This week we delve into our shared Sega heritage with fast paced action platformer Freedom Planet. Launched from a Kickstarter budget of just $25,472, Freedom Planet from GalaxyTrail is a love letter to the character platformer and Sega nostalgia. One part Mega Man, one part Gunstar Heroes, one part Rocket Knight, and many parts Sonic & Knuckles; Freedom Planet is a high speed platform game that recalls the glory days of “blast processing.”
We discuss the game, and then spend a good long while talking about some of the kick-ass Sega Genesis games we played and loved over the years.
Availability
- Freedom Planet on Steam – $15
- Currently Windows only, Mac and Linux versions planned
Links for this episode
- Freedom Planet – High Speed Platform Game by GalaxyTrail / Strife — Kickstarter
- Freedom Planet – Overview video | Polygon
- Ristar
- Mega Man X (video game)
- Rocket Knight Adventures
- ToeJam & Earl in Panic on Funkotron
- Console Wars: Sega, Nintendo, and the Battle that Defined a Generation: Blake J. Harris
- Mortal Kombat
- Primal Rage
- Golden Axe
- ToeJam & Earl
- ToeJam & Earl on Steam
- ToeJam & Earl in Panic on Funkotron
- Haunting Starring Polterguy
- Desert Strike: Return to the Gulf
- Home Alone (video game)
- The Lion King (video game)
- Disney’s Aladdin (Virgin Games)
- Comix Zone
- Sega Channel
- Bomberman ’94
- Jurassic Park: Rampage Edition
- General Chaos
- GENERAL CHAOS II: Sons Of Chaos by Brian F Colin — Kickstarter (Unsuccessful)
- Aura Interactor Game Vest – 1994 Commercial
- Sega 32X
- Shadow Squadron
- Doom – 32X (YouTube)
- Sega CD
- Nights into Dreams…
- Double Switch (video game)
- Night Trap
- Behold, the Sega Tower of Power