Creature discomforts: Rambo III & R-Type | Segaiden 070 [revised]
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1988 winds down with a couple more games that feel extremely Sega Master System-like. One of them is a bad, difficult light gun game. Featuring Sylvester Stallone! Two clichés in one. The other, R-Type, is heck of good, but it's also a cliché given that it's heck of good in large part because Sega farmed it out to Compile to develop. And Compile, as you may have noticed by this point, does not miss. Unlike me with the Light Phaser throughout most of Rambo III. Alas.
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Master System footage captured from MiSTer (thanks to MiSTerAddOns) with a SNAC adapter for Light Phaser material. Video upscaled to 4K with RetroTink 4K. RGB cables courtesy of StoneAgeGamer.com and Allie Bellrose.