Hyper Duel, arcade.

Hyper Duel, arcade.

The hero of Tecnosoft’s Megadrive shooter Elemental Master is a no-nonsense kinda guy.

The hero of Tecnosoft’s Megadrive shooter Elemental Master is a no-nonsense kinda guy.

Elemental Master.

The Staff Roll music from Tecnosoft’s Megadrive / Genesis shooter Elemental Masteran extremely catchy and cheerful reward after completing an all-round good fun game.

Hey look, Elemental Master fanart. It’s pretty nice, too!

Hey look, Elemental Master fanart. It’s pretty nice, too!

The US cover for the excellent Elemental Master, and for once I think I might prefer it to the Japanese version. I appreciate the hero’s bin-bag trousers, if nothing else.

The US cover for the excellent Elemental Master, and for once I think I might prefer it to the Japanese version. I appreciate the hero’s bin-bag trousers, if nothing else.

One from the Elemental Master article. Turns out it’s really good!

One from the Elemental Master article. Turns out it’s really good!

At the big VGJunk site today: something different, something interesting, something that was actually a lot of fun to play - it’s Tecnosoft’s 1990 shooter Elemental Master! If you want an overlooked 16-bit gem that features plenty of shoot-em-up action as well as Freudian faries, brotherly love and a special attack with an unfortunate appearance, this is the game for you. You can read all about it here!As always, if you like it do me a favour and tell your friends / internet forums / covens about it.

At the big VGJunk site today: something different, something interesting, something that was actually a lot of fun to play - it’s Tecnosoft’s 1990 shooter Elemental Master! If you want an overlooked 16-bit gem that features plenty of shoot-em-up action as well as Freudian faries, brotherly love and a special attack with an unfortunate appearance, this is the game for you. You can read all about it here!
As always, if you like it do me a favour and tell your friends / internet forums / covens about it.

“Siren” from Thunder Force III.