Brad wanted to know..so here you go...
1. Sonic 2
2. Shinobi 3
3. Streets of Rage 2
4. Beyond Oasis
5. Strider
please bear in mind I have never played Phantasy Star or Shining Force...I probably should one of these days...
Platform »
Brad wanted to know..so here you go...
1. Sonic 2
2. Shinobi 3
3. Streets of Rage 2
4. Beyond Oasis
5. Strider
please bear in mind I have never played Phantasy Star or Shining Force...I probably should one of these days...
What about Decap Attack?
Cyborg Justice. I will fight and/or ignore anyone who says otherwise.
How has nobody said anything about Ranger X? Or Dynamite Headdy? Or Granada or Panorama Cotton o-
@Ravenlight said:
Cyborg Justice. I will fight and/or ignore anyone who says otherwise.
This is worse than the exclusion of the previously listed games.
@Video_Game_King:
It's a brawler where you can customize your own awesome robot with the pieces of your enemies. How is that not awesome? Or are you some sort of robo-racist?
@Ravenlight:
That would be awesome if your enemies weren't randomly generated from the exact same pool of parts you use to create your robot at the beginning (not only so you could tell your own robot apart from others, but also to make customization mean something). Or if there was any damn incentive to change weapons. Or if the gameplay was actually fun, or if the game was pleasing to look at, or if the controls didn't suck dick....
@Video_Game_King said:
@Ravenlight:
That would be awesome if your enemies weren't randomly generated from the exact same pool of parts you use to create your robot at the beginning (not only so you could tell your own robot apart from others, but also to make customization mean something). Or if there was any damn incentive to change weapons. Or if the gameplay was actually fun, or if the game was pleasing to look at, or if the controls didn't suck dick....
To be completely honest, I don't think I've ever played Cyborg Justice sober. Cyborg Drinking is a much better game than the one you're describing.
@Ravenlight said:
To be completely honest, I don't think I've ever played Cyborg Justice sober.
I don't think I've stopped drinking since Cyborg Justice. But that goes without saying.
@The_Ruiner: I believe strider has a crappy nes version as well so technically it is not an exclusive game to genesis
The Mega Drive was fucking awesome. Sonic 1&2, Streets of Rage 2, Dynamite Headdy, Gunstar Heroes, Aladdin, Sub Terrania, Shinobi.
And Turtles Tournament Fighters was better on the MD.
In no particular order and one extra thrown in
Sonic 2
Landstalker
Shining Force
Combat Cars
Ecco the dolphin
Sub-Terrania
Honorable Megadrive mentions even though they weren't exclusive
Flashback
Jungle Strike
Fantastic Dizzy
@Mesoian said:
Herizog Zwei
Sonic 3 + Knuckles
Streets of Rage 2
Rocket Knight Adventures
Gunstar Heroes
yeah, Rocket Knight!
5. Sonic 1
4. Sonic 3 + Knuckles
3. World of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck
2. Sonic 2
1. Rocket Knight Adventures
Oh man...
1. Sonic 3 & Knuckles - One of the most epic experiences of kid me. Though I love the whole series.
2. Streets of Rage 2 - Incredible music, still super fun. I kind of prefer the faster pace of 3 but I've played this one over 100 times.
3. Contra: Hard Corps - Intense, fast paced, with plenty of different paths and characters to keep you coming back.
4. Dynamite Headdy - Such a creative, challenging game. Also features some incredible music.
5. World of Illusion - I've always preferred this to Castle, mainly since I played it with my cousins so damn much. Awesome levels, fun gameplay, and plenty of nostalgia. No one mentions The Great Circus Mystery anymore, but I've always felt that it's right up there with the Illusion games (though it's not exclusive).
Basing these on the fact that I played them all in the past year and they were all still bad ass. The SNES may have the more easily identifiable classics that belong on overall top 10 lists, but the Genesis had so many good games. Comix Zone, Vectorman, X-Men 2, Quackshot, Revenge of Shinobi, General Chaos, Gunstar Heroes, its version of Aladdin, I guess all those RPG's I haven't played... the list just keeps going.
My favorite two Genesis games are Contra: Hard Corps and Starflight. Seriously if you've never played Starflight. Go find the version for genesis and play it and be in awe how far ahead of it's time it probably was.
Streets of Rage 2, Revenge of Shinobi and Columns and World of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck (best MD game of all time IMO) are all that define the Mega Drive for me. Played ours of all the 4 (though with Streets of Rage 1) with friends back in the day.
I would love to see Jeff and Vinny( or Brad) play through World of Illusion.
If you haven't heard of Pulseman, I don't blame you. It was never released in the US for the Genesis. However, they did feature it on the Sega Channel, that strange and amazing cable Games-on-Demand-esque service, and it finally officially made its way over to the States as an import title on the Wii's Virtual Console. This game was actually made by Game Freak before they became "the Pokemon people," and it's a really amazing game. If you have a Wii and enjoy 2D platformers, you should really consider picking it up.
I was always a real big fan of General Chaos
I agree with all these lists. All I know is that Gunstar Heroes and Revenge and Shinobi go on mine. Everything else is a toss-up.
2) Lightening Force: Quest for the Darkstar
3) Midnight Resistance (Technically, a port of the arcade title, but the best version was on the Genesis)
Man i'm glad I didn't own a genesis. Some of these games don't seem that great. Granted I'd like to try some of these out. I never had a Genesis and have been on a retro game kick lately. I hate old Sonic games. Gunstar Hero's I have played before and that is awesome. I should play some Gunstar heros again.
I actually tried out the demos of Phantasy star 2 and Golden Axe on XBLA recently and was not that impressed granted judging an RPG on a demo is never fair.
If I were to play the Phantasy Star games should I start with 1 and work my way from there?
To me these genesis games people are listing seem like arcade games, kind of short and linear, where the SNES seems to have more games that are about immersing you in a world.
I think it's accepted that the SNES had the edge when it comes to RPGs, but I listed Rings of Power precisely because of that sense of world immersion that you mentioned. It was Naughty Dog's first real game for home consoles - back in January, in the 3DO TNT, Ryan said that Way of the Warrior was Naughty Dog's first game, but that was wrong; RoP is and pre-dates Way of the Warrior by like 3 years - and the world is simply massive. It was the Oblivion of its day, although to appreciate what I mean by that you need to appreciate the serious criticisms that some people bear towards Oblivion and Bethesda RPGs. Namely, it was a little soulless and there were some serious problems with stilted graphics and controls. Still, it was way ahead of its time in terms of immersive RPGs, especially considering Daggerfall on PC with its cult following came like 5 years later.To me these genesis games people are listing seem like arcade games, kind of short and linear, where the SNES seems to have more games that are about immersing you in a world.
@The_Ruiner said:
I thought for sure someone would scream for Toejam and Earl....huh...
Dude, I totally did, check last page.
@Spoonman671 said:
I had Kid Chameleon and it ranks as my deepest and most ingrained sense of buyer's remorse ever. Not that it was bad... it seemed kind of OK and I was excited about how it supposedly had such a huge amount of levels and whatnot. But after dying over and over in the first couple of levels and getting overwhelmed by the mad teleport system, I used a cheat by which you could warp to the end boss from the end of the first level. Big purchase, was psyched for it, then I never saw like 95% of it.Kid Chameleon was definitely my favorite Genesis game.
Then just last week I re-acquired it as part of the pre-order bonus for Hell Yeah!. Again I tried to play it properly. Again I couldn't. Some day. Some day. Seriously, that game is like a psychological scar for me, as long as it goes without me playing it properly.
Not counting arcade ports as making it "non exclusive" since no one used it as a basis of comparison ("Hmmm...should I buy the Genesis version, or the arcade cabinet?")
No particular order:
Castle of Illusion starring Mickey Mouse
Thunder Force III (some changes were made and it was ported to the arcade as Thunder Force AC, and the arcade version was ported to the SNES as Thunder Spirits...besides the changes, both had worse music & sound than the Genesis version, so I'm counting it)
Loved Strider but it didn't crack my top 5. Phantasy Star IV seemed incredible between the little I played of it and what I've read, but didn't get enough into it to have an informed opinion.
@blackbird415 said:
@The_Ruiner: I believe strider has a crappy nes version as well so technically it is not an exclusive game to genesis
It's a completely different game, so it absolutely should count. Only similarity is the main character and the game's title.
Please Log In to post.
This edit will also create new pages on Giant Bomb for:
Beware, you are proposing to add brand new pages to the wiki along with your edits. Make sure this is what you intended. This will likely increase the time it takes for your changes to go live.Until you earn 1000 points all your submissions need to be vetted by other Giant Bomb users. This process takes no more than a few hours and we'll send you an email once approved.
Log in to comment