All is fair in love and 16-bit wars.
As we all know, there were a lot of shots fired between Sega and Nintendo in the ’90s, as the two parties did battle for market share, with even some of its developers famously getting in on the act.
The one we remember most, for instance, is getting to the end of Donkey Kong Country 2 and seeing Sonic’s iconic red & white footwear in Cranky’s Hall Of Heroes, positioned next to a bin and a sign reading “No Hopers”. But there were also some other examples that we are admittedly less familiar with, including a not-so-subtle Easter Egg hidden inside Vic Tokai’s 1992 sidescrolling shooter Battle Mania (which was otherwise known as Trouble Shooter in the West).
Read the full article on timeextension.com
All is fair in love and 16-bit wars.
As we all know, there were a lot of shots fired between Sega and Nintendo in the ’90s, as the two parties did battle for market share, with even some of its developers famously getting in on the act.
The one we remember most, for instance, is getting to the end of Donkey Kong Country 2 and seeing Sonic’s iconic red & white footwear in Cranky’s Hall Of Heroes, positioned next to a bin and a sign reading “No Hopers”. But there were also some other examples that we are admittedly less familiar with, including a not-so-subtle Easter Egg hidden inside Vic Tokai’s 1992 sidescrolling shooter Battle Mania (which was otherwise known as Trouble Shooter in the West).
Read the full article on timeextension.com
