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Has there ever been a console more exotic than the Neo Geo? A rarefied beast in the 90s that boasted near mythical power, its games exuded a certain class; a selection of muscular, meaty 2D action titles, they're often as beautiful to behold today as they've ever been. And they're much easier to behold now than ever before, too, seeing how ubiquitous ports of Neo Geo classics have become. I don't think there's an appliance in my house that a Metal Slug 3 port isn't available for - not that that's a bad thing, of course.There's been one Neo Geo classic that has, to this day, remained a little more elusive. Windjammers has never enjoyed a home port, the rights to this magnificent 1994 sports game dispersed when developer Data East went bankrupt in 2003 and never properly taken up elsewhere. Not that it's harmed its popularity, and its relative scarcity has only added to the allure; there's still that exotic veil to a game that's become a cult classic in recent years.
That cult status is earned, and then some. Windjammers is, in essence, what happens when Pong meets Street Fighter, with a slim selection of gloriously overstated characters, each with access to their own small set of special moves, facing off as they fling a frisbee between each other in a series of small, self-contained arenas. Get that frisbee past your opponent to score, with more points netted for hitting certain parts of the back netting. And that's it. Simple, right?
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