It's much much more, of course. As a 2D action game by one of the masters of the form, it's also a joy to play, and the confidence with which the world is handled is merely an endearing frame for a ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. Astro Boy: Omega Factor is the US incarnation of Astro Boy: Tetsuwan Atom, the slick 2D side-scroller from Sega and 2D gods Treasure. The game was ...

Welcome to our weekly feature, Virtually Overlooked, wherein we talk about games that aren't on the Virtual Console yet, but should be. Call it a retro-speculative. Yeah, there aren't any Game Boy ...

High Voltage Software tried to follow Treasure’s Astro Boy: Omega Factor formula. Astro Boy: The Video Game has a mix of beat ‘em up and shoot ‘em up stages. Astro even has the same core moves – a ...

Astroboy is probably fondly remembered by a lot of people in their twenties and thirties. The young boy turned into a robot became one of the most popular cartoons on television and considering it ...

THE Omega Factor, BBC Scotland's ground-breaking paranormal drama, ran for just 10 weeks in 1979. Its impact has lasted much longer. Did you know with a Digital Subscription to Edinburgh News, you can ...

Steve Berry hadn’t planned to write “The Omega Factor” or to create the character of Nick Lee, an investigator for the United Nations office that protects the world’s cultural artifacts. But when he ...

Researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have developed a novel method for assessing mortality risk in elderly patients with cancer who also suffer from other serious ...

They don't make them like they used to. Apart from, perhaps, when they do - and then they're quite possibly better than ever before. At the turn of the century the world was in love with the polygon - ...

Researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have developed a novel method for assessing mortality risk in elderly patients with cancer who also suffer from other serious ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. Everyone, regardless of age, simply must own and play Astro Boy: Omega Factor--because it is one of the best action games on the Game Boy Advance.