There’s just a single game available today on the Virtual Console, and it’s Space Harrier for the Sega Master System. As much of a Sega loyalist as I was during the pre-Ocarina of Time years, the only Sega system I ever owned as a kid was a Game Gear for which I only owned Sonic games (and The Lion King), so there’s not much I can tell you about this game or others that didn’t involve any sort of blue hedgehog.

Then again, this game was released on consoles from pretty much significant manufacturer, from Nintendo to Hudson, Microsoft to Sony, and even Atari and Commodore. I’ve not played those versions either, so you’ll have to decide for yourselves how the game is. Unless all of you want us to bring back the “Yay or Nay” feature where we’ll have someone play and review them all…do you?

• Space Harrier (Sega Master System, 500 Wii Points)

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It’s Friday again. TGIF, right? We seem to be getting a new version of Street Fighter II every VC day, so it shouldn’t be a surprise that the Special Champion Edition is now available in Europe. And Australia. Two other 500-point games join it this week, but go figure - I’ve not played any of them before. If you have, feel free to share your experiences!

• Space Harrier (Sega Master System, 500 Wii Points)
• Mayhem in Monsterland (Commodore 64, 500 Wii Points)
  
• Street Fighter II: Special Champion Edition (Sega Mega Drive, 800 Wii Points)
  

They must be running out of obscure games to put on the Virtual Console. Not sure about the rest of you, but I think I’ve come across Donkey Kong 3 maybe once before in my life. Thankfully, Nintendo is including it among the three games newly available on the Virtual Console in Japan this week. The full list is as follows:

• Donkey Kong 3 (NES, 500 Wii Points)
• Space Harrier (Master System, 500 Wii Points)
• Samurai Shodown II (NeoGeo, 900 Wii Points)