Polymega has announced its next pair of physical game collections, and if you grew up on late-90s experimentation or quirky NES-era charm, there’s something for you here.
Vol. 15 – Body Harvest and Vol. 16 – A Boy and His Blob are the latest additions to the company’s expanding line of curated, physical retro releases—and, as usual, there’s more packed in than just the headliners.
What is the Polymega?
If you’ve somehow missed Polymega up to now, it’s basically the closest thing we have to a universal retro console. The base unit handles CD-based classics like PS1, Sega Saturn, Neo Geo CD and more out of the box, and you can snap on modular add-ons to play cartridges from NES, SNES, Mega Drive, PC Engine, and other systems. It’s all designed to make your actual retro collection playable again without digging out half-broken hardware or fighting with RGB upscalers.
And yes, it also happens to be one of the nicest ways to build (or rebuild) a physical retro library without relying on second-hand chaos.
So what’s inside these new volumes? Quite a lot, actually.
Vol. 15 – Body Harvest
This one’s headlined by Body Harvest, the ambitious N64 action-adventure created by the studio that would eventually become Rockstar North. If you never played it, imagine a huge open world, alien invasions, vehicles to hijack, and a surprising amount of freedom—years before GTA III redefined the formula. It’s one of those games that feels like a prototype for the future of open-world design.
Polymega rounds out the collection with a set of 32-bit curiosities that perfectly capture the “anything goes” spirit of the era:
- S.C.A.R.S. – futuristic animal-themed combat racing
- Dead in the Water – high-seas vehicular combat
- Burning Road – an arcade-style, high-speed racer bursting with 90s energy
It’s a compact but wonderfully weird slice of the late 90s—colourful, experimental, and just rough enough around the edges to feel like the real thing.
Vol. 16 – A Boy and His Blob
Meanwhile, Volume 16 goes back to the NES era with A Boy and His Blob: Trouble on Blobolonia, the beloved puzzle-platformer where solving problems means feeding a friendly blob the right jellybeans so it can transform into ladders, trampolines and other helpful shapes. It’s imaginative, charming, and famously adorable—exactly the kind of game that rewards revisiting.
Backing it up are two classics drawn from very different corners of retro history:
- Krush Kill ‘N Destroy 2: Krossfire – a post-apocalyptic RTS with proper 90s attitude
- Gunboat (TurboGrafx-16) – tactical river-patrol combat with a gritty military vibe
It’s a multi-era grab bag, but somehow it works, offering a surprising amount of variety for such a small physical set.
If you’re already building up your Polymega shelves, these feel like two especially strong additions: one collection celebrating the strange, half-forgotten experimentation of the 32-bit era, and another revisiting one of the most charming oddities of the 8-bit age.
But if you’re new to this… well, it’s probably time to head to polymega.com!
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Christian Cawley is the founder and editor of GamingRetro.co.uk, a website dedicated to classic and retro gaming. With over 20 years of experience writing for technology and gaming publications, he brings considerable expertise and a lifelong passion for interactive entertainment, particularly games from the 8-bit and 16-bit eras.
Christian has written for leading outlets including TechRadar, Computer Weekly, Linux Format, and MakeUseOf, where he also served as Deputy Editor.
When he’s not exploring vintage consoles or retro PCs, Christian enjoys building with LEGO, playing cigar box guitar, and experimenting in the kitchen.
