Best Sega Genesis Games SNES Owners Missed Out On, Part 1 - SNESdrunk

[@SNESdrunk]

PART TWO: kzbin.info/www/bejne/i6jRm4V5ftJkl9k

[@agentjackstone3543]

I love your vids. All my friends had SNES so I had access to it, but I had the Genesis. We had fun growing up.

[@Liquidcadmus]

I like your videos and your style. no unnecessary childish skits or over reacting. just inteligently spoken and well edited videos.

[@SNESdrunk]

Thank you for watching

[@marlonbrans3567]

SNES drunk im curious do you play all these old titles through roms and emulators or do you buy all the cartridges? is roms close to the real thing?

[@emfs9522]

@@marlonbrans3567 He emulates.

[@TheSilkyPickle]

I think childish skits go nicely with childish games

[@heelturnsface]

Just watched ScrewAttack!’s video on the best Genesis games. It was so cringe.

[@TheInfuckingcredible]

Great video. The truth is, if you really want to experience the greatness of the 16-bit era as a whole, then you need both the SNES as well as the Genesis.

[@Kos4Evr]

TheInfuckingcredible you also need to turbo graphics 16 and the turbo cd. Add in the Sega CD for the lunar games and then you are good to go.

[@darklordyianni4463]

Emulators are your friends/

[@GoldenGrenadier]

You also need all those weird peripherals that got made back then and you should smash your WiFi router for good measure.

[@IslandBoy-808]

DarkKingYianni noob. Actually, great emulators are your friends.

[@praetorxyn]

@@darklordyianni4463 RetroArch encapsulates most of the good ones, at least up to the PS1 Era.

[@justsupersteve]

GAMES: 0:52 Sonic the Hedgehog series 1:28 Gunstar Heroes 1:35 Alien Soldier 02:17 Thunder Force 4 02:19 MUSHA 02:27 Gaiares 02:28 Gleylancer 02:29 Steel Empire 02:47 Castlevania Bloodlines 02:54 TMNT Hyperstone Heist 02:56 Contra Hard Corps 03:06 Streets of Rage series 03:19 Golden Axe 03:31 ToeJam and Earl 03:40 Shinobi series 04:00 Strider 04:12 Vectorman 04:18 X-Men 2 04:19 Ristar 04:21Comix Zone 04:24 Kid Chameleon 04:18 Aladdin 04:38 NHL series 04:52 Mutant League Hockey 04:59 Mutant League Football 05:06Ecco the Dolphin 05:20 Landstalker 05:34 Beyond Oasis 05:45 Phantasy Star IV 06:06 Shining Force 2 you're welcome!!!

[@phattjohnson]

You need to fix 05:34! It's doing my OCD in :P

[@jeremyc9593]

@@phattjohnson One year since his comment, and one month since your comment, and still no fix. How's that OCD doing?

[@phattjohnson]

@@jeremyc9593 I'd forgotten about it.. til now! Aaahh!!! ;P

[@Crater7928]

It looks like SNES Drunk took that Shining Force 2 footage at the end from BOWIEtheHERO's Twitch footage, hope he got permission to use the footage. BOWIE always names his Shining Force hero BOWIE after himself.

[@infiniti37G]

I still play these game on my nvidia.

[@ConsoleWars]

Oh dip! Didn't expect that shout out. Thanks dude!

[@ConsoleWars]

And one game I always enjoyed was Sword of Vermilion.

[@ant-fan]

Sword of Vermilion was a GREAT RPG. It's not quite my favorite Genesis RPG, but that's more a reflection on the Genesis' gigantic library than the quality of Sword of Vermilion. (PS, I'm Console Wars fan. Funny running into you in the comments here!)

[@ConsoleWars]

Oh yeah. I love SNES drunk videos.

[@thrillington2008]

+Console Wars glad you got great content like drunk, Kim Justice, Teddy Rubskin and gamesack

[@robkearsy2995]

Love watching you guys.

[@subzero8679]

People that had SNES and never had a Genesis really missed out on tons of great games. I had both consoles and still do, so I'm not biased towards one or the other. I love both consoles dearly.

[@Halbared]

Same

[@valentinom.4292]

If Sub Zero says it, it's true.

[@micaheldey1981]

Same Sub. I feel blessed that I had both growing up. My favorite gaming era.

[@chakenbacon]

That’s funny, me and my brother had a Genesis and our cousins got the SNES and I was always envious of them. I always thought the SNES was a better console. I didn’t appreciate it at the time, but the genesis had some good games.

[@RetroR0bbie]

Shining Force is greatness.

[@zopilote7]

I was a hardcore snes supporter as a kid and remember going to a friends house for the first time who had a genesis. At that point I had only been really aware of the Sonic series, which I never cared for. He popped in Gunstar Heroes and within a week all my birthday money went right toward a genesis.

[@bonggzilla]

play the gba gunstar heroes also :-)

[@zopilote7]

bonggzilla I really dig Gunstar super heroes, but I still stand by the original as the superior game

[@zopilote7]

+GamingDude800 I think it was because they never seemed to flow as they should have, at least to me. The camera always felt just a bit too close, obscuring what was coming and forcing insane reaction times. Like he said in the video, it encouraged repeated play and mastery, which just isn't something I really want in a 2d platformer to pop in. I want that immediate satisfaction of feeling like I'm in complete control and not at the levels mercy. The gameplay just always felt like it was constantly being broken up, especially its speed, its greatest draw, with slow, halting platforming. The large labyrinth like levels are a really cool concept, and a great way to show the genesis' capabilities in comparison to Mario, but I never felt like they were used to their full potential. Always stopping and starting, hitting dead ends and walls instead of seemlessly exploring. Don't get me wrong, I don't think they're bad games. Not in the slightest, they're fantastic. Just not really to my tastes.

[@zopilote7]

+GamingDude800 I never said it was a negative thing. I said it wasn't something I really want in a 2d platformer I just want to be able to pop in and play. When you play, say, super mario world; you enter a level not knowing what exactly to expect, but you have such complete control over mario that you're never overwhelmed or taken by surprise. It's just your skills up against the challenge of the stage. Sonic just never felt like a platformer that I have complete control over, I always felt like going fast would hinder me more than benefit me. I always felt like the levels never fully complemented sonics speed. Like suddenly halting your speed by hitting a wall you couldn't see, or random spikes directly in your path. And the Castle at the end of SMB wasn't about mastery, it was simple trial and error. There was nothing to master, just guessing until you got the correct path.

[@zopilote7]

+GamingDude800 You really took absolutely none of what I said in; did you? And what? I literally originally commented about how much I love gunstar heroes. That game is hectic as all hell and it's amazing. Now if you want a "sonic-like" game that's fast, a bit challenging and basically an homage to classic sonic as well as 16bit Treasure(the developer) games. Play freedom planet. That game solves all of the problems I have with classic games.

[@lando8913]

The music when you're underwater and about to drown in Sonic is the most stressful thing ever.

[@RageofbooshGames]

I love Shining Force 2 it's nice to see it's appreciated elsewhere.

[@uoyredrum]

It really is a fantastic game

[@superlocgaming5150]

Shining Force is amazing

[@alexzander2525]

I really wish somebody would bring back this franchise I love SF 2 so much & please don't make it like the ps2 era ones

[@nicbongo]

alex zander check out shining force Central, tons of fan projects to keep you going!

My personal favourite game of all time. I doubt I've gone more than five years at any point since it came out in 1994 without revisiting it.

[@dirtykazoo2465]

Phantasy Star IV to this day remains my favorite RPG, followed closely by Star Ocean: The Second Story and Chrono Trigger.

[@GadGades]

top 5 for me too

[@Hellheart]

BronyBass Star Ocean: The Second Story is a fan-fucking-tastic game that is so overlooked and underrated. The original is good for when it was created. But the sequel Star Ocean: Till the End of Time was straight up cabbage. It took the good shit from Second Story and just got rid of it. Like the talent system and the crafting mechanic. Such a shame, because the story itself wasn't terrible. Plus the characters were pretty memorable. 3 words: Albel Fucking Nox!

[@rhaeven]

A lot of stuff was lost between Second Story and Till the End of Time, but the combat system was soooo much better.

[@xxcrysad3000xx]

Phantasy Star IV and Chrono Trigger remind me of each other, and not just because they're sci-fi JRPG's. They're both extremely accessible, they're fast-paced, there's little fluff or filler, and they're on the shorter side as far as JRPG's go. They really are the best their respective systems have to offer in my opinion.

[@dustinroberts3445]

xxcrysad3000xx that bc phantasy star 1 2 and 3 take for fucking ever to finish

[@SQGReviewShow]

I completely agree with the Genesis having the better Strategic RPG's. That's actually my favorite subgenre of RPG's. Shining Force FTW

[@SQGReviewShow]

***** Sorry you don't enjoy it as much as I do.

[@kekeke8988]

Ogre Battle and Tactics Ogre are better than any SRPGs on genesis.

[@cjohnson3836]

@@kekeke8988 Ogre Battle isn't really a sRPG. It had some elements of the genre. But, with its use of multiple resources (gold, rep, alignment) and the theater map, its really closer to a console attempt at a grand strategy. Which is perfectly fine; the Ogre Battle series is amazing and MotBQ is in my top 3 games of all time. I don't really want to know how many hours I spent in that game. Its a shame they never finished the saga. So many good things in that series of games that ended up getting (esp from Tactics Ogre) butchered and shoehorned into Final Fantasy.

[@MerkhVision]

The Super Famicom on the other hand has the Genesis beat on the SRPG front with a bunch of great Fire Emblem games that never got released in the West. Shining Force is fun, but it’s really simplified and childish compared to Fire Emblem. Just depends on what ur into tho, I like em both for different reasons, and each has features that I wish were also present in the other.

[@CaptainMauser]

@@MerkhVision Shining Force has much more depth outside the fight. Yes Fire emblem has the fights but that's about it...

[@MegaDriveProfile]

Its kind of surprising how you admit that the genesis simply does certain games better than SNES. I say this because most reviewers and personalities tend to dismiss the system as a Sonic machine with nothing else to offer when its clearly not the case. Great batch of games you picked here too. Oh yeah, the game you mentioned after Gunstar and Alien Soldier is called " Rendering Ranger R2 " right? It looks right up my alley, gonna have to check it out.

[@SNESdrunk]

Yes, Rendering Ranger R2, it's super tough but there's nothing else like it on SNES/SFC

[@MegaDriveProfile]

Awesome, thanks.

[@13Gangland]

Mega Drive Profile Wow, certain better games? Like Hyperstone Heist and Sunset Riders right?

[@Maru96]

@13Gangland No but SoR2 is much better than any TMNT anyway

[@ovlivion81]

genesis sunset riders was actually a very washed down port imo :( I did prefer the SNES for that one

[@THEMETALISBETTER]

Glad to see The Shining Force and Phantasy Star series got shout outs. I also appreciate how passionate you are about the music in retro titles. Truly some of the strongest/most beautiful compositional work ever done.

[@ArlanKels]

Shining in the Darkness. A first person dungeon exploration RPG that served as a precursor to the Shining Force series.

[@kijijigreg197]

Great video. My respect for you increased greatly. There's not many SNES fans who have such a strong knowledge of the Genesis library. With that said, I'd like to focus my recommendations to a single publisher, Namco, since you covered so many of the heavy hitters in your video. Namco released a ton of Genesis exclusives including: -Splatterhouse 2 & 3 -Rolling Thunder 2 & 3 -Marvel Land (platformer) -Phelios (shmup) -Burning Force (rail shooter)

[@TheFlamingPike]

ToeJam & Earl is on top for me. I spent so much time playing this game with my best friend back in the day. The game truly revealed itself through its multiplayer. It was a highly original game with wacky stuff. Level 0 is to this day one of my fondest gaming memories. If you had the Game Genie like we did, you could mess around even more, with infinite presents and powers.

[@10Horrorfreak]

Land stalker one of the most underrated games ever.

[@AbyssalManta]

As is Alundra, the PS1 spiritual sequel that improves on virtually everything.

[@jdubxi11]

Seriously, best summary of Genesis exclusives EVER. I was lucky enough to have both the SNES and Genesis back then (Christmas was awesome my 7th grade year), so I remember all of these mentioned and appreciate the Genesis feel of gaming compared to SNES. Landstalker, Phanatasy Star and Gunstar Heroes being all time favorites. I remember renting Shining Force 2 and keeping it for weeks refusing to quit playing... Never did pay that late fee haha! Thank you for the nostalgia, I feel a Genesis binge coming on...

[@SNESdrunk]

Thank you for watching

[@bonggzilla]

robocop vs terminator splatterhouse 2 and 3 predator 2 the punisher man i love the mega drive :-D

[@elliotrodriguez2137]

There was a Robocop Vs. Terminator on SNES but... it was a piece of crap compared to the Genesis version (which was waaaaay better in every aspect)

[@Albert8044]

I'll throw in this Capcom direct arcade port only exclusive on the Genesis. Mercs,its the sequal to Commando with 2 player Co-op,a very awesome top down shooter.

[@johndevisser5478]

+Albert8044 Capcom ported also Chiki Chiki boys to the Genesis a very awesome game!

[@daminmancejin]

i love robocop vs terminator on the sega genesis!!!

[@13Gangland]

bonggzilla Calm down

[@ndknight]

Thank you for mentioning both Beyond Oasis and Landstalker, my two favorite games on the genesis. They're true hidden gems of the system and nearly no one ever mentions them or knows of them. Great gameplay, great story, great action, great puzzles, they're truly perfect, no flaws whatsoever. Highly recommended from a serious critic of gaming, if you've never played these games, you're in for an awesome treat.

[@paperluigis2m371]

I love Sonic 2. While I'm also a huge SNES fan, Sonic 2 will always remain to be one of my favorite games of all time. The zones played so well with momentum and the unique physics. It was the peak of gameplay for the Sonic games on Genesis.

[@dannysimion]

MUSHA was an under rated game for the Sega and lemme tell you - this game is a classic one. My mom and my aunt actually were addicted to this title and were so into it - I on the other hand sucked at it. The levels were well made, the challenge got even crazier towards the end and the soundtrack was just original and inspiring!

[@davidscritchfieldds]

Pirates! Gold is an amazing remaster of the NES pirates game. It's an incredible game that is rarely mentioned, and will keep you entertained for hours.

[@rhaeven]

Good lord, pirates is always amazing. Played it to death on Amiga and then Windows

[@haliesymmons6255]

Pirates! was SUCH a good game!

[@aaronminor8326]

I loved pirates gold

[@24magiccarrot]

I still play it at length today.

[@ffxiarcadius]

YES PIRATES GOLD!! I forgot about this one, I traded my 100-side die to a buddy for Pirates Gold. Hey its on XBOX live arcade as Sid Meyers Pirates - same game

[@NikkiTrip]

Gotta mention the Genesis version of Shadowrun. Oh, and Haunting Starring Polterguy!

[@Trynackle]

Really? As a kid I always liked Shadowrun on the SNES more. I could never get into it on the Genesis, maybe I should look at it again. That said, I've been playing the shit out of Shining Force 2.

[@TesseractE]

Don't forget the one that started the Shining series: Shining in the Darkness. It's not a TRPG, more of a First Person dungeon crawler like Phantasy Star's dungeons. Just make sure you have some graph paper handy and for the love of god, do NOT throw away any of the Shining Armor equipment. The final boss is unbeatable without it and it CAN be tossed. **snif**

[@Trynackle]

F*** Shining in the Darkness, I couldn't seem to get anywhere in those games back in the day and have no wish to go back. If anything I'd revisit Beyond Oasis.

[@ovlivion81]

the most important thing about those games was two things... ONE make your own maps (or now a days look one up in the internet) and two WALK THROUGH the trial gates at the end of the trail, lol, you can walk back and escape back to the town and it will not count as you clearing it... to be honest after I figure that out it was a by the numbers rpg and a decent one with grinding that I didn't mind too much since it was so short

[@johnnycage3673]

Sure the SNES version of Shadowrun is better but the Mega Drive one is indeed also pretty nice.

[@andyukmonkey]

About one minute in and... wow. You actually get the Sonic games. You have no idea how many people think Sonic games are bad because well, gotta go fast but you'll keep running into enemies, right?

[@robertoromerocarmona2629]

Dinamite Headdy, Rocket Knight Adventures, Light Crusaders, Ristar, ...

[@vasileios6301]

Devilish,Adventures of Batman and Robin,Light Crusader,Dynamite Headdy,Ristar,RangerX,Monster World 4,Dragons Fury,Eternal Champions,Xmen

[@Alianger]

My parts 2-4 suggestions: Alisia Dragoon Adventures of Batman & Robin, The Animaniacs Arcus Odyssey (untranslated on SNES) Battle Mania 2/Dai Gin Jou Blades of Vengeance Castle of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse Columns III - Revenge of Columns Crusader of Centy Doraemon - Yume Dorobouto 7 Nin No Gozansu Dragon Ball Z - Buyuu Retsuden Dyna Brothers 1-2 Dynamite Headdy Elemental Master Eliminate Down Gaiares General Chaos Ghostbusters Gley Lancer Herzog Zwei Hybrid Front, The King Colossus Langrisser II Light Crusader Mercs (original mode) Micro Machines - Turbo Tournament '96 Monster World III & IV Out Run 2019 Panorama Cotton Pengo Pocahontas Pulseman Quack Shot Starring Donald Duck Ranger-X Rent A Hero Revenge of Shinobi, The Robocop Versus The Terminator Rocket Knight Adventures Rolling Thunder 3 Rolo to the Rescue Shadowrun Sparkster Spider-Man vs The Kingpin Splatterhouse 2 & Splatterhouse 3 Super Fantasy Zone Tiny Toon Adventures - ACME All-Stars & Tiny Toon Adventures - Buster's Hidden Treasure Toejam & Earl in Panic on Funkotron Trouble Shooter/Battle Mania Twinkle Tale Vixen 357 Wani Wani World World of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck Wolfenstein 3D (homebrew) Yuu Yuu Hakusho - Makyou Toitsusen

[@JMFSpike]

Holy list! Glad to see King Colossus on there. What a fantastic little gem that game is. I remember playing through it and being quite upset that it was never released here. Thank God for fan translations and reproductions!

[@niltonbalbi8139]

Alianger oh yeah, the yuyu hakusho fighting game was amazing!!! i remember playing it with my older brother and it was just great!

[@Milshare]

Glad to see Arcus Odyssey get a mention.

[@loungejay8555]

1:27 the SNES had Contra 3 Alien Wars which was awesome.

[@JohnRiggs]

Fantastic idea for a video! I'll have to utilize it.

[@Albert8044]

For Genesis exclusive,you can't forget the Punisher Arcade game,a great beat em up game that must be mentioned.

[@Videomaster21XX]

The Genesis Ghostbusters game is actually pretty good.

[@Clay3613]

2nd Best Ghostbusters game!

[@subzero8679]

It is such a fun game. I love Ghostbusters for Genesis and I still play it very often.

[@ValthorEldr]

@@Clay3613 First being Luigi's Mansion? 😂

[@Clay3613]

@@ValthorEldr No, Ghostbusters The Game from 2009.

[@JD..........]

And just a mad house soundtrack to boot. Genius

[@fluxrez]

My favorite Genesis game is Dune 2. Worth a mention.

[@skullbanger3751]

Landstalker!!!! that game just brought me back.. I must buy right away!!!

[@DariaPlaysRPGs]

Go! Run to the store! Throw money at the counter and enjoy!

[@shivasthong4924]

Run Skill Banger! Run to the store as fast as you can!

[@Hektols]

One of the most interesting parts of that generation was that the majority of titles for Genesis/MegaDrive and Supernes were exclusive for each console, with titles in common being a minority. It was a time where it was really worth buying all the gaming systems. In the current generation exclusive titles are a minority.

[@Goofy8907]

Crusader of Centy / Soleil Most underrated video game ever

[@xxcrysad3000xx]

Probably the best action-RPG on the Genesis. I like it quite a bit more than Beyond Oasis.

[@Zulk_RS]

Not adding any spoilers here but when I first played it, I was already aware of Link to The Past and thought it was just a Zelda Clone. Then I beat the first boss and the game just kept getting more interesting from there. Love it.

[@jasonatkerson9894]

I had both SNES and Sega growing up and loved then both. Below are my top 3 Sega only games Shining Force 2 Pirates! Gold D&D - Warriors of the Eternal Sun

[@theonewhowokeup9987]

Shining Force 1 & 2 were underrated.

[@Gorilla_Jones]

SEGA Genesis is such a great console. The early 90s are the absolute best time in gaming hands down. Even with today's graphics and sound this era is King and I feel lucky to have experienced it as an adult and able to purchase everything I wanted. Long live the 16bit/32bit era! Long live the King!

[@SENTRYXX]

RISTAR is a good game too

[@MeatPopsycle]

I played Phantasy Star IV on a Sega Nomad. I played it while sitting on my bed with a completely capable and working 20" television within arms length. The opportunity to play a game like that on a portable system was just too much for teenage me to have experienced it any other way.

[@predaking2wings]

Your soo honest to actually accept that the genesis had many better games. I love both systems but the genesis wins for me a better collection purposes!!

[@jeremyc9593]

Same here. I loved them both, but if I had to choose one it would be the Genesis hands down, and it's still my favorite system of all time.

[@zosxavius]

It depends on what you wanted. If you were into JRPG's the SNES wins by a long shot.

[@Llukario]

As a Sega Genesis owner i missed out on a lot of snes titles and im kinda glad i did because now i get to play them as an adult and its awesome. The sheer happiness i felt playing Breath of fire 1 and 2 was a pretty awesome feeling and learning that phalanx was a shoot em up after all these years was hilarious! Awesome video man!

[@itoramos6843]

Sword of vermilion

[@elgoog-the-third]

It was hilariously repetitive though. Probably the only bad game Yu Suzuki ever made.

[@jackburton307]

@@elgoog-the-third bad!? Hardly! One of my top 5 Genesis games

[@orquidiababo6630]

I absolutly loved playing Soleil on the Megadrive. Its an kidish Action Rpg, pretty unknown but amazing.

[@devilzdandruff9199]

Golden Axe 1-2, Streets of Rage 1-3 NHL ‘93 & ‘94 (Genesis version is the best hockey game ever made) Lightening Force Phantasy Star 4 Kid Chameleon Sonic 1-3 Contra Hard Corps Castlevania Bloodlines Shining Force 2 Revenge of Shinobi Shinobi 3 Comic Zone Gunstar Heroes Beyond Oasis Castle of Illusion World of Illusion ToeJam & Earl Alien Soldier Truxton Vectorman Strider Moonwalker Splatterhouse 2-3 Ristar X-men 1-2 Ecco the Dolphin Altered Beast Outrun Super Hang on Super Monaco GP Virtual Racing Earthworm Jim (the SNES version is inferior in every aspect) Street Fighter II (Genesis version is much closer to the arcade than SNES Mortal Kombat (SNES has worse resolution and grey blood, doesn’t have OG fatalities, enough said) *Virtually every sports game ran better on the Genesis due to the SNES hardware limitations despite the fact that the SNES debut was two years after the Genesis. **Have I mentioned the arcade ports that Genesis was executing perfectly beginning in 1989? Where was the SNES in 1989? Oh that’s right, it came out two years after the Genesis. So yeah.... SNES owners missed out on quite a bit.

[@lazarushernandez5827]

Herzog Zwei Forgotten Worlds QuackShot Ranger X Granada Phantasy Star 2 Sword of Vermillion

[@EWOODJ]

SF II only if you had the 6 button pad...if it worked.

[@DublinJimmy80]

@@EWOODJ it's an awesome controller better than the snes one and it always works lol

[@24magiccarrot]

The amount of hours I put into Streets of Rage 1 and 2 was ridiculous.

[@Chakeis]

Crusaders of Centy / Soleil

[@niwi7642]

(Just a blue Hedgehog whos chilling on the Beach here)

[@christopherfiore960]

Oh my God someone finally mentions Toejam & Earl!! Thank you Sir, that game was so much wacky fun!

[@bryankelly335]

As a RPG Junkie that grew up with the Shining Force Series , I must commend you sir .. Take my like , appreciate yah ..!

[@Steinjung]

I like your style. Informative with a clear voice and good talking speed. I grew up with atari, then NES and SNES and missed a lot of what Sega had up until I got a Dreamcast. You have me subscribed 🙂

[@SNESdrunk]

Thanks Daniel, lots more to come

[@pinmike8666]

I feel the best Sega game not covered n this video is Wonder Boy in Monster World; very charming Zelda II-esque action RPG.

[@ant-fan]

I feel like most of the world has forgotten about Wonder Boy, which is a shame, since it was a really good series.

[@EqualsDeath]

it wasn't. and that's why it's forgotten.

[@DjSamination]

Good thing we are getting not 1, but 2 games based/revolving around the Wonderboy IP. One being a remake of Dragon's Curse, and a complety new game, Monster boy

[@nordak]

Amazing game.

[@Burn_Angel]

Eh, if I were to talk about Zelda clones, I like King Colossus better. Not to bash on Wonder Boy though.

[@KennyMcCormick99]

If I somehow start any of your videos late or have the volume down at first... I now have to rewind to the beginning just to hear my new favorite jingle!!😄

[@horricule451]

The Phantasy Star games aren't revolutionary gameplay wise, but i'll be damned if I don't love their setting.

[@LainK1978]

The Phantasy Star series definitely had great setting and story. The lore was so great when I played PSIV that I went and tried to find the other games, never did get a chance to play them though until I got them on my Wii's virtual console.

[@Zulk_RS]

I was completely blown away by PS4's story. I was pretty stunned by it when I was mid-way thorough the game. Not going to spoil anything but those who have played the game no what I'm talking about.

[@UmeastudentTV]

Shining force 2... it only gets better with years, one of my all time favorites.

[@SonofTiamat]

Aw yeah, Gunstar heroes! I also like Android Assault on the Sega CD.

[@HellBoundhorrorshow]

You looked past nostalgia and personal preference and gave a very objective list. This video could be played out so many different ways, and I think you really balanced out what you wanted to say. Thank you for just appreciating games. I am officially subscribed!

[@betaubtesfaultier3607]

Never love the system, love the games. Great video, by the way. :-)

[@icuptoo2627]

That's great advice actually

[@paulmann5328]

Facts

[@kanaverum]

Exile and Traysia were two of my favorites. Very epic games but I never see them mentioned much. Both were made by Renovation Products Inc. and I truly think they were masterpieces. Exile was a typical overhead RPG until it’s time for expiring a dungeon and then you’d go into side-scrolling fantasy combat - awesome. Traysia was an RPG that had random encounters taking you to a tactical SRPG of sorts where you choose actions like moving, casting spells, attacking, etc. The story for this game was long and interesting, had some twists that have stuck with me still, and was very memorable. I don’t know if they made any other games, but these are the kinds of games that were entirely worth the money.

[@cptnoremac]

Pulseman is a great Genesis game.

[@dragonsoul0]

Phantasy Star 3, Altered Beast, Zombies Ate My Neighbors, Ranger X, Captain American and the Avengers, Columns, Cyborg Justice, Death and Return of Superman, Maui Mallard in Cold Shadow, Jewel Master, The Lost Vikings, Mega Bomberman, Robocop vs Terminator, Taz in Escape from Mars, Wonder Boy in Monster World, X-Men: 2 Clone Wars. Not to mention all those you mentioned but didn't show.

[@chrisbidwell895]

Nice video The other reprogrammed Capcom arcade ports are also great like Ghouls n Ghosts and Forgotten Worlds

[@SNESdrunk]

I'll have to look at those after I'm through looking at the Konami stuff, thanks

[@whosaidthat84]

ghouls n ghosts on genesis is so much better than super ghouls and ghosts. sure it's bigger and technically superior but GNG is just more fun and has directional aiming.

[@DGrann]

sound track is also amazing

[@daminmancejin]

i still play ghouls n ghost on my sega genesis ^_^

[@Video-Games-Are-Fun]

forgotten worlds was really fun

[@buriedbeneathgodsacre4496]

Phantasy Star 4 has the most emotionally engaging storyline ever

[@avideogamemaster]

more sega genesis games worth taking a shot: Alien Storm, Beavis and Butt-Head, Castle Of Illusion, Quackshot, McDonald's Treasure Land Adventure

[@daminmancejin]

i still have alien storm

[@Pixel_Padre]

Love Shining Force! Oddly, the SNES only lacked for strategy RPGs in the west. In Japan it had Fire Emblem, Tactics Ogre, Front Mission, Langrisser and a whole lot more. It's too bad the genre was so ignored by western publishers.

[@Captain_Neckbeard]

Both systems had pros and cons. Thanks for being unbiased and presenting great games on a variety of systems.

[@SeaToSkyImages]

Revenge of Shinobi. That soundtrack.......

[@Mike-nf6nf]

Shinobi 3 is also great and the soundtrack is very good.

[@skeggjoldgunnr3167]

If you had Streets of Rage 2 and someone to play 2nd player - you two have no need for a SNES. The kickin' Yuzo Koshiro jams, the violence, the intense action, the hilarity of it all just being so over the top PERFECT...and the satisfying resounding echo CLACK! you get from crackin' a sneaky behind the back creeping enemy on his dome with a length of pipe with an elbow fitting on the end. And the roast chickie or apple in dust bins. mmm.

[@TheGunmanChannel]

Good list

[@DontrelleRoosevelt]

SEGA also did movie-to-game, published first party, extremely well! Home Alone (1) is one of my favorite games ever. There's weapon-crafting, free-roam, and the Expert mode has frenetic pacing!

[@Floatillyboats]

Everybody is so fucking obsessed over SNES. Genesis was and still is 100 times better. There was so many better games. This video mentioned some of them but there are 100's of great games! These kids these days need to be educated on the Genesis library. Thank you for making this video. The Sega needs and should get a lot more love. One of the best consoles ever made. And I also forgot about the Mega Drive as well. Even more great titles on there!!!!

[@LainK1978]

Not really, it all depends on the type of games you liked. Sega did certain types of games better, and they focused on those hard. Each company also asked the game developers to make exclusive versions of games for them; it was rare for any games at the time to be actual ports due to the fact that the controllers didn't have the same number of buttons (the genesis controllers originally having 2 fewer buttons, then later having 1 [or 2?] more than the SNES); that plus the companies wanting to have a game unique to them added to it all.

[@MenfisRetroSpace]

Congrats for the video. I was all console hard core player since 1987 and when you talk about Genesis you could never forgot one great RPG that is the sequel to another great one. How could you didn't said anything about the 1989 Phantasy Star 2!!!! Back to 1989/1990 wasn't anything like that anywhere! ...thanks for the video and the Genesis credits

[@christopherblue2004]

Well, cause the SNES is was freaking awesome, that's why I forgot about Sega.

[@sonicmario64]

"Ghostbusters" is also worthy of mentioning on such a topic, since the SNES never did receive a Ghostbusters-themed video game on the console, and the game that was released on the Genesis is considered one of the best games based on the franchise.

[@MyKeyHull]

general chaos!! 2player

[@ctimegodb658]

I so love that game always wished for a part 2

[@ctimegodb658]

And with 2 players was the best way to play

[@truepatriot3768]

MyKeyHull haha that was company of heroes back in 90s 😘

[@kirbyhero256]

I'm someone who also grew up with the SNES, and only in the last few years did I discover ToeJam & Earl. I remember seeing commercials for the sequel and it just looked like just another 2D platformer, so imagine my surprise to find out the original is a roguelike.

[@renerenteria2722]

eternal champions

[@nordak]

I'm so glad to see Alien Soldier mentioned. I just recently started playing it. Blown away. Anyone who hasn't had the pleasure of playing Alien Soldier needs to play this game. It's a tough game and has a bit of learning curve on the control side, but so fulfilling when you start "getting it."

[@mcbrotherhill]

robbocop vs terminator

[@richardmack330]

That was on both Snes and Megadrive (Genesis)

[@SNESdrunk]

Genesis version is way better though

[@richardmack330]

***** Agreed, that's the version I own.

[@TheInfuckingcredible]

Mega Man X trilogy, Donkey Kong Country Trilogy, Soul Blazer Trilogy, Chrono Trigger, FF III (or VI, to be more accurate), Super Mario World, Super Metroid... Quite an impressive list, indeed.

[@TheInfuckingcredible]

Lord Doomer Illusion of Gaia and Terranigma belong to the so called "Soul Blazer Trilogy", even though they're all independent story lines.

[@braselthegamer]

Great idea for a video. I grew up with the SNES too and only recently really got to dig into the obvious ones like Sonic. Definitely a lot of neat stuff that the SNES didn't have. I miss the days of an obvious devide between consoles and their exclusives.

[@INFERNO95]

Axelay for the SNES is better then any space shooter for the gen. Not that the games in the videos are bad mind you. Great video by the way.

[@bobbykbobette7426]

Thunder Force IV.

[@corinful]

INFERNO95 seriously you are on Crack....The Thunderforce titles kick the shit out of crappy slow Axelay

[@WesleyEllisEsquire]

Axelay is good, but the Genesis just had a better processor for fast gameplay. Genesis really had a one up on the SNES

[@mikebernardino534]

This video made my week! As someone who grew up with a Genesis, it really was hard to believe that there were a lot of SNES snobs out there that thought the console was trash...and they didn't even know about any of these titles because they simply didn't care. Their loss! I had a great gaming childhood because of them ❤️

[@SNESdrunk]

Thanks for watching Mike

[@mikebernardino534]

@@SNESdrunk thanks for making such great videos, I've been watching them a lot lately!

[@joyasmusicales603]

They're Nintendo fanboys that bash on anything non-nintendo

[@TranceCore3]

I never understood why people like toe jam and earl. And I never will.

[@kwasiwilliams5014]

Comedic value

[@rhaeven]

Real time rogue-like on a console 20 years before that became a thing. And the soundtrack was fucking amazing. Audio sampled drums and twangy funky bass were two of the only things the Genesis could do better than SNES, soundwise.

[@martinrivera4850]

Thank you so much... I completely forgot Gunstar heroes name but never forgot the hours Of joy i spend in there. Downloading the ROM and prepared for nostalgia time

[@connordunckel8544]

no lunar love?

[@Kaiserete]

Well Lunar started in the Mega CD, this is only genesis

[@Saviliana]

MCD is a part of Genesis, MCD is an addon to the genesis.

[@LainK1978]

By that logic then the Genesis is just an add on. If one owned the Sega Master System (Sega's 8-bit console), then you could buy an add-on to it which allowed you to upgrade said system to play all the Sega Mega Drive (Genesis) games. Then you could also attach that upgraded system to the Mega CD add-on; as well as eventually the 32X add on. So why are you not just comparing all of the Genesis games to the regular NES games? After all the Genesis is part of the Master System, it was just an add-on to the Master System after all.

[@avideogamemaster]

Nope, you can play sega genesis as a console alone, but not a sega cd. Sega cd is just an add on, not a console

[@RaspberrySuprise]

I remember playing Beyond Oasis on the Sega Channel when I was a kid. Good times.

[@zrayburton]

RaspberrySuprise totally underrated good stuff

[@schooltrashers]

Splatterhouse 2 & 3, plus the X-men games were always my favorite on the Sega Genesis.

[@zrayburton]

Ninja-X3 x men games were awesome on sega

[@schooltrashers]

@@zrayburton Yup. :)

[@absoluteego]

i never thought it was fun to run as fast as you could through a sonic level. the fun part was discovering all the different paths and secrets. it was a weird series because the controls were built around going fast but it often encouraged you to take it slow.

[@ChibiQilin]

Sonic & knuckles expansion, gun star heroes and comix zone were some of my favorites growing up. Mutant league as well.

[@Voidward]

Beyond Oasis is probably my favorite 16 big game. Really nice top-down action - adventure with RPG elements.

[@harleywaldera4072]

I'm kinda surprised that light crusader wasn't on you list I thought that game was so epic back then.

[@THESHMUPMASTER]

Great vid! Certainly a lot of "yeah duh" games on there but you covered the majority of the ones I would have mentioned. I was fortunate enough to grow up with both the SNES and Genesis, so I don't have this problem :)

[@ikeyasector]

I was a Sega guy back when the Genesis first came out. It was more appealing to me because I was about 12 years old when it came out and got it on it's release (a few years before the Sonic era). At that time, the Genesis had more mature content as to where the NES was considered the 'cute and cuddly' system at that point. Revenge of Shinobi is still my all time favorite game even to this day. Even though I loved the Genesis, I was first and foremost a computer gamer (C64 and Amiga 500), but as far as consoles go, the Genesis was my all time favorite.

[@sleazypig]

Good video here. I am in the opposite camp you are in. I had the Genesis and now as a adult collector I have both. Most SNES fan boys ignore the processing power the Genesis had and thumb there noses up at the Genesis so I appreciate your open mind on the Genesis. I myself am trying to get to know the SNES and what it brings to the table. Both machines are great and compliment each other by bringing different strengths to the table.

[@BigSi-xw6wv]

Genesis and Super Nintendo were both unbelievable and I'm definitely in love with this time period.

[@tarantino0151]

I did actually buy a Genesis after having a SNES and eventually went back to the SNES. One wasnt necessary better than the other, it came more down to the style of game u liked. Glad u mentioned Stryder, easily one of my favourite games!

[@mr.2cents.846]

Golden Axe was surely great. OutRun got me hooked on SEGA in the arcades like Afterburner 2. The Mega Drive had Flashback. Great game. Have you tried Hellfire? Great Thunder Force style shooter. Great music. Reminded me of the Master System's Zillion.

[@XBC3-4GOTY]

My Top 10 Sega Genesis Games are: 10. Mickey Mouse Castle of Illusion 9/10 9. CastleVania:Bloodlines 9/10 8. Beyond Oasis 9/10 7. Alisia Dragoon 9/10 My Sleeper Gem 💎 6. Phantasy Star IV 9/10 5. Shinobi 3: Return of the Ninja Master 10/10 4. Sonic The Hedgehog 2 10/10 3. Shining Force 1 and 2 10/10 2. Gun Star Heroes 10/10 1. Streets of Rage 2 10/10

[@TheOriginalEdFry]

I always find the best shit on KZbin when I can't sleep. Hope you're still active man, sorry for being late to the party.