must forfeit one of your Cybernoid ships.
Summer Games II (Commodore 64, 1-8 players, 500 Wii Points = €5 / £3.75) Eight Olympic events feature in Epyx’s sports game from 1985, and any selection of these can be played at a time. The events are: Triple Jump, Rowing, Javelin, Equestrian, High Jump, Fencing, Cycling, and Kayaking. Footage is hard to come by, the second game shown is Summer Games II:
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