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Taking place in the year 2059 in another galaxy, mankind has colonized an alien planet called Theon after evacuating a previously colonized planet Orac. Five years ago, the colony on Orac was attacked by alien invaders and the war was so intense, the colonists were forced to leave. However, Theon is now under attack by the same alien fleet, but the humans are ready. The player assumes the role of an Allied League of Cosmic Nations (ALCON) fighter pilot in the SW475 star fighter to stop the invaders from taking over Theon.

Slap Fight MD (スラップファイト) is a 1993 shoot-'em-up game developed by Toaplan and MNM Software for the Sega Mega Drive and published by Tengen exclusively in Japan and South Korea. Two games are available: a port of Toaplan's 1986 arcade shoot-'em-up Slap Fight with the choice to use either remastered music or the original sound, and a separate game called Slap Fight MD, that has the same gameplay mechanics but new art, levels, weapons, and music (composed by Yuzo Koshiro). The option to switch between Slap Fight and Slap Fight MD is in the Options menu under "Game Mode," with Normal enabling Slap Fight and Special enabling Slap Fight MD.

What a ridiculous name. The easiest way to describe Slap Happy Rhythm Busters (or Srap Happy Rhythm Busters, based off the English spine label on the CD) is "Jet Set Radio: The Fighting Game". It draws from the same hip youth oriented Shibuya aesthetics. It has a hip, electronic soundtrack. It even uses a similar style of cel-shaded graphics, a true rarity for PSOne games. (The only other notable one is the dreaded Simpsons Wrestling.) It is not a ripoff, because it was released in Japan at approximately the same time. It's also a surprisingly decent game from a company not exactly synonymous with quality. Polygon Magic was most known (if one could say "known" at all) for the Galerians series, but they also made a few forgettable fighters - Fighters' Impact for the arcades, Lord of Fist and Vs. for the PSOne, and later went on to do Bleach: Shattered Blade for the Wii. In that context, it's surprising that Slap Happy Rhythm Busters manages to couple a pretty decent game along with its brightly attractive visuals. Slap Happy Rhythm Busters is largely about style. The visuals are fantastic and the cel-shaded characters look phenomenal. The solid color designs make it easy to hit their low polygon count, one of the biggest problems with PSOne-era 3D fighters. Most of the characters are also quite imaginative, although a couple are obvious homages to other fighters.

Get all of the hard-hitting excitement of real ice hockey with "Slap Shot"! Shooting, passing, and teamwork on offense, and lots of checking, blocking and general chaos on defense. Play an Exhibition game, or enter the Tournament and play against the top teams in the world! Watch out for the other team's goons, though - they like to fight. If you get in a brawl and come out on the losing end, you'll have 2 minutes in the penalty box to lick your wounds. Accept the challenge - take on and defeat the best in hockey. Once you start, you'll be "hooked"!

Super Pro Hockey is a one or two-player hockey game. There are four handicap/skill levels to choose from after selecting whether or not the player wants a one or two-player game: Amateur, Rookie, Pro, Super Pro. Essentially, changing the handicap results in changing speeds to the gameplay, from low (Amateur) to high (Super Pro). There are no teams, only Home and Visitor. Each team has three players and a goalie. The home team is tan and the visitor team is green. The player can only control one character at at time, and this character is colored lighter than the rest of the player's team. Goalies are controlled by the computer.

Choose from different alien races (including Human) with different abilities and fighting styles, purchase weapons and devices, and fight your way through multiple opponents to face the Fatman. Some of the features include being able to place wagers on the outcome of the fight, and the phenomenon of a special move being less powerful the more you use it to balance gameplay. Two-player, head-to-head combat is supported.