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sb:recommended:genesis [2015/06/10 12:09] the_blueberry_hill Recs from page three of the latest thread |
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| ***//Battlemania 2//** | ***//Battlemania 2//** | ||
| *Dessgeega: a must-pirate. | *Dessgeega: a must-pirate. | ||
| - | *spectralsound: if i was in the 90s again this is what i would picture a [[company:treasure|Treasure]] shooter to be like, before finding out it would just be all browns and greys and Serious Themes. gleefully anarchistic, and bonus points for both having two badass girls for main characters and having a //damned amazing// soundtrack. | + | *spectralsound: if i was in the 90s again this is what i would picture a [[company:treasure|Treasure]] [[genre:shooters|shooter]] to be like, before finding out it would just be all browns and greys and Serious Themes. gleefully anarchistic, and bonus points for both having two badass girls for main characters and having a //damned amazing// soundtrack. |
| ***//Beyond Oasis//** | ***//Beyond Oasis//** | ||
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| * Sniper Honeyviper: Not a [[company:Treasure]] game, but might as well be one. | * Sniper Honeyviper: Not a [[company:Treasure]] game, but might as well be one. | ||
| * Felonious Monk: The best //[[game:contra_series|Contra]]//? Lightning-fast and balls-hard. | * Felonious Monk: The best //[[game:contra_series|Contra]]//? Lightning-fast and balls-hard. | ||
| - | * Ronk: My favorite side-scrolling co-op shooter of all time has satisfyingly challenging stages, fun bosses, kickin' Mega Drive metal music and a werewolf cop wearing jeans and wayfarers. If it's not the best //Contra//, it certainly belongs near the top. | + | * Ronk: My favorite side-scrolling co-op [[genre:shooters|shooter]] of all time has satisfyingly challenging stages, fun bosses, kickin' Mega Drive metal music and a werewolf cop wearing jeans and wayfarers. If it's not the best //Contra//, it certainly belongs near the top. |
| ***//Cool Spot//** (also on: Amiga, GB, GG, PC, SMS, SNES) | ***//Cool Spot//** (also on: Amiga, GB, GG, PC, SMS, SNES) | ||
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| ***//Grind Stormer//** | ***//Grind Stormer//** | ||
| - | *Loki Laufeyson: Fairly late Toaplan shooter, that kind of bridges a gap between the tradition Toaplan games and the bullet hell games they'd go on to create. | + | *Loki Laufeyson: Fairly late [[company:Toaplan]] [[genre:shooters|shooter]], that kind of bridges a gap between the tradition Toaplan games and the [[genre:shooters#Bullet Hell|bullet hell]] games they'd go on to create. |
| ***//Gunstar Heroes//** (also on: PS2) | ***//Gunstar Heroes//** (also on: PS2) | ||
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| ***//M.U.S.H.A.//** | ***//M.U.S.H.A.//** | ||
| - | * Felonious Monk: The apotheosis of [[company:Compile]]'s 16 bit shooters. Gorgeous graphics and a nifty setting ([[theme:mecha_games|mecha]] in medieval Japan). Also, like most Compile STG's, once you get past the first level, you can generally cruise and enjoy the eye candy. One of the only games i've completed on a single credit. | + | * Felonious Monk: The apotheosis of [[company:Compile]]'s 16 bit [[genre:shooters|shooters]]. Gorgeous graphics and a nifty setting ([[theme:mecha_games|mecha]] in medieval Japan). Also, like most Compile STG's, once you get past the first level, you can generally cruise and enjoy the eye candy. One of the only games i've completed on a single credit. |
| ***//McDonald's Treasure Land Adventure//** | ***//McDonald's Treasure Land Adventure//** | ||
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| ***//Michael Jackson's Moonwalker//** | ***//Michael Jackson's Moonwalker//** | ||
| - | * Tuxedo: You can sacrifice half your health to make some dogs dance to Smooth Criminal w/ [[hardware:genesis#audio|Genesis synth]], and I have found no such joy in any other Genesis game. | + | * Tuxedo: You can sacrifice half your health to make some dogs dance to Smooth Criminal w/ [[hardware:genesis#audio|Genesis synth]], and I have found no such joy in any other Genesis game.\\ |
| + | * Tuxedo: I legit like Moonwalker.\\ As a kid my cousin had this, //[[game:sonic_the_hedgehog|Sonic]]//, and a ton of other games and I basically played //Moonwalker// as much as every other game combined.\\ I can't say I like the arcade version as much, it's more polished but there are way less dumb neat little touches, and isometric action w/ 8 direction movement/attacking cannot be anything but awkward. Charge attacks matter, and charge attacks are no fun. | ||
| * kiken: [[company:Sega]] could have ported the arcade game respectably to the MD/Genesis... yeah, it would have been toned down aurally and visually, but I think the heart of the game could have been preserved. Plus, the arcade game supports multiple simultaneous players.\\ My opinion of the home port of //MJ's Moonwalker// has and always will be: disappointing. | * kiken: [[company:Sega]] could have ported the arcade game respectably to the MD/Genesis... yeah, it would have been toned down aurally and visually, but I think the heart of the game could have been preserved. Plus, the arcade game supports multiple simultaneous players.\\ My opinion of the home port of //MJ's Moonwalker// has and always will be: disappointing. | ||
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| *Tulpa: For the longest time people just talked about the [[game:shadowrun_snes|SNES game]] and I felt so alone in thinking genny was far superior a game. | *Tulpa: For the longest time people just talked about the [[game:shadowrun_snes|SNES game]] and I felt so alone in thinking genny was far superior a game. | ||
| *Swimmy: Genesis //[[game:shadowrun_genesis|Shadowrun]]// is proto-//[[game:deus_ex|Deus Ex]]//. (More progressive in some ways, even!) | *Swimmy: Genesis //[[game:shadowrun_genesis|Shadowrun]]// is proto-//[[game:deus_ex|Deus Ex]]//. (More progressive in some ways, even!) | ||
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| + | ***//Shining Force//** | ||
| + | * Texican Rude: I really enjoyed //Shining Force I// because it was sort of [[genre:srpg|SRPG]] lite. The worst part of any SRPG for me is all the meta-gaming you have to do. Delay the battle to level up your guys more (particularly your healer.) Balance a dozen character's equipment. //SF1// is simple enough that I could handle the equipment stuff between missions. I also loved that it gets progressively more ridiculous in what you're doing. The world goes from whatever-fantasy to anything goes you get a super fast wolfman to help you with the stage involving a super laser. You get a baby dragon that could be super powerful, but takes a whole lot of work to make him that way.\\ I can understand why SRPG fans might hate it, but as someone that would like to enjoy the genre but hates all the between mission stuff, I like it a lot. | ||
| ***//Shining Force II//** | ***//Shining Force II//** | ||
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| *Loki Laufeyson: Tied with //[[game:Alien Soldier]]// for the title of "Best Mega Drive Game", this game doesn't have a single flaw. Gameplay, graphics, and music are all incredible. | *Loki Laufeyson: Tied with //[[game:Alien Soldier]]// for the title of "Best Mega Drive Game", this game doesn't have a single flaw. Gameplay, graphics, and music are all incredible. | ||
| *Sniper Honeyviper: I can think of one flaw: enemies don't flash when hit. | *Sniper Honeyviper: I can think of one flaw: enemies don't flash when hit. | ||
| - | *Schwere Viper: A killer horizontal shoot-'em-up and a rockin' thrash metal concert all at once. | + | *Schwere Viper: A killer [[genre:shooters#Horizontal Shooter|horizontal shoot-'em-up]] and a rockin' thrash metal concert all at once. |
| ***//Tinhead//** (also on: SNES (unreleased, but completed) | ***//Tinhead//** (also on: SNES (unreleased, but completed) | ||
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| ***//Wings of Wor (NA) / Gynoug (JP/PAL)//** | ***//Wings of Wor (NA) / Gynoug (JP/PAL)//** | ||
| - | *Sniper Honeyviper: What would be yet another boring Genesis-exclusive shmup is saved by some awesomely grotesque, homoerotic sprite design from //[[game:cho_aniki_series|Cho Aniki]]//'s artist. | + | *Sniper Honeyviper: What would be yet another boring Genesis-exclusive [[genre:shooters|shmup]] is saved by some awesomely grotesque, homoerotic sprite design from //[[game:cho_aniki_series|Cho Aniki]]//'s artist. |
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| ***//Wonder Boy in Monster World//** (PCE, PSN, Wii VC, XBLA) | ***//Wonder Boy in Monster World//** (PCE, PSN, Wii VC, XBLA) | ||
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| ***//[[game:Zero Tolerance]]//** | ***//[[game:Zero Tolerance]]//** | ||
| - | *The Blueberry Hill: Stylishly presented [[genre:Doom Clone]], that, along with its unreleased sequel, is now public domain. Lives are represented by a team of player characters, with differeing abilities; the enemies are agressive; there is jumping!, and a flame-thrower. It may get repetitive after so-many levels, but highly recommended until that point. | + | *The Blueberry Hill: Stylishly presented [[genre:doom_clones|Doom Clone]], that, along with its unreleased sequel, is now public domain. Lives are represented by a team of player characters, with differeing abilities; the enemies are agressive; there is jumping!, and a flame-thrower. It may get repetitive after so-many levels, but highly recommended until that point. |
| ***//Zombies Ate My Neighbours//** (also on: SNES) | ***//Zombies Ate My Neighbours//** (also on: SNES) | ||
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| ***//Kolibri//** | ***//Kolibri//** | ||
| - | * Rudie: Still possibly the finest hummingbird based shooter for the Sega 32x. | + | * Rudie: Still possibly the finest hummingbird based [[genre:shooters|shooter]] for the Sega 32x. |
| ***//[[space_harrier_series#Space Harrier]]//** (also on: 3DS, Amiga, C64, GBA, GG, PS2, SMS, SS, TG16, Wii VC) | ***//[[space_harrier_series#Space Harrier]]//** (also on: 3DS, Amiga, C64, GBA, GG, PS2, SMS, SS, TG16, Wii VC) | ||