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Review by:
Blaze
 
 

 Sorry Guys, the cover I got off my site was the best pics I could find.
Jason:

 Iron Helix for the Sega CD has to be one of my favorite games of all time.
Set in the distant future and in deep space you must stop a ship carrying a
deadly virus to an enemy planet. If you can't the cold war will end and all
hell will break lose. The ship you need to stop is called the Jeremiah
Obrian and the only means you have to stop the ship is to send in your
remote-controlled probe.

 The virus the ship carries has mutated the crew
and the ships defense robot labeled "the defender" has been deployed and
killed the crew. As you explore the ship looking for DNA from higher
ranking officers (to get access to various sections of the ship) you must
avoid the defender as it will dispatch your probe. Your probe is equipped
with a jamming signal if the defender gets too close and a automatic DNA
locater but using these features will drain your probes energy rather
quickly and if your probe runs out of power......I would suggest that you use
the jamming signal sparingly and set the DNA scanner to manual (it just means
that when you see a DNA sample on your scanner and you deploy your robots
arm to find its exact location you will have to run the arm up and down the
screen until you find it instead of instantly seeing where it is.) If your
smart you will soon have access to the ships computer systems (there are
terminals all over the ship but you need to find the right terminals to get
to the good stuff.) There is even a code hidden in the computer system that
will shut off the door sensors and the lift sensor (that's how the damn
defender homes in on you).

 Your Probe is equipped with detailed information
on the layout of the ship and you can keep track of where you are and where
the defender is at all times. Once you get the DNA you need to get to
certain sections of the ship you will have to search for video clues left by
the crew (before they mutated and were killed by the defender) to stop the
defender and destroy the ship (there is more then one way to do both). This
game has 3 different level settings and depending on the level you choose
changes where the DNA is located, plus choosing a harder level makes the
defender faster and opens up a couple of rooms you don't have access to if
you choose level 1. This game MUST be played in the dark when your all
alone to truly get the intense level of atmosphere. There are 6 decks in
the ship to explore, and the design of the ship is just fantastic. You'll
find yourself in a launch bay, medical labs, bathrooms (you can see your
probe in the mirror), weapons room, crew quarters, mess hall, engineering,
and the list goes on. You'll see an awesome view of space and explore a
dark section of the ship where the only source of light is a tiny light your
probe is equipped with. You'll get sucked into the tragic story as you find
videos from the crew. You'll spend lots of time searching through the
computer systems, looking at profiles of the crew, looking for clues, and
more. You will enjoy the visuals of this game and how your probe feels like
you would imagine it to feel.

 Even today this game has a very high tech
feel to it and you'll know exactly what I'm talking about when you explore
the computer or when you analyze a DNA sample. The video quality in this
game is standard Sega cd fare except for the ending. YOU WILL BE BLOWN AWAY
by the quality of the video in the ending as it compares to Saturn or
Playstation video (full screen too!). I honestly haven't got a clue how
they did this, or why this quality was never applied to any other Sega cd
games. My only gripe with this game is that the DNA is always in the same
place and only changes when you change difficulty level so after you beat
all 3 difficulty levels you'll know where the important DNA samples are
located. What they should have done is make it random each and every time
you start a new game. I want to give this game a 10 out of 10 but I can't
due to the fact that the DNA locations aren't random, other then that this
game ownz........

9/10
Blaze