Ristar Gets Another Chance To Shine, Joining The Free-To-Play Sega Forever Lineup

It's pretty easy to tell to a true Sega Genesis fanatic – you just have to check if they have Ristar in their collection. Everybody played Sonic the Hedgehog, but only the real diehards picked up Ristar. Unfortunately, that means Ristar never got a sequel, although that also means Ristar was never sullied by any lousy follow ups like poor Sonic. Ristar remains pure.

Well, now's your chance to try the underappreciated Ristar, because it's the latest game to join the Sega Forever lineup. For those who haven't been keeping up, Sega Forever is a new mobile service that's promised to eventually deliver a wide range of free-to-play classics from the Master System, Genesis, Saturn, and Dreamcast. Sega Forever is ad-supported, but players can pay $2 to remove them. Some Sega Forever games have been criticized for poor emulation and performance, but it seems like Ristar is receiving decent user reviews, so maybe the service is upping its game after its rocky start.

Here's how Sega describes the game:

Galactic tyrant Kaiser Greedy has enslaved the Valdi star system. Leaders of every planet have been brainwashed, and only you, Ristar, can free them. Use Ristar's extendable limbs to swing, climb, grapple and grab your way across six planets and end Greedy's grip on the galaxy! Ristar joins the SEGA Forever classic games collection, a treasure trove of free SEGA console classics brought to life on mobile for the first time!

Features:

• Six planets to rescue, spanning every corner of the galaxy.
• Use Ristar's extendable arms to smash, grab, and grapple Greedy's minions
• Battle unique bosses across all six planets
• Grab enemies to destroy them or use them to pivot through a level
• Perform 'shooting star' attacks to kill multiple enemies at once!

Ristar is available right now on iTunes or the Google Play store.