We’ve already blogged about the Commodore 64’s arrival on Virtual Console today, a day that any true Brit should be celebrating with joy (unless you’re a Speccy die-hard, in which case, hard luck, chum). Suffice to say, Uridium is a must-buy, if a little expensive, and International Karate doesn’t have the trouser-dropping infamy of IK+ and so must be looked at warily. Still, a good way to start. I’m holding out for Head Over Heels, personally.

What hasn’t caused quite as much excitement in the VC world is Cruis’n USA, an N64 Outrun clone, presumably mis-spelt deliberately to ensure this isn’t a game about Al Pacino trawling the streets of America picking up gay men. I recall this game looking quite the looker back in the day, no doubt due to its sunshine graphics and wind through the air atmosphere. A bit like,er, Outrun really. Sadly it turned out to be a little bit terrible, with little in the way of depth or excitement making this a pretty poor choice to add to your collection. A sequel made it on to the Wii last year and it’s apparently even worse. The fact that we didn’t even know there was a sequel in the first place speaks volumes.

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This entry was posted on Friday, March 28th, 2008 at 10:51 pm by James Lyon
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