Catalogue No. - T-26107G

  Arcade Gears were XING's attempt to cash in on the late 90's retro fad that was sweeping Japan. And to be fair to XING they brought us some far better games than the likes of Irem, Nihonbusan and even Konami with their pitiful MSX Collection. Of course XING didn't actually make any of the games on their Arcade Gears series since most came from Taito but in this case we have some little gems from Capcom. Makes me wonder why Capcom didn't release these as part of their Capcom Generations series.

Wonder 3 was actually an arcade game collection of 3 games released on one PCB board.  The player could select which game from the 3 he / she wanted to play.  OK, let's get down to the games on this collection. First up we have Roosters which is a sort of cheeky Indiana Jones rip off platform action game staring two little cute characters. Second up is a shooter called Chariot which also stars the same characters that are used in Roosters. The third game is probably the weakest of the three. This time we have the puzzle game Donburu.

All games on the collection are of high quality even though the puzzle one and the shooter come to think of it do look a little dated now. Rooster is defiantly the winning game on this pack and without it I'd actually give this collection a miss due to the simple fact that the Saturn has many great shooters and puzzle games already.

This version I have came with a free Gamest Gears mini magazine giving you the lowdown on all three games in great detail.