Dynamite Dux

Continuing yesterday's theme, Dynamite Dux is yet another obscure Sega arcade game, this time a beat em up. You play as either a blue or pink duck Bin or Pin, trying to rescue your owner from the evil king Achacha the great, who took her away in a "miracle ball" to achacha world. Though Achacha world is supposed to be a different place than earth, it still has places named "texas" and "chicago", with evil penguins in the desert and giant fireballs in the city. Must be sort of a Sliders thing. Though the game plays mostly like a standard double dragonish game, there are a few interesting wrinkles. If you hold down the attack button when unarmed you can charge up for a huge punch, and you can also pick up various types of weapons, such as a squirtgun, a bazooka, and more. The graphics are colorful and interestingly shaded, and even feature some subtle sprite manipulation and scaling. The music is typical 80's Sega, cheery and rendolent of blue skies. Overall, Dynamite Dux is not a timeless classic, but it certainly deserves more than a downscaled Master System port.