Monday, February 2, 2009

SunA roundup

Just as for every Donkey Kong there is a Sky Ace, and for every Frogger there is an Amazing Adventures of Mr. F.Lea, there is a SunA for every Capcom. While a few companies manage to make it big in the arcade and home arenas, there are also tons of unknown companies that create neglected, little-loved games that only see one pizza parlor in an Ohio pizza place instead of nationwide distribution. I've already mentioned a few of these companies before, such as Zaccariah, but I'm going to spend the next few entries going over the complete oevre of an obscure Korean company called SunA. SunA only put out 7 games, all of which are somewhat derivative knockoffs of other arcade hits, but with quite a few interesting wrinkles. We won't ever get a SunA collection, or even poorly-ported cellphone renditions of any of the games mentioned, but they provide a fascinating glimpse into an otherwise underrepresented country in the arcade scene.

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