/vr/ - Retro Games

>>5062324
The Activator is the best controller. I still have it complete in box

What kind of games do you like anon? I love the Genesis, it has so many awesome games.

Action: Revenge of Shinobi, Shinobi III, Shadow Dancer, Rolling Thunder 2 & 3, Gunstar Heroes, Alien Soldier, Contra Hard Corps, Castlevania Bloodlines, X-Men 2

Adventure: Crusader of Centy, Light Crusader, Ecco the Dolphin

Platformer: Rocket Knight Adventures, Cool Spot

RPG: Shining in the Darkness, Shining Force 1 & 2, Phantasy Star 2-4, Warsong

>>5062362

I've heard awesome things about the Phantasy Star series.

I like all kinds of stuff, recently started playing more SNES JRPG's I missed as a kid (I never played the Breath of Fire series for some reason).

>>5062369
Honestly Phantasy Star 4 far and away destroys every game that came out before it. 2 is worth playing but it's definitely dated compared to 4. 4 is just a fantastic game that stands among Chrono Trigger and FF6 easily.

>>5062324
Get Streets of Rage 2 and Shadow Dancer.

>>5062378


Phantasy Star 4 is seriously as good as Chrono Trigger???

>>5062324
thats cool. I grew up mostly playing the genesis.
Just to name a few these games are pretty cool:
Shinobi III
Road Rash 1&2
Toe Jam and Earl
Vectorman
Whip Rush
Mortal Kombat 1,2, and 3

>>5062324
I'm sure there's a lot more games other anons can recommend.

I would say my favorite ones
>Sonic 1, 2, 3 and Sonic and Knuckles. (I think 3 was the worst one though)
>Streets of Rage 1&2
>Desert Strike
>Toejam and Earl
>Shadow Run
>Columns
>Revenge of Shinobi
>Golden Axe 1&2
>Mortal Kombat 1, 2 & 3
>Beyond Oasis

Ecco the Dolphin was actually okay too.

>>5062362
>No robocop vs terminator
dafuq?

>>5062394

Is the Genesis Shadowrun better or worse than the SNES version?

>>5062458
Different games. SNES version is more about solving problems and figuring out what to do next, Genesis version is more about doing missions to grind nuyen and karma to move forward. I prefer Genesis myself.

>>5062458
I agree with the above poster. It is pretty much two different games. I also like the Genesis version better.

>>5062385
Eh...I wouldn’t say it beats it but it’s on par with it. And that’s tremendous enough already.

I bought one of these recently and it came with the wrong adapter for the tv. Doesn't look like it will be that hard to replace, but, still, I was really looking forward to playing it when I got home.

>>5062378
>>5062385
I don't want to overhype it because that can deffinitely kill a game, but I think it's easily on par with CT or FFVI.

The Shining Force games are worth checking out as well. They're not amazing, but they're solid and fun.

Ohh and Jurassic Park

>>5062324
Speedball 2

>>5062324
The six button Genesis controller was better than the Snes controller. Saturn controller is even better than both though.

>>5062324

Genesis controllers are the comfiest of all time

Ristar

>>5062324
Truxton

>>5062324
i have sega genesis and i can tell you the only game really worth playing is Quack Shot.

All multiplats are way better on snes and most exclusive are shit.

There are some dirt cheap multi carts on Aliexpress that have over 100 games for about 10 bucks. I bought 2 last October and I feel like I've barely scratched the surface with all the great games I've been playing like Castlevania, the Batman games, the Treasure games, Ristar, too many to name.

If you're wanting official games only though the 6 Pak is a pretty good place to start. It has a good variety of well known Genesis titles and it's dirt cheap these days.

Alien Soldier is peak Genesis

>>5065493
Except for Aladdin. Way better on the Genesis than SNES.

>>5065493
Bait. I can't think of a single platformer that doesn't look better on Genesis.

>>5062324
Only if you're bad enough.

>>5065493
>All multiplats are way better on snes and most exclusive are shit.
Come on now. I'm not even going to touch the b8 about the exclusives being shit, but a ton of the multiplats were superior on genesis. Genny had the better versions of Earthworm Jim, Power Rangers, Robocop vs Terminator, Aladdin, Mickey Mania, SF2, and so on.

>>5066231
SNES SF2TE > Genesis SF2CE

>>5066194
This game was way better than it had any business being.

>>5062324
Ranger X
Battle Maina
Battle Mania 2
Castlevania Bloodlines
Vector Man
Vector Man 2
Super Hang On
After Burner 2

nhl 94, golden axe, pitfighter

>>5062698
JP Rampage Edition, man that game is fun.

>>5066789
Disagree, especially since genny has the sweet 6 button controller.

>>5066194
Was Michael Jackson really big enough to warrant his own video game?

Adventures of Batman & Robin
Mega Turrican
Rolling Thunder 2 & 3
Ghouls n Ghosts
Sunset Riders (best version of the game)
Atomic Runner
High Seas Havoc

>>5066890
is this a joke?

>>5066916
good taste. Mega Turrican was fucking GOAT. I fucking love everything about that game. Super Turrican is good too but it doesn't hold a candle.

>>5066828
Disagree, that 6 button controller actually kinda sucks.

>>5067316

>>5067330

>>5067316
The dpad is great and the 6 button layout is perfect for SF. What's your issue with it?

>>5066890
He was called the "King of Pop" for a reason.

Is there an adapter that lets you use usb controllers with the Genesis

>>5067910
Genesis uses genesis controllers though. You should be asking how you can use genesis controllers on everything else.

>>5062324
You can get a cheap knockoff everdrive for it from China. I like the real cartridges, yes, and have them, but it's really damned nice to just have them all on one.

>>5067916
But I already know how to do that. I just want to know if there's a way I can use my arcade stick on it.

>>5065493
EA sports games were better on Genesis, so was MK

>>5066890

Was Fraiser Crane really big enough to warrant his own video game?

>>5068656
This was the only reason why I bought an snes.

Is it true that the model 2 has a better composite picture quality than the model 1?

Is there even a minor difference?

>>5071020
I was under the impression that all geneses had shit composite regardless. Both my model 1s have shitty jailbars when run through composite, especially on blue surfaces, as well as a rainbow effect on things like the waterfalls in sanic.

I run them through RGB nowdays though. Even if you don't have a PVM, it's totally worth it to get the RGB scart cable and one of those relatively cheap RGB-component transcoders, that way you can at least do component video on a consumer CRT. That's what I did before picking up the PVM a while back.

>>5071061
I have a rgb scart cable, eurofag so i just plug it directly into the tv. But i like the softer image composite gives, Snes composite looks great but Mega drive is way too blurry, atleast on my model 1. I heard someone say the model 2 has a little better composite image, not by much but still.

>>5062324
Comix Zone

>>5071358
I've never even come close to beating this game. One life and no continues, fucking hell.

>>5071293
If you can get one of the VA4 model 2s with the Sony CXA1645 encoder the composite will be relatively good, free of the obvious rainbow banding present on model 1s. Of course the sound quality will be markedly worse than a pre-VA7 model 1. Personally I prefer just using a 32X, which also has the Sony encoder, but those have gotten expensive lately thanks to LE HIDDEN GEM YouTube trash.

>>5071413
>but those have gotten expensive lately thanks to LE HIDDEN GEM YouTube trash.
damn, you're right. I just checked pricecharting and that shit has tripled compared to what they used to be a few years back. Can't imagine why though. The "le hidden gem" meme is annoying, but the 32x is probably one of the systems where you can legitimately say that there are NO HIDDEN GEMS. There's Knuckles, Kolibri, Shadow Squadron, and a bunch of arcade ports that, while good, are on other systems like the saturn or playstation.

>>5071413
Thanks! Ill be on the lookout for a VA4 then.

>>5071413
Btw isthere any easy way to recognize this revision without opening the console?

>>5062324
The Sonic line: Sonic the Hedgehog, Sonis 2, Sonic 3, Sonic and Knuckles.
Golden Axe 1 & 2
Streets of Rage 1& 2,
Flashback: The Quest For Identity
Earthworm Jim 1 & 2

If you want something neat but hard as balls Chakan the Forever Man

If you want something really awesome but has controls unlike other games Ranger X

>>5071520
Chakan is pretty trash imo. There are far better action-platformers on the system. Xmen 2, Rocket Knight Adventures, Gunstar Heroes, Strider, Shinobi series, and much more.

Ranger X is fucking cool. I recommend anyone buying it to also get a six-button controller too. It plays much better that way.

>>5071510
Yes, you can flip the console over and look at the vents. The VA4 motherboard is smaller, so there will be some empty space visible. See here: https://segaretro.org/Mega_Drive_PCB_revisions

>>5071467
Yeah, I was fortunate enough to get basically every worthwhile game in the fire sale at EOL, and pick up Kolibri a couple years ago. It's hilarious how having 25% of the console library means owning ten games.

>>5071547
Danke schön!

>>5062324
Genesis sucks Genesass lol