Every Modern Sega Genesis / Mega Drive Game RANKED!

[@st1ka]

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[@drstephenstrange897]

Actually in Tanzer you must keep those orbs "alive" if you want the good ending: I think those orbs have kidnapped people inside and you must keep them(they're basically jump blocker you're not supposed to jump on them)...otherwise the ending will be like "Ok you win but there is no one alive to see that"

[@st1ka]

ooooh! thank you! so I've been doing the oposite of what I should be doing haha.

[@theflyingninja1]

Didn't Super Fighter Team release two more Mega Drive games? Legend of Wukong and Star Odyssey, I think.

[@st1ka]

Yeah, I missed Legend of Wukong, my bad. Star Odyssey I didn't count because I don't consider it a limited release. It's the same reason why I didn't include the re-release of Megaman Willy Wars or Mega Turrican.

[@igroteka90]

Stupid dumb shooters in the top? Bad top.

[@AlphaZeroX96]

Am I the only one who's more excited about new releases for old consoles than new releases of modern games?

[@vas-ymononc6958]

You're not the only one 😉

[@ricardomarino3763]

Nope. The video was pretty harsh on the games. Too harsh for my taste.

[@gwicks]

Nope! You aren't!

[@rushdenphilstravels.5055]

Me too ! New games to big and too much time investment needed !

[@LukeMM95]

New consoles suck. Why would you be alone?

[@fr_schmidlin]

Great review! I have two suggestions for next videos (maybe about other platforms?) 1) Always mention the year of the release, as this makes a lot of difference. Development tools evolve considerably. 2) Use the black bars on the sides to always display the game title. This way you won't have to go back to check it if you forgot while was paying attention to the graphic and sound details

[@st1ka]

Oh those are some nice sugestions, I hadn't considered that. Thank you for that. If it helps, you can check the timestamps for the name of the game too :)

[@amerikaOnFire]

@@st1ka You taking the time to do the timestamps is greatly appreciated. But I second both of these suggestions as it makes it much easier to simply see the game name and even year it was made. Shmup Junkie does this on his similar vids and it's super helpful when trying to find where to buy/play the games.

[@st1ka]

@@amerikaOnFire makes sense. I'll see if I can do something similar for my videos in the future

[@ramrodbldm9876]

​@amerikaOnFire thing is no actual man is watching another man that uses the word shmup you shmuck

[@diegog1853]

Probably someone mentioned it already. But there is also the megadrive port of cave story, officially acknowledge by the main site. Maybe it is not on the list because the game was never sold, it was always free, just like the original cave story. But it is a fantastic port of a fantastic game. One of those new games that you know could have easily been a top 10 mega drive game if it was released back in the day.

[@st1ka]

Oh that version is great. I didn't include it because there's no way to buy physical ^^

[@TampaTec]

I bought Tanglewood for hacked Sega mini and it works great with picodrive emulator but needed to press Start instead of A button, it's a fun unique game. Also bought bio evil and Demons of Asteborg both very good. I don't mind buying 16bit games under $20 and supporting indie content.

[@st1ka]

I recommend you check out the Asteborg, spin-off, Astebros! :D

[@voiceranger2]

Great video! I hadn’t realized so many of these titles had been released on the Evercade line of consoles. Brave Battle Saga is fire and Xenocrisis is amazing. I really want to play Demons of Asteborg and I’m crossing my fingers that Phantom Gear turns out well. Thanks for your hard work on this video!

[@st1ka]

Thank you! I try! ^^

[@BryanTruong]

Always enjoy your stuff. I had a hard time with Switchblade locking up on me - although I only tried it on an Analogue Mega SG and not official hardware. Love Xeno Crisis and Tanglewood, personally speaking

[@st1ka]

yeah, I had similar issued with Switchblade. Supposedly they issued a new version, but it was too late for me :\

[@t0xcn253]

Water Margin immediately had my attention by being (presumably) based on one of the all time great Wuxia novels. I'm always surprised that more Wuxia stories have yet to be adapted to video games, so much potential!

[@noaht2005]

You’d be surprised, there are quite a few Chinese games based on domestic novels

[@absinthe4breakfast299]

There was a TV show based on the Water Margin when I was a kid, it was awesome.

[@st1ka]

I admit I don't know much about Wuxia novels, but all I can say is that Water Margin is amazing! :P

[@noaht2005]

@@absinthe4breakfast299 the japanese 70s one? That show is damn cool. There is also a Pokemon clone RPG on GBC based on water margin, that seems pretty cool (if you can read chinese)

[@t0xcn253]

@@noaht2005 No kidding? There's a weird amount of Pokemon games based on classics of Eastern literature. Thank you for sharing and I might have to look into that TV show as well.

[@jonpirovsky]

Glad that Tanzer is getting the recognition it deserves. Amazing game and amazing soundtrack!

[@st1ka]

Oh I've been a huge fan of Tanzer since it came out. Such a fun game

[@psirensongs]

_Man._ _Tanglewood._ I knew I loved this game dearly. First played it during the lockdown times- but I didn't realize quite how much of an impact it had on me until I got chills hearing the title screen theme here. There really _isn't_ another game like it on the platform, and there aren't a lot of games like it in general. What a beautiful journey that game is. I'm pleasantly surprised by the number of these games I haven't heard of- I thought I'd done a pretty good job keeping up with what's been going on with new Genesis/Megadrive titles, but there's SO much here for me to dig into. Thanks for this!

[@st1ka]

Honestly even I have trouble keeping up with all the releases. I'm sure I missed a few

[@Gatorade69]

Tanglewood just looks so... Bare ? To me so I have avoided it. Maybe I should check it out.

[@st1ka]

@Gatorade69 the game is very minimalistic which can be a hit or miss depending on what you're looking for. For some people it might feel barebones, for others it feels immersive and even verges on horror

[@PSPMan]

Is Metal Dragon using Sega Master System Music or something? That clip you had sounded more like Dragon Crystal than anything on Genesis lol

[@AnthonyFlack]

The backwards parallax scrolling in Jim Power makes it hard to look at. Why have they made the background layers go in the opposite direction? Gives me a headache.

[@st1ka]

yeah it's an odd decision. I feel the scrolling is even worse on the SNES in that regard, but yeah it takes some time to get used to it.

[@markclifton859]

@@st1kaThe reason was that it was to allow the 3D effect gimmick that the game had going on to work. The SNES version came with 3D glasses to facilitate this... not to say the effect was very GOOD mind you...

[@crazyninjaturtle3]

No Stone Protectors? For all watching Stone Protectors was released in 2022 by Piko in a special edition with all the tv show episodes on a DVD, its on steam also. I can beat Paprium using only jump kicks so i dont know what youre talking about when you say theres no other game that plays or has features like Paprium. I understand the adiction mechanic and the paths you choose, the big sprites and the cool soundtrack but cmon man...between stolen sprites and stages from other games, really bad enemy AI, enemies with 3 animations max, no real special attacks, theres is nothing special in Paprium. SOR 3 and 2 do it better. Yeah Metal Dragon is nothing special and the physical edition was really poor also. A manual with 2 pages talking about the game and the rest just names tanking people that backed up the project. Good video anyway, looking forward for the Ancient schmup, ZPF, Final Fight and the Real Bout Fatal Fury Special port that is being developed in Brasil.

[@panos_sigma]

Except from Paprium, I've played all of these new MD releases and for me Tanzer and Tanglewood are okayish and only Demons of Asteborg and Xenocrisis can be comparable with the old classics of the system. I don't consider Darius, Ultracore, Mad Stalker and other games from this list "modern", because they either are ports of old games or just cancelled old games which were given a second chance. The rest of the really new ones, are at best mediocre. The upcoming releases, such as Phantom Gear, ZPF and Irena Genesis, indeed seem really promising. I'm not optimistic about the fan made arcade ports for the Mega Drive though. All of them are made for fun or for first impressions and reactions and they all get abandoned real fast. I hope I'm wrong for most of them though. I only know Darius as a completed and succesful fan-made project so far.

[@ShmupJunkie]

Enjoyed the video my friend, nice work as always 💪. Lots of games in here I didn’t know about and some that look very cool and I plan to try. There’s one I didn’t see here and absolutely love called Omega Blast. It’s a caravan only 3min vertical shooter so it’s not a full game per se, it’s for playing for high score. Mega Drive exclusive and it’s free. But it’s sooo much fun and one of the best caravan levels I’ve ever played. We even did a competition for it a couple years ago and everyone loved it. It was in an older video of mine. I’d recommend trying it one day for fun. Warning yes it’s hard 😂

[@arnauddemarais9104]

Yes omega blast is crazy good :)

[@st1ka]

ah, I know about that game and it's super fun. I honestly didn't include it because I wanted games that would have felt like full releases. But that is a quality release :P

[@brazilmugenteam]

30:57 I can't understand why Capcom haven't sued the authors of this game, as it used a lot of stolen content from Capcom. Back in the day, it was a bootleg, but now you can officially buy it... (Fixed the timestamp)

[@st1ka]

They're probably not even aware of it.

[@mugen8studios]

i've recently discovered this niche, but i honestly dont understand it why develop games with so many restrictions... is it for challenge?

[@st1ka]

Well, it's cool to see new game for old systems and it also makes the games feel more authentic. The issue with a lot of indie games that mimic retro games is that they often do things the original consoles couldn't and sometimes it breaks the immersion

[@mugen8studios]

​@@st1ka true, i agree. do you know if its harder to dev for old systems? because i kinda feel like a challenge

[@st1ka]

@@mugen8studios Yeah, most devs say it's quite challenging. Though thankfully, modern tools help a little bit.

[@CasperEgas]

Most of these games are just a diversion... I think people aren't critical enough of them. Too expensive for what they are. It is cool that so much time is put in them by fans, but most wouldn't have done well in the regular market. There are exceptions of course. I was really impressed by Doom 32X Ressurection.

[@st1ka]

That's why I made this ranking video. It's a way of seeing what are the best and worst ones, lets them decide for themselves. I do feel some projects aren't big enough. Others, while not outstanding would fit right at home with your average mega drive game. And a select few would be on the upper tier of Genesis games.

[@ClampEEGEE]

Coffee Crisis was so disappointing. I remember being incredibly hyped before it released, because Oh my god, a new Genesis game! And then I played it. Ugh.

[@st1ka]

Yeah, I was pretty disappointed by it. Thankfully, there's some really good ones out there.

[@robertdanker6193]

Great video! I just finished playing Water Margin and had a blast, I also am playing The RPG Brave Battle Saga and really like it so far.😄👍

[@st1ka]

Yep those are surprisingly good bootleg games

[@blues2807]

Awesome games!

[@cjjuszczak]

36:50 what's up with Jim Power's parallax scrolling ?? They get it right on the intro screen, then it's backwards during the game ??

[@st1ka]

Yeah it's definitely weird and it gets even weirder in the snes version for some reason lol

[@greensun1334]

A new version of "Sunset Riders" was indeed necessary. I don't know if it becomes the definitive 16bit version, but I'm sure when finished it's much better than the flawed standard MD port...

[@st1ka]

I like the official port of Sunset Riders, but yeah, it could have been SO much better.

[@greensun1334]

@@st1ka so far, it looks good, not as good like the arcade original of course, but still much better than the official MD version!

[@greensun1334]

@@st1ka your're right, the old Megadrive Sunset Riders is not a bad game (altrough it's to hard for the wrong reasons imo), but it's inferior compared to the arcade and SNES versions. The new arranged MD version helps out for sure!

[@st1ka]

yep agreed!

[@mmo4754]

I dont understand why smaller projects won't be counted?? Did they not do small projects back in the day?

[@st1ka]

Mostly to keep the video manageable. Even with all these rules the video was still an hour long. If I counted every project this would be well over 6 hours

[@coreybell6297]

Much love from Williamsport Pennsylvania WWG1WGA WORLDWIDE 🐸

[@st1ka]

thank you! ^^

[@nikolaus8115]

Thanks, I didn't know "Canon : Legend of the new gods", and "Water Margin" looks nice as well. I just hope one day that someone (maybe me with SGDK ?) will make a game like Crusader of Centy / Oasis, we have too many platformers on Megadrive.

[@st1ka]

Yeah, I'd like to see more RPGs and adventure games too.

[@arnauddemarais9104]

I would love to do a story of thor (beyond oasis) like game but it looks like a very hard task

[@st1ka]

Oh man, I'd love to see a new game like that on the mega drive.

[@nikolaikalashnikov4253]

*_D&D_* has such a large community, that frankly I'm _SHOCKED_ that nobody has done a romhack OR homebrew of *_Dungeons & Dragons - Warriors of the Eternal Sun._* ...Controversial opinion here, but *_D&D WOTES_* is absolutely amazing, imo !!! ...And frankly, since we were cheated out of a great *_Star Trek_* game and they just gave us mediocre titles instead, I think a *_Star Trek_* themed romhack of *_WOTES_* would be awesome !!! The game has 7 races by default, but it looks like there's room to expand up to 10 races. So, the question arises, what 10 *_Star Trek_* races would YOU add to such a romhack ? And what would your 4 party members be ??? Me personally, Imma say... 1. Male Aenarr / Female Betazoid (both Healers with Telepathy). 2. Male Human / Female Augment 3. Male Android / Female Borg. 4. Male Ferengi / Female Changling (both Rogue-like). 5. Male Klingon / Female Andorian (both Fighters). 6. Vulcan 7. Male Denobulan / Female Trill (both Scientists & Medics). 8. Male Cardassian / Female Bajoran 9. Male Nausicaan / Female Caitian 10. Male Gorn / Female Orion 11. Male Xindi Reptilian / Female Xindi Insectoid. Jeez, I cheated hard on that list to fit in extra species... Here's a non-cheated list: 1. Human 2. Android 3. Ferengi 4. Klingon 5. Andorian 6. Aenar 7. Vulcan 8. Betazoid 9. Changling 10. Borg Altho, my four party members would probably Android, Klingon, & Andorian to overpower everything with a Ferengi Rogue to haggle, pick locks, disable traps, & steal stuff :P

[@CarinoGamingStudio]

if this sell in the 90s it will make sega fans happy and make nintendo bankrupt.

[@st1ka]

I'm pretty sure games like Xenocrisis and Paprium would have made a big splash back in the day.

[@LAMGFGC]

The "ugly graphics" of duke 3d are not how it is supposed to look like , the graphics where coded a certain way so it would look correct on a CRT TV with no vertical black lines and correct colors

[@bortsimons7457]

also: the original game had a crosshair: just press "i" and it appears on screen

[@st1ka]

To be fair, I have seen footage of it running on a TV... and it's still pretty ugly imo >_> The issue is the color palete. It's all so grey and green.

[@deviandrianto]

I interesting with this beat 'em up game 30:46

[@st1ka]

It's a pretty great game

[@Deckardrick007]

We need an illegal episode.

[@jaymthesn5981]

It's sad that Super Nintendo don't get Modern Games like Mega Drive. . . Imagine!

[@st1ka]

So far the snes projects haven't been very interesting imo :/

[@nikolaikalashnikov4253]

@deansatan9573 ...I'm not sure that's a valid argument since by extension of your logic, one could question why program for the *_Motorola 68,000_* processor at all when we have much power hardware specifications on todays average home computers ? ...And I'm not sure I can take your argument at face value: That " _the SNES was deficient in comparison to other 16-bit consoles_ ": I'm a little skeptical of that claim since *_Final Fantasy 6_* for the *_SNES_* is arguably the greatest game of the 16-bit era. My guess would be that the tools, like *_SGDK,_* for the *_68k_* CPUs, are simply more mature & make development easier on the *_Genesis_* than the *_SNES_* ?

[@Scav-Goblin]

L'Abbaye des Morts is my favorite one here by a mile. Its amazing how great that game is. Just wish it was longer. A lot longer.

[@st1ka]

yeah, understandable. I really like the game, but I also know this style of platformer is a niche interest.

[@stalkerstomper3304]

I'm so confused. What's the difference between a Sega Genesis and a Megadrive? Is Megadrive just the Japanese name for Genesis? Or is the Megadrive like the original NES, and the Genesis is like the upgraded SNES? Anyone??? Thanks.

[@st1ka]

Sega Genesis is the American/Canadian name. Mega Drive is the name of the console in the rest of the world. I use use them interchangeably because I have audiences from everywhere in the world

[@stalkerstomper3304]

@@st1ka Ah! Thank you for the explanation. One last question, was there an 8 bit Sega system similar to the NES before the Genesis? Lastly, I love the content and presentation of your videos. They're always so indepth, informative, and entertaining. Thanks for your hard work!

[@st1ka]

@stalkerstomper3304 glad you liked the video :D Yes, Sega had an 8 bit console called "Master System" the system did well in Europe and South America but flopped hard in Japan and the US. As a result most of its best games are exclusive to Europe and South America. The system was generally more powerful than the NES, but the sound was worse.

[@8bitsnkboy472]

Just WOW!! I honestly hadn't heard of the most of these. Anyway, I'm already looking up copies of Darius and Tanzer (I already picked up Xeno Crisis on Neo Geo CD, so I can give that a miss). Cheers St1ka!!

[@st1ka]

Hope you'll enjoy them! :D

[@lepuke6854]

Metal Dragon is pretty much a Mercs reskin.

[@st1ka]

except Mercs is better :P

[@pedroalpha1101]

Pesquise real bout fatal fury genesis - canal da Rheogamer.

[@st1ka]

ah sim eu conheço essa versão. ^^

[@maxi_rios_]

45:34 I'm a Genesis boy but i think Xeno Crisis fits the "hardcore gaming"-style of Genesis but the controller that fits perfectly with this game is the SNES controller.

[@ricardocardoso671]

Gostei do vídeo rapaz, pena não ter encontrado nenhuma maneira de experimentar o Paprium.

[@st1ka]

Sim, infelizmente, é muito dificil de jogar o Paprium :(

[@KaskelotenZebbe]

Great video! In my opinion, Pulseman has the best voice acting on the console. A TV news host and a radio buddy both get the job done! There is also some football games with commentary, but I haven't played them. You can use those rocks of Edessot to attack flying monsters (we actually added that to balance things out at the start of the game), and almost all magic attacks and many stronger normal attacks work on them too. Yeah, I should have written an NPC with some directions where Alina went, sorry about that! Next game won't have this problem for sure!

[@st1ka]

No worries man, thank you for the tip xD

[@retromegabitsegadude]

Excellent video. This is one I really wanted to see! I have many of these games and it was great to hear your thoughts on them. My top two favorites from these games would be Paprium and Tanglewood.

[@st1ka]

Thank you! Glad you liked it! :D

[@auralunaprettycure]

Arkagi’s Revolution is so awesome, and I’m so hype for Arkagi’s Escape as he seems to be experimenting with a 3d first person perspective this time, and I love 3d on 16 bit consoles. I’m happy more people are positive on it

[@st1ka]

Oh yeah I wanna get Arkagis escape when it's out

[@jordanbenson2980]

I still play Zero Tolerance on my Megadrive to this day. I too love it when it's done well. Ecks Vs Server 1 on GBA is also one of my faves.

[@ArneChristianRosenfeldt]

Even on the 64 bit Jaguar 3d graphics has too low resolution and frame rate. Why would 16 bit be any fun today?

[@Adamtendo_player_1]

Nice collection of games that you’ve shown here in regards to mad stalker in terms of the music I definitely prefer the sharp X68000 version.

[@nikolaikalashnikov4253]

17:59 *_Canon - The Legend of the New Gods_* looks pretty fvcking _SWEET_ !!! TY !!! ooo, 21:36 *_Pier Solar_* + 37:37 *_Barver Battle Saga_* both look pretty sweet as well, I _LOVE_ *_RPGs_* :P Btw, what's the game with the flying Griffon looking-thing at 0:03 seconds ? ooo, it's *_Demons of Asteborg_* at 38:52 !!! ...I was able to download most of the games in the video, but I cannot find a demo of the *_ZPF_* Shoot'em-Up :(

[@divVerent]

All those vertical stripes on the Duke3D game make me wonder - NTSC artifact colors maybe? I.e. would this actually look pretty on a NTSC TV, generating more colors than the thing can normally handle?

[@chrisplissken4626]

I don't know if people noticed the small Easter egg on the escalator area of the last game lol the shag foo grafiti 😂 a nudge to shaq Fu 😂

[@st1ka]

Haha yep, good eye

[@chrisplissken4626]

@@st1ka really good game, i love how people still make games for console that are as old as me lol it's just amazing

[@st1ka]

Oh I know what you mean, it's so cool to see all these games for old hardware:D

[@scollurio]

At this point Sega should just rerelease the Mega Drive, add hdmi output with CRT filters and print money! :)

[@lloydfrazier3682]

Growin up my cousin had a Sega with Sega channel...so I played a LOT of sega games in my day.. my all time favorite tho, is a game called OASIS and i've NEVER seen anyone talk about it... it's a banger

[@MudSluggerBP]

How can you judge a game based on whether others will like it? If you think it’s a good game place it higher 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@alexshadowfax1119]

Is it just me or do many of these Sega 16 bit games look a lot like modern NES 8 bit games? I was expecting better graphics I suppose, anyways I really enjoy your videos and presentation, thank you.

[@Ultraslainmonkey]

The Mega Drive version I also feel works much better on the Evercade as well given its button layout.

[@NickTaylor-Phantom-Works2]

Anyone that threatens a guy for his review of a game on KZbin is a coward, a bulley, and in the UK, a _criminal_ . You should report that shit mate.

[@otogiokami]

I was right there with you until you mentioned paprium. That's not even running on the hardware.

[@st1ka]

It is. The extra chip only helps out with the audio and serves as copy protection. The game is running on the actual hardware.

[@grthjryrd7552]

@@st1ka dump the rom.

[@st1ka]

@@grthjryrd7552 The cartridge is copyprotected. You can't dump it through normal means.

[@lordfyita2096]

Geni?... armor in the style of a Z-spectrum?... good one. XD 48:06 any game that has this kind of... "music/sfx" is terrible or made disgusting by them.

[@noop9k]

You are supposed to use COMPOSITE VIDEO with this Duke3D game. Thought everyone interested knows it..

[@gpturismo]

Mad Stalker can be infuriating not just the Mega Drive version but the PS1 and PC Engine lol.

[@sennedriesen4072]

So much aftermarket games! Thanks for the list!!! Tanglewood may be my favorite. Slow paced, thrilling, great score, ... love it!

[@st1ka]

Tanglewood is a great game, but it's also very love it or hate it xD

[@TheGameBeaters]

Been looking forward to watching this since I saw on Twitter you were working on it. This will be a good one to wind down with at the end of the night. Thanks for reviewing these.

[@st1ka]

Any time! Hope you'll enjoy it ^^

[@ramrodbldm9876]

To bad your channel sucks

[@vintagebluenote8564]

Did you have a copy of Paprium?

[@st1ka]

Yep I do.

[@sonataonmymind]

Muito maneiro o vídeo, eu colocaria Duke Nuken um pouco mais para cima na lista, alguns jogos que ficaram na frente dele me pareceram mais amadores. E na citações de projetos promissores eu teria colocado também a conversão de O Real Bout Fatal Fury Special, que já teve versão lançada mas que ainda vai ter uma nova com upgrades (acho que a versão já lançada merecia ter aparecido na lista também)

[@st1ka]

Ah, mas o Fatal Fury não pode ser comprado. Foi por isso que não o incluí :)

[@sonataonmymind]

@@st1ka entendi, achei que contaria já que você citou o Final Fight nas promessas

[@OM19_MO79]

Although it is a proper adjective for unlicensed games, it has the connotation of something illegal, beyond licensing for use in a console. In short, when you talk about bootleg, you are talking pirate copies or games that use IPs without the consent of the owners. The term Unlicensed is the most used for games like those Taiwanese games and, technically, all the modern indies. And speaking of bootlegs, I think you shouldn’t have included those projects to “port” SotN and the others. I know, Darius started the same way, but I doubt it will be the case for any of these. Also, those guys are probably just using asset rip and pasting them together, some of Mega Cat games might be mediocre, but at least they tried to be original. And, yeah, I still think you’re a sellout for Paprium. Way too high on the list.

[@st1ka]

Mmm.. unlicensed games is probably a better term yeah. And what can I say? I really love paprium xD

[@Monacomaverick]

I think the reason people didn't get their game is because there was a link in the Watermelon email that took you to another page where you entered your address. I found this link years after I had already moved to another city and entered my new address. I received my copy of the game within a few weeks from entering my new address, so I'm pretty sure that obscured link is what tripped people up. It wasn't intuitive at all, and I could have just as easily missed it.

[@st1ka]

aaah interesting! That would explain a lot.

[@kylekostamo1880]

I have the original duke nukem 3d on PC and it has crosshairs, you can turn them on or off.

[@Skelta75]

Nice selection, thanks! I love Tänzer because of its buttery smooth gameplay and extremely responsive controls. And you can actually buy it...unlike the cruel joke that is Paprium. Seriously, the kickstarter shows that Fonzie has learned nothing from the innitial release. By the time this will see a release that is available to everybody willing to pay people will pirate it just to show him where he can stick his business tactics...

[@st1ka]

Yeah, I wish Paprium were easier to get, because as it is, it's a travesty that people can't get it:\

[@2dgamecity]

you need to add oh mummy genesis and zooming secretary and old towers . those are amazing games u need to check them to add to the list

[@atomicskull6405]

I wish someone would port the original Rastan Saga to the Megadrive.

[@dorkyshark2911]

choosing to make thomas edison instead of nikola tesla 🤢🤢🤢 (brave battle saga)

[@king_kiff3969]

shoot them up = shmup lol 😂

[@st1ka]

the best name for the genre :P

[@andresjortiz]

Your BEST video so far

[@st1ka]

thank you! :D

[@madgamer7018]

Where can you find these games? Some of them I would love to play.

[@roadkill_52]

Devwill Too have a sequel, why you didn't include it?

[@tf1090c]

I'm among the few people who actually like Duke Nukem 3D on the Genesis/Mega Drive... It's just the difficulty that brings it down. I use the unlimited ammo cheat code to bring down the difficulty 😂

[@st1ka]

haha fair

[@DawnLong-s3k]

31:12 Dude shares the same name as a character from Regular Show.

[@guillermozalles9303]

You sound like Triumph The Insult Comic Dog

[@fabianernestopacheco]

Man, this is phucking amazing!! I hope developers take from 8-bit consoles to Ps1, Saturn and Dreamcast back, including maybe PS2 console and make awesome new games or ports from moder games. Why not???

[@st1ka]

Yeah that would be awesome!

[@MechaGodAnri]

There is an FPS on the Genesis/Mega Drive called Bloodshot, remember playing that a bit when Sega Channel was around. There is another called Zero Tolerance and a few more but I can't remember them. Really wish someone would make a game like Shining Force though, would love that.

[@st1ka]

Yep, I feel those FPS games are alright

[@BinManSays87]

There a crazy mega CD/32X mod for doom which unlocks all the power from your tower of power and runs much better and adds missing content with more screen to boot and if they port duke nukem 3D to that mod it'd probably help be awesome but again pointless

[@st1ka]

yep I've seen it, though I believe the final version of that game came out after I had done my video :\

[@HyperDefective]

Me watching and enjoying this entire video despite having no interest in modern MD games and no intention of playing any of them

[@st1ka]

haha xD

[@SomeOrangeCat]

I feel like Xeno Crisis belongs in the "Worst" pile. The game's difficulty is the "LOL! We made it hard because retro!" style, and punishes you for using so much as a single continue or playing the game on anything but the hardest level, basically forcing you to do a perfect run on max difficulty, if you wanna see the ending. I won't support a developer who does that.

[@ramrodbldm9876]

I feel like no one cares about your opinion. No likes, no replies, looks like I was right. No one cares who you support you bozo pos nobody.

[@vintagebluenote8564]

For Xeno Crisis just get a Brook Converter ps4 to md. Tanzer only problem to me is bosses really too easy. Darius I have 2 problems...Bosses too easy and background too static

[@st1ka]

even so, I raelly like those games :D

[@skins4thewin]

Indie games are TOUGH to make! So so many games shown here that are super close to being really good but have just a couple major flaws holding it back.

[@st1ka]

very true!

[@silverkip2992]

I don't see why not include free digital releases but oh well

[@indiefrands6467]

Arkagis Revolution looks pretty nice. I need to get Paprium and Darius too

[@st1ka]

yeah those are pretty great games.

[@nothingincommon]

I can't place your accent. For some reason I'm thinking Russian or Brazilian. I'm sure I'm way off 😂

[@st1ka]

Whoops! I missed this comment. You're actually pretty close, I'm Portuguese:)

[@SwiftJustice]

But if they gave enemies ammo to drop you'd never see the boot! And some wiseguy would quit because hey, why are these slimes carrying ammo for my gun.

[@st1ka]

Haha

[@stephenxs8354]

There are plenty of old consoles with recent new games.

[@Luchiop]

i might be wrong but i think that life on mars game has assets "Borrowed" from aliens: infestation (play this one if you can, real hidden gem)

[@st1ka]

Interesting, it's definitely possible

[@GeovaneSanciniSR]

I finished Brave Battle Saga recently, and while I liked my time with the game, I have some issues regarding the balancing, because most of the equip I bought have almost no change in how much damage I receive, and leveling up didn't help. Also, I don't recomend the Steam version that much because, for some reason, the code for level 99 doesn't work there (which is strange, because it's emulation). Sometimes, the game relies on too much fetch questing (when the MC fell sick, we had to ask for the help of the Goddess of Life, but she asked the group to recovered the captured fairies, the guy who captured the fairies asked for help to lift his curse, and to lift his curse we need to get and specific item on a mountain, and we only know about the item when we talked with the goddess about the guy's curse), and despite the game being straightforward, the navigation on some points are a absolute nightmare. I needed to get this out of my chest since I finished the game. Anyway, nice video, although Insane Pain, a fighting game released in december (I think) isn't in the video. The rom is available for free, but the devs are also selling physical copies of the game. I played a lot of the games on this video, and it's fantastic how, since the advent of the SGDK, it's easier to make a Mega Drive game, but kudos to the guys before that time that were able to do something for our beloved 16-bit machine.

[@st1ka]

oh I get that the game isn't perfect, but I still enjoyed it for what it was ^^

[@GeovaneSanciniSR]

@@st1ka The funny thing about brave battle saga... Is that there's a NES bootleg port. It doesn't recreate the game in a 1 by 1 scale (they omitted the intro scene with Lucia and his dad) and I will give it a try to see any differences. (There's a whole treasure of NES bootleg RPG's, that I fell into the rabbit hole ;p )

[@dava00007]

Nice video! But I think you forgot the port of Ghouls n Ghost (remake, like Sunset ryders).

[@st1ka]

The thing is, the Ghouls n' Ghosts game is a hack of the existing version whereas Sunset Riders is a new port built from the ground up. This is why I didn't include Ghouls n' ghosts :)

[@CrashOverdrive789]

I think you may have missed Fight For Vengeance, which would probably have landed on the bottom of your list 🙂

[@st1ka]

yeah, I missed it and yeah it would have been on the bottom xD

[@Masta686Yamato]

24:16 There was already an older game that looks a lot like this one - it's Granada by Wolfteam. Try this one if you dig top-down shooters.

[@st1ka]

Ah I've played Granada. I enjoyed the game, though I know some people love it

[@DeaDGoD_XIV]

I was the 666th like

[@st1ka]

oooh thank you!

[@magusrogue]

am i odd that i love the Mega Drive/Genesis soundtracks? i LOVE it so much.

[@st1ka]

Not at all, it means you have good taste.

[@kodokushiHill]

i still dont agree with the controls of XenoCrisis. i play it with 6 buttons and i find it comfortable. regardless i love ur vids

[@st1ka]

For some reason, I can't get used at firing at an angle with the 6 button controller. xD

[@Khan-bq8qc]

You might not be too familiar with the source material, as you are Portuguese, but there's an ongoing project to do a port of Street Chaves to the Mega Drive

[@st1ka]

Oh, I can't say I'm familiar with them

[@Odrikah]

Whoa, I had no idea this was a thing. I knew the Dreamcast had some new games, but the Megadeive getting new life warms my heart.

[@st1ka]

Yep it's a thing and there's been more releases since making this video :D

[@francescosmith7859]

I haven't tried Tanglewood but it looks like it plays a little similarly to Pocahontas. Is it like that? Or is it more action based and less puzzle solving?

[@arnauddemarais9104]

I think it plays more like first levels of lion king but with a pocahontas level design indeed

[@st1ka]

Ah Tanglewood is entirely puzzle based.

[@mushihimesarna728]

Asteborg is the best one, imo. Anyway, what happened to Jessie Jaeger? Did that one ever come out?

[@st1ka]

as far as I know it's not out yet.

[@gaylordfocker7990]

Metal Dragon looks like a romhack of MERCS.

[@st1ka]

Mercs is a lot better though :P

[@davarosmith1334]

Some of the games were shite, but I like the rest.

[@Kainlarsen]

Ultracore looks like if Turrican was made by the Bitmap Brothers.

[@st1ka]

hah that's a good way of looking at it

[@farleysmoke5130]

Been waiting for this video and it didn’t disappoint. Thanks my G

[@st1ka]

glad you enjoyed it! :D