Tag Archives: Sega Genesis/Mega Drive

Covert Art: GhoulsN’ Ghosts (Sega Genesis)

Capcom’s sequel to Ghosts’n Goblins, GhoulsN’ Ghosts gave gamers more of everything they loved from the original. It was released in arcades in 1988 and then got ported to other consoles, including the US Sega Genesis in 1989.

A blend of platforming and action, Ghouls’N Ghosts was an arcade hit and enjoyed success on consoles. Complete with evils trees, vine tentacles, bats, vampires, and oh yeah, ghouls n … [ Read More... ]

Cover Art: Hellfire (Sega Genesis / Mega Drive)

We love shmups here at BSMH. Todays cover art is of an obscure side scrolling shooter called Hellfire. It was developed by Toaplan who made the infamous Zero Wing (“All your base are belong to us“). This cover is really typical for the shootemup genre, but cool nonetheless.

It was originally an arcade game; then later released on both the PC Engine and Sega Genesis [ Read More... ]

Cover Art: X-Men 2 Clone Wars (Sega Genesis)

This was one of our favorite Sega Genesis/Mega Drive games. X-Men 2: Clone Wars. The game controls and plays a bit like Shinobi III, which is great. It features various characters and scenarios related to the comic book and 90’s animated series.

The cover art has a sort of clean and graphic look to it. From an art perspective, I think its pretty cool.

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