![]() The game does not run at the same blistering framerate and pace as Space Harrier, meaning there’s more time for you to see what’s coming in front of you, and plan accordingly. That would usually result in a disaster, as seen in how annoying it is to play the original Star Fox in this day and age, but somehow, the controls and overall gameplay do work pretty well. It is really similar to Space Harrier, in the sense that it features the same camera system and complete lack of an aiming reticule. The main appeal of Panorama Cotton is its pseudo-3D visuals. ![]() It lives and dies by how fun and appealing it was back in the day, and how these attributes have managed to stand the test of time. This means that, sure, the game features some quality of life improvements you’d expect from one of these emulated collections, such as increased lives, easier control settings, and a rewind feature, but for all intents and purposes, it’s the same game from 1994. You know all of those emulated retro collections released by M2 and Digital Eclipse out in the wild? This is more or less the same thing, but if that collection only featured one game. This PlayStation 4 version of Panorama Cotton is not a remaster. “Welcome to the fantasy zone!” Wait, wrong game. It took the Western civilization a whopping twenty-seven years in order to finally appreciate Panorama Cotton in an official manner, with the brand new re-release of the game on PS4 and Switch, courtesy of ININ Games. You know, the one place where the Mega Drive was actually selling well, unlike Japan, the one place where it’s easier to find WonderSwans than Mega Drives. Sadly, that game, as well as the vast majority of the Cotton games, wasn’t released in the West. Created in order to showcase that the Sega Mega Drive (or “Genesis” for the heathens) was able to render pseudo 3D and scale-and-rotation without the need of fancy chips, Panorama Cotton was more akin to Space Harrier and After Burner, featuring frame-by-frame scaled sprites in order to give players a sensation akin to a third-person 3D shooter. Even though the Cotton series is mostly known for being completely bonkers and fast-paced side-scrolling shooters, there is one game in the franchise that dared to do something completely different.
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