Yoshi’s Cookie (NES)

This weeks new releases at the Australian Virtual Console shop: Cruis’n USA , originally released on Nintendo 64.

Cruis’n USA (Nintendo 64)

This weeks releases at the Australian Virtual Console shop … hot on the heels of Super Turrican comes Mega Turrican, originally released on the Sega Megadrive (for the religious types, the Genesis).

Mega Turrican (Sega Megadrive)

There’s something about this game that makes it look really satisfying and playable. I think it’s actually the shooting sound that does it for me. It’s going to be a tough choice deciding between a purchase of Mega Turrican or Super Turrican.

Here’s some Wikipedia-derived trivia: Mega Turrican is actually a port of the Amiga version of Turrican 3. Since it’s “Good Friday” today, here are some Mega Turrican Easter Eggs (well, more like cheats, but it’s the best I could come up with).

This week the Australian Virtual Console store sees two fairly solid additions: Operation Wolf (NES) and Super R-Type (Super Nintendo).

Operation Wolf (NES)

I’ve never played the NES version of this, but I remember being slightly obsessed with the PC version for a few weeks when I was a kid. This could really work well as a Wiimote driven remake ….

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One new release this week in the Australian Virtual Console shop: Kirby 64, The Crystal Shards (from Nintendo 64).

Kirby 64, The Crystal Shards (N64)