Best (and Worst) Genesis Games of 1992

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[@JohnRiggs]

Genesis games of 1991 kzbin.info/www/bejne/iYjRemSiqsZroK8

[@jhighturntup5558]

Lawnmower man came out in 19932 ✌

[@Gametester110-qf8vs]

9:32 Two Crude Dudes! Still love this game. A Data East CLASSIC.

[@bucksatanII]

Desert Strike is still one of my favorite Sega games

[@ted.8418]

Streets of rage 2 is one of the greatest video games ever made. The soundtrack came out on vinyl a few years ago and it's a great listen just on its own.

[@aperturius]

I made my mom drive an hour with me after school to get to the Electronics Boutique where my reserved copy of Sonic 2 waited for me on Sonic 2sday, 11/24/92.

[@huffdm]

I'm all about Kid Chameleon and Two Crude Dudes!

[@user-dt1xu8yh2i]

I was born in 79, and Voltron Vehicle Force was my absolute favorite cartoon. I'm 45, so I would assume we're of similar ages.

[@mark6302]

43 here, I miss my die cast metal voltron figures

[@user-dt1xu8yh2i]

@mark6302 I had the plastic ones, couldn't afford the metal toys.

[@nickparsons337]

Also born in 79. Voltron Lion Force was my favorite cartoon as a kid. One of my fondest memories was the Christmas where my dad surprised me with Voltron fully formed with the metal lions! It was so heavy I could barely lift it. Lol. Only as an adult that I fully realized how lucky I was to get that for Christmas that year. My dad had to save up to get it for me and I didn't find out until long after the fact. These days I've only managed to find my yellow and blue lions; the rest are lost to time. At least I still have the series on DVD.

[@Sinn0100]

Hey, hey, stop that I'm from 79 nonsense! Some of us from 78 are feeling old. I had the metal lions... I hated the car one. Why in the middle of the damn show did they switch from lions to cars?!

[@luciousthomas6141]

Loved both series. Lions was my favorite but cars was the shiznit too! The made for TV movie with both was bliss for 6yr old me at the time.

[@mjdf122]

I’ve seen all from 1980-Now 1992 was a good year for gaming

[@Kevinsyel]

I LOVED Kid Chameleon and Alisia Dragoon as a kid. Kid Chameleon was a spiritual successor to Alex Kidd I think. And the Advertisements to Kid Chameleon were all about how it had over 120 levels, so you knew it was going to be long, lol

[@ianhowe338]

I still have fond memories of Christmas Eve 1992. In my family we always did presents on Christmas Eve. The benefit is that everybody doesn’t have to wake up at the same time Christmas morning and you get to stay up all night playing. Christmas Eve 1992 my brother and I got a Sega CD. I remember by 2AM I was tired of Sol Feace and the weird pack-ins. I ended up playing Revenge of Shinobi on the compilation disc. I think I already owned the Genesis cartridge, but for some reason it felt better playing it on Sega CD. I can still remember the Sega CD logo and theme music playing while I changed discs, sitting on the family room floor under the Christmas tree lights. Good times.

[@krisfrederick5001]

This was one of the greatest years of my life as a kid. The music, movies, games, cartoons. Literally everything. In the Console Wars I was Switzerland.

[@honkyvanwildebeest8926]

I love the colour palates the Sega Mega Drive used. The games look so good on CRTs.

[@mistrdevine]

Man, i loved Greendog. I can’t imagine it holds up well. The helicopter bike with a boxing glove was so cool to 12 year old me.

[@SinclairPoppins]

John Madden Football ‘92 was awesome. There’s something about that game that’s so satisfying.

[@chunkacheese2702]

Yea it's great! My older brother had it. ..Than I got 94 for xmas❤. The sounds of the whistle and the crowd is soothing. I showed my 8yo 92 one day, and weeks later she asked me to player her a game😊

[@dwightdixon8508]

So much gaming joy having Genesis, SNES & TG-16 in 92’

[@luciousthomas6141]

Nice I had both an SNES and Genesis in 92. I had both in 91.

[@Sinn0100]

I got my Genesis in 1989 and my Snes in 1991. While I had both, my allegiance was always with Sega.

[@niveketihw1897]

Good stuff. One note, Lawnmower Man and Kid Chameleon both came out the same month in the US, March 1992.

[@stevenl4628]

Genesis DOES and always has. I loved the 16-bit era so much. I was fortunate enough to have had a SNES, Genesis, Sega CD, and TG-16 at the same time. Loved them all for different reasons, but Genesis was my favorite.

[@dschult3]

YOU were that mythical kid we always heard about on the playground!

[@luciousthomas6141]

Nice I had the SNES and Genesis in 91 moving forward in the 16 bit era!

[@chrisrj9871]

Man, when I was 12, my brother 14, my parents made us go through a scavenger hunt through the house on XMas of this year to find written clues for our present... We went to the living room and there was our present waiting for us: The SEGA GENESIS w/Sonic 2! One of my favorite memories EVER! Anime in the 90s didn't start with Pokemon and Gen-Y, that's for sure!

[@jjkehrley]

That old pc art program was Kid Pix! I used to love Kid Pix! 🤟😎🤙💯

[@retrobear9367]

I've always wished we could get a version of Konamis Jackal on the Genesis

[@battlenerd8179]

Love your videos man. Takes me back to a better time. You and I would have definitely been buds back in the day. Keep up the good work sir.

[@PixelGameSquad]

Too funny! I put in Back to The Future III a few days ago and was shocked how difficult the first level is!

[@JohnRiggs]

it's insane.

[@brandyboutwell9388]

i still have my copy of crue ball

[@inrainbows1829]

In 93 I traded my friend down the street my SNES for his Genesis One week later I traded it back

[@krisbeckwith7105]

Thanks for the trip down memory lane brother 👍🏼 Nostalgic ✨🆒😎

[@mymusic3354]

Man your videos are the best....there are a few games I'll have to try now from this list 😁

[@thereviewsbrothers3854]

Well well. It’s another entry in one of my favourite series on KZbin. My guilty pleasure, Toki is classic 1992.

[@JohnRiggs]

It's so good.

[@danielespeziari5545]

I really like Toki, but I wish it had more variety in the soundtrack. Almost all the levels play the same song. It's a great song, mind you, but it gets old quickly

[@greatrp]

Microsoft Paint. It still comes with windows.

[@finkwood]

What's up, dude? I'm an Intellevision guy, and a Tandy 1000 guy. Lots of good memories for me watching your vids. Best wishes, man.

[@JohnRiggs]

I didn't have either growing up but a friend of mine had the Intellivision.

[@finkwood]

@@JohnRiggs You didn't miss much, friend! I've no idea why, but that little window in time was...special.

[@Kumimono]

You were expecting Temu Audrey, but it was that thing, Dio!

[@horroRomantic444]

I still have PTSD about Back to the Future Part III to this day.

[@Iron-Van]

Great memories

[@longshotomega4258]

16:44 Totally agree about Sonic 2 being the best one and I'll even say that it has the best soundtrack of any Sonic game.

[@alanfike]

17:08 I find it adorable to hear someone go so far out of their way to not say: they have friends! "I found a helper." That's a friend! You had friends!!

[@JohnRiggs]

Ain't no "friend" would wanna just play as Tails while I play through Sonic.

[@luciousthomas6141]

Riggs I absolutely loved MASK! 80s cartoons you can’t beat it!

[@roguerifter9724]

I still remember having to resolve an argument the Genesis version of Sunset Riders sparked while babysitting my twin cousins. By this time I had the SNES version for a while and we all loved it (All in this case being my friends, dad, the twins, their two older brothers and I) But everyone greatly preferred the Shotgun wielding charaters. So they got the Genesis version not realizing it only had one Shotgun wielder, and one Revolver wielder. Having to figure out who got to play as the Shotgun character first while they were arguing was my worst babysitting experience and I don't think I will ever forgive whoever decided to slack off and not include all four playable characters in the Genesis. Honestly I think I would have preferred it with all four even if they had to cut a stage to make room for the character data on the cartridge.

[@goranisacson2502]

As someone who never played anyone but Cormano back then... you have my sympathies, if any sibling of mine had tried to make me pick another and someone had to intervene in the conflict... nothing but bad times.

[@robt.v.8688]

"More anime for your face" should be the quote of the year. 😂

[@tonybarnes2920]

Happy to have 2 games on the list! Great vid, thanks!

[@baeleth]

I was a Nintendo kid starting in 1985 and didn't really play any Sega systems until the Dreamcast. I love these videos because I grabbed a Mega Retron last year and I'm always on the lookout for great games I missed as a kid.

[@tardiscommand1812]

The moment I saw bonks on turbo graphics at the local Radio Shack, blew me away. Never got one back then.

[@glassGPT]

The mine cart stage on Tazmania was the best

[@SteveBrandon]

I found them frustrating, you need to memorize where every jump is to get through them. However, I could cope with the mine levels, it was something like a double jump with pinpoint precision needed on one of the late river log jumping levels that I could never get past.

[@c64konami96]

I remember looking so forward to renting Predator 2. When I rented it I played all night. Back then the sounds in the game sounded otherworldly to me that I haven’t seen in games back then.

[@JMann0614]

I love this series JR

[@merman_8370]

@Johnriggs im a new subscriber and big fan , can get enough of the video's...keep up the great work brotha !

[@kumohara_319]

I grabbed Trouble Shooter in a Clover bargain bin for $4 in 1993 or 1994. i'm sure it's somewhere in storage now i've heard it goes for a lot 2nd hand!

[@JohnRiggs]

I'm sure it does. I don't look up prices on much anymore.

[@stvojay]

Christmas 1992 was when I got my Genesis along with Sonic 2. I knew Genesis was getting very good around this time but you really put in full perspective here that this very year might be the best one for the Genesis!

[@VEGANVANIA]

Kid Chameleon @7:39 is one of _the few_ games that benefits from being played on original hardware: even the smallest amount of lag makes the thing appreciably more difficult. (I assume this would also be true of Mike Tyson's _Punchout,_ for example.) In fact, this is so striking that I'd say Kid Chameleon is a good way to test (and contrast) the quality of emulation you're getting on various 21st century platforms: on the AtGames mini, _the controls are worse…_

[@gekiohshootingking]

I’m definitely one of those that actually prefers the Sega version of Sunset Riders over the SNES version, I own and like both but definitely prefer the Sega version, also it has a few exclusive levels fyi. And Ex-Mutants was also a comic book series on Malibu Comics which obviously wasn’t as popular as Marvel or DC.

[@jamesz28]

These videos are always great. I remember renting Syd of Valis (the only Valis game I knew at the time) and Chakan a lot. Chakan was definitely brutally difficult, but I always thought the atmosphere was so cool. The art style and music worked so well together.

[@duhmez]

That yeare I played Truxton and Phantasy Star 2 and 3! it was ana mazing year!

[@k.c.r.5974]

If you were a kid in the 80's and 90's in America and fortunate enough to be part of a good family...it was absolute Magic. 💜 I loved my Nintendo and Sega Genesis and Gameboy and Tiger handhelds even lol And any system I didn't have there would always be a friend or kid in the neighborhood who had one like the SNES and TurboGrafx 16 Bonks adventure! My favorite games on Sega were Golden Axe and Sonic and Joe Montana's sports talk football and Evender Holyfields real deal boxing! Online gaming is awesome and everything but theres nothing quite like a living room or bedroom packed with friends and family all trying to beat a game or compete against each other. Special time all around.

[@shaolinotter]

my mom found trouble shooter randomly at a garage sale and brought it home. sleeper hit!

[@marcparsons1726]

Loved Madden and College football. RBI Baseball was cool with all the actual players and teams. Risk was good too!

[@arnmrs1660]

I missed World of Illusion, Shining Force,, Thunder Force IV, Alien 3, Atomic Runner, Super Monaco GP2, Evander Holyfield, Road Rash 2, Cap. and the Avengers, NHL 93, Sports Talk Baseball, NFL Sports Talk Football '93, Madden 93, Olympic Gold, The Terminator, Chuck Rock, Vixen 357 , King Colossus, LandStalker, Lemmings and many others

[@kuruptein]

I was born in 86..I enjoy your face. Thanks

[@clintonlewis1261]

They all look fun /cool !

[@timpize8733]

Kid Chameleon's movements being slippery makes them less tight? Fair enough, but I hope you think the same about Super Mario. 😁 Seriously though, simply one of the best 16-bit platformers and completely underrated.

[@dcboys4195]

I was thinking the same. It controls very similar to Super Mario Bros 3 and Super Mario World.

[@Marc_Araujo]

GREENDAWWWG!! - Joe Redifer (somewhere)

[@JoeFpoc]

93 has my favorite genesis game shining force 2. Actually replaying it now for like the 200th time. So ill wait patiently for that video

[@cliffjumper1984]

trouble shooter looks good. I never knew about that game got to fire up my modded snes mini and try it out

[@goranisacson2502]

Heavy Nova, Alisia Dragoon and Trouble Shooter are games I'm sad I didn't play while growing up- they all seem like cool experiences I wish I could have memories of, even if Heavy Nova is clunky I couldn't deny the cool factor of playing a badass robot. Kinda feel the same about Hyperstone Heist if only so that I have something to compare Turtles in Time to, which is my forever love, but I own the collection so... one of these days surely. Fighting Masters on the other hand is a game that I don't mind it didn't release in Europe, but I AM fascinated by it. Released in Japan in December 1991, after Street Fighter 2 dropped in Japanese arcades in March 1991... this was back in the day when game dev time was NOT as slow as it was now, this game may have started development before they knew of Street Fighter II, but they were ABSOLUTELY aware of the game while making it. And yet, they went so far against it. The majority of the cast were bizarre and explicitly alien, and the fighting revolced more around approaching the opponent to grab and throw rather than strikes and special attacks. They went their own way, but that way and the smaller graphics doomed them. I admire Fighting Masters, even if I don't think I'd have fun with it. Desert Strike I never played, but I did play Urban Strike and then download Jungle Strike. The Strike games feel like fascinating insights into the US psyche, a game about military action turning into a game where you fly around inner US cities and shoot missiles at people... well, morality aside it was a unique idea to play as a helicopter, riding around and fulfilling objectives while remembering to keep an eye on ammo and fuel. A very particular kind of fun. Kid Chameleon may not be "good" or very polished, but I was five when I saw that intro and realized this gnarly dude had the power to turn into a samurai, knight AND rampaging rhino-man. He was the coolest kid I would ever see. The games own quality was beside the point. Predator 2 was a friend of mine's slightly regrettable purchase. I remember the sight of the Predator blasting peoplento bloody bits with his plasma caster was wild, but MAN was it slow... and the perspective just wasn't engaging. Sonic 2 on the other hand had speed and action galore. I think I played this before Sonic 1, but even if I was a Mario-man through and through I couldn't deny the immediate appeal of Orange and Blue, or the mechanical monsters they fought. Streets of Rage 2, I cannot sat anything that you haven't already covered. It really was just that good. Haggar who, Max will always be best heavy-weight, and that Skate didn't make it into 4 is an OUTRAGE. Ecco... yeah, cosy until it is most definitely not. The squid was my most feared encounter. Older brother had to handle that one- I am not going near it.

[@bryanjensen2614]

Fun fact: If you had the box UPC codes for certain games you could mail them in and get Sonic 2 for free at the time right before launch. I can't recall which UPC codes they were but I got mine.

[@Gianne0923]

I was playing a lot of Sonic The Hedgehog 2 as a kid back in 1992. I know that much! Lol

[@NoShoesPlays]

I think you might be thinking of "Kid Pix" as far as the "Mario Paint/Art Alive-esque" PC art program.

[@yousefslimani99]

Finally, some SEGA contents!! 😭

[@jhighturntup5558]

Chronic the hemp Hog

[@khaz661letsplaysmore5]

The gameplay mechanics of Trouble Shooter reminds me of Capcom's Hyperdine Side Arms

[@MotherKojiro]

I'm a huge fan of Exile, but to be fair, Ys 3 is my favorite Ys game, and they're a LITTLE similar. Also a fan of Two Crude Dudes; it was everything I wanted Bad Dudes to be, though being able to pick up and weaponize everything might make it more of a Yakuza predecessor than a Bad Dudes spin-off. Sonic 2 is also my favorite of the bunch; Sonic 3 & Knuckles might be better in most ways, but 2 has the best zones, in my opinion. I don't remember ever playing Superman, but for my money, it has one of the best soundtracks on the Genesis; guess that makes sense if it was made by Sunsoft.

[@ultramaximusreviews]

Definitely need to get Turtles, Ecco, and Sonic 2

[@erneststackhouse1133]

Didn't Mortal Kombat come out in 92 for Sega Genesis because I moved over from Nintendo to Sega because of that game in 93. Anyway, i always thought Chakan was a video game for Solomon Kane another Conan character written by Robert E. Howard. Put in a lot of hours on Chakan & i need to re-visit that game tonight! Love Trouble Shooter with Auto Fire! i was in if the game had Auto Fire! Thanks for the memories now i have to play some Genesis tonight!

[@tonyp9313]

Sonic 2, Streets of Rage 2 & Turtles Hyper Stone Heist are the best games you put on your vid.

[@GotTheBestLigma]

Two crude dudes.....man that takes me back!

[@NigelXW]

The SNES Taz Mania doesn't use mode 7, it's just weird software trickery c:

[@JohnRiggs]

you're probably right.

[@juggawest]

Ecco SCARED THE CRAP OUTTA ME something about being alone and I HATE AQUARIUMS FROM THE 1 IN BOSTON to the pet store water isle!

[@darktetsuya]

the wife was big on kid chameleon back on genesis! kinda hope SEGA will bring him back with their IP revivals they've got planned. crue ball I played a rom of once, lost my everloving s**t at the intro, LOL! loved the chiptune renditions of their songs! if I ever get around to collecting genesis again it would be pretty high on my list, not gonna lie. also sonic 2 and SOR2, nuff said! I did like TMNT for being different than turtles in time, but that one is still my preferred entry.

[@JohnRiggs]

I'd love a new Kid Chameleon.. in VR!

[@isabellegroleau9672]

Chakan could benefit from a modern remake while balancing it s difficulty. Lore and atmosphere are still cool today.

[@thetruth1862]

I was a Sega Master system kid, and later in the 89 got an NES as well i was lucky.

[@claudiotapiaf.7194]

Hey, excellent pronunciation in the word Alisia.

[@retrojoe85]

1992, the year of Streets of Rage 2. I will say no more, sorry.

[@Wheels8504]

Never saw or heard of anything Sega related growing up. Looking back, I remember being at a family member's house or family friend's house who had a Genesis. I thought it was a knockoff of some kind. Because I didn't even see any TV commercials. I didn't even know Sonic was Sega related when I watched the afternoon cartoon. Nintendo was my only memory until KZbin.

[@obicalzone551]

Wonder boy in monster world is awesome on the mega drive. Kudos.

[@MunkiZee]

Chaka-khan the Forever Man

[@JohnRiggs]

I feel for that.

[@VEGANVANIA]

I was just writing a comment that 1992 began with a bang: _Heavy Nova…_ *assuming* you wouldn't include such a terrible game in this video… but I was wrong! John Riggs is taking on the difficult issues that other channels won't touch! ;-)

[@stylepartner5123]

Kid K came after Lawnmower man, same year

[@SonofSethoitae]

Man, i wanted to like Exile so bad. The premise is so cool, the charater designs and art style are awesome, but the gameplay is so stilted that I've never managed to beat it. I keep coming back though, so that's something i guess?

[@catholicactionbibleonlyist1813]

Sonic the hedgehog 2 is my all time favorite video game I Have played Sunset riders for the Sega genesis, my video rental store had the Arcade cabinet of Sunset riders Since I have a Sega genesis bias I rather play Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Hyperstone Heist over Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time

[@nickgaughan3701]

Nice list, but I reckon Road Rash 2, Steel Empire and Alien 3 should’ve been on there.

[@HairFU]

If you loved Toki in the Arcade I recoment the Amiga Version. Looks and plays like the Arcade, but have it's own Soundtrack. And man it's one of the best Soundtracks I know.

[@joeyfarris2543]

Rolling Dragon Double Thunder 2............THE VIDEO GAME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@anthonyamoroso7132]

Me and my cousin were able to beat Ecco back in the day, you gotta beat an alien if I remember correctly. We played the game for hours on end!

[@mark6302]

yo I LOVE Exile. Still play it ever so often. Love the music. I didn't have Taz Mania on Genesis, but I had it on Game Gear, and it's my personal worst game I've ever owned. I thought it was just awful. The sound was horrible. Graphics were terrible. And Ecco is one of my favorite games of all time.

[@JohnRiggs]

Love me some Exile.

[@dennismcdonald2607]

In 1992, anime was called Japanimation

[@drg5352]

Tails also had a bad habit of screwing up the bonus stages; getting hit by bombs since he jumped on a delay vs Sonic. Also you couldn't fly as him, like in 3&K. That's the primary reason I prefer S3K over 2, though 3 alone or S&K alone I prefer 2 over them.

[@imaca6538]

Most of these games got poor reviews here in the uk. Green dog has a special place in my heart, not for the game tho. I found a copy of razzle in the bushes and hid it in my green dog issue of sega power.

[@matthewmorales94]

Ummm Windows Microsoft Paint, that was then and is still on every Windows computer...

[@an_ancient_gamer]

I could never consider a game beaten or completed if a Game Genie was used. Or save states

[@kendallcooper8761]

Sonic 2 was great probably my favorite sonic game. And Streetsq of Rage 2 is great.

[@peterkaapcke7790]

Genesis is #1 ☝️

[@thetruth1862]

Desert Strike was a favorite!

[@HudsonValleyVHS]

I grew up with Sega Genesis, I am Sega over Nintendo for life but "Chakan: The Forever Man" made me question everything. I beat Ecco without the Game Genie, but my brain and that damn game never could cooperate.