The classic run and gun shooter Alien Syndrome is coming to Nintendo Wii and Sony PSP. It promises to use wi-fi for the PSP version and the Wii version will take advantage of the Wiimote.
The original Alien Syndrome, released in the mid-80s by Sega, was blatantly influenced by both Aliens and Gauntlet, and while the home games based on the Aliens license weren’t bad, the arcade game released by Konami was a pretty simplistic shooter. Alien Syndrome had large sprawling maps to traverse, which made for a more interesting adventure. In each area, you had to rescue hostages and fight a boss, all with a pretty strict time limit, all while under near constant attack.
Alien Syndrome was ported to pretty much every machine under the sun at the time, but, other than a 3D remake for the PS2 some 15 years later that never saw the light of day in Europe, the series vanished without a trace. That was until 2007, when, when, with virtually no fanfare, a brand new game was released for the Wii and PSP.
SEGA has today added a number of new titles to their warmly received PSN Essentials Spring Sale. Launched back in late March, the PSN Essentials Spring Sale continues to offer a number of top-tier PlayStation Portable titles at a greatly reduced price, as well as PlayStation 3 downloadable content (DLC) and some ports of classics Mega-Drive games.
Shame Crazy taxi is for PSP only :( Would love DC port to PS3. Ah well will have to wait for E3 hope we get the... Oh almost let it slip there :).
sega, how about brining out-run to NA. seriously, the lack of PSN store support from these devs are stupid.
I picked up Gunstar Heroes in this. Already got it on about for systems, but come on - It's Gunstar Heroes for £2.39!!!
Gamertell offers some advice concerning inexpensive role-playing games available for the Wii.
From the article:
"A common misconception among the gaming population is that the Wii is home to mini-game collections and family friendly shovelware. While there is a substantial amount of sub-par games, there are many quality games as well...
To get a better idea of what's available for budget conscious gamers, I decided to do a little bargain shopping and research to see what kinds of affordable RPGs are out there for Wii owners."