Mega Drive Master Race

[Anonymous No.4592930]

Let's have a thread for the best retro console.

>best platformer
Dynamite Headdy.

>best jab & jog
Streets of Rage 2.

>best run & gun
Contra Hard Corps.

>best Metroidvania
Monster World III.

>best shmup
Trouble Shooter Vintage.

>best strategy game
Herzog Zwei.

>best walking simulator
Toejam & Earl.

>best puzzle game
Puyo Puyo Tsu.

Also FM synth > SNES' PCM samples.

[Anonymous No.4592973]

fart sounds xd

[Anonymous No.4593010]

>>4592930
>Puyo Puyo Tsu.
>Tsu
How I know you're a fucking faggot?

[Anonymous No.4593027]

>>4593010
You've sucked a lot of cocks in your life, so you know how to spot one?

[Anonymous No.4593176]

>>4592930
>Streets of Rage 2.
Bare Knuckle 3 is better in every way.
>Toejam & Earl.
Absolute garbage

[Anonymous No.4593195]

>Dynamite headdy
That's not super Mario world

>Monster World III.
That's not super metroid

>Trouble Shooter Vintage.
That's not super r-type

>Herzog Zwei.
That's not tactics ogre

>Toejam & Earl.
lmaoing @ ur lyfe

>Puyo Puyo Tsu.
That's not lemmings

[Anonymous No.4593202]

>>4593195
Forgot
>contra hard corps
That's not super smash tv

[Anonymous No.4593210]

>>4593195
Porn thread must have gotten deleted on /v/, huh

[Anonymous No.4593234]

>>4593195
>Nintentards

[Anonymous No.4593240]

>>4593195
>super r-type
meh..

[Anonymous No.4593243]

op forgot best sports game (mutant football league) and best jrpg (lunar 2) if we count add-ons

[Anonymous No.4593248]

>>4592930
>best retro console
Good joke, made my day

[Anonymous No.4593254]

>>4593195
>super r-type
OK, you're just a Nintendo fanboy. Who the fuck would play Super R-Type when you can play R-Type 2 Arcade? Yeah, people that only play games on Nintendo consoles.
>>4593202
LMFAO, not even the same genre and, again, Smash TV Arcade? C'mon, this is a disgrace to /vr/, even if trolling

[Anonymous No.4593381]

>>4593176
Sor3 is better mechanically but the level design is fucking garbage.

Also it's missing my husbando Max.

[Anonymous No.4593385]

>>4593195
Sega had Lemmings and it was pretty good. Part 2 even has mouse support but I don't really like all the new lemming types you need to memorize.

[Anonymous No.4593535]

>>4593195
enjoying Tactics Ogre in Japanese, huh?
>he can't even find an equivalent to T&E
pathetic.

[Anonymous No.4593635]

mega drive is best console

when i grow up i want to be a mega drive

[Anonymous No.4593636]

ATOMIC RUNNER

[Anonymous No.4593657]

>>4592930
>Also FM synth > SNES' PCM samples.

you're an idiot. megadrive audio could never compare to the SNES audio chip (spc700).

does megadrive playback 16-bit samples out of the box? NO.
does the megadrive offer digital signal processing for reverb and echo effects on -any channel-? TOP KEK HELL NO.

The YM chip in the megadrive was ancient as fuck when the console was released. you know absolutely nothing about computer or audio hardware, because if you did, you wouldn't write such misleading fucking bullshit.

please take your dangerously low IQ back to lereddit or whatever shithole you came from.

[Anonymous No.4593661]

>>4593657
This is weaponized autism, we must cherish it dearly.

[Anonymous No.4593663]

>>4593661
btfo, clueless idiot. back to lereddit.

[Anonymous No.4593676]

>>4593657
Genesis sounds like actual chiptunes. SNES sounds like a really shitty """cd player""" or whatever the fuck they marketed its sound as.

[Anonymous No.4593861]

>>4593195
Good thing that I had this image.

[Anonymous No.4593867]

>>4592930
>best platformer
Super Metroid
>best jab & jog
Super Metroid
>best run & gun
Super Metroid
>best Metroidvania
Metal Slug 3
>best shmup
Super Metroid
>best strategy game
Super Metroid
>best walking simulator
Super Metroid
>best puzzle game
Super Metroid

[Anonymous No.4593871]

>>4593676
snes sounds like creamy smooth synth
brinstar depths yunno

[Anonymous No.4593875]

>>4593871
by brinstar depths i mean red soil
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pim1s_DBR64

[Anonymous No.4593919]

MD really is great. But if you didn't grow up with both SNES and MD, you missed out.

[Anonymous No.4593923]

>>4593919
MD and TG-16, you mean.

SNES was only good if you were one of those JRPG weirdos.

[Anonymous No.4593924]

>>4593923
SNES and MD have bigger, more variated libraries than the PCE. Especially if we talk the western TG16. Still 4th gen was awesome in general.

[Anonymous No.4593927]

Try to find another video game company with a great history of horrible decisions like Sega.

You can't

All those games, all that potential in their consoles. A waste.

[Anonymous No.4593929]

>>4593923
Or if you think Sonic and Earthworm Jim were mediocre platformers.

[Anonymous No.4593938]

>>4592930
*blocks your path*

[Anonymous No.4594000]

>>4592930
>best platformer
Sonic the Hedgehog 3 & Knuckles
>best belt-scroller
Streets of Rage 2
>best run & gun
Gunstar Heroes
>best Metroidvania
Monster World III
>best shmup
GleyLancer
>best strategy game
Dune II
>best walking simulator
ToeJam & Earl
>best puzzle game
Puyo Puyo Tsuu
>best JRPG
Lunar II: Eternal Blue (CD)
>best WRPG
Starflight
>best text adventure
Snatcher (CD)
>best Zelda-like
The Story of Thor
>best racing game
Jaguar XJ220 (CD)

[Anonymous No.4594012]

>best platformer
Rocket Knight Adventures

>best beat 'em up
Golden Axe 2/Streets of Rage 2 (love em both)

>best run & gun
Gunstar Heroes

>best metroidvania
never played any on genesis

>best shmup
Gleylancer or Thunderforce III

>best strategy game
Shining Force

>best walking simulator
Toejam & Earl

>best puzzle game
Columns

[Anonymous No.4594026]

>>4592930
>jab & jog

[Anonymous No.4594028]

>>4594026
It's just another term for belt scrollers, no big deal. I like Alien Storm the best though.

[Anonymous No.4594078]

>>4592930
>>best platformer
jump'n'run you illiterate

[Anonymous No.4594110]

>>4594078
Pit Hells

[Anonymous No.4594246]

>Grew up with Nintendo/Super Nintendo
>Never got Sega Genesis because mom refused to buy two systems that "do the same thing"
>Cousin had a Genesis and shit was pretty awesome playing Aladin, and all the Sonic Games
>Purchased a damn near mint CDX with a new internal battery last week
>Excited to finally play some good Genesis games and even what few good Sega CD games are out there
>Go to a local pawn shop and buy a couple of Genesis games (Altered Beast, Sonic and Knuckles, and Sonic 2)
>Burn a few good Sega CD games
>tfw they all look like shit since I don't own any tube/CRT TV's.

Is there any way around this? I really don't have room for a CRT TV in my game room, and I've never needed one since all of my other older games look fine on my old Plasma flat screen.

[Anonymous No.4594446]

>>4594000
>Gunstar Heroes
Most overrated Genesis game. Only 3 levels from that game are any good, rest are shit.

[Anonymous No.4594469]

>>4594000
>>4594446
Treasure is my favorite Japanese dev and even I can admit Gunstar Heroes is overrated. That level leading up to not-bison was really lazily designed. I'm shocked more people don't talk about it. Also Ristar>>>>Sonic.

[Anonymous No.4594474]

>>4594469
Also the weapon combining was poorly balanced. There's a reason no run and gun since has bothered to copy it including the fucking sequel.

[Anonymous No.4594483]

>>4594026
>>4594028
It's called a bmup. This is the accepted nomenclature.

[Anonymous No.4594498]

>>4593929
>Or if you think Sonic and Earthworm Jim were mediocre platformers.
Why does it always come back to Sanic with you Nintendildos?

Is it because it's the only SEGA IP autistic enough to pique your interests?

[Anonymous No.4594640]

>>4594246
The Genesis is notorious for its garbage composite out. Your other consoles definitely look like trash as well, but your Genny will look like extra trash. The simplest way around it is a tube TV, however you're still using the same shitty connection. For a more practical alternative, HD Retrovision makes Genesis YPbPr Component cables, which look ten times better on a flat screen. They will however run you about $50, but if you're serious about playing Genesis, it's probably the simplest way to go.

[Anonymous No.4594643]

>16-bit console war thread
>in 2018

[Anonymous No.4594686]

>>4594640
I use RGB SCART cable with my Genesis, and it looks great, the colors really pop and the picture is really clear. But yeah if you are using composhit you will get a bad picture, but that isn’t the consoles fault, it’s the crap video cable.

[Anonymous No.4594690]

>>4594643
James Spader letting himself go a little

[Anonymous No.4594712]

>>4592930
>>4593195
such sad choices in shooters

get a pc engine if you want a real "fly and bomb"

[Anonymous No.4594727]

>>4594712
Xeviouslikes

[Anonymous No.4594729]

So many great games, how can nintenyearolds be so delusional. I suppose they can't beat games that do not feature slowdowns, kek.
>Akchually nintendo invented bullet time before matrix and max payne

[Anonymous No.4594738]

>>4594640
>Your other consoles definitely look like trash as well,
Except they probably don't. He said he's using an old plasma flat screw. Older systems look and play just fine on those old plasma screens (they don't even sell them anymore and haven't for years now). Like you said, the genesis cables are just shit in general, and the image isn't all that great on my trinitron either when I use the standard cables.

>retrovision composite cables for $50
Solid advice. Except they've been out of stock for a while now and prices on eBay have sky rocketed. He'd be lucky to find a set of those cables for 100 bucks now.

Best advice is to just emulate on your computer, or get an HD clone console to play it on a flat screen.

[Anonymous No.4594897]

>>4594712
Hudson STGs aren't any better than what you can find on the Genny.

[Anon No.4594923]

>>4594446
>gunstar heros is bad
Just hold on

[Anonymous No.4594934]

>>4594897
enjoy your boring Toaplan games

although Truxton and Twin Cobra, the two best ones, are both better on pce anyway

[Anonymous No.4594950]

>>4594934
Fire Shark was the best Toaplan shooter, and its only home release was for dat Megadrive.

SEGA always wins, baybee.

[Anonymous No.4594954]

>>4594934
I doubt he's counting ports, it would make more sense to really only consider the made for Gen/MD shooters such as the popular Technosoft games.
>>4594950
Interesting opinion, I haven't seen many guys here saying Fire Shark is their favorite Toaplan shooter.
To be fair, I've seen varied opinions on that regard: Flying Shark, Hellfire, Truxton...

[Anonymous No.4595070]

>>4594498
australia-kun pls go

[Anonymous No.4595417]

Playing some Puyo Puyo on my Mega Drive and I can't help but want a good arcade stick.

Any recommendations? Preferably microswitched.

[Anonymous No.4595435]

>>4595417
the japanese version of the arcade power stick is microswitched

[Anonymous No.4595450]

>>4595435
Nice, didn't know that. The 3 button, 6 button, or both?

[Anonymous No.4595573]

>>4595450
both but I don't think the buttons are, only the stick. check it out

[Anonymous No.4595635]

>>4595573
Will do. Thanks, anon.

[Anonymous No.4597083]

Should I play Popful Mail or Monster World IV next?

[Anonymous No.4597456]

Name me a PC-Engine shooter better than Thunder Force IV (protip: you can't)

[Anonymous No.4597485]

>>4597456
Air Zonk

[Anonymous No.4597524]

>>4597456
Nexzr
Air Zonk
Gradius II

[Anonymous No.4598675]

Since there's a genesis thread, might as well try my luck. Can anyone tell me that the title of this game? I used to play it a lot back when I was 10 but I forgot the title completely. It's basically:

>a first person shooter with airplanes
>you have to travel from country to country battling terrorists with your experimental aircraft
>boss fights are a 2-step process, with the 2nd one being a huge freaking UFOs or something
>if you ran out of fuel while going from country to country it's game over.
I tried my best drawing what the game looks like with 10000 hours in mspaint.
Thanks in advance.

[Anonymous No.4598686]

>best retro console
>it sounds like farts

[Anonymous No.4598709]

>>4598686
stop playing shitty US genesis games and play more Japanese genesis games

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IvszxdJNvtE

[Anonymous No.4598895]

>>4598686
>not having a fart fetish
boy...

[Anonymous No.4599017]

>>4598686
Can you get rid of this shit already?
https://desuarchive.org/vr/search/image/TZJSZ8ucRIctU8UlZRH_3g/

[Anonymous No.4599020]

>>4599017
No.

[Anonymous No.4599068]

>>4597083
Monster World IV is better by a fucking mile.

[Anonymous No.4599071]

>>4594923
overrated =/= bad

[Anonymous No.4599103]

>>4599017
>getting butthurt over using the same reaction image more than once

[Anonymous No.4599142]

>>4599103
You used it like twenty times in one morning

[Anonymous No.4599174]

Will there ever be a game as perfect as Alien Soldier ever again lads?

[Anonymous No.4599179]

>>4599174
>lads
kill yourself

[Anonymous No.4599181]

>>4599179
Don't cut yourself on that edge.

[Anonymous No.4599189]

>>4599174
It's just a 2d bayonetta.

[Anonymous No.4599194]

>>4599174
Metal Slug 3

[Anonymous No.4599245]

>>4599142
This is your first day on 4chan, I'll be your guide.

[Anonymous No.4599470]

>>4593636
I had this game on a watch

[Anonymous No.4599494]

No love for Strider?

[Anonymous No.4599765]

>>4599494
Ghosts 'n Goblins is the superior Capcom port.

Programmed by the LEGENDARY Yuji Naka himself.

[Anonymous No.4599789]

>>4599765
I played that back in the day too. I enjoyed it enough to complete it but fuck that game.

[Anonymous No.4599820]

>>4598686
>farts
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kR0GHB6FuVM

[Anonymous No.4599839]

>>4599765
it's not a better port, it was only a 5 mb rom

missing a lot of detail on certain levels compared to the supergrafx version

[Anonymous No.4599849]

>>4599765
Enjoy your inaccurate hitboxes.

[Anonymous No.4599856]

>>4598686
Riiiiiggght...
Its games certainly sound better than most for the PC-engine without its CD-ROM add-onn

[Anonymous No.4601993]

>>4592930

For an anon who's never owned a Genesis in any capacity before, what model would provide the best bang for one's buck if I was tight on apartment space and wanted to play off an Everdrive plus the occasional yard sale pickup?

Would a Nomad be worth considering? Or is it a meme/genuinely inferior SKU in spite of its portability that doesn't justify the premium?

[Anonymous No.4602002]

>>4601993
Kega Fusion would be the best bang for your buck.

[Anonymous No.4602032]

>>4598895
farts are only good when they come out of a girl with a large butt

[Anonymous No.4602098]

>>4602032
tru
tri

[Anonymous No.4602113]

>>4602032
>farts are only good when they come out of a girl with a large butt

>tfw that mudflap effect

[Anonymous No.4602121]

>>4592930
>best shmup
>not pic related

[Anonymous No.4602267]

>>4598675
Air Diver

[Anonymous No.4602270]

>>4601993
>For an anon who's never owned a Genesis in any capacity before...
Why would you drop all that money on hardware + and Everdrive for a platform you've never played? Just emulate first and see if there's anything in the library you actually want to own. And there are cheaper Flash carts than EDs that have virtually the same compatibility.

[Anonymous No.4602283]

>>4602270

>Why would you drop all that money on hardware + and Everdrive for a platform you've never played? Just emulate first and see if there's anything in the library you actually want to own. And there are cheaper Flash carts than EDs that have virtually the same compatibility.

Because I've already found at least 5 games I want to own for it, of course. Also, playing games on their original hardware is a feeling that an emulator can't match.

[Anonymous No.4602294]

>>4602283
>Also, playing games on their original hardware is a feeling that an emulator can't match.
I was only recommending it so you can get a better understanding of the system's library. Then it would make more sense to invest in real hardware.

[Anonymous No.4602296]

>>4599856
>Its games certainly sound better

yeah buddy, just compare those street fighter ii voices

[Anonymous No.4602306]

>>4602294

>I was only recommending it so you can get a better understanding of the system's library. Then it would make more sense to invest in real hardware.

That's a fair enough point, I suppose. Though I'm curious as to what you would recommend for someone dead-set on real hardware given how fragmented the ecosystem is, since from your earlier point, it sounds like Genesis SKUs can quickly become money pits.

[Anonymous No.4602307]

>>4594000
>Streets-of-Rage-Bare-Knuckle-Sega-Genesis-Mega-Drive-MD-Master-System-MS-Game-Gear-GG-8-bit-Pixel-Art-Xtreme-Retro.png

[Anonymous No.4602310]

>>4602294

>I was only recommending it so you can get a better understanding of the system's library. Then it would make more sense to invest in real hardware.

That's a fair enough point, I suppose. Though I'm curious as to what you would recommend for someone dead-set on real hardware given how fragmented the ecosystem is, since from your earlier point, it sounds like Genesis SKUs can quickly become money pits.

[Anonymous No.4602331]

>>4602306
>Though I'm curious as to what you would recommend

Hardware version of games? Model 1 seems to have the best sound output, and there are neat features built into the base such as a headphone jack. It seems to be the preferred hardware version among enthusiasts.

As for games, I'm not sure what genres you normally play. I guess I could throw around some general recommendations, but I'll try to avoid anything too common.

>Castlevania: Bloodlines
>Contra: Hard Corps
>Devil Crash and Dragon's Revenge
Awesome pinball games with a fantasy theme. The first one is pretty heavily censored outside of Japan, so try the Japanese ROM.
>Fatal Labyrinth
If you like console roguelikes.
>Golden Axe II
>King of the Monsters series
Sort of like Smash Bros. for Genesis, but with a dash of Godzilla.
>Lightening[sic] Force
Really fast paced shoot-'em-up that lets you choose your level order from the start.
>Mega Bomberman
It's a port of Bomberman '94 originally for TG16. This port has some issues with slowdown, but it's nonetheless a great game, especially for multiplayer arena battles.
>Nobunaga's Ambition and Romance of the Three Kingdoms III
Grand strategy games from Koei. The learning curve is pretty steep, but Nobunaga is a good place to start since the mechanics are more simplified compared to RotK.
>Sagaia
It's an entry in the Darius series, but I'm not sure which numbered sequel it is. Another shoot-'em-up.
>Shadow Dancer
The Shinobi games are pretty common, but this is easily the best of the bunch. Very solid difficulty, cool stages, and you have a controllable canine companion.
>Super Fantasy Zone
Import, but there's no Japanese text aside from the intro scene. It's another shoot-'em-up, but more in the style of Defender with cutesy graphics.
>Vectorman series
>Virtua Racing

[Anonymous No.4602636]

>>4593861
If /v/ existed back then, who would be the equivalent to Sony posters? Nintendo or Sega?

[Anonymous No.4602695]

>>4602636

Sony basically stole Sega's "cool and edgy" niche for itself with a more cinematic bent, so Sonyposters would most likely be Segaposters.

Funnily enough, the whole PS4-era shittalking about Sony being dead in Japan and dependent on Europe to keep it going could more or less be recycled verbatim for Sega in the SNES/Genesis era.

[Anonymous No.4602707]

>>4602695
Said cinematic bent changes things much more than you think. Sony 5th gen babies are essentially modern gamers to me. I'd rather deal with people that, even if their attitude is questionable, at least play for the game mechanics (see: Cee). Discussion is far better with them, both the topics and the substance of the arguments and the like.
>>4602121
This is actually among my favorite made for console shooter.

[Anonymous No.4603751]

>>4602331
>Shadow Dancer for best Shinobi

Odd choice. I'd rank the arcade games, the game gear games, Revenge and even III over that game.

[Anonymous No.4603757]

>>4592930
why the fuck is just one game more expensive than the entire console itself

[Anonymous No.4603832]

>>4593867
All of these are true. Best game of the 4th generation by a mile

[Anonymous No.4603895]

>>4603832
Sure, if you're shit at games.

Once you get the space jump and screw attack you become a literal god and have no chance of ever dying.

[Anonymous No.4603973]

>>4603895

Not an argument. Casual games can still be good games, too.

[Anonymous No.4604389]

>>4603973
Fuck off back to playing Farmville on Facebook, then.

[Anonymous No.4604624]

>>4602707
Here's a Super(Golden) Segabro. No gloss yet, though.

[Anonymous No.4604659]

>>4593195
Lemmings belongs to Amiga.

[Anonymous No.4604690]

>>4604624
WHIRRRRRRRRRRRR

[Anonymous No.4604763]

>>4598686
>best retro console
>it sounds like compressed midi played under a mattress

[Anonymous No.4604887]

>>4599494
Strider is overrated.

[Anonymous No.4604901]

>>4604690
That would be Sonybro absorbing all of Nintenbro and Segabro's third party games.

[Anonymous No.4605320]

This isn't the first time I tried gloss, but I think I did worse than that time.
Oh, well. Here goes.

[Anonymous No.4606414]

>>4604901

Still applies for Segabro absorbing Nintenbro's market share outside of Japan in the SNES era.

[Anonymous No.4606437]

>>4594643
Robert California?

[Anonymous No.4606456]

>>4595417
To anyone looking for a Mega Drive/Genesis stick, I recommend the DOCS Arcade Command if you come across one. Micro switches in the stick and buttons and super cheap. Got one NIB for like $30.