Wolf Team’s Final Zone is well worth a look.
Shopping for Japanese import games was a little more challenging in the ’90s. We didn’t have the internet then, so all you had to base your purchasing decision on was the game’s cover and, if you were really lucky, a small review in a recent issue of your favourite video game magazine.
I’ve lost count of the number of times, as a kid, I bought a game based solely on whether or not I ‘connected’ with its cover artwork and the tiny selection of screenshots on the back, and, more often than not, my intuition proved to be correct. One shining example of this is Wolf Team’s FZ Senki Axis, also known as Final Zone. I can still recall plucking it out of the bargain bin in my local video game store and marvelling at the cool anime-style cover.
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Wolf Team’s Final Zone is well worth a look.
Shopping for Japanese import games was a little more challenging in the ’90s. We didn’t have the internet then, so all you had to base your purchasing decision on was the game’s cover and, if you were really lucky, a small review in a recent issue of your favourite video game magazine.
I’ve lost count of the number of times, as a kid, I bought a game based solely on whether or not I ‘connected’ with its cover artwork and the tiny selection of screenshots on the back, and, more often than not, my intuition proved to be correct. One shining example of this is Wolf Team’s FZ Senki Axis, also known as Final Zone. I can still recall plucking it out of the bargain bin in my local video game store and marvelling at the cool anime-style cover.
Read the full article on timeextension.com
