/vr/ - Retro Games

[Anonymous No.8203450]

How many of the Top 60 Sega Mega Drive / Genesis platformers has /vr/ completed?

Revenge of Shinobi
Shadow Dancer (better than Arcade)
Shinobi III
E-SWAT (better than Arcade)
Castle of Illusion
Quackshot
World of Illusion
Ristar
Sonic
Sonic 2
Sonic 3&K
Michael Jackson's Moonwalker
Mystic Defender
Jewel Master
Rocket Knight Adventures
Sparkster / Rocket Knight 2 (better than SNES)
Tiny Toons (best retro game based on the IP)
Animaniacs (best retro game based on the IP)
Castlevania Bloodlines
Contra Hardcore
McDonald's Treasureland Adventure (best retro game based on the IP)
Dynamite Headdy
Gunstar Heroes
Alien Soldier
High Seas Havoc
Atomic Runner Chelnov (best version of the game)
Magical Taruruuto-kun
Pulseman
Rolling Thunder 3
Marvel Land (best version of the game)
Decap Attack
Socket
Assault Suit Leynos
Ranger X
El Viento
Alisia Dragoon
Ghostbusters (best retro game based on the IP)
The Flintstones (best retro game based on the IP)
Wani Wani World (better than the Berlin Wall)
Snow Bros. (best version of the game)
Kid Chameleon
Vectorman
Vectorman 2
Tom Mason's Dinosaurs for Hire
Spiderman vs. the Kingpin (best retro game based on the IP)
X-Men 2: Clone Wars (best retro game based on the IP)
Adventures of Batman & Robin (better than SNES)
Donald in Maui Mallard (better than SNES)
Earthworm Jim (better than SNES)
Earthworm Jim 2 (better than SNES when using the hackrom that implements weapon swapping)
Cool Spot (better than SNES)
Aladdin (better than SNES)
Mickey Mania (better than SNES)
Toy Story (better than SNES)
Chuck Rock 2: Son of Chuck
Misadventures of Flink
Mega Turrican (best in the series)
Tinhead
Bubble & Squeak
Wiz 'n Liz: The Fwantic Wabbit Wescue

[Anonymous No.8204158]

>>8203450
Probably only the sonic games and I've got a few endings from contra hard corps.

[Anonymous No.8204164]

This thread again? It already got deleted, mods were making fun of australia kun on discord

[Anonymous No.8204534]

>>8203450
That's a shit top 60 for the system. Out of that list, I've played a vast majority of them. However, I have only (from what I can see) beaten 8. My favourite is likely Dynamite Headdy. Probably half of the games listed (if not more) aren't that great (e.g. Vectorman, Moonwalker, Kid Chameleon, E-Swat and Earthworm Jim are average at best). Your lack of SOR is disturbing. Also, you are missing Landstalker and Ghouls 'n' Ghosts.

[Anonymous No.8204540]

>>8204534
Fuck, I didn't read the post properly.

[Anonymous No.8204550]

>>8203450
With a few exceptions, the cover art is more interesting than the game itself for most of these

Already played and beat the majority of the hits on any past system

[Anonymous No.8204554]

>>8204534
Kid chameleon and mega turrican are good. But you're right most of those aren't that fun anyway

[Anonymous No.8204559]

>>8203450
looking through the list, about half of them, also played them on that exact model revision in your pic

[Anonymous No.8204879]

>>8203450
>no Devil Hunter Yohko
OP, I...

[Anonymous No.8204882]

>>8203450

most of these are not platformers
god the definition has expanded so much its meaningless
you might as well call every 2d side scroller a platformer

[Anonymous No.8204943]

>>8204879
DID YOU KNOW? The creator of the Umihara Kawase series made that game.

[Anonymous No.8204954]

>>8204879
Serious lack of Dahna: Megami Tanjō as well

[Anonymous No.8204979]

>>8203450
Sonic 1
Sonic 2
Revenge of Shinobi
Shinobi III (not 100% sure though)
Shadow Dancer
Ristar
Vectorman (not sure)
Vectorman 2
Flink
Castlevania Bloodlines
Adventures of Batman & Robin

[Anonymous No.8204984]

>no Valis III

[Anonymous No.8205134]

>>8204984
Isn't that better on the PC Engine? No point in including it in a Genesis best of list.

[Anonymous No.8205226]

>>8205134
PC Engine is the complete game, but the MD version has better control and some redrawn sprites. V3 should have ended up on Sega CD with the PCE music and extra levels, along with MD's 3 action buttons and improved sprite detail/multi-scrolling

[Anonymous No.8205230]

>>8205226
here's the PCE version of the same boss fight

[Anonymous No.8205257]

I beat twelve

Revenge of Shinobi
Shadow Dancer (better than Arcade)
Shinobi III
Sonic
Sonic 2
Mystic Defender
Castlevania Bloodlines
Contra Hardcore
Gunstar Heroes
Rolling Thunder 3
Earthworm Jim (better than SNES)
Aladdin (better than SNES)

[Anonymous No.8205295]

>>8203450
I've beaten Shadow Dancer, Spider-Man vs. Kingpin, Aladdin, Gunstar Heroes, Sonic 1 and 2, Rocket Knight Adventures, Moonwalker, and Rolling Thunder 2. Maybe Vectorman and Earthworm Jim but I dont remember.

[Anonymous No.8205423]

>>8203450
Shinobi III, Quackshot, Ristar, Gunstar Heroes, and all the Sonics; I’ve played lots of others but haven’t completed. also completed some off-genre ones like Streets of Rage 2 and Toejam & Earl.

[Anonymous No.8205426]

>>8203450
>Revenge of Shinobi
>Shinobi III
>Quackshot
>Ristar
>Sonic
>Sonic 2
>Sonic 3
> Sonic & Knuckles
> Sonic 3 + Knuckles
>Michael Jackson's Moonwalker
>Rocket Knight Adventures
>Castlevania Bloodlines
>Contra Hardcore
>Dynamite Headdy
>Gunstar Heroes
>Pulseman
>Rolling Thunder 3
>Ranger X
>Ghostbusters (best retro game based on the IP)
>Vectorman
>Spiderman vs. the Kingpin (best retro game based on the IP)
>X-Men 2: Clone Wars (best retro game based on the IP)
>Adventures of Batman & Robin (better than SNES)
>Earthworm Jim (better than SNES)
>Earthworm Jim 2 (better than SNES when using the hackrom that implements weapon swapping)
>Cool Spot (better than SNES)
>Aladdin (better than SNES)
>Mega Turrican (best in the series)

All of these from that list. Plus many other titles that are unlicted.

[Anonymous No.8205447]

>Aladdin (better than SNES)
SNES doesn’t even have a version of this game though; it has a completely different aladdin tie-in game which is way more generic and kiddie. shouldn’t have even acknowledged it.

>Earthworm Jim 2 (better than SNES when using the hackrom that implements weapon swapping)
what’s better about it? I agree with you on Toy Story and some of the others (most were ported from genesis to SNES) but I’m skeptical about this one.

[Anonymous No.8206175]

Completed

Revenge of Shinobi
Shadow Dancer (better than Arcade)
Shinobi III
E-SWAT (better than Arcade)
Sonic
Sonic 2
Sonic 3&K
Contra Hardcore
Gunstar Heroes
Rolling Thunder 2 [I never tried 3]
Decap Attack
Assault Suit Leynos
Ranger X
El Viento
Alisia Dragoon
Kid Chameleon
Vectorman
Spiderman vs. the Kingpin (best retro game based on the IP)
Didn't/couldn't complete

Castlevania Bloodlines
Alien Soldier
Atomic Runner Chelnov (best version of the game)
Pulseman
Adventures of Batman & Robin (better than SNES)
Chuck Rock 2: Son of Chuck


Haven't tried the rest

[Anonymous No.8207183]

>>8205447
>what’s better about it? I agree with you on Toy Story and some of the others (most were ported from genesis to SNES) but I’m skeptical about this one.

I think Earthworm Jim 2 is pretty identical for both the SNES and Genesis/ Mega Drive versions. They are much closer in content, in comparison to EWJ1. Both games, have all the same stages. The SNES game does have a higher colour pallet and additional background details and such. The Genesis/ Mega Drive game, is higher resolution. Some staged like the Peter Puppy ones are a little easier because of the slightly higher resolution, since you can see further. The Salamander Stage on the Genesis/ Mega Drive has a neat hardware effect that causes the stage to 'shake', not seen in other versions. The SNES game does have weapon swapping, but this was also the case for EWJ1 as well. I never really found the weapon swapping to affect the game much. Though, in some cases getting weapons like the bubble gun can be a hazard in the Genesis/ Mega Drive game, as you can't swap to another weapon.;

[Anonymous No.8207187]

>>8205226
>>8205230
PCE boss looks better

[Anonymous No.8207208]

>>8203450
>Contra Hardcore

[Anonymous No.8207289]

>>8207208
That's how you pronounce it, not "corpse" like a dead body.

[Anonymous No.8207298]

>>8207208
Yeah it's a stupid autism.
>D-D-DDDDID YOU KNOW!? it's pronouncing hard core! I'm no casual! I'm HARD CORE!
it reeks of 2000s/2010s zoomer shit, the way they get a rush every time they can correct someone on how to pronounce it.
I personally just go with "the sega Contra" as I always have, and be done with it.
Also wow, all that console war bait in OP's post.

[Anonymous No.8207314]

>>8207208
Don't worry about him, he meant Probotector

[Anonymous No.8207340]

>>8207298
This post reeks of insecurity. Why does it having the name Hardcore trigger you so hard?

[Anonymous No.8207572]

>>8207298
what the fuck are you talking about? theres literally no other possible interpretation of the pronunciation of Contra Hard Corps.

[Anonymous No.8207709]

>>8207340
Not that anon, but the whole "hardcore" and "casual" buzzwords are not retro-related, nobody used these words in terms of video games back then, it was only during the 2000s that internet media outlets started using terms such as "casual" and "hardcore", same thing with the term "gamer". Sure, you can probably nitpick a handful of articles from before the year 2000 that use the term "hardcore" or "gamer" in some instance that may or may not be related to the way these words are used today, but in general those weren't part of the general lexicon at all.

[Anonymous No.8207845]

>>8207183
in my opinion EWJ1 has better music on genesis, EWJ2 has better music on snes

[Anonymous No.8208214]

>>8207845
>in my opinion EWJ1 has better music on genesis, EWJ2 has better music on snes

It's more than just better music. A large chunk of the audio samples were cut out of the SNES game too. Genesis/ Mega Drive have has a lot more voices and sound effects. I don't think the SNES version is bad. I like it. But the Sega Genesis version is the definitive one for me. But with Jim 2, I prefer the SNES port just a little more. Even though the Genesis/ Mega Drive version is fine, if you don't mind the lack of weapon swapping.

[Anonymous No.8208626]

>>8207289
or corps as in army corps, dumbass

[Anonymous No.8209000]

>>8203450
Revenge of Shinobi

Probably the hardest one on the list lol

[Anonymous No.8209006]

>>8203450
Only Sonic 2. It was one of the first games I beat back in 92. Hopefully more soon because I have a Genesis and everdrive on the way.

[Anonymous No.8209486]

>>8209000
Aside from the bullshit jump in the dock level Revenge isn't that bad once you get a handle on the controls.

[Anonymous No.8209495]

>>8203450
I beat
>Shadow Dancer (better than Arcade)
>Shinobi III
>Sonic
>Sonic 2
>Castlevania Bloodlines
>Contra Hard Corps
>Vectorman
>Vectorman 2
>X-Men 2: Clone Wars (best retro game based on the IP)
>Earthworm Jim (better than SNES)
>Earthworm Jim 2 (better than SNES when using the hackrom that implements weapon swapping)
>Cool Spot (better than SNES)
>Aladdin (better than SNES)
>Toy Story (better than SNES)

Contra is called Hard Corps (The Hard Corps in Japan). It's a play on the word "hardcore", but it's not literally called hardcore.

[Anonymous No.8210162]

>>8203450
I've completed
>Sonic 1/2/3&K (easy as hell)
>Shadow Dancer (god, the final boss is stupid)
>Gunstar Heroes (cheesed the hell out of it)
>Ristar- actually wait, I don't know if I finished this one lol

really should sit down and try and finish Chelnov, I've played that game a bunch and never got to the end; same with Ranger-X
I'm bad at Contra HC and Alien Soldier, it'll be ages before I finish them
a lot of this list, I just don't care enough to finish (I've played a bunch of Mystic Defender, but like, it's eh)
tried E-Swat on Genesis, that game pisses me off
El Viento is super jank

also man, it feels weird
I'm pretty sure I've never played any Earthworm Jim.

[Anonymous No.8210172]

Why is OP so obsessed with SNES? Rent free

[Anonymous No.8210186]

>>8203450
>Adventures of Batman & Robin (better than SNES)
Only if you prefer to play a run&gun where your character just happens to look like Batman, rather than a game where it actually feels like you're Batman.

[Anonymous No.8210213]

>>8210186
wow yeah lore accuracy is totally where genesis games start being fun.

[Anonymous No.8210259]

>>8210172
Dumbest nu-4chan meme. You can't just scream "RENT FREE" whenever someone says something true that you don't like hearing.

[Anonymous No.8210286]

>>8210186
this is the shittiest, dumbest complaint about the game
rather than attacking the shitty, padded out levels that are entirely vehicles to deliver cool looking raster effects instead of be fun to play (I'm still mad at how long that shoot-em-up stage is, holy shit)

[Anonymous No.8210416]

>>8210286
>game has shoot 'em up stage that's longer than the entire length of most shoot 'em ups.
Love that game but holy shit every time.

[Anonymous No.8210437]

>>8210259
>something true
The point is you have the super nintendo rent free, doesn't matter if you like it or hate it.. You think about it every day. Which is nice.

[Anonymous No.8210475]

>>8210437
I know, right? Thinking about retro games on a board for retro games. Haha, what a loser.

[Anonymous No.8210485]

>>8210475
Yeah but every single day? Kind of freaky
I only come to this board a few days per week but I see his posts from every single day on threads.
Loser doesn't have a life, most of his posts I encounter around are from weekends.

[Anonymous No.8210498]

>>8210485
>every person that bashes the Super Nintendo is the same person on /vr/
Obsessed and, dare I say it? Schizopilled.

[Anonymous No.8210515]

>>8210498
The super nintendo, forever rent free inside of you

[Anonymous No.8210517]

>>8210498
talking about yourself, auster? Your forced memes are so low iq

[Anonymous No.8210531]

Alien3, criminally underrated

[Anonymous No.8210725]

>>8210416
I'd kill for a leaner, meaner directors cut version of the game. I think damn near every stage is really, really padded out. It's mechanically quite decent, the soundtrack is wicked (but it would be nice if Jesper Kyd ever noticed that the Genesis also had three square wave channels lmao, I'm pretty sure the PSG gets no use in the soundtrack), and it's a real contender for the most stylish game on the machine, but holy shit, the stage design drags onnnnn.
also, the bosses feel like they have too much health by far

and god, that shoot-em-up stage is actually fifteen minutes long, I have no idea why they did that
the game is over an hour long but it feels like it needed to be like 20 minutes shorter

[Anonymous No.8210806]

>>8210725
Good points. Yeah a director's cut would be nice . One of the reasons I think the normal levels feel so long is the level design is too often "go right while enemies repeatedly spawn and run at you." I don't mind it as much in Alien Soldier where the levels are just a way to break up the bosses and let the player refill their health but Alien Soldier's levels are also much shorter and tighter.

The bossfights, music, visuals, and batkicks are excellent though.

[Anonymous No.8211202]

>>8210515
Keep parroting your shitty rent free meme, it's not going to make the Super Nintendo criticism that triggers you so hard go away from /vr/ like you believe it will.

>>8210517
Here we go with more schizoposting about australians. The fuck is wrong with you lad?

[Anonymous No.8211369]

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[Anonymous No.8213132]

I'm noticing a serious lack of funk ITT.