Sega has officially announced its first selection of downloadable retro treats for the Wii Virtual Console. Just in case you've been living in Nintendo denial for several months, the Virtual Console is Wii's answer to the Xbox Live Arcade, a download area where players will be able to buy conversions of classic titles from the likes of Nintendo, Sega and Hudson.
Although seven of the nine titles were leaked six weeks ago, there are two newcomers...
Sonic the Hedgehog is on there of course as are perennial scrolling hack-'em-up favourites Altered Beast and Golden Axe. The Virtual Console answer to Live Arcade's hardcore shooter component (i.e. Mutant Storm and Geometry Wars) is Treasure's beloved Gunstar Heroes. And for puzzle fans, there's the Tetris-clone Columns and Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine. Space Harrier has crept in there too.
Finally my two favourites - Ecco the Dolphin and daft musical adventure title Toe Jam and Earl.
On the subject of retro downloads, I finally got round to purchasing Scramble on Live last night. Anyone else got it? I haven't played the game for twenty years and found it much more difficult than I remebered - especially the tiny circular craft that buzz through the cave sections. I blame it on my low-res TV and certainly not on any loss of reaction speed.
