Titles are hard. I've always hated naming things I write, whether it was headlines for news articles or titles for meeting notes at work. I'm not going to say I'm bad at it, but I find it very frustrating. It's one of those things that people don't realize is a major ask of creatives/copywriters/etc. With that in mind, it won't come as a surprise that I am going to give Sega a pass for giving this week's entry a confusing name. It could just be me, but the first thing I thought of when I heard the title "Gain Ground" was a football game. That was about as far off as I could have gotten. Released in arcades in 1988, Gain Ground was intended as Sega's answer to Gauntlet. While the aesthetic may be similar, I don't think they got particularly close to aping Nintendo's popular fantasy game. They did, however, create a unique and interesting blend of top down action and single screen puzzle games. Think Bomberman meets Smash TV. ...
