A quartet of traditional Sega Mega Drive video games at the moment are out there to play on the Nintendo Switch, by way of the Online Library.
Originally launched in 1991, side-scrolling, beat ‘em up Golden Axe 2 is set three years after the original and sees players “embark on a sword-and-sorcery adventure into a strange world inhabited by revamped wizards, lizardmen and minotaurs to end Dark Guld’s reign of terror.”
Also out there is Columns, a traditional arcade puzzler, in addition to beat ‘em up shooter Alien Storm which sees a military of vicious aliens invade Earth with nothing however a fearless troop of Alien Busters to cease them.
Rounding out the gathering is Virtua Fighter 2 with the description inviting gamers to “step into the ring with Virtua Fighter 2, the 2D Sega Genesis model of the favored 3D combating sport. Choose from a wide range of fighters, together with Akira, Jacky, Sarah, Jeffrey and Wolf – every masters of kinds like bajiquan, jeet kune do, pankration and professional wrestling – and throw right down to earn the title of the world’s best fighter. Ready? GO!
The 4 video games can be found from at present (December 16) for all subscribers of the Expansion Pack tier of the Nintendo Switch Online membership plan.
Four SEGA Genesis video games have been made out there for #NintendoSwitchOnline + Expansion Pack members!
☑️ Golden Axe II
☑️ Alien Storm
☑️ Columns
☑️ Virtua Fighter 2 pic.twitter.com/m3QZRepsLR— Nintendo of America (@NintendoAmerica) December 16, 2022
Earlier this yr, Sega launched the Mega Drive Mini 2 which featured 50 Mega Drive and Mega CD video games together with Sonic CD, Virtua Racing, Shining In The Darkness and a beforehand unreleased Mega Drive port of Fantasy Zone.
The Nintendo Switch Online Library has seen the likes of Pilotwings and the unique Mario Party launched in latest months, however there’s nonetheless no launch date for Goldeneye 007, which was confirmed again in September alongside the promise it was “coming soon”.
In different information, Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 gamers are apparently being completely banned from the sport, on account of Activision’s defective anti-cheat software program.
