5 MUST PLAY Sega Hidden Gems! (Genesis/Mega Drive)

[@Chopstick2U]

The sound mixing on this video is so good.... I love how the narration is right inside of my head, but the sound coming from the console sounds like it's coming from my phone.

[@TechDweeb]

Thanks for the feedback! Nice to know when I did something right.

[@ralphmcmahan2139]

For the three months since this video was released I've played the heck out of "the Ooze." Thanks for the fun.

[@garryb.1334]

Sonic Spinball, New Horizons, Boogerman, Choplifter, Shadowrun lol y'all gonna hate me but Beavis & Butthead, Ren & Stimpy 🤔 Separation Anxiety, Wonderboy in Monsterworld, Shining Force, Beyond Oasis, Comix Zone

[@gjergjaurelius9798]

What a list. My thing is which is the better shadowrun?🤔

[@garryb.1334]

@@gjergjaurelius9798 lol sorry both are top tier titles for their respective system but I played the SEGA one tucked away with headphones on the SEGA Nomad as a kid... If you played this title imagine being up all night sneakily on your own cyberdeck 😏 got the game dirt cheap as a kid in a Blockbuster used bin after much deliberation. Best decision of my life. Ehh minus my children respectively 😁

[@Meex2021]

If you haven't already, try Devil's Crush/Dragon's Fury, also on Genesis. It's the predecessor to Dragon's Revenge and it's the same basic formula, but more metal. I think they toned down the imagery for the sequel to avoid censorship issues

[@TechDweeb]

They're definitely on my list. I like the Turbografx version so I'll probably save them for that video. Have you played Demon's Tilt? Modern spiritual successor to that whole series. It's glorious!

[@jackdoobie]

Great list TD, a friend and I finished Urban Strike whrn we were kids. We rented it from Blockbuster and stayed awake until 4am playing it and then paused it the rest of the night and finished it when we woke up.

[@TechDweeb]

Oh man, been there. Many many times.

[@livingcartoon]

This is great! I'm a Sega kid and this handheld is a dream come true. I'm finding tons of games I missed out on in my youth!

[@kjuergens1985]

Great video! As a guy who's been diving into SEGA Genesis "hidden gems" video lists for a year and a half now, three out of these five were new to me, and I didn't mind the other two either, because I enjoyed the way you presented them. I'd say Dragon's Revenge is the most interesting to me of these five, but Zero Tolerance looks really impressive.

[@TechDweeb]

Thanks! More on the way!

[@Vitamina-C]

TMI but just broke up with girl and just bought a house together, your videos kept me going for the past few days. Thank you techdweeb. Your videos seriously help me keep going

[@TechDweeb]

Glad I can be here to provide a fun distraction. Stay positive buddy, better days are ahead :)

[@aaronwalker1615]

"The OOZE = indie game 🎮 CARRION !!!"

[@bumbaclot813]

I'm to tired to think of anything witty after starting my new job, so ill just say i love all the consistent uploads

[@TechDweeb]

Glad I can be here to help you chill out after a hard days work :)

[@JacksonCryer]

Does Lara Croft know about this barbarian babe?

[@PongbyAtari]

Dragons Revenge is the only gem I hadn't played. I'm so happy you included it in this video I love digital pinball games and this one is very fun. Installed it on my Analogue Pocket so I can play it as a portable or with my dock as a console game highly recommended for anyone who hasn't tried it.

[@armedready1]

My hidden gems are. Atomic runner, chuck rock, greendog,

[@SaltyOldBaldurian]

As a Sega kid, I definitely recommend the "Strike" series (Jungle, Desert, and Urban), as well as the Ooze game. And don't pass up on Mechwarrior, Rock n' Roll Racing, or Poltergeist. All gems.

[@umbrellacorp.]

This is my childhood right here. Such Nostalgia. 😎👍💯

[@genblob]

There was a point in my childhood where I was completely obsessed with the ooze and I played it everyday, so much that I even managed to beat it. Recently I've been trying to 100% it but I will have to play it a lot more to regain my skills. Easily my favorite game on the Genesis.

[@0Ninja0Dude0]

Dragons revenges truly is one of my favorite pinball games. Dragons and babes what more could you ask for

[@immy4104]

Oh man! I absolutely love the Strike series. They're one of the few that doesn't really feel particularly old, if anything they feel like modern-ish indie games. The way the helis control is so fun and responsive, the multiple objectives that you can tackle in any order, big open maps, I could go on... They hold up so incredibly well. I only discovered them a few years ago but I've beaten them all multiple times since.

[@2LoudTech]

Always great content. Thanks for a little break from editing. ❤ Def my favorite other Tech channel. Always entertaining and always inspire creativity. Thank you friend 🙏

[@TechDweeb]

Much appreciated!

[@Minty0091]

Blades of Vengeance and Skeleton Crew are classics.

[@charc144]

I remember hours playing some Herzog Zwei. A great hidden gem. Super simplified but very enjoyable rts. A buddy and I would stock up and launch all troops as fast as we could to see who could pull off the win on PvP. I can't recall how ruthless the "AI" was back then tbh.

[@ll_spud]

That handheld system looks awesome.

[@BoosterBear]

The ooze was a good find. Thanks!

[@HopTabletop]

Blades of Vengeance I loved that game as a kid, unfortunately not alot of people knew about it and thought I was lieing as a kid when I told then about it.

[@CharlieWestGaming]

Great hidden gems video! I didn't have a Sega Genesis growing up, enjoy playing thru such a great library of games on my handheld.

[@csikocska]

Thank you TechDweeb for recommending these Sega Mega Drive games. 🙂 I like Sega games since my childhood, so it was so pleasent for me to see the hidden gems in action. I tried out The Ooze when I started to use emulators on Windows systems in my teenage. The good thing that almost all Sega Mega Drive games can be playable on Steam. 🙂

[@thenickbw]

Great list. These games bring back memories of how awesomely edge lordy the Sega library was. Others that go under sung are bio hazard battle, general chaos, dinosaur for hire, mutant league football. Ahh. That arc is looking mighty tempting. Now if only we could load it up with the Sega channel UI to complete the sega Genesis nostalgia 🤙

[@fredericmanson441]

How I miss these SEGA games... They were the consoles on which I had the maximum of games!! But I never get the Dreamcast, I prefered to chose the 3DO instead...

[@nightsquats]

Zero Tolerance is also a knife brand, I'm an edc nerd, so that game title made me laugh. Cheers bud!

[@TechDweeb]

It's also the name of my lactose intolerance medication ☝️

[@miket.1933]

I played Desert Strike on the Amiga 500 back in the day. i did not know there were more games. I'm going to play all of them on my RG35XX+ now 😀 Also The Ooze locks pretty cool. I'll try that as well.

[@JS2123-m9x]

Never heard any of those, thanks! I’m also on a RG Arc rampage right now.

[@gluttonousmaximus9048]

If you have discovered and liked "Dragon's Revenge" and have the emulation means for the Turbografx (RG-ARC for example) It's somewhat based on the Compile/Naxat pinball games on the Turbo, with Alien Crush and Devil's Crush being just as weird and surreal.

[@PongbyAtari]

I have owned and played both of the TG16 games and it isn't hard to tell where D.R's inspiration came from. I was surprised I hadn't played Revenge but somehow it slipped passed me. Crue Ball is another Pinball game I enjoy and emulate on the SG/MD.

[@Nick-hz9no]

I like this! I've watched a lot of genesis hidden gems videos recently, and most all of these were not on them! I'm excited to try some of these out! It looks like this video isn't on the hidden gems playlist though. More please ;)

[@TechDweeb]

Yeah I love hidden gems videos but they always have the same hidden gems - The only way is to do your own hunting!

[@ToyKeeper]

Awesome, would love to see your whole list, assuming you continue this series. I mostly missed out on Genesis when it was new, so I don't know what games are good. (especially, which are worth playing on Genesis instead of arcade)

[@TechDweeb]

Yup, more to come!

[@AnthonyRiddle]

This handheld and the one that looks like an SNES controller would match my mini consoles collection perfectly. I'm about to buy them both

[@VRBug]

Thanks for this! I’ve got a miyoo mini and these kinds of videos help me find the best games to play, keep them coming please! Or just make a “game you have to play on snes, genesis, GBA etc” thanks. Love the channel ❤

[@Moes_Prep_and_Tech]

I love Videos like this. I grew up with Everything Sega, Sega CD 32x, Dreamcast, (missed out on saturn &master system)

[@ryansoucyracing]

So... @Techdweeb, I played the first mission of Urban Strike and I thought you were a frickin genius. What fun! Then I played the 2nd mission on the oil rigs and its damn near impossible. I went from super excited to crushed in about 35 minutes...

[@TechDweeb]

There is a difficulty spike, but you just gotta learn new tactics for the new challenges. Make use of those save states! Also I think on the 2nd mission there is an alternate helicopter that is more powerful, make sure you figure out where that is.

[@nimnone]

Bad luck; broke my wrist yesterday. Good luck; came across this video and now I’m playing Dragons Revenge 1-handed!

[@mjdf122]

I’ve been blessed and cursed to see all from 1980-Now what a life of gaming

[@Dracossaint]

I remember urban strike! Such a fun game!

[@jrdoughty13]

My favorite helicopter game was the N64 army men one. It's fun to see older games that had a similar fun feel

[@TechDweeb]

Yes! That's a great one!

[@sahabatgamerID]

Amazing. Just in time when I'm putting up a list of Sega Genesis games.

[@LordNuttington]

I loved the strike games, Desert Strike was one of the few games my Dad enjoyed playing. A lot of the Mega Drive platform games were so hard, thank God for save states!

[@engagedswitch]

I agree on dragons revenge being a good pinball game I own it growing up and it was a really good game Thank you for reading this and I hope you're having a great day, a great week and a merry Christmas and a happy new years to you and your family God bless you and your family God bless you Jeremy Scruggs

[@georged7627]

Nice hidden gem collection i like these sorts of vids i play along with what your playing its fun…im also waiting for the arc D in the mail hopefully I get it before Chrissy 🤘🏾yeah dude

[@dpcquak]

What is the bezel and CRT filter you used for this video? Looks awesome!

[@TechDweeb]

This is the bezel that comes with Retrobat for Genesis/MegaDrive, and the shader is CRT-GEOM.

[@vexorian]

Wow , are you telling me there's a Helicopter Strike game for the Megadrive? This is great news. Desert/Jungle strike were some of my favorite games back when I had a PC.

[@SonofSethoitae]

Iirc, they were developed and released for the Genesis first, then ported (and in some cases upgraded) for other platforms.

[@wizzel22]

I love the ARC-D (in black). It reminds me sooooo much of my good old Game Gear back in '92, when a MultiCart was sold for 250 Deutschmarks at your local Pirate Games Shop. 😅

[@kimura317]

I played The Ooze back in the day on the Sega Channel! It definitely tracks that it was the same team that made Comix Zone. Same great art and general polish on both games. And yeah, The Ooze is hard as heck. I don’t think I made it past the first level.

[@lordgeyik]

Really good selection of gems once again.

[@74bobby]

I love the Genesis. Great Video as always..

[@ЄвгенКорякін]

I've been enjoying Elemental Master lately - a fantasy take on bullet-hell. It's been announced recently that new Golden Axe, Streets of Rage, Jet Set Radio, and Crazy Taxi games are in development. Here's hoping for something good. Never owned a console (until the Powkiddy V90 this year) due to my family's finances and the consoles' availability here in Eastern Europe. AFAIK, Genesis and Dendy (a NES knock-off from Taiwan) were the most popular here in the 90s... I eventually got my first PC, which was about as powerful then as the V90 is now, and played some old classics there, mostly enjoying old shooters, Diablo 1, and Mortal Kombat 3 and 4. I was beyond happy when, through a school buddy, I stumbled upon a Megadrive emulator with a bunch of ROMs - it opened a whole new world of gaming for me. And the games were beautiful, and ran well on that PC. Fell in love with beat'em-ups then, too. So, yeah, I was definitely a Sega kid, despite never owning it, lol. Still grateful for the memories.

[@pipedream690]

I played the hell out of Zero Tolerance back in the day. I used to rent it from Blockbuster and completed it many times over

[@gotdangedcommiesitellyahwa6298]

Check it oot, eh! Zero Tolerance was one of my fav's growing up. The elevator music is still stuck in my head to this day.

[@Bibvock]

Highly recommend Rocket Knight Adventures 🤩👾

[@WMARUoriginal]

Great picks! I’ve always wanted to get further in Blades of Vengeance back in the day and now with save states I can! I will also now check out The Ooze. Seems like that was the game Carrion probably was inspired by.

[@brandonshoemake2531]

Other Genesis gems: *Alisia Dragoon* *Fatal Labyrinth* *Altered Beast* *Maximum Carnage* *XMen 2 Clone Wars* *Contra Hard Corps* *Beavis & ButtHead* *RoboCop vs Terminator* *Ultimate Mortal Kombat Trilogy* *Castlevania: Bloodlines* *Truxton* *Shadowrun*

[@alexdodd5175]

4:12 is that game a grandpa of rhe golden axe series? Looks like an ok castlevania. Sad to have no dinosaurs and scorpion-birds to ride in this one. So… thanks for letting us (the viewers) know that this game did exist.

[@dac1419]

2:57 Plot twist: if you make it far enough in Blades of Vengeance, the Barbarian Babe can have both boobs AND armor! It unlocks in the shop for each character about halfway through, and it completely transforms how they play! One of my favorite Genesis games.

[@Destide]

Zero tolerance had such a weird vibe back in the day spent a lot of time exploring those liminal spaces

[@omarguerrero6417]

Oh man remember the Ooze game so much it was bundle with a sega genesis plug n play console thing it was the only game i would play on it

[@diluteduk]

holy crap, I'd forgotten about Dragons Revenge! Used to love playing that at my friends house.

[@andremarcatti7600]

Awesome stuff! Thank you for the superb content, please keep these hidden gem videos coming ❤

[@TechDweeb]

Thanks, will do!

[@bluelion1995]

Never heard of The Ooze. But it was the time when wine, women and song dominated my life. Okay, it was beer, chicks and rock. I returned to console gaming years later and meanwhile enjoyed playing mostly on my PC Lucasarts games with my so. Oh, and RE1, FF7 etc. on the PS1.

[@jasonshiers5771]

The strike series is so good , i remember when it come to PS1 in Soviet And Nuclear strike , there was meant to be a third game but they gave up and made it in to Future Cop instead .

[@derekswitzer9624]

woohoo! more pinball game references/games to try!! 😎👍

[@MW-cs8zd]

I consider myself a pinball sommelier... I've never seen a pinball game quite like the one you showed in this video. Absolutely amazing. Great find tech dweeb

[@TechDweeb]

Pinball-elier?

[@MW-cs8zd]

@@TechDweeb lol. Happy Holidays Tech Dweeb

[@smidlee7747]

My first helicopter game I played a lot was Gunship by Microprose on the C-64. I'm really old. It was kind of 3d with stick tanks. I love to play Silent Service and Pirates as well from Microprose. - I like the line "She doesn't need armor because she has boobs." That's so 80's and 90's.

[@SNKev411]

Techdweeb😂 Man your sense of humor is impeccable

[@SNKev411]

The OG of all High end PC’s Will always be the sharp x 68,000

[@TechDweeb]

Super retro nostalgic looking too. I'd love to get one someday.

[@SNKev411]

If I was to recommend one for you. Get the sharp X 68000 XVI They're a little hard to find but they're compatible with all the games

[@goldobrak6876]

Thanks, didn't know any of those !

[@timnowak8573]

Nice. I like helicopter games, and I haven't heard of this game. I definitely have to check it out 👍. By the way, I once played the game AIRSTRIKE on PC, and it was one of my favorites.

[@tohaneploho9009]

I love videos like this ! Thank you!

[@evilash570]

Zero Tolerance was awesome for the time, and you can link 2 Sega’s and play co-op!

[@Chinoz2]

I love this hidden gem series.. so many games that i didnt know... thabks dweeb.

[@JB-tp6uj]

Urban Strike is not a hidden gem. It's just a gem!

[@vhsretrogamer1664]

Cool. How about favourite retroarch shaders video, Dweeb? I discovered CRT Geom thanks to you and this is THE shader I use on every retro device with enough juice to run it.

[@TechDweeb]

Great idea! FYI, my actual favourite crt shader is crt-mattias, but you need a straight up gaming PC to run that.

[@vhsretrogamer1664]

@@TechDweeb gonna check it out thx 👌🏻

[@Cloud28693]

I love your gems video series ❤

[@ge2719]

As a sort of follow on to your video on setting up a emulator for a kid, would be good to know if you have a short list of the best games say up to snes/megadrive that are good games to introduce a young kid to games, using a controller, so like good games that have relatively simple controls, aren't too challenging. I'm thinking marble madness, arkanoid, bubble bobble, mario bros, super mario bros, maybe a racing game, a pinball game, soni1c 1, wonder boy, paper boy, california games, mickey mouse castle of illusion, zelda links awakening, Been tough to think of what would be the best really small set of games to put on an sf 2000 for a friends kid. and not overwhelm him with too much choice.

[@chrisgonzales2747]

I love Zero Tolerance! I use to play that all the time.

[@somemadcaaant]

Good selection👍

[@Pridetoons]

I might buy a Second RG-ARC D from LitNXT. 😅

[@Saitamacz34]

Dragon's revenge ? How does it do against Devil's crush? The game that sent me into retrogaming

[@TechDweeb]

Made by the same company as Devil's Crush and Alien Crash. Great games!

[@tdata545]

My favorites were Sega Aladdin, Quack Shot, World of Illusion. Yeah everyone's like Castle of Illusion, I like world better. Bigger sprites more animation, you can beat it in like an hour, also two different "stories" depending on who you pick. I thought Castle was too generic 90s platformer for that time. Especially when you go back and play a lot of 90s games that maybe you shouldn't play due to gray areas, and see it's very similar to a lot of 90s Arcade Platformers. Another great one with a fun quasi history lesson, Mickey Mania. Also came out for the Sega CD and I don't know what changes between the two besides soundtrack. Then our parents got us Alien 3 and Predator 2, neither are good.

[@japanesemickeymouse6694]

you should make a video on how to build the 8bitdo Blutooth N64 controllers I love it

[@samidekash]

Ooze is fantastic, thank you for the great tip!

[@anashasn5523]

I love your content very much bro

[@JordiLA]

.⚫. the Pinball One again! love it! nothing better than hit the balls all the time!

[@Bluepandaiscool]

yay more hidden gems!!! :DDDDDDD

[@Bluepandaiscool]

the weird thing is, i've never seen a happy or bright genesis game lol

[@TechDweeb]

Super Fantasy Zone

[@Ruudos]

Chiki Chiki Boys, Wonder Boy in Monster World

[@tristanheron4144]

Have you played the G-Police games on the PS1? They are a different kind of futuristic helicopter game. Also R/C Stunt Copter is good fun if you have the patience. It has a strange sense of humor too (made by the Earthworm Jim developers).

[@ronch550]

I think i should've waited for this Sega handheld instead of getting a Powkiddy X55. Don't get me wrong, i love my X55 but being a Sega nut of sorts and the Genesis being my favorite retro console, i should have waited for this one. Would've been a no-brainer.

[@cappnplanetcappnplanet3237]

How do you guys configure your controller layouts (if you dont have the three button). Is it fun in abxy controllers?

[@pipedream690]

Another amazing video

[@davidtharp2125]

I considering buying the said. What is your respective 40 game list if you don’t mind sharing…

[@Thraka5]

The Ooze. I wonder if this game inspired Carrion?

[@TechDweeb]

Yeah!

[@MitchK1989]

what CRT shader are you using for in this vid on the full screen clips?

[@FHangya]

excellent video, thanks!!!!

[@DarrellBell]

There is a modern take of The Ooze. You play as a science experiment gone bad. Instead of gooey ooze, you are gooey tenticle flesh. The gameplay mechanics are very much similar, IMHO. It's called Carrion for anybody that is interested. Not a promo, just a FYI. It is amazing how gaming recycles the same ideas.

[@TechDweeb]

Oh I've seen that game before. Looks great! I keep intending to grab it on a Steam sale. I think I will for the winter sale.

[@IcoKirov]

as a kid i loved playing pinball games, digitally i mean. lately i tried some modern android versions and it's not the same for some reason. i have to check this one. it looks fun. if i still find it lacking in the enjoinment, then i guess it must be me not liking those games anymore.