Starting this in the hope of finding any undiscovered gems I haven't yet played. In no particular order: Skitchin This is easily in my top 10 games of all time. Skitchin uses the engine of Road Rash (or vice versa, I forget which way it works), and the basis of the game is also similar to Road Rash, but much much funner. The idea is to race to the end of a level, performing tricks, riding the back of vehicles and smashing other skitchers in the face with baseball bats. While the graphics may seem dated, I absolutely adore the music. Which, if I recall correctly, was actually recorded from real instruments and somehow translated onto the Mega Drive for proper 90's tunage effect. Mega Bomberman I hope I don't need to explain the premise of Bomberman to anyone in any great depth, so I'll point out why Mega is so great. I love the joeys, which, to my knowledge is the only other game bar Saturn to feature a ride-on animal with powers (I think the racing games had them, but they don't count :P ). I love the level design, which is so simple and atmospheric; snow levels and lava levels do their jobs so well, with their own area-specific quirks and features. Such a great Bomberman game, and my second favourite after Saturn. It's so cute and funny too. James Pond 3 "We are depending on you, Pond!" This is a total dick of a game, but still brilliant. Quite different to the first two JP games, it's a platformer with what feels like an endless list of levels. You're a secret agent fish trying to foil a secret plot to steal cheese from Mars with your frog sidekick...or something along those lines. What's not to love?! Using an array of items (haunted TV, anyone?), you find teacups to progress though levels, find secret areas, kill mice, and so on. Puggsy Another dick of a game, but superb nonetheless. Puggsy is, I believe, one of the first games to really utilise physics in its gameplay. While on the surface, a simple platformer, Puggsy is in fact laced with often complex puzzles and item combinations. Items can be stacked to reach new areas, or used to bounce and climb environments. Mega Lo Mania/Tyrants - Fight Though Time Ok, not exactly a Mega Drive exclusive, but its still a favourite of mine. A simple but effective strategy game where you play a god guiding your peeps though eras of time, right from cave men up to nuclear level. Micro Machines 1, 2, and 96 Too difficult to pick a single one, so all of them. Top-view racer, as you probably all know, with different vehicles depending on the tracks. Levels got damn hard as it went on. Gunstar Heroes Side scrolling shooter of AWESOMENESS. Not sure how to describe it any further, you really just need to play it. Home Alone Surprisingly great film-game adaptation. Not very true to the film of course, but who cares. A very different concept to any other game I've played, you basically booby trap houses, take items from said houses and construct guns and other weaponry which you then use to fend off the two robbers. Great fun. Apparently the SNES version is completely different and total arse. Desert Strike AKA: Iraq: The Game. :P It does have some chilling similarities you must admit. Again, not an exclusive title, but whatevs. You're a US (I think?) chopper killin' bad dudes in the middle east, and blowing up a hell of a lot of shit in the process. The Lion King Difficult to pick a final game, I was torn between a lot, but this just won out. Another non-exclusive, and one of the great 90's Disney games, you are of course Simba, platforming your way to becoming king of pride rock, while ragequitting at the stampede level in the process. Some great 16 bit Elton John tunes in there. :P Honourable mentions to Theme Park, Golden Axes, Streets of Rage...es, Mortal Kombat 1+2, Spiderman v Kingpin, Jurassic Park and Beavis and Butthead.
I'll probably detail this later. In no particular order: 1.) Gunstar Heroes 2.) Ristar 3.) Comix Zone 4.) Revenge of Shinobi 5.) Toy Story 6.) Jurassic Park 7.) Kid Chamelon 8.) The Lion King 9.) Mega Man: The Wily Wars 10.) I can't think of a tenth. I guess Virtua Racing was great for the time.
Funny you should make this topic, because I'm considering getting a few more games for my Mega Drive, and I want to know the absolute best- preferably two player, so I can play with my brothers. My top ten non-Sonic's would have to be: 10) Kawasaki Superbikes 9) Toy Story 8) Ristar 7) Micro Machines Military 6) The Lost World: Jurassic Park 5) Altered Beast 4) Terminator 2: Arcade 3) Golden Axe 2) Streets of Rage 1) Jurassic Park What just missed the list: Shinobi- Why is this game so fucking hard? I thought it was due to my old controller and lack of save. I then bought it on Wii where I CAN save it, and I still can't get past that level where you climb the building after the highway mission. Too fucking hard. Kid Chameleon- Too bland, a bit like a bad Mario game. Decent, but weird. Desert Strike- Too tedious, especially with a d-pad. It would greatly benefit from a joystick. Anyway, I have a question- is Moonwalker a decent game. Anybody? Looking for a copy.
In no particular order Comix Zone Shaq Fu American Gladiators Flicky Ka-Ge-Ki: Fists of Steel Awesome Possum... Kicks Dr. Machino's Butt Shadow of the Beast 2 Michael Jackson's Moonwalker Back to the Future Part 3 Dark Castle
Tried to finish it a few days ago, I think I got up to the highway level, tried a lot and ragequit. I did cheat by using the infinity shrukien trick though, but it doesnt feel like I'm cheating since you could so easily accidentally do it.
Okay I'll bite. In no order at all: Vectorman Columns Toe-Jam and Earl Bugsy Mega Bomberman Streets of Rage 2 Michael Jackson's Moonwalker Golden Axe Micro Machines (cannot remember which, though I DO remember that the cart had some kind of multitap functionality) Road Rash Here's two that didn't quite make the cut: Worms Cannon Fodder
It's a pain in the arse! What is this trick you speak of!? You may have answered my prayers. Can someone recommend an awesome 2 player co-op game? Even better, a game that works superbly with a joystick!?
No organization at all. Streets of Rage 2 Rocket Knight Adventures Gunstar Heroes Castlevania Bloodlines (maybe)Mega Man The Wily Wars
not a top 10 Ranger X Alisia Dragoon Streets of Rage 2 Bare Knuckle 3 Mercs Columns Comix Zone The Ooze Puyo Puyo Tsuu Road Rash 2 These are the titles I can sit down and play anytime. Other games I liked were Decapattack, Ecco 1-2, Earthworm Jim 2, Toejam & Earl 2, Spiderman Animated Series, Cyborg Justice, Super Hang-on, Vectorman 1-2, Mortal Kombat 2, 3, Ultimate, X-Men 1-2, and probably lots of others I'm missing. Gunstar Heroes is very impressive technically but the gameplay is fucking stupid.
In no particular order: 1- The Lost World: Jurassic Park 2- Altered Beast 3- Cannon Fodder 4- Earthworm Jim (and 2) 5- Cool Spot 6- Mick & Mack Global Gladiators 7- Rocket Knight Adventures ( And its sequel, Sparkster) 8- Rock & Roll Racing 9- Viewpoint 10- Monster World IV
The lack of Phantasy Star IV in this topic hurts me deeply. 10. Dynamite Headdy 9. Toejam and Earl 2 8. Phantasy Star II 7. Shining Force II 6. Ristar 5. Castlevania Bloodlines 4. Shining Force I 3. Ecco the Dolphin 2. Revenge of Shinobi 1. Phantasy Star IV honorable mentions: Crusader of Centy Golden Axe 1-3 Vectorman 1-2 Streets of Rage 1-3 Ecco II Beyond Oasis Landstalker Light Crusader Rocket Knight Adventures Alisia Dragoon Gunstar Heroes Megaman - The Wily Wars Jurassic Park 1/3 Toejam and Earl 1 Shinobi 3 Toy Story The Lion King Aladdin Jungle Book Comix Zone Dishonorable Mention: Phantasy Star III because that game was a complete piece of horseshit. Goddamn the Genesis had such an epic library, regardless of how bad Phantasy Star III was. :v:
Off the top of my head... Toejam and Earl Quackshot Road Rash 1 Aladdin Theme Park Ecco 1 and 2 Lion King Haunting Jurassic Park 1 Barts Nightmare
Good list, where's Slaughter Sport? 1. Alien Soldier 2. Contra: Hard Corps 3. Dynamite Headdy 4. Ristar 5. Twinkle Tale 6. Castlevania: Bloodlines 7. Panorama Cotton 8. Revenge of Shinobi 9. Mega Turrican 10. Gley Lancer Shouts to Rocket Knight Adventures, ResQ, The Adventures of Batman & Robin, Ranger X, Earthworm Jim and M.U.S.H.A.
My top 10 in no particular order. Aladdin Ecco the Dolphin Ristar Comix Zone Gunstar Heroes Earthworm Jim Ecco 2: The Tides of Time Chameleon Kid Golden Axe Mortal Kombat Honorable mention: Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine. I don't consider it in the Sonic series because Sonic is nowhere to be found and it is basically just a localized version of Puyo Puyo. Dishonorable mention: Bubsy the Bobcat in Claws Encounters of the Furred Kind. Fuck you Bubsy.
In no particular order (and keeping it to one game per series): Wonder Boy in Monster World I thought this was the best entry in the series. Monster World IV comes very close to it, but I find it a bit too linear (and yes, you can say that all games in that series are linear, but I think MW4 is being way too obvious about it) . Shining Force I think this is the best TRPG I've ever played. I didn't finish SF2 yet, so I don't exactly know how exactly it compares to the first game. Mortal Kombat 3 The first fighting game I've ever played, and after all these years I think it aged well. Ultimate Mortal Kombat and MK Trilogy are better just by having more fighters, but since I have them on other platforms, it's the original version that gets the spot on this list. Ristar An amazing platformer, but you all already knew that Super Fantasy Zone A great shoot them up, and the difficulty is rather engaging. Wiz'n'Liz A weird game I discovered almost by accident. Very frantic and stress-inducing (in a good way ) Darius II/Sagaia One of my favorite shoot them ups. Being VERY non-linear helps (there are 26 levels, and you only play 7 in one playthough) . I have three different versions of this game (Master System, Mega Drive and Saturn) and they actually play differently and offer different challenges. To simplify it, I could say that the MS version is the easy mode (the kind that, on the other hand, has less content, featuring only 12 levels) , and the Saturn version, which is the direct port of the Arcade game, is the hard mode. Golden Axe Another game that needs no introduction Ghostbusters Just a good solid platformer. Earthworm Jim The second entry IMHO has a few levels that are plain tedious (Puppy Love and Flyin' King particularly come to mind)
They're called Louies. Options>Set Shurikens to 00, leave shurikens highlighted for about 30 seconds, infinite shurikens. also: 1)Streets Of Rage 2 2)Golden Axe 3)Revenge Of Shinobi 4)Mega Bomberman 5)Mega-Lo-Mania 6)Micro Machines '96 7)Super Hang-On 8)Desert Strike 9)Beavis & Butthead 10)Theme Park
No order or anything: - Gunstar Heroes - Streets of Rage - Ristar - Micro Machines 2: Turbo Tournament (track creator, hell yeah!) - Super Hang-On - The Lion King - Hellfire - Mick & Mack: Global Gladiators (McDonald's-sponsored but fuck this game was amazing and hard) - World of Illusion starring Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck (This game is amazing, especially so in co-op, give it a blast) - Jungle Strike (When you get the stealth bomber late-game, fuck yes)
1. Ristar 2. Duke Nukem Forever 3D 3.Shaq-Fu (for the lulz :P) 4. Shadow Dancer 5. Shinobi III 6. Comix Zone 7, 8 & 9: Toejam & earl series. 10. Ecco. Also: It's pretty good, and it supports multiplayer. However some of the level design and enemy placement is.... questionable.
