THE RETROBATES
WHAT FRANCHISE DO YOU WANT SEGA TO REVIVE?
DARRAN JONES
Now Sega owns the
Thunder Force IP, I’d like a brand-new 2D shooter with eye-melting visuals and an ear-thrumming soundtrack.
Expertise:
Juggling a gorgeous wife, two beautiful girls and an award-winning magazine, all under the same roof!
Currently playing:
Mega Cat Studios Collection 1
Favourite game of all time:
Strider
ANDY SALTER
Golden Axe as a sort of fantasy co-op Just Cause/survival-type game, with Dark Souls-style combat and a Pubg-style multiplayer thrown in for good measure.
Expertise:
Modding games, no ‘vanilla’ versions for me, thanks!
Currently playing:
Mount And Blade 2: Bannerlord
Favourite game of all time:
Rome: Total War
PAUL ROSE
Comix Zone for me. Would love to see what they could do with current technology.
Expertise:
Winging it
Currently playing:
The Last Of Us Part II
Favourite game of all time:
Half-life 2
DREW SLEEP
We’ve had a good run of fighting games of late, but there’s one franchise that’s been notable in its heartbreaking silence. Give us a new Virtua Fighter, god damn it!
Expertise:
Impeccable home office construction
Currently Playing:
The Last Of Us Part II
Favourite Game of all time:
Final Fantasy VIII
IAIN LEE
Crazy Taxi, please. Absolutely nothing like it, one of the most adrenaline-fuelled games of all time. Let’s have a 2020 reboot!
Expertise:
Buying overpriced stuff on ebay then never touching it
Currently playing:
Minecraft Dungeons
Favourite game of all time:
Elite (BBC Model B)
RORY MILNE
Sega’s technicolour fever dream of a shooter Space Harrier would be my choice. The franchise’s insane speed, responsive controls and trippy visuals just never get old. Expertise: The game that I’m writing about at the time of writing Currently playing: Gribbly’s Day Out Favourite game of all time: Tempest
NICK THORPE
If I can finally have Virtua Fighter 6 after so many years of waiting, I’ll never ask Sega for anything again. Okay, maybe Sonic Mania 2.
Expertise:
Owning five Master Systems and a Mark III
Currently playing:
Alex Kidd In Miracle World
Favourite game of all time:
Sonic The Hedgehog
PAUL DRURY
I’d like Crazy Taxi in VR with the option to earn big bonus money if you give your passengers motion sickness and they soil the vehicle.
Expertise:
Hidden Liverpool
Videogame Tour
Currently playing:
The Last Of Us Part II
Favourite game of all time:
Sheep In Space
GRAEME MASON
Having enjoyed Streets Of
Rage 4 recently, an update of another Mega Drive fave… Golden Axe would be rather ace.
Expertise:
Adjusting the tape azimuth with a screwdriver
Currently playing:
Fallout 4
Favourite game of all time:
Resident Evil 4