Rocket Knight Adventures proves Konami used to be this really awesome game publisher.  They were all over the place with their releases, especially during the 16-Bit wars.  Konami would often release the same title on both the Super Nintendo and the Sega Genesis. They also took their time to tweak said title for each platform.  This is one of those titles that sold just well enough to warrant a sequel. Sadly not enough for Konami to take the plunge and make the little opossum their mascot.

Nintendo and Sega were head to head

During the 16-Bit wars Sega and Nintendo were at each others throats. Each was trying their best to get the best versions of any cross platform games on their console.  Nintendo was doing this predominantly through exclusivity deals. Sega was giving developers easier access to the metal (programming term for better software assistance).  Usually the Sega Genesis version was faster than the Super Nintendo copy. The SNES game featured more color and sometimes a higher resolution.  We never got to see what Rocket Knight Adventures on the Super Nintendo would have been like though. The first entry was a Sega Genesis exclusive.

Rocket Knight Adventures pushed the hardware

Rocket Knight Adventures is a 2D side scrolling action game. It featured this armored opossum and his actions retaliating against a tyrant.  Konami were on their “A” game with with this opossum featuring title and it showed.  Enemies are made up of many sprite sections. They come in from both sides of the screen and from the background. There are few places where this game lets up.

Stiff competition on Sega Genesis

Rocket Knight Adventures came out around the time that the Sega Genesis was being pushed HARD.  From Gunstar Heroes to Contra Hard Corps the Sega Genesis was finally humming and over the top graphical, good, games were finally getting released.

What other games starred an opossum?

Grab a copy of Rocket Knight Adventures on eBay or Amazon and just enjoy this game because companies aren’t making them like this anymore.

Carl Williams

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