Bonanza Bros, A Retrospective

Heist games were a bit of a rarity in the world of video games, and its hard to figure out why as they offer a thoroughly decent alternative to shooters and fighters, as well as combining elements of platform and run games. Bonanza Bros by Sega was a great fun little game that tested the players mental ability like no other game, and done so in this cute, addictive little package.

[@jayme69]

For me it's one of those games that appear on every Mega Drive Collection and you usually skip over it but when you get round to playing it realise what a great game it is. I still play the arcade version on my Sega Astro Mini which does play a bit better but is, as you say, a bit harder :-) Keep up the awesome work!

[@thedrunkmonkshow]

I didn't know about this game until I was an older teenager in high school but it kinda reminds me of the Arcade version of Shinobi but you can't kill enemies and instead of rescuing children you're snatching up various wares. In either game you're doing things to trigger the exit to be able to complete the level. Super catchy music, adorable art style, challenging game play where you have to think and can't mindlessly blaze through it, and overall a solid Sega title. Once again, we have another IP Sega is just sitting on when they could be doing something with it. I'm glad it's been included in some compilation discs but they could easily reintroduce this to the masses today with modern polish that would make me buy it and I think would sell okay. 😃