Genesis Talk about any Mega Drive game that isn’t one of these 25

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Sonic Eraser is a puzzle game with a god awful music
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Only released for SEGA Game Toshokan service. The game is a decent puzzle but better play it without sound

I got to play it thanks to a convention and a flash cart. It’s really rough and is very unrepresentative of the actual Game Toshokan service experience.

Columns was part of that service, if you really wanted a better puzzle game, but so was both Flicky and Fatal Labyrinth. All titles I consider to be solid B tiers in the game library of the Mega Drive that you could easily play over this hot mess. Let’s be honest: if it wasn’t called “Sonic” and had its horrific music… would anybody care?

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I didn't grow up with the system, but Fatal Labyrinth is my favorite Mega Drive game. It was probably the first (or definitely among the first) "dungeon crawler" type game I played, and made me fall in love with that particular kind of gameplay.
I thought it was super immersive and exciting and tense despire being fairly simple.

LMAO I literally just mentioned it in my post above!
Literally a downloadable game from the early 90’s, and it’s this super cool dungeon crawler with infinite replayability. Has a few roguelike elements too, since the dungeons are randomized. Makes for a fun game! It reminds me of Double Dungeons on the PC Engine, being a simple RPG adjacent game that’s just really neat and simple.

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Sorry, I guess you were looking for more intimate, personal stories, so I'll give proper input. Shining Force 2 was my first SRPG, and even though I didn't have the slightest notion of how to play I loved the beautiful graphics, memorable soundtrack and everything else. I didn't understand the dialogues back in the day, but even so I managed to limp my way up to Zalbard, but I could go no further as a kid.

I have a soft spot for the Shining series up to this day, and I'm always on the look out for hacks that switch things up or fix bugs. The Shining Force 2 disassembly allows for incredible things, and I wouldn't be surprised if whole new games spawned from it.

It’s okay to just post whatever, as long as it’s a contribution, but I love seeing stories like this most of all. I’ve not been smitten by the “Force” games, but I want to give “Shining in the Darkness” and “Shining the Holy Ark” a whirl! The latter seems like it has the potential to be a Saturn highlight to me.

I love the artstyle of all the Shining games though. Just so bright and poppy, in contrast to the usually muted colors of the Mega Drive library. You see so many sludgy colors on the console that you forget that it CAN do bright and cartoony visuals if it really wants to!

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Sorry, I guess you were looking for more intimate, personal stories, so I'll give proper input. Shining Force 2 was my first SRPG, and even though I didn't have the slightest notion of how to play I loved the beautiful graphics, memorable soundtrack and everything else. I didn't understand the dialogues back in the day, but even so I managed to limp my way up to Zalbard, but I could go no further as a kid.

I have a soft spot for the Shining series up to this day, and I'm always on the look out for hacks that switch things up or fix bugs. The Shining Force 2 disassembly allows for incredible things, and I wouldn't be surprised if whole new games spawned from it.

It’s okay to just post whatever, as long as it’s a contribution, but I love seeing stories like this most of all. I’ve not been smitten by the “Force” games, but I want to give “Shining in the Darkness” and “Shining the Holy Ark” a whirl! The latter seems like it has the potential to be a Saturn highlight to me.

I love the artstyle of all the Shining games though. Just so bright and poppy, in contrast to the usually muted colors of the Mega Drive library. You see so many sludgy colors on the console that you forget that it CAN do bright and cartoony visuals if it really wants to!

 

[Another Iori]

We need a N64 one

 

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[Evaccaneer Doom]

All your base are belong to us

 

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All your base are belong to us

Me when I have Zero Wings but all the base:

 

[PhaseJump]

This modern homebrew port should be in everybody's rotation with the Genesis. It holds up extremely well.

This game is simple, but gets straight to the point and is easy to pick up and play.

This one is a gem left in Japan, that stands up to stuff on SNES like Illusion of Gaia, Soul Blazer, Brain Lord

 

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Ranger X is so good dude.

Imagine a game where you are a giant mech with a battle platform or spaceship that you can control and merge with at any time. You are torrenting fire on an onslaught of various robotic antagonists in epic battlefields. The game itself has beautiful use of FM Synth for the music, fantastically layered worlds, and stages with true depth to their environments. On top of it all… it’s actually affordable in today’s market! And was SURPRISINGLY released in all regions! A great game, no doubt.

 

[SeventhSon]

OP, you fool! Thunder Force III and Shadow Dancer are superior to the games on your list!

Also:
Crack Down
Kid Chameleon
Road Rash
John Madden Football
The Immortal
Landstalker
Light Crusader
Shining in the Darkness
Shining Force

*the name is Genesis... GENESIS DOES not obey ur rulez

 

[BrawlMan]

Ristar is a great playing and looking platformer that has aged well. Earthworm Jim is always best on Genesis, aside from the PC and Sega CD versions. Splatterhouse 2 and 3 are the best horro themed brawlers on the system. I prefer the simplicity of the second game though. Street Fighter II: Champion Edition plays like the arcade and superior soundtrack to either SNES version of Champion/Hyper Fighting.

For a simple console only 1991 brawler, Streets of Rage 1 still holds up well enough.

Especially compared to what came out either before or during that same year. Or even compared to brawlers that came out afterward on Genesis and especially SNES. Streets of Rage didn't have the best looks, nor animations, but still look good and has between decent and good presentation. The soundtrack is still godlike, and put Yuzo Koshiro on the map!

What's amazing is how the in-house team at SEGA got creative with their game with such a limited budget. The game is Final Fight style, but there are some minor Golden Axe elements on how you fight the enemies and how their AI works. With Double Dragon style level design. Not every level is a flat plane. You got either environmental hazards, bottomless pits, and the outside elevator in the next last stage. In the last stage, you actually go from right to left. Weapon variety is on point and is bigger than most early SNES brawlers like Final Fight, Rushing Beat 1/Rival Turf, or Sonic Blast Man. Where there are only the three weapon types, weapons barely show up and are minor distraction at best, or none show up at all. With two out of the three games being one player only. In Streets of Rage, you get knives, pipes, bats, beer bottles, and pepper shakers. You read that right. and they're all decently powerful. Though knives are most powerful, if you know how to use them properly.

This game is one of the first brawlers to have a dedicated input for back attacks. So that way enemies can't sneak up on you, nor have to waste time turning around. Also, one of the first where you can break out of a back grab via pressing forward and attack. You'll either do a forward kick, if there is another enemy getting to the front of you, or throw the punk grabbing you from behind. Another first for brawlers, SOR is the first console brawler to have dedicated tag team moves/throws. Though technically, The Simpsons Arcade game beat it to SEGA first, if we're going by arcades. Still amazing this little game accomplished so much on the first outing.

The game's biggest weakness are three leads play similar to each other. They do have different attacks, strengths, speeds, and jumps, but they all share the same suplex input. Making them somewhat less unique against each other. They do have different forward throws with Blaze having the longest throws, and the best for levels 4 and 7. The sequels would improve on all of these fundamentals and play styles. Leading to the best brawler ever made on the Genesis to beat nearly anything rivaling on the SNES.