*30* Forgotten Sega Genesis Games!!!

There are literally hundreds of games for the MIGHTY Sega Genesis and several of them rarely ever get mentioned. Here are some games that I tried which have been almost forgotten by everyone except us hardcore gamers!
Games Covered: Blades of Vengeance, Bonkers, Bugs Bunny in Double Trouble, Crossfire, Crue Ball, Deadly Moves, Devilish, Double Dribble: The Playoff Edition, Earth Defense (The Earth Defend), Exo-Squad, F-15 Strike Eagle II, Final Zone, High Seas Havoc, Jerry Glanville's Pigskin Footbrawl, Junction, Marko, Minnesota Fats Pool Legend, Mystical Fighter, Outlander, Powerball, Rings of Power, Risky Woods, Slime World, Super Battleship, The Legend of Galahad, Thunderfox, Virtual Pinball, Wardner, WarpSpeed, Wings of Wor
Work Log:
Preparation (Collating & choosing games, setting up spreadsheet): 2 hours
Capturing Game Footage: 4 hours
Recording Voice Over: 2 hours
Filming B-Roll: 20 Minutes
Video Editing: 7 hours 30 minutes
Creating Thumbnail: 20 minutes
Uploading, writing description, video prep: 15 minutes
Total: 16 hours, 25 minutes
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[@GregsGameRoom]

Thanks for taking the time to watch the video! Check these out too! Genesis vs. Super Nintendo: kzbin.info/www/bejne/eojKc4d4jJtkatk Forgotten Genesis Racing Games! kzbin.info/www/bejne/mGa7oZSBgsdlrK8 37 Genesis Homebrews! kzbin.info/www/bejne/faOyc3admJmtj80

[@Gametester110-qf8vs]

Nice. You highlighted some hidden gems.

[@triplestar100]

you ARE doing something wrong at the boss stage of "High Seas Havok"= you NEED to attack (press the jump button again once you're on top of his head) to hurt him! once done, move away from him since he'll launch a flurry with his sword and you'll definitely won't want to be close to him when and while (it lasts just 5 real-life seconds) it happens! hope that helps.

[@andyc4024]

I may be incorrect but I think Crossfire was actually an Airwolf game in Japan. Probably got that totally wrong.

[@hammerheadms]

@@andyc4024 I figured that he was just playing the Japanese version. I also thought it was Airwolf.

[@chrisr529]

On high seas havoc you to hit the jump button a second time to do the attack

[@akumajobelmont]

This right here :)

[@GregsGameRoom]

Ah, ok.

[@jmstampe]

Haha, just saw this but also responded. Go this route mine is TLDR

[@michaeljedlowski4227]

Yes you do a "kickflip". Great game.

[@hammerheadms]

Exo Squad was a really cool cartoon. I never did get to play the game, but after seeing it here, I'm going to have to find a copy.

[@Autotrope]

Great channel, I like the casual friendly approach to showing us the games

[@raultorres482]

In Deadly Moves, to do the special attacks, do back-forward, up-down and one forwards motions on the d-pad and press both punch and kick buttons simultaneously. Each character has 2, with the exception of the final boss, who has 3.

[@bicentenialkid]

It was nice to see you in person at Epcot today and to meet Adam as well. Have a great day.

[@GregsGameRoom]

Good meeting you Matt!

[@bicentenialkid]

@@GregsGameRoom hope to see you again for sure. Have a great day.

[@X-Bit-Gits]

Blades of Vengeance! We did a video on that just the other day (won't be out for a few weeks). It was only the second time I had played it. There is a very well done co-op mechanic where one player can pause and the other player and camera go off and do what they want. I quite enjoyed the graphics and music.

[@atariforever2002]

Thanks Greg! Found 5 or 6 that really look intriguing. Going to go try them out soon!

[@GregsGameRoom]

Cool, hope you enjoy them!

[@user-sl2rj1nw3y]

Great Video ! Brought back memories of some of these games from my childhood.

[@GregsGameRoom]

Did you have many of these?

[@bildo1977]

Fun(?) fact. The Japanese version of Crossfire was called Super Airwolf, and was based upon the mentioned licensed property.

[@GregsGameRoom]

I can see that!

[@tonybarnes2920]

I was pretty sure by the title, I'd have one of the games I worked on in this list, but looks like there are 3! Very cool video.

[@GregsGameRoom]

Which ones?

[@tonybarnes2920]

@@GregsGameRoom In between my primary job of working on The Strike Series (Desert, Jungle, Urban, etc), I would help out on other action games, including; Crue Ball, Blades of Vengeance, Risky Woods, etc. Unlike the Strike games, on those action titles, I mainly was an assistant producer.

[@blackenedheart9592]

The players in the Pig Skin Football game sound hilarious 😅 lol. "OW! IM OPEN!-OW! BAM!" lol.

[@GregsGameRoom]

Yeah, not much other sounds though!

[@blackenedheart9592]

@@GregsGameRoom oh I agree it would get annoying after a while.

[@brichan1851]

No one must remember *Burning Force* because it is never covered in videos like this. It was an arcade game, converted for the Genesis, by Namco. Released in 1988/1989, there is no mistaking it being inspired by *Space Harrier* , but it was its own unique game and was a lot more fun. The “over horizon-style” graphics were reminiscent of *3D World Runner* , *F-Zero* , and the afore mentioned *Space Harrier* . The soundtrack was one of the greatest the Genesis ever produced and the simple arcade gameplay was perfectly replicated from its Japan-only coin-op brother. A fantastic Namco game that deserves more memory, *Burning Force* was one of my all-time favorite Genesis/Mega Drive titles, and is still one I go back to, until this very day.

[@esmerylan]

That was one of my favorites too, absolutely fantastic game. I think I've seen a couple of mentions of it in KZbin videos but it's strange a game from a company as big as Namco has fallen into such obscurity (though in fairness Namco didn't release a whole lot on Genesis compared to other platforms).

[@GregsGameRoom]

I’ll include it for the next Forgotten Genesis games. :-)

[@brichan1851]

@@GregsGameRoom Thanks, Greg!!! ❤️❤️❤️😁😁😁

[@direandbette]

I remember Burning Force. It's still one of my all-time favorite games.

[@brichan1851]

@@direandbette THANK you! Someone out there remembers it. I have the arcade version on Switch, but the Genesis version is my favorite.

[@shanekelley3064]

Great episode! I got my Genesis Everdrive recently and am always looking for some cool "new" stuff to play! I will try some of these out myself. 😁

[@NOLADEEJ]

Holy cow, I completely forgot about Thunderfox! I rented that game once along with the genesis from some video store.. I think I liked it, lol!

[@Griff_Zero]

Nice video! I didn't know about most of these. Thanks! Now to see how much they are...

[@GregsGameRoom]

I would think they're pretty cheap.

[@SupaStah01]

People don't give Double Dribble a chance. One you learn the logistics of the game, it very fun. The NES version gets unnecessarily shat on, IMO

[@jayesun3420]

Awesome episode, I used to play wardner in the arcade, it was also called Pyros in some circumstances. But what's got me curious is the GamePro pinball, I wonder what the story behind that table is?

[@GregsGameRoom]

Wasn't too impressed with Wardner. GamePro pinball probably has an interesting backstory...

[@DreamcastQ]

Great video I learned a few things

[@DrTedNelson]

19:49 "I have never played a game that was more like Mad Max than this one" - that's because it actually was developed as a Mad Max game but Mindscape lost the license before it could be released, so they removed all the Mad Max references in it.

[@THEMIGHTYQBAG]

Great insight! I knew for little of these.

[@chrisr529]

Wings of wor got a ps4 and switch port with the name Gynoug . Which is also the name of the game on Mega Drive

[@GregsGameRoom]

Definitely better than Atari's oddball breakout game called Jinks...

[@magdcs]

Exo squad show was ahead of its time.

[@GregsGameRoom]

I vaguely remember it.

[@mark6302]

ahh hell yeah Pigskin Football was the bomb

[@GregsGameRoom]

I think the arcade is a bit more enjoyable/ easier!

[@thisithis]

That game Crossfire in Japan was called Super Ariwolf which is a US Live action show called Airwaolf and I recognized that helicopter anywhere. And that Exosquad stuff is kinda odd, at least you know it was based on a US TV animated show that was kinda ahead of its time. Made by Universal Animation Studios and a body count that would make Better Call Saul jealous and a temporary license with Playmates, Universal decided to cancel the show due to low ratings that they set up to happen and Playmates not getting a renewed license and it was about to run out Playmate made a lot of things happen. An odd board game, with 2 PC apps, and this game is made by a developer in Hungary. Hungary had no idea what Exosquad was and was forced to work in the dark with little info on what the show was really about, so they made it about Time travel which has nothing to do with the show, at all. it was a mess.

[@BURRITO44]

Awesome video

[@opaljk4835]

I love Mystical Fighter. It’s so weird and a little janky, but i love spinning the enemy’s around over and over. It seems like they probably had a small size cart or something

[@LFOSyncToo]

Wings of Wor is actually a quite well-known game, moreso in its japanese edition called Gynoug... A classic on the Megadrive.

[@AK-xn6ds]

I had Minnesota Fats growing up. It's pretty hard, I was able to beat maximum two opponents in story mode. I also feel like Warlock is mostly forgotten, although it was one of my favorite games back in a day

[@GregsGameRoom]

Minnesota Fats might be my go-to pool game over Side Pocket now...

[@nateshereandthere]

Enjoy your videos and also the ones with adam the woo. I am a youtuber from SC that does kinda the same stuff that adam does. I was never a sega genius fan i love the super Nintendo and 64 i still have my super Nintendo it still works.

[@charlestaylor5150]

That top down basketball game still looks more fun than bill lambers combat basketball on SNES. I actually bought that game and then seconds playing it I was pissed

[@GregsGameRoom]

That’ll be in my next video. Terrible game!

[@TracyHouston-ve6jr]

Nice! 💙🌼

[@GotTheBestLigma]

Pigskin is an awesome game! When you get whooped real bad you'll get a troll on your team....

[@MarquisDeSang]

WOW, your first choice is the best Genesis game.

[@GregsGameRoom]

It was good!

[@apap1586]

I remember legendary wings as a new game back in 90 or 91. I could never understand why sega never improved the sound on the Genesis..

[@GregsGameRoom]

It has better sound capabilities than the SMS.

[@almeidachannel7121]

Nice Video ! Sub & Big Like ! And Love Retro Genesis Games !

[@GregsGameRoom]

Thanks for watching!

[@almeidachannel7121]

@@GregsGameRoom Thank you for your reply ! If you are interested in the nostalgic game culture of Japan, please subscribe to my channel !

[@michaeljedlowski4227]

Wings of Wor is awesome. It has a PS4 Xbox and NS port as well. But under it's OG title, Gynoug.

[@chrisr529]

Wardner is an arcade port

[@GregsGameRoom]

A forgotten one for sure...

[@jimnpen8451]

1:23, tow maters granny haha

[@chaospoet]

Only two I recognized were Galahad as I own that one and Blades of Vengeance as that's one I want to own. If you ever do another of these, check out a game called Saint Sword. That's an interesting one.

[@goatbone]

2:31 SNES version is much more like what you would expect. Much better game too.

[@striderskorpion]

You should look up the code for Rings of Power. I'm surprised they were able to get away with it.

[@dustheg]

The hyperscan had 5 games there were many other systems that had way less than most on here vectrex intellivision coleco

[@jmstampe]

In High Seas Havoc the second level boss’ hit box is around his face and nose. Also the back of his neck. You would think it would be atop his head but why do that? The current way totally makes more sense, said no one.

[@user-lr5se3pr2q]

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[@vladimirpodpischik5374]

Сними видео по сравнению Liko 688 VS ANALOGUE Mega SG

[@apap1586]

Instead of releasing the Genesis in 89 they have made something that could play the arcade games perfectly . Genesis had poor graphics and sound ;it looks great when comparing it to an NES. Games look better on the turbo.

[@juststatedtheobvious9633]

Sega crying in their Sonic money because they didn't sell arcade hardware at a loss.

[@matiasd.7755]

Well, that's your opinion. Mine is that Genesis had the best arcade ports from the time... except for only a few specific exceptions.

[@System_Sega]

Like the Neo Geo, which sold way less than the Genesis.

[@GregsGameRoom]

The Genesis is similar to the System-16 hardware but with less memory.

[@esmerylan]

And yet somehow the PC Engine/TG16 versions of Sega arcade games are all much worse than the Mega Drive/Genesis ports. Have you played that hideous mess of a Golden Axe port?

[@djpythonsexotics2704]

I remember renting Crew Ball out a few times when I was 10! :)

[@inceptional]

Most of these games looks very average in the grand scheme of things, imo, which is probably why they are largely forgotten these days. Wings of Wor (Gynoug) is the one actual standout in the list for me. And it likely doesn't really need to be on this list, as I doubt people have truly forgotten this one to be honest. It even got a port on modern consoles recently too. I'd actually say this is a bit of a Genesis classic.

[@GregsGameRoom]

Yeah, many are kinda meh, but I loved Outlander and Blades of Vengeance.

[@sexshit1107]

deadly moves had some of the best music on the genesis.

[@GregsGameRoom]

That one surprised me.

[@worsethanhitlerpt.2539]

I remember having DEVILISH way back when then I forgot the name of course and I was like Shit what was that game with the paddles

[@GregsGameRoom]

Was definitely a unique one...