Games You May Have Missed: Magical Hat no Buttobi Turbo! Daibouken

Magical Hat no Buttobi Turbo! Daibouken or Magical Hat Flying Turbo Adventure to give it it's translated name, is a Mega-Drive game based on a Japanese Anime series in the 90`s. I bought the game along with with quite a few other Japanese games and console from my local video rental store after seeing them on sale. (Mainly due to the fact that a Japanese console and 5 Japanese games cost the same as a Pal console)



Magical Hat (As I am going to refer to the game from now on) is the spiritual successor to the Master System game Psycho Fox, only instead of using Sega's own character they used a popular character from a Japanese Anime. The basic story behind the game was some evil dude had split the island into 6-7 pieces and your job was something like defeating him and bringing the island back together.

You were aided in your quest by a little egg that you would throw at enemies, who upon throwing would return to you about a 2 seconds later. (Sound's like something the RSPCA would be all over these days, although technically the egg hadn't hatched yet so it could be classed as pre-animal cruelty) That wasn't all there was to the game though as you were armed with some awesome MC Hammer pants! These enabled you to glide through the air rather than just falling to your death. When mixed with the bouncy poles that featured in the game these came a real delight as you glided through most of the level tapping your jump button. You also had various items to help you through the levels such as invincibility and other such things. (These were all accessed by the start button)

The enemies in the game were pretty good looking especially the bosses who were pretty well thought out. This is one of the true great games of the 90's and always brings a smile to my face when I think about it, that is until I remember that SEGA decided to re-release the game with some changes and tweaks robbing it of it's soul. The re-release is Decap Attack (or as I call it Decrap Attack) sure Magical Hat was in a language that I couldn't understand but it wasn't a shit blatant rip off of a game released just a few months before. Magical Hat is one of the most enjoyable games on the Mega-Drive and is still worth checking out today if you can find it, just avoid Decrap Attack.