/vr/ - Retro Games

>>2422556
shining force

>>2422556
Shmups:
Zero wing

RPG:
Shining Force
Land Stalker(zelda clone except better imo)

Sidescroller:
Altered Beast
Comix Zone
Sonic games(obviously)
Kid Chameleon

ETC:
Sonic Spinball I think it's called, fun pinball game.

>>2422570

Comix zone and Altered Beast are godawful

>>2422556
>Master System
All the Sanic games ( 2 isn't great though )
Time Soldier
Alex Kidd in Miracle World/Shinobi Word
Golden Axe Warrior
Master of Darkness
Batman Returns
Castle/Land of Illusion
Lucky Dime Caper
Deep Duck Trouble
Asterix ( all except Great Rescue )

>>2422575
I fucking love both of them, especially altered beast.

>RISE FROM YOUR GRAVE

>>2422576

I'm not gonna get sanic on sms. I will make number 1 an exception then get 2+ on genesis

>>2422583
Sonic 2 on SMS and Sonic 2 on MD are different games.

Also you're gonna miss on Sonic Chaos.

>>2422556
>doesn't know what to get for his Genesis
>has a copy of Pulseman
that's odd, i'd expect someone like you to know a lot about the library just from that fact alone

Steel Empire
Contra Hard Corps
any Treasure game (you have Alien Soldier, so you'd probably like their other stuff)
Taz Escape From Mars
The Hybrid Front (if you can read moon)
Beyond Oasis

the ninja gaiden games on MS stand well on their own. Better graphics and a little easier than the nes.

>>2422556
Judging from the games you currently have you need Gunstar Heroes in the worst way. Then Alisia Dragoon.

>>2422615
What? Come on... Different enough to warrant buying all copies? I don't know Sonic Chaos is but I am reading that Sonic 2,on sms is shit, or pretty much every sms sonic game sucks.

>>2422628
>that's odd, i'd expect someone like you to know a lot about the library just from that fact alone

I bought snes repros from a cheap place and my budget allowed for 2 extra games, so I chose Alien Soldier and Pulseman (60hz copies). Just wanted to expand the genesis lib a little and both games are fun. A lot more fun than Vectorman at least.

>>2422641
>Different enough to warrant buying all copies?
Different levels,different story, different bosses, no bonus stages (emeralds are still here) and no spin dash.
Sonic 2 on SMS isn't THAT bad but the Sky High Zone is.

>>2422646
Seriously you need Gunstar Heroes and Alisia Dragoon.

>>2422578
comix zone is good but altered beast didnt age well at all, kinda fun to go through once or twice but its pretty lame unless you have deep nostalgia for it

>>2422628
Pulseman is pretty popular among Nintendofags because holy shit Gamefreak.

Seeing that there only really validates his story.

>Alien Soldier

Noice

That's one of the best 16 bit games on any system.

Shaq Fu

Fellow nes/snes fag here, also just recently started collecting for genesis , shining force is a must, alladin is probs the best disney game, and my genesisfriends highly recommend ecco the dolphin

>>2422654

>Different story


I thought it was just gameplay, but different plots too? I might just consider getting the trilogy on sms then in addition to the genesis games then. To be honest, the sms games felt more chill too if that makes any sense.

>>2422656
>>2422632
>Seriously you need Gunstar Heroes and Alisia Dragoon.

Gunstar heroes looks fucking amazing, and I've yet to see Alisia Dragon yet. Thanks to all the anons for the suggestions by the way. I'm writing all of this down, and I forgot my copy of Kid Chameleon came in yesterday but I haven't played it since my genesis isn't hooked up atm. Oh Shining force looks great too.

>>2422737
trilogy?
i thought there were only 2 sonic games on the sms?

Different than OP here but are there any SMS/Gen games that are on the cheap side that dont suck ball.
Also im looking into getting a baseball game for it just to get all angles of sports games, whats the go to for that?

>>2422746


Eh, sorry about that. I always thought S3 was on sms too.

>>2422746
>i thought there were only 2 sonic games on the sms?
Sanic 1, 2 and Chaos.

>>2422775

I always thought of chaos as a sonic 3 port until this thread though, so that was my bad. Reading about it now is pretty mind blowing, although I do hope that sonic Chaos isn't available in 50hz only.

For fucks sake I hate using mobile so I'm sorry in advance if I type things that dont make sense.

I meant to say that I never knew about chaos and always thought the genesis trilogy was ported from sms, but having read about it, the success of the genesis games spawned 3 new sms sonic games which is pretty weird. Sega was such a damn weird company.

>>2422790
>Sega was such a damn weird company.
Hell yeah they are. Sega is such a backward company, porting MegaDrive games to the previous generation instead of doing the opposite like any sane people would do. I guess they were really banking on Sanic's success.
Oh well, I got to play these games on SMS as a kid, so I'm not gonna complain.

Hey OP, I was once in the same boat as you, a long-time Nintendo fag who finally got a Genesis. On top of the games you already have, here's what I would recommend:

Shinobi 3
Shadow Master: The Secret of Shinobi
Chiki Chiki Boys
Ristar
Wonder Boy in Monster World

And I second (third?) Gunstar Heroes and Comix Zone. Comix Zone is hard, but worth checking out for the awesome graphics and inventive presentation.

>>2422805
>>2422790
i didnt even know there was a 3rd sonic game for the sms. I was happy with the sms as a kid since my parents were too poor to buy me a genesis but i could still play newer games which was nice (like golden axe and streets of rage)

>>2422813
>Ristar

Lawd, how could I forget about this game? I played the shit out of it on a GameCube disc, definitely going to buy it.

>mfw no data plan a year ago and I got outbid by a dollar (it ended at $31)

>>2422570
>Shmups:
>Zero wing

Musha, Thunderforce 2-4, Truxton, Fire Shark, Vapor Trail, Air Buster, Bio Hazard Battle, Phelios, and Gaiares are all worth mentioning over that game.

Robocop vs Terminator
Zombies Ate My Neighbors (how the hell has nobody said this before me)
Warsong
Flashback
Zero Wing (just for keks)

Not really into shmups but some of them I like, so I'll give them all a look. They are just not my forte.


So I'm looking at this Wonder Boy franchise which looks cool, but how is the Arekkusu Kiddo series and that one shooter Zillion? I think its cool how AK crosses over into different franchises published by Sega (shinobi, etc).

Oh also OP, get your hands on Wonder Boy : Dragon's Trap on SMS if you can, it's pretty good.

>>2422815
Yeah I also skipped the 4th gen because of that. Good thing the father brought a PC back from his office at that time. We repaired it and I got to play on my first DOS games.

Not OP but I've had my genesis system since Christmas and I've yet to buy that flashcart I've been meaning to buy. What's that site /vr/ says to buy it from again?

>>2422862
Alex Kidd in Miracle World kinda sucks, tbh. The controls feel "mushy" and they switched the jump and attack buttons which feels really awkward. Lost Stars is a weird arcade port, simple game but lots of Japanese weirdness like farting enemies and sampled screaming when Alex dies. Alex Kidd in Shinobi World is breddy gud.

The first Zillion is actually a Metroid style game. The second game is a scrolling action shooter. I like both.

>>2422862
The first Wonderboy games got released on both SMS and Genesis, so prefer the latter. Dragon's Trap only existed on SMS ( and PC Engine ) so pick it up it's totally worth it.

>Arekkusu Kiddo
Kek.
Miracle World and Shinobi World on SMS and that's it. The rest is absolute trash.

>>2422865

Yeah I was looking over the Wonder Boy series it looks great. Also thinking of grabbing Ys 1 on sms since the msx version is probably dog shit.

>>2422869
I went ahead and started namefagging so you've no need to claim your identity.

>>2422865
thats a nice story, sounds really comfy. I remember trying to teach my dad how to play SMS and he kept looking down, couldnt figure it out. Theres only 2 buttons man! Very envious of parents who could get into that stuff. I remember playing that LAPD robot game for PS1 with my uncle who wasnt that much younger and having a blast. Now im sort of bummed

>>2422885
Haha yeah I even played some Sanic and Alex Kidd with both my parents. I was also fond of all those Tiger like games and played a lot of those with them, so they weren't completely unaware of all the vidya stuff.

>>2422848
>Zombies Ate My Neighbors
>(how the hell has nobody said this before me)
The SNES version is generally considered to be better than the Genesis version.

>Genesis
The Haunting
Herzog Zwei
Road Rash 1-3
Sonic 3 & Knuckles

>Master System
Ghost House
Penguin Land
Teddy Boy
Zillion

>>2423392
do you need to know how to read to play herzog zwei? thinking about getting the moon version

Uh oh! Quick question... I'm realizing now that Sonic 2 is PAL only, that means I'll need a region mod right? I have a US master system of course.

>>2423408
nope, it relies on symbols and shit.

>>2423417
sweet, those are my favorite

>>2422846
Don't play many shmups so yeah this guy knows his shit.

Shining Force 2 is aight
Landstalker is great if you can tolerate the absolute reliance on d-pad diagonal jumping puzzles
Beyond Oasis best game go play it
Sonic 3
Revenge of Shinobi, Shinobi III
Alien 3
Castlevania Bloodlines underrated
Contra Hard Corps this game is looney, full of secrets and Konami easter eggs
Ecco/Tides of Time
Earthworm Jim/2 not sure if port
Road Rash 2 has this cool feature where if you whip people in the face with a chain, everyone is more likely to try to murder you in subsequent races

Alien Soldier was never released in the US and the Genesis was called Megadrive everywhere else. I hope you didn't pay much for that cart.

>>2423858
>>2422646

Light Crusader

>>2422646
well vectorman is boring as fuck and completely overrated so no surprise on.

Fuck Vectorman, boring as all shits.

Rolo To The Rescue is my jam.

>>2423916
>Fuck Vectorman, boring as all shits.

It was your vanilla bog standard 90s platform game, with gimmick transformations.

The thing is, it had INCREDIBLE graphics. The title screen alone has so much shit going on that I can't figure out how they got it working; another level does snes style mode 7, the prototype had a giant 3d vectorman running animation... and some levels are just plain aesthetically pleasing, like Nightscape.

Now the sequel, that one was boring as shit.

I say try to get a couple of Psygnosis games in your library. Puggsy, Fatal Rewind, Wiz 'n' Liz, maybe Lemmings. Some are available on other systems as well, but they play well on the Genesis. Avoid the Shadow of the Beast games -- 1 is optimized for PAL Systems, it'll play too fast on NSTC systems. Haven't played 2 to tell you enough about it, but I can only assume it may have the same issues.

I wouldn't consider myself a genesis fanboy, but it does have some great games on it:

Sonic 1-3
>awesome, fast platforming games that got me into the system
Mega Bomberman
>inferior port to the superior TG16/PCE version, but a great game nonetheless
Castlevania Bloodlines
>Great gameplay, graphics, and DAT SOUNDTRACK
Megaman Wily Wars (not available in US though)
>Pretty good port of the first 3 Megaman games with a special level unique to the Genesis
Toejam and Earl
>Great to play with a friend! DAT FUCKING SOUNDTRACK!!!!!!!
Virtua Racing
>Meh, but a good racing game nonetheless

Rampage
Astro Warrior
Alien Syndrome
R-Type
Quartet
Zillion

>>2423409
It's not hard to do. All you need is to cut a bridge on the PCB and solder the 3 pins ( each correspond to a region ) to a switch.

Pic related, it's the MS2's PCB.

Gaiares

>>2424180
>Soder

Welp.

>>2423932
Mediocre game that's acclaimed for its graphics and technical achievements? That reminds me of another 16 bit platformer...

>>2424595
Both dkc and vectorman are pretty good.
Did you try it out? It's pretty difficult, it has that r-type thing where if you die in a bad spot you're stripped of all your power ups and you might consider a reset.

Get Ranger X it's pretty great with a rocking sega soundtrack.
Also I'm a big fan of Sun Terrania but it's kind of a hard game to get into

>>2424590
Cmon, I've learned to solder when I was 8. Welding 3 wires to a switch is nothing extraordinary really.

>>2424609

I don't know, I mean I guess you gave me a bit of confidence now although I'm using an sms1, not 2. Seriously I was reading that SMS was region free but it's not huh?

>>2424590
First of all, it's solder.

Second, I have no idea why the majority of /vr/ seems to think that soldering is some sort of impossible to learn magic trick that can only be learned by wizards. It's the most basic of basic skills and if you're into old electronics it is essential to learn.

>>2423932
the graphics were not incredible. at all. it looked like shitty ugly muddy shit that was trying to pull off donkey kong country style artwork but failing miserable. it was the ugliest game i'd played on the genesis as a kid. the art style alone made me regret renting it. i've even gone back several times to see if maybe i just didn't give it a chance. nope. it's ugly as shit and boring as fuck.

>>2424641
>it's ugly as shit
Sounds like it's pulling off the DKC look perfectly

> boring as fuck
Holy shit Rare should sue!

>>2424667
hey no arguments from me. dkc2 is kinda fun though if only for diddy's handling physics. he's probably the best character to control in any sidescroller beside alucard in sotn.

>>2424667
I can still play DKC till this day and enjoy the visuals. It's funny that people consider them ugly, I find the 3D graphics for Star Fox and Mario RPG way worst.

>>2424627

Did I hurt your feelings by calling it soder by accident? Sorry for typing a simple mistake because of my shit tier phone mechanicfag.

>>2424641
Is this your interpretation with or without scanlines? The game truly does look horrible without, but with scanlines it doesn't look as bad as you make it out to seem.

>>2424691
>Did I hurt your feelings by calling it soder by accident?
No, and I don't even know where you're getting that from. I was just pointing it out.

The main point, however, is that soldering is easy and it only takes an afternoon to learn how to do it.

>>2424619
>I'm using an sms1
Alright, it's SLIGHTLY more complicated then.

Just find the 3 spots on the PCB as shown in pic related ( note that it is from a PAL SMS, B and C should normally be wired together on a NTSC console ).

Cut the wire on the A spot but leave it soldered to B (extend it using spare wire and insulating duct tape).

Solder wires to A and C and weld everything to a switch and here you go.

You're also gonna need to drill the hull of your console for the switch.

I know it doesn't sound simple, but it really is.

Pretty much any that I thought of have already been named, is Toejam and Earl a multiplat? If not then that game as well