VC Tuesday: The Master System arrives

Sure, Hokuto no Ken (aka Fist of the North Star, aka Black Belt on American Master Systems) isn't exactly a red-carpet debut for Sega's 8-bit system (that would be Phantasy Star or maybe one of the Alex Kidd games), but there are certainly worseways for the Sega Master System to make its first appearance the Virtual Console lineup. Hokuto no Ken is joined in Sega solidarity by a Mega Drive shooter called Gleylancer, made by Cho Aniki creators and frequent VC supporters Masaya.

Much like Hokuto no Ken is the big Sega news today, overshadowing Gleylancer, the PC Engine CD version of Military Madness, Neo Nectaris, is going to drown out any attention the Power Eleven soccer game was going to get. Which, to be fair, wasn't much. But even though one of them is a soccer game, it's worth noting that four games came out this week in Japan, without any contributions from stingy old Nintendo.

• Hokuto no Ken (Master System, 1-2 players, 600 Wii Points)

• Gleylancer (Mega Drive, 1-2 players, 600 Wii Points)
  

• Neo Nectaris (PC Engine CD-ROM, 1 player, 800 Wii Points)

• Power Eleven (PC Engine, 1-2 players, 600 Wii Points)