Submitted 7 hours ago by bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works to retrogaming@lemmy.world
Im very excited. I actually won a bid on 6 games first, then went looking for a console. Snagged a 1601 “graphics text” model.
I’ve always wanted a genesis, its one of the few systems I’ve never owned. What are some of your favorite games?
Also, mine is coming with a phaser gun, which ill probably sell. Or should I keep it?
Can’t wait to hook this bad boy up to my Sharp CRT ;)
Lost Vikings is a puzzle platfromer with three characters made by pre-Blizzard guys. It’s just awesome all around.
Comix Zone is a stylish, visually stunning adventure of an artist trapped in his own comic by the evil guy. I’m still impressed how cool it looks.
Zero Tolerance is probably not that fun, but it’s Genesis’ sole popular FPS game pushing console’s limits. It’d be interesting to look at it in restrospection.
Shining Force II was the first RPG I ever played, back in the days when you could rent the entire console. I absolutely fell in love with that game.
In addition to many listed elsewhere…
Beyond Oasis. Castlevania: Bloodlines. Rocket Knight Adventures. Shadowrun. Phantasy Star series. Castle of Illusion and World of Illusion. Might and Magic II.
And the Genesis version of Earthworm Jim remains the definitive version for me.
Back in the day, Sonic 2, Sonic 3, and Sonic & Knuckles. I find the series can be a hard sell to people who didn’t grow up in that era though. Sonic 1 is a classic too, but doesn’t hold up as well as the others, imo.
Streets of Rage is another solid trilogy. I think it peaked at SoR2, but the other games are fun too.
If you’re just looking to play games and not buy them, Crusader of Centy is a lot of fun. A bit of a unique Zelda-like game where instead of new items, you get new animal followers!
The Shining Force duology is great, too. It was probably one of the first SRPGs to be released in North America!
And obligatory name drop for Star Control. The sequel is so much more fleshed out, but this one is a tactical strategy game where you have space ship fights when you encounter the enemy. There are two sides, each with ~7 unique and distinct ships!
Other than those…check out Sega Lord X on YouTube! He always talks about Shinobi, the arcade ports, and other awesome Sega games!
Sonic 1 is so rage inducing lol. More like a slow puzzle than a gotta go fast game.
I didn’t know star control 1 was on the Genesis. Huge fan of the series! 3 never happened.
Have you heard that the developers are making an ACTUAL sequel?
Yes, after all these years. They legally had to rename Star Control, so now it’s “Free Stars”. And the sequel to Star Control 2 is “Children of Infinity”!
Check it out! I’m so excited for it.
The Genesis is such a great console. I love how it really tried to bring the arcade home. Street Fighter 2, Ghouls 'n Ghosts, Strider, Air Buster, Out Run and come to mind.
Comix Zone is cool but is also ball-bustingly difficult. Vectorman is another console exclusive that I thought was a pretty good entry on the system beyond the usual Sonic and sports games everyone is going to mention.
Gunstar Heroes is also another banger but due to its popularity it commands asinine prices on the used market so maybe just emulate that one.
On that note, I certainly won’t fault anybody who wants to get some flavor of piracy cartridge, e.g. the Everdrive or some derivative thereof, to feed their retro console given the current insane collector’s prices for many titles these days.
So many great games. Some of my favourites (mostly action RPGs, exclusives marked *):
Oh wow someone else that likes Light Crusader!
Check Starflight. It does exploration and resource gathering very well.
The Genesis version is the best one, too!
Make sure you try to get both Toejam & Earl games, although diehards will swear the 1st one is better than the 2nd one. I also recommend the Batman & Robin side scrolling beat em up, not only was it fun but it had a banger soundtrack.
I’m not certain if you got the version compatible with the Sega CD but if you can locate one there were several ports of Genesis games to it. Eternal Champions was better on it because it had actual CGI and better animations, the Batman game was baller and, of course, there was Sonic CD as well.
diehards will swear the 1st one is better than the 2nd one.
The consensus on this actually shifted over the years. In the 90s, 1 was better than 2. Then in the 2000s, 2 was better than 1. And now it’s reverted back to 1 being better than 2.
It’s always been 1 better than 2 though.
General Chaos was one of my favorite multiplayer games of the era.
The Road Rash games were also great.
I wasn’t a huge fan of the system but Ecco the Dolphin, Golden Axe, and Eternal Champions were dope.
What are some of your favorite games?
Altered Beast, Mortal Kombat (ABACABB for blood, DULLARD for cheat menu), Sonic, Dune Battle for Arrakis (this became Red Alert)
shrodes@lemmy.world 32 minutes ago
Random pick but I always liked Cosmic Spacehead as a kid. It’s kind of a mix of a point and click adventure and platformer, quite unique and charming.