Ranking Every Acclaim Published Sega Genesis Game

[@johnhancockretro]

Two Ranking videos connected to Acclaim I did: Flying Edge kzbin.info/www/bejne/nKfbinSMbchrhdE & Arena Entertainment kzbin.info/www/bejne/jWOTgWCZqbR_qZI

[@enigmatv5641]

You're doing God's work, I see how you gained immortality!

[@djmobman1727]

Your videos are very entertaining love um

[@matttherrien9608]

Hey John, how many publishers do you have left to go through for the Genesis?

[@johnhancockretro]

@@matttherrien9608 Plenty ;)

[@VirtualVernon]

Why so harsh on revolution x i loved that game when I was a kid specially the arcade version would always play it at ceder point. I knew all the secrets

[@k-slapz1339]

Acclaim game covers really had that “movie poster” artwork feel

[@nearvanaman]

It's great to have someone who actually reviews retro sports games. I don't blame retro channels that skip over the sports games if it's not their thing - no value in that. But John is clearly a fan who can make some solid recommendations for the genre.

[@johnhancockretro]

There are many sports games that have value and are fun today. The problem especially in the 16 bit era was that there were so many sports games being made. The ranking videos have made me go through and try to objectively look at these games. I have found a few this way that I respect even more now.

[@LusRetroSource]

Acclaim was one of those companies that I thought would always be with us because it was so much a part of my childhood.

[@dinohermann1887]

It seems, that Acclaim was in the 90s, what THQ was in the 2000s (I grew up with quite some THQ games back then, like Juiced 2, Spongebob Battle for Bikini Bottom and Spongebob the Movie on the PS2, Sonic Advance on GBA and Saints Row 2 on PS3).

[@kowalskivideos6476]

I have very fond memories of Acclaim games. Wwf raw, mortal Kombat 2, nba jam te, absolute classics. Loved this company

[@mattneilson1824]

Great video (I look forward to these ranking videos every week). Delighted to see True Lies get some love - it’s a great game and it’s definitely underrated. The first time I played it, I was expecting a poor movie tie-in, but I was pleasantly surprised to find a very well-crafted overhead run-and-gun. Excellent controls, cool weapons, and big stages. In fact, the game is huge (even though I’ve kept coming back to it over the last 20 years, I still haven’t completed it!).

[@Delekhan]

Great vid man! Bringing back the memories. I totally agree with most of your rankings. Nope, I'm not here to debate. Just give Kudos!

[@extremepop324]

Why is almost every Acclaim title have something unintentionally scary in it? Whether it be a certain scene, a certain character, or sfx, or etc.. there is at least 1 unintentional scary ass thing in a Acclaim game.

[@fordxbgtfalcon]

My favorite was the WrestleMania arcade game. My brother and I spent hours with that game.

[@BitScout]

I love these ranking videos! Always looking forward to the next and when you run out of games for the Sega, hoping you’ll rank games on other consuls as well! It’s a brilliant way to explore a companies library!

[@toekneemarz8824]

I love this series, keep it up brother 🤘😎👍

[@brockalbert5111]

Solid video.

[@Huntsmaestro]

Thanks so much for sharing your time and passion with us! Love your content, good sir. Keep it up!

[@alansamuelson6113]

John. These videos are so entertaining. You have a lovely way of communicating. Also could you possibly make a 'Codemasters' version of these ranking vids?

[@johnhancockretro]

Yes it will definitely happen.

[@jameswayland2339]

Can’t believe you don’t like “Maximum Carnage “ ! That game is a classic.

[@alchemistrpm82]

I remember begging my mom to get me the red cartridge version on SNES for my birthday. It was $70 back THEN! And it wasn't the holy grail collector's edition. I loved the game at the time.

[@co81385]

It is a classic, but it does have its flaws. I do agree that the game can be a bit monotonous at times. It is also a very long game, and one without a password or save feature, which makes the monotony even worse.

[@alchemistrpm82]

@@co81385 idk if I’d call it a classic at least in terms of quality. I just have fond memories of it.

[@co81385]

@@alchemistrpm82 I would call it a classic from the standpoint that it is a game that a lot of people seem to remember from the 16-bit era. Also, compared to a lot of other licensed games, it is at least actually playable!

[@jvaldez1896]

Agree maximum carnage is huge fun, and the graphics are crazy good

[@SquarePegs]

WrestleMania the Arcade Game and NBA Jam were two of my absolute favorites. I never tried out Demolition Man, but it looks like a lot of fun! Great video as always, my friend!

[@vintagedread]

Mortal Kombat II was my jam!... amazing game I really want to play again after watching this, great video John 👌

[@johnhancockretro]

Thanks for the visit

[@MrStrangermoon]

if you have everdrive try mortal kombat 2 unlimted version. its also have have mortalk kombat 1characters music maps with mortal kombat 2. the bootleg cartridge version also in china aliexpress. the ultime mortal kombat 3 also have version called balanced edition to add some missing levels and music for genesis version to close arcade version.

[@Veganerd_]

You can get the cartridge for $10, console for $50 or so, so basically the same as 1 new game for PS4/5. Also, CRT TVs are easy to find and are generally really cheap, with a couple exceptions.

[@MrStrangermoon]

@@Veganerd_ you cant get mortal kombat 2 rea cardtridge for 10. the box with manuel copy someties goes like ps5 game. but you can get mortal kombat 2 unlimted bootleg cartridge 5 or 10 for boxed for china which far superior version. in same china sites there is also sonic 3 and knucles in one cartridge like intend to be. getting sonic 3 and and sonic and knules real with boxes makes even 100 dollar. sonic 1 and 2 cheap but 3 and knucles not.

[@Veganerd_]

@@MrStrangermoon www.pricecharting.com/game/sega-genesis/mortal-kombat-ii These are the averages prices according to actual sales on amazon/ebay etc for the a real one as a loose cart or complete in box.

[@gmoneyrocks1515]

I loved True Lies!!! It was a blast to play plus secrets to find!

[@danieledwards1490]

Another thoroughly informative and entertaining video! Thanks John. 🙂👊🏻

[@VincentsVideoVisions]

I'm 40 and the Genesis is probably the system I spent the most time with. Love the ranking videos and I agree with about 95% of your grades.

[@sowmindful1501]

You’re 13 years older than myself, I’m curious to know what you think about the current state of gaming? Especially with all of the Micro-Transactions.

[@VincentsVideoVisions]

@@sowmindful1501 put simply it sucks.

[@VincentsVideoVisions]

@@sowmindful1501 I don't even own a newer console. I am a PC gamer nowadays but even in PC land its hard to find games that I'm into anymore. I want to get a vr headset when I can afford it

[@alchemistrpm82]

I’m 38. I’ll say this for the more current generations: even the bad stuff is usually playable. Back in the day we had mad classics, but the bad ones were really fuckin bad lol.

[@VincentsVideoVisions]

@@alchemistrpm82 True but I guess what I'd say is that ever since the focus of gaming shifted to being mostly about online multiplayer (in console land) things have really gone downhill.

[@granzert1711]

If you imagine, the players in College Slam have all retired from professional basketball by now. Makes me feel old. 😂

[@RedTabletTalk]

:( so sad yet fortunate. I’m 38 and I’ve known people younger than me pass away.

[@RedTabletTalk]

It just hit me, where all this time go?! Yeah I know the feeling.

[@apr2499]

I really enjoy both your ranking series and the worst series. Keep up the good work!

[@johnhancockretro]

Love Captain America and thank you!

[@cinetici]

very nice that you included clips from the games you are ranking. Subscribing right now

[@nateanth]

I love hearing you are a Stargate fan (including tv shows).

[@GuybrushTM]

I really liked warlock back in the day. Very diverse levels, good graphic, good story (never seen the movie though). I liked it

[@alexanderarce3341]

@ John Hancock i like these videos it serves as a tip video on what retro Sega games to buy and to avoid the bad games.

[@johnhancockretro]

Thank you!

[@winns35]

I'm really glad you didn't decide to just do one style of the reviews. I for one think doing them in order from worst to best is less fun to watch. You know what the games grade is going to be before you even give the review that way. I like to think I wonder what his score is going to be while I'm watching the short review. When you done the poll and it showed the majority said they liked that route I thought oh that kind of stinks he's going to do it that way from now on. Like I said just glad to see you still mixing it up.

[@danestegman155]

Good video and ranking of games by Acclaim for the Sega Genesis! I recently picked up Spot Goes to Hollywood on the Playstation 1. I did not know, that it came out for the original Playstation! I have it for the Sega Genesis too!

[@MahmoudYahyaoui]

great video as always :D keep it up

[@sweetdrewmusic]

Man, I had the maximum carnage QVC bundle for the super nintendo version as a kid. Unfortunately I don't have the packaging or the hardcover comic anymore. Really great memories of playing the game and reading the comic over and over again.

[@RedTabletTalk]

Whoa! NBA Jams TE!! I played the heck out of this game for good reason and the grade for it says it all! I love the intro music to this game! Poundpoundpound pound pound pounnnndpound poundpoundpound poundpound pouuuunnnnnd!

[@DangitjeffTV]

Oh my gosh, the Scooby Mysteries was one of my favorite growing up, along with Justice League. Great video Acclaim showcase 👏

[@johnhancockretro]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@kjhoskins]

Acclaim had some great games. I remember so looking forward to Rise of the Robots to come out. Talk about disappointment. And I'm glad I'm not the only one who like Demolition Man. Thanks for the video, John.

[@johnhancockretro]

You are most welcome.

[@co81385]

I agree, Demolition Man is pretty good! Also, I do remember how hyped up Rise of the Robots was, and how much of a flop that it ended up being. It was a good concept, but the game itself wasn't very good.

[@pferreira1983]

@@co81385 Problem was it had the Amiga in mind when it was developed.

[@co81385]

@@pferreira1983 Oh wow, that is interesting to note! I always felt like the technology that was needed to fulfill the vision that they had in mind for Rise of the Robots didn't quite exist yet at the time that the game came out.

[@pferreira1983]

@@co81385 Well they were trying to be very ambitious. My Amiga comment is related to the fact that the final game only requires using one button. This is mostly the reason why Rise of the Robots on Amiga got great reviews but the console versions didn't.

[@ktdude1886]

Great stuff man!

[@EirkenElite]

Wow I'm 46 and just found out it's acclaim not akklaim

[@mercwithacat9938]

Love the videos.keep em coming. alot of these games I forgot about but now I remember thanks to your videos. when are we gonna get a game gear video. that was a big part of my child hood as well. I'm still a game collector. I have Noone to talk to about games. You guys making these videos Definitely helps me not being able to talk to anyone about games. You have one of my favorite game channels. I always watch it. Thank you. Stay immortal.

[@RedTabletTalk]

Ah the Sega Game Gear! My very first Sonic game was Sonic 2 and it was interesting and hard. Playing Sonic 2 on the Genesis was a major step up for me

[@thomastripp9002]

Even though I initially grew up playing these on SNES, but it’s the Mortal Kombat II and NBA Jam Tournament Edition for me!!! Now, I’m glad I own both versions!! Great video as always

[@captainhawdon937]

True Lies was a rental favorite in our house. Friends would come over and we had a blast with it!

[@bananonymouslastname5693]

I like what you do with these. You can tell that the Genesis is your preferred playground.

[@Andination33]

as a kid i loved Adamantium Rage (i was shocked when i discovered that it seems almost everyone hated it), MK2 and Venom/spiderman separation anxiety (the multiplayer was cool), i think with the amount of exposure everyone had to the internet at the time, it was fairly common seeing people having his own unalterated opinions about games

[@WhoWereTheDancingIsraelis]

The frustrating gameplay was meant to fuel your adamantium rage! 😉

[@haveringpish]

Punchier, zippier commentry John, liked it.

[@pedroamaralcouto]

The Rise of the Robots should be bellow F. It should be considered a false advertisement and a crime against consumers. It seems the developers were not very experienced and pretend to be a revolutionary video game. If remember correctly, the "AI" was a map of moves associated with scores.

[@CinemaMacabro]

I can tell Mr. Hancock is turning down the AC to make the video, I would too, great video!

[@trevorthurlow9289]

Rise of the Robots: should’ve been called “Fight Pepsi Man”! The one character looked like Pepsi Man!

[@petewillson205]

Rise of the robots came out in us, I'm sure I had it.

[@heilong79]

Acclaim was one of those companies you could just feel were cutting corners all over the place when you played their games.

[@albertocampos6859]

Back in the day I have 2 Acclaim titles in my library. NBA Jam TE and Warlock. NBA Jam TE is for sure an S, what great experience and going 2 on 2 with 3 friends was amazing. But Warlock is, in my opinion, an A. What a great game, long and with the right difficulty. Cheers from a Mega Drive collector 😉

[@MiSambra]

Man Stallone was pretty much a genesis mascot with all the games he showed up in lol.

[@bmshaven]

Judge Dredd is easily one of the best 16-bit movie adaptions.

[@johnbakasmoothhotchocolate]

I love your channel, John. And I kind of had a feeling Batman Forever would be at the bottom of the barrel, as it deserves to be. Just goes to show that while the graphics for a game may look nice, that still doesn't mean the game should get away with having bad gameplay. If I want to look at art, I'll just go to the Met. Lol.

[@johnhancockretro]

Great game until you start playing it. Music and digitized voice is bad too.

[@johnbakasmoothhotchocolate]

@@johnhancockretro it really is. The SNES version sounds somewhat better, but even then that's not saying much. Lol.

[@redstratus97]

I played this on the SNES. Convoluted controls. I didn’t get very far as I couldn’t pull of certain required moves. Was really glad I only rented it.

[@johnbakasmoothhotchocolate]

@@redstratus97 Me too. I did play it on the Genesis, hoping it would be better. Nope. And it actually made it much worse, honestly. Batman Returns or The Adventures of Batman and Robin are awesome games though.

[@PsychomachineryEBM]

The Nerd review of Batman Forever says it all. And he even played the SNES version, when the Genesis one got even worse controls lol. It sucked back then, and it sucks forever.

[@iankempster7007]

Great video as always

[@lazza9857]

I love Warlock. I played it without knowing anything about it: one day I found it on eBay at an affordable price and I decided with my brother to buy it together. I began to like it so much that I gave my brother the money he spent for it, because I wanted it all for myself (not that it would have mattered since we shared the collection). I personally found the controls to be good and I enjoyed every second of this game. Eventually it became one of my favorite games of all time!

[@amoshillmusic]

As a kid beating Batman forever was one of the best feelings ever! It was so difficult.

[@Toaster81]

I was a genesis kid. And man I remember that competition, I got in on it at blockbuster.

[@Stinger420]

I like your Altered Beast hat, that's awesome! I remember it being the first Genesis game and beating it in a day. I can't remember, I might have set it to Easy, but still.

[@Entrepid83]

The aesthetic of "True Lies" reminds me of an upgraded-graphics version of Jurassic Park for the NES.

[@segagamerguy]

Awesome review! I remember playing wolverine's adamantium rage and thinking yeah! I'm turning this off and pass me X-men 2: Clone Wars for the quick replay!

[@spacething1246]

I get worried when he doesn’t say he’s having fun. Thankfully in this video he is having fun.

[@jugghead82]

I have to say Acclaim was definitely a part of my childhood I look at it like this there were hits and misses of course the WWF games will always good to me I do like the mortal Kombat games that are claim did produce and also I remember playing just dread but I played it on the super Nintendo that being said I did not know they had an itchy and scratchy game wow.

[@DreamcastQ]

Great reviews, John thanks

[@WovenTNT]

My friend and I used to rent Virtual Bart all the time from the video store. Guess we wanted to see if we could "beat it." But then when it was his turn to rent it, then return it, the cart in the rental case was left on the windshield and flew off somewhere while driving and they never found it. They had to pay to replace it, but the the video store never restocked it. We were so sad. Never played it again until I learned about emulation many years later.

[@shredguitarob]

The background for the first Spiderman game shown here reminds me of Duke Nukem 1 and 2 haha

[@Shepkillz]

Video request! Can we get a tour of that game room?? Looks awesome!

[@spearmintshake]

I used to play Mortal Kombat 2 ALL the time! Loved that game! Also remember hiring the Stargate game as a kid and being terrible at it.

[@henrysterchi2161]

Great job on your channel John, enjoy watching it. Acclaim was a weird one for me. I was young but still knew their name mostly meant garbage but I loved the licenses they had a just kept rooting for them and hoping for a great game. They weren't all bad of course, but when you got burned on an Acclaim game, they were not just bad but nearly unplayable.

[@Astro_Zombie92]

Love these videos! Would be cool to see some of these for snes too

[@matttherrien9608]

Are you familiar with the "Snes Drunk"?

[@johnhancockretro]

@@matttherrien9608 yes

[@barryklinedinst6233]

Another great video. I love Sega. It would be great if they would start pumping out remakes of some of their old games. There are so many and retro is huge right now. I play old games much more than new games.

[@popculturehero]

Spot goes to Hollywood and Stargate are certainly popular with me. Spot even has password saves which balances out the difficulty. Have nostalgia for virtual Bart even it's frustrating. It gives you a lot of variety to experiment with.

[@Soynereh]

Oh Scooby Doo. I could only image what if Secret of Monkey Island on the Genesis.

[@Invidente7]

Secret of monkey island IS on the Sega CD.

[@Soynereh]

@@Invidente7 yes, I know.

[@ofmannotmachine3012]

I for one was always let down my most of Acclaim's release. I was so let down as a kid when Mortal Kombat 2 was missing so many voice samples.

[@RedTabletTalk]

Yeah I was fortunate to get Mortal Kombat 2 on the SNES instead of the Genesis after recently seeing what it was like on the Genesis. The sound effects, music, and voice samples were epic on the SNES version.

[@RedTabletTalk]

I think the Genesis version had it’s charm too, though.

[@ofmannotmachine3012]

@@RedTabletTalk I see that as an adult, but as a 12 year that got this day one on Genesis, I was pretty ticked cause I felt there was no excuse to cut so much out.

[@scottlinux]

I never knew there was a Genesis Stargate game. I will definitely check it out now!

[@mubarakzahruddin]

After you finish with Genesis games, would u do videos for another console too? I like this series. Never played Genesis in my life but seeing all the games is really interesting.

[@Bighead_Joe]

I have an Acclaim "Jeopardy" Sega Genesis game. Case, manual, and cartridge that says Acclaim on the back.

[@reddogg3118]

Sold my genesis collection years ago. Only kept 15 games and Demolition Man was one of them. Game is amazing

[@joelevy3042]

Pretty solid video. Max Carnage and Separation Anxiety were wayyyy off in my opinion; easy A's if you're a 90s marvel fan. But still solid solid list. Great video man. Will def check out more content.

[@seanfeld-]

I actually liked batman forever once I figured the weird controls out. I also played it on SNES so that might be a tad different

[@EricSega-pe8fl]

I still have love for acclaim, simply because of the huge presence they were when I was growing up. They did make a lot of mediocre games, but since their brand was tied to so many big name franchises, they are still very relevant in my memories.

[@dad7275]

Wrestlemania the Arcade Game. I remember going into a Blockbuster many years ago and buying it used and really enjoying it. Still own that copy today. It does have all the characters of the arcade and dosen't have the slowdown of the snes version AND allows more on screen characters at a time vs snes.

[@Ridge8516]

If I remember correctly, you could customize the player attributes in College Slam although you were only able to use what was already given to the player.

[@cloudff72000]

First- props to this, BTW. I for one can't wait for the big one- First party SEGA games

[@johnhancockretro]

This video took nearly 20 hours to do, so I am going to have to think about how I am going to break up Sega to do it right.

[@cloudff72000]

@@johnhancockretro I totally get it. 50+ games would mean a 90+min video (and at least 20-30 times the editing time). However you choose to break it down, I'm sure it will be fantastic.

[@undericesinger]

That Batman Forever game used to piss me off figuring out how to get to the next floor. Lol

[@atranfanatic]

Maximum Carnage is a pretty good game. But I get you on the boring enemies. But that soundtrack is freaking cool though. Playing Black Sabbath Mob Rules on the rooftop. lol

[@КонстантинГарипов-щ9б]

Warlock D? What? One of my favorite sega games

[@nikolainikolaiev4289]

remember the game Shak Fu ?! It was not very popular, but also an interesting enough fighting game mine. loved it mk3u wrestlemania and shaq fu

[@SergKhrypun]

9:05 I really enjoyed playing Scooby Doo Mystery with my friends back in 1999 or tho.

[@TheSnoopyclone]

Demolition man is a very good game. I was surprise when I played the game back then as I got it of funcoland for $5.

[@patrickbrooks7435]

Acclaim also bought out LJN. "Laughing Joking Numb nuts." LOL😂

[@clover831]

Please do the ocean games for the Genesis next.🙏 I really enjoy this these videos.👍

[@travistaylor3186]

I keep revisiting these lists to find games I want to pick up. Also my most hated Genesis game is that Aerosmith shooter.

[@alienbishop]

I always loved Batman Forever

[@nextrevsonoma]

Great hat. Loved that game.

[@davidstratton816]

Mortal Kombat II 🤘

[@RetroGameNova]

I got as far as Shaw in Adamantium Rage, that was enough torture for me

[@fernandoalmonte7429]

I NEED to say this…. THANKS MAN for giving MKII an S, I thought I was the only one who definitely love this game, Am just tired of my friends saying “SNES version is far superior” and I understand why they like SNES version better but that doesn’t make GENESIS version a bad game. You won I lifetime subscriber my friend.

[@johnrose4572]

I really liked both Justice League Task Force & Konami's TMNT: Tournament Fighters on Genesis. But the absurd difficulty (especially of the latter!) made it hard to really get into.

[@craigwilson3532]

I agree with Virtal Bart but I love throwing the tomatoes/eggs

[@weston407]

for like 20 years I thought it was spelled "Akklaim" because of how they stylized it in their logo

[@Tempora158]

7:46 Here we go! SPORTS TIME...oh wait, this isn't TripleJump.

[@davidsotomayor8713]

Hangtime is my fav, even with the genesis version not being one of the better ports.

[@thedeftones9]

I remember renting WrestleMania the Arcade game for SNES, but then I played it at a friend's house who had a Genesis and it was better on the Genesis. I ended up owning the definitive edition of that game style and it was In Your House for PS1