It’s clear from the moment you begin playing the game that Sonic Team wanted to take a radically different approach to the design with this game and it really paid off in the finished product. The game even features quite a few puzzle elements to add even more challenge to the levels and the boss fights you’ll endure at the end of each planet are extremely well designed and implemented. The control itself is quite responsive and even making use of the grab move will soon become second nature to anyone that spends a significant amount of time with the game. Instead, he can stretch his arms about two Ristar-Lengths ahead of him, he can grab onto ledges, walls, handholds, ladders, and enemies - essentially, grabbing onto whatever you can - to destroy things, to advance to new places, to get cool secrets.įrom Nintendo Life’s Review: “The play control in Ristar is a bit slow-paced in design, but that’s more due to the game’s unique level designs and forcing the player to come to grips with the game’s unique style of game play. Ristar’s gimmick is simple, but effective: Ristar can’t jump very high, or do any feats of extreme acrobatics. Unlike many of the glut of platformers from the 16-bit era, Ristar boasted a main character actually had some interesting capabilities. Sonic the Hedgehog, Toe Jam & Earl, Castle of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse, Mickey Mania, Disney’s Aladdin, Disney’s Lion King, Wonderboy, Alex Kidd Ristar See All The Hidden Gems Articles Platformers Read More About My Criteria For Hidden Gems Thanks to many of the forum members for suggestions and writeups that were included below. This is a complete re-write of the guide with more specific genres, more featured games, and a slightly higher obsurity level. I didn’t quite have a feel for what I wanted to do with the series, so I wasn’t ultimately happy with the results of that piece. Note from Racketboy: Almost 4 Years ago, I started the Hidden Gems series with the Sega Genesis guide. Have you already explored all the big-name games for Sega’s 16-bit powerhouse? (if not, check out the best Games That Defined the Sega Genesis and The Best Sega Genesis Games Under $10) The following mega-list will help you explore some of the under-appreciated gems in the Genesis/Megadrive library.

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