Ristar 2 Fangame (update #001) : Sequel Prototype In Progress!

[ NOTE: THE RISTAR MODEL featured in this video is an older conceptual version. I'm in the process of a complete redesign that's much closer to the original. Please see it here! ] First of all, big thanks to Collision Chaos Radio for the awesome remixes, it was great motivation during development! Find more of CCR's remixes on their channel: Ristar, where you at? Ristar was my first Game Gear game and it wasn't until many years later that I was able to play the Sega Genesis/Mega Drive version - I immediately fell in love with both. He's been suspiciously absent since his debut, other than some minor one-off cameos (our boy deserves better than being a capsule toy stuck in a vending machine or spending his days waving race flags). This project is a labor of love I've done in my free time, exploring the concept of Ristar as a modernized platformer. I went with the original gam