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27 Aug 2022

💥 Life on Mars - Genesis | "It takes us into a realm on the Sega Mega Drive that gets my blood pumping" 💥


Life On Mars: Genesis is the next game from Kai Magazine Software, the company that brought us Metal Dragon. Whereas that game was a humorous run ‘n gun title, Life On Mars: Genesis takes us into a realm on the Sega Mega Drive that gets my blood pumping almost as much as RPGs on the system, Metroidvania. The Mega Drive was starved of several genres – and true sequels to Landstalker… - and the Metroidvania genre was certainly one of those.

From the website:

‘A scientific colony was established on Mars and frozen life was found in the Martian ice, a bacterium.

Shortly afterwards, Earth lost contact with the colony.

9 months later, a ship from Earth finally reached Mars and a technician was sent to repair the communications array.

Playing as said technician, you must find out what happened to the colony.’


Whilst it’s always a pleasure to cover new games for Sega’s most reliable (and very clearly my personal favourite) system, this is the first time that I feel that an underdog genre on the console has been approached with a modern sensibility. 

All the details that we have are listed below, but make no mistake, this is definitely one to keep your peepers on! 

Full review is on the way in the coming months.

Trailer:

https://youtu.be/lK0-xyz_9gw

First 20 minutes of gameplay:

https://youtu.be/ebswPZD1qrE

Playable demo download link:

https://mega.nz/file/Phon3D7R#dB71o8x-1pIP4KiT_9e_kbRDKcXqeEyMW7gli6caJjs

You can now pre-order the game at a reduced launch price on the online store (pre-orders for Japan will be handled by BEEP Akihabara):

https://kai-magazine-software.fwscart.com/

The first pre-order batch will last until October 1st.

Everyone who pre-orders the game during the first batch (before October 1st.) will be included in the special thanks section of the game manual.

The estimated release/shipping date is November/December of this year (2022).

Shipments will be made in order of payment and will last for 2 months.

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