Excitebike, Splatterhouse, Beyond Oasis join Virtual Console line-up
by John Bardinelli 
{ Mar 19th 2007 at 3:57PM }
Another Virtual Console Monday rears its ugly, beginning-of-the-week head, but the tiny sparkle of joy that is the Virtual Console offers some respite. Heading up the list of games this week is the NES classic Excitebike (500 Wii Points), the spiritual predecessor to Excite Truck. No motion-sensitive controls here, just daredevil racing and stunts in glorious 8-bit color. You can even design your own tracks!As promised, both Splatterhouse and Beyond Oasis are also available to download. Splatterhouse (600 Wii Points) is a side-scrolling brawler originally for the TurboGrafx16. This was the first game to ever receive a parental advisory disclaimer, though by today's standards it seems relatively meek. After the carnage is complete, the Sega Genesis action/adventure game Beyond Oasis (800 Wii Points) should cool your adrenal glands with a dose of lush 16-bit graphics.
Vectorman is still on-target for a VC release this month, so expect it to head up next week's list.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Dansk @ Mar 19th 2007 4:02PM
The Oasis game for the Saturn was pure bliss. This one should be very good then (even better maybe?)
sheppy @ Mar 19th 2007 4:09PM
Beyond Oasis, huh?
Well, it's not Landstalker, but it will do.
Revolution @ Mar 19th 2007 4:21PM
Yeah. Thanks for the update Joystiq. I only had to get this off of Wikipedia HOURS ago. Lame.
White Rose Duelist @ Mar 19th 2007 4:24PM
Will this version of Excitebike allow you to save custom tracks? I know my cartridge didn't. If so, is that not a change to the original?
John @ Mar 20th 2007 5:38PM
Beyond Oasis is a great Zelda-like action RPG. I remember playing it on my Sega Nomad (the "portable" Genesis).
Ken @ Mar 19th 2007 4:27PM
Oh man, Beyond Oasis! That game brings back alot of good memories.
Insta-Download for me!
Kevin @ Mar 19th 2007 6:42PM
I checked this morning at noon EST and I only saw Splatterhouse and Beyond Oasis. Excitebike was not on there, much to my disappointment. I have 800 Wii Points just waiting to be used.
Draco @ Mar 19th 2007 4:59PM
I had to get beyond oasis on Ebay for 40$ I'd say its definately worth the 10$ there askin (CDN)
Rubang B @ Mar 19th 2007 5:14PM
I'm picking up Splatterhouse, but what's the deal with Beyond Oasis? I've never heard of it. Somebody sell me on it.
Crono @ Mar 19th 2007 5:21PM
Looks a little like Secret of Mana. But I've never played it.
Shadow Hog @ Mar 19th 2007 5:48PM
It's pretty much a high-quality Zelda clone from the creators of Streets of Rage (well, the composer's company, at least). I believe it's considered one of the Genesis' greats. It was followed up by sequel, Legend of Oasis (or Story of Thor 2, this game being Story of Thor 1) on the Sega Saturn.
Other than that, look on YouTube, I know there's gotta be at least ONE video on there (I was watching it earlier today).
grable @ Mar 19th 2007 5:56PM
@Sheppy
Hell yeah! Id give my right arm for Landstalker!
Todd Rabanus @ Mar 19th 2007 8:08PM
beyond oasis is a good game, landstalker would be great, but super mario rpg pwns
vidGuy @ Mar 19th 2007 7:35PM
At Kevin,
Excitebike is there, under NES games. For some reason it hasn't shown up in the New Release games, as of the last time I checked.
Woolyj @ Mar 20th 2007 6:11AM
So glad i sold my saturn and the RPG's I had before they became completely obsolete.