It’s hip to be square.
The Sega Ages series has quickly established itself as the premium name when it comes to retro gaming on the Switch. While each release is generally more expensive than other old-school offerings on the system, it’s worth it for the pristine emulation, the extreme attention to detail and the way developer M2 improves each game in a tasteful, relevant way that doesn’t mess too much with the spirit of the original title.
The seven Sega Ages games released to date have treaded fairly safe and familiar ground for the most part, covering games from the Mega Drive (Sonic, Thunder Force IV), Master System (Alex Kidd, Phantasy Star) and its earlier sprite-based arcade boards (Out Run, Gain Ground, Puyo Puyo). This eighth release is a biggie, though: Virtua Racing was the first game created for Sega’s Model 1 arcade board and was the company’s first attempt at a polygonal arcade game: had it failed, we may never have had Virtua Fighter, Virtua Cop, Virtua Tennis or the like.
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