Every Modern Sega Genesis / Mega Drive Game RANKED!

A review of every modern major release for the Sega Genesis / Modern Mega Drive games ranked from worst to best. Can you guess on what the top 5 will be?
00:00 - Rules
01:06 - Generals of the Yang Family
02:13 - Duke Nukem 3D
04:04 - Papi Commando: 2nd Blood
05:29 - Coffee Crisis
07:07 - Gluf
08:26 - Devwill Too
09:38 - L'Abbaye Des Morts
11:47 - Switchblade
13:34 - Beggar Prince
14:35 - Metal Dragon
16:24 - Fx Unit Yuki
17:58 - Canon: Legend of the new Gods
19:29 - Eyra: the Crow Maiden
21:36 - Pier Solar
24:07 - Arkagis Revolution
26:11 - Life on Mars: Genesis
28:38 - Mad Stalker: Full Metal Forth
30:46 - Water Margin
32:08 - The Curse of Illmore Bay
33:20 - Tanglewood
34:13 - The cursed Knight
35:50 - Jim Power: The Lost Dimension
37:35 - Brave Battle Saga - Legend of the Magic Warrior
38:52 - Demons of Asteborg
40:33 - Upcoming Games
43:52 - Xenocrisis
45:57 - Ultracore
48:19 - Darius: Extra Version
49:52 - Tanzer
51:41 - Paprium
#retrogaming #megadrive #16bit

[@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

[@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 ^^

[@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

[@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.

[@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! ^^

[@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 ^^

[@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

[@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 :\

[@farleysmoke5130]

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

[@st1ka]

glad you enjoyed it! :D

[@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

[@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!

[@wizards-themagicalconcert5048]

Your channel has great content, mate,keep it up ! Subbed !

[@st1ka]

Thank you! I try! ^^

[@chiissu]

Thnx for doing this and putting the games and time stamps in the description. I was updating the list of games I wanna get and this helped me choose some good ones to go on the hunt for. I do have Generals of the Yang Family, Canon: Legend of the new Gods, Water Margin, Tanglewood and The cursed Knight and hope to get Pier Solar, Life on Mars: Genesis, Brave Battle Saga - Legend of the Magic Warrior, Demons of Asteborg, Ultracore and Paprium. I'd like Fx Unit Yuki but heard it only works on Model 1 Genesis's and I only got a Model 2 I backed Affinity Sorrow and The Black Jewel Reborn when the Kickstarters were on. The Genesis is my fave system and i had some good times with it so new games on it in this distant future year of the 2020s (When Robotech II The Sentinels happened) is quite grande.

[@st1ka]

Glad I could help! ^_^

[@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

[@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

[@LogosGaming]

Finally, was looking for your video for so long 🎉

[@st1ka]

glad I could help

[@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

[@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

[@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

[@luciennethesorceress]

great video, thank you for showcasing so many games! :-)

[@st1ka]

glad you liked it! ^^

[@yohanntoutain2682]

Nice selection, the musics of Tanzer are awesome!

[@st1ka]

Oh yeah, the Tanzer soundtrack is awesome!

[@benjaminbarker6226]

Thanks for the video it was fun to watch. There were a few modern Mega Drive games that weren't in your video. The Cave Story port, for example, is amazing and the latest version (0.8.0) was released last year, and may well be the final one because the game is complete except for some very minor bugs. There were also some upcoming games like the amazing Real (Rheo) Bout Fatal Fury port by Rheo Gamer or Dino Fighters by Juca Jucare that weren't spotlighted. A shame since they deserve the exposure.

[@st1ka]

Ah I didn't include cave story because as far as I know, it was never officially sold

[@benjaminbarker6226]

@@st1ka That's fair enough. Shame as there are a some newer completely free games that deserve to be on a list like this. I think Devwill Too Prologue, Insane Pain and Fight for Vengeance were sold or at least had Kick Starters though.

[@247videogame]

Nice video just subscribed 👍

[@st1ka]

thank you! :D

[@francescosmith7859]

Yes!!! This is going to be excellent. Thank you St1ka!

[@st1ka]

hope you'll enjoy it ^^

[@ImperatorGrausam]

L'Abbaye des Morts looks SWEET! I love these sorts of platformers that are more styled like Jet Set Willy, Montezuma's Revenge and the first two Pitfall games where it's more about avoiding obstacles and moving from screen to screen non-linearly looking for something than any more "modern" (modern here meaning made after 1985...) Definitely going to try it out. Thank you for bringing it to my attention St1ka!

[@st1ka]

Anytime! Glad I could help! :D

[@Glitch-Gremlin]

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.

[@polynektar]

great list and video!

[@st1ka]

thank you! ^^

[@darkchild130]

Great video mate

[@st1ka]

Thanks my dude 😎

[@francescosmith7859]

Great video St1ka. So many games and so much to say. I hope you don't mind all my comments. Let's start with the good. I was thinking you'd go Demons, XenoCrisis, Ultracore, Tanzer and Paprium in some order as the top 5 and seeing the list I'm not too surprised Darius is in that group. I said in your original video I'm so glad to see someone else like this game and I don't understand all the hate it got for the version that was included on the Genesis Mini. As for Demons, I still really, really like it as is but feel like they missed a golden opportunity. This could have been the PERFECT metroidvania if you kept your abilities and having the town as a sort of central hub but even as is I think just one more level before you turn into a demon and that level you get all the abilities and have to use them all that would have put Demons over the top. As for Paprium, I'll take your word for it as it looks like I'll never get the chance to play. What a shame.

[@st1ka]

Yeah, I feel Demons of Asteborg was a bit of a missed opportunity. It's good, but it could have been incredible! But the focus on puzzle solving ruined the pacing imo.

[@francescosmith7859]

I keep coming back to this video and continue to enjoy it. I finally got into both Metal Dragon and the Beggar Prince and I have to say I was pleasantly surprised with both. For Metal Dragon, I'm glad I waited. When it was initially released my expectations were through the roof and it's certainly nothing special but I still found it fun and satisfying. I wish it had some extra boss fights or maybe a vehicle stage or two or you have to control a turret and fight in a gallery shooting style or maybe one level where you don't just walk to the end and maybe have to find a couple of keys. So again, it's okay but really feels like one or two little extra touches would have gone a long way. I'm only a few hours into the Beggar Prince but it's a surprisingly fun story with some simple mechanics. Again, nothing extraordinary (and both the music and graphics could be better) but a fun little game. I'm curious to see if I think the fun continues or if it becomes repetitive or I just simply get tired of the story. We'll see. I think my updated new Genesis games list would go Xeno Crisis, Demons of Asteborg, Ultracore, Tanzer, Darius, Brave Battle Saga, Metal Dragon, Water Margin, Beggar Prince, Jim Power, Generals of the Yang Family then Switchblade with all of the first 10 games being fun and the last two being duds.

[@st1ka]

aww thank you! glad you liked the video

[@kissthistwice5]

Great video as always. Tanzer is top of my list but I've not played Paprium yet. As far as Xeno Crisis goes I'd recommend anyone wanting to play the mega drive version to get an Evercade as the controls on that are perfect and were done by bitmap themselves.

[@st1ka]

Thank you! Yeah, Tanzer is amazing! :D

[@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

[@andresjortiz]

Your BEST video so far

[@st1ka]

thank you! :D

[@homebrewgameclub]

Great video, thanks!

[@st1ka]

glad you liked it! :D

[@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!

[@chriswy697]

Lots of new games I wasn't aware of, neat!

[@st1ka]

glad I could help! :D

[@KenNakajima07]

F man!!! I was not aware this was happenning, at all!!!! Thank you!

[@st1ka]

glad I could help! :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?

[@qinlongfei]

My cousin had a Mega Drive (or as we know in China, Sega 5th Generation) and Canon, so I played the (BEEP) out of it when he visit my home back in the day. That game had surprising amount of secret in it, where multiple maps has hidden treasure chest you can find that give you 1 level up items. The way to deal with the constant respawn enemy in later stages is leave a sacrifice member behind to attract their attention while your main part go forward. And it becomes extremely easy once the female main character level up enough to get a magic which let you revive your party member in the map, and equip her with that auto MP recovery item. Also, the last stage/boss is legitimately the easiest in any game as you get two respawn enemies where one drops you HP recovery, the other give you MP recovery item. And you can basically endlessly send kamikaze characters to bomb the final boss (who can't move), and revive them when they die.

[@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.

[@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

[@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

[@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

[@andrewkramer8716]

Yo bro, u totally should review classic RE2, I'm dying 2 hear your thoughts on that game, btw that review of ODT wuz awesome, 1 of my favorite games from my childhood, keep coming with these retro reviews, they're awesome 👍👍

[@st1ka]

thank you! I honestly haven't played Re2 in SO long. I need to try it again.

[@andrewkramer8716]

@@st1ka I can't wait my friend 👍✊

[@rarchangelo]

Great compilation video! Maybe there should be a port of Shinobi (arcade), which is being made by Thrypon...

[@st1ka]

Has there been any progress on that? I feell like there hasn't been much progress on that game?

[@rarchangelo]

​@@st1ka Yes, according to Pyron the most recent progress has been in the phase bosses. Here are the first two: kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y37dhqFvjrCVd80 and kzbin.info/www/bejne/q3O3d2WLm7mKf68

[@st1ka]

@rarchangelo oh damn! That's cool!

[@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...

[@madgamer7018]

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

[@FarmerSlideJoeBob]

A very cool Video and List of the Games😃Beggar Prince was the Game I knew🙂

[@st1ka]

glad you enjoyed the video ^^

[@FarmerSlideJoeBob]

@@st1ka Why not🙂You did a good job man😃

[@st1ka]

@@FarmerSlideJoeBob haha thank you. I try

[@zabustifu]

Nice video. Is that really all of the games that match your rules? For example, shouldn't Attack of the Petscii Robots have been included? Or Legend of Wukong?

[@st1ka]

To be honest, I feel Attack of the Petscii Robots doesn't feel like something that would have been officially launched back in the day, hence why I didn't include it. Legend of Wukong on the other hand, you're right. I forgot about that one >_>

[@zabustifu]

@@st1ka In my mind Attack of the Petscii Robots falls in the same category as L'Abbaye Des Morts and Switchblade. A game that was developed for old computers and that underutilizes the Mega Drive. Anyway, no big deal, it's still a nice list. And yeah, Legend of Wukong deserves to be forgotten.

[@st1ka]

that's fair :)

[@luciousthomas6141]

Incredible list of games here!

[@st1ka]

Thank you so much! Glad you enjoyed it!

[@luciousthomas6141]

@@st1ka My teenage years were 16-bit era. Still my favorite gaming generation by far.

[@st1ka]

The 16-bit generation was my childhood so I love it xD

[@shannonbirt9267]

Spot on with Ultracore , superb game on all levels, graphically the amount of moving stuff onscreen becomes impressive particularly later on when the sprite count gets up - explosions are well detailed and bouncing off enemies is just so much fun and becomes a geniune tactic, sonically its a masterpiece and the soundtrack has a tonne of bangers . You hit the nail on the head , that one spot in the game is the hardest part and could have been a tad easier lol .. the secret parts of the levels add a great challenge and replay value. Ultracore is a top 3 genesis game for me period. Paprium also looks amazing - the sheer amount going on is incredible , pity about the cart only release as very few will be able to play it on the MD.

[@st1ka]

Oh yeah, I LOVE Ultracore. Such a great game.

[@guillaumenunes9319]

Ultracore is an unreleased from 90's but such a fantastic game !

[@shannonbirt9267]

@@guillaumenunes9319 Yeah such a gem and glad it was brought into the light of day , there maybe an Amiga version out there somewhere unreleased too - rumoured. I first played this on the Mega SG , it was a sell in for the console - however its version is brutal as you can't hold more than 2 guns and a few other things which made it more difficult , the columbus circle release is much better as you can change between all weapons. I think it was tweaked for the later release.

[@st1ka]

oh how interesting, I wonder how the amiga version compares to the mega drive version. I own the Strictly Limited Games physical edition of Utlracore and it lets you cycle between all weapons as well. I didn't know there was a version that only lets you carry two weapons at a time.

[@shannonbirt9267]

@@st1ka Yeah it was the pack in release on the Mega SG eg the built in Rom , its much more difficult as you have to discard a weapon every time you pick up one or choose not to pickup - greatly prefer the Columbus release. Would love to see the Amiga version if it exists, I suspect it would lose the parrallax but it could do the rest at a lower colour count , would have great sound on the Amiga however.

[@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

[@goukigod]

Bio Evil looks so dope. Can’t wait to chop that one up and smoke it!

[@st1ka]

haha

[@djachmedd]

excellent list. many thanks!

[@djachmedd]

I hope you will do a simular list of nes aftermarket games! now that Full Qiet is finally out

[@st1ka]

glad you enjoyed it! :D

[@st1ka]

It's something I'd like to do, but I don't have many modern nes games

[@indiefrands6467]

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

[@st1ka]

yeah those are pretty great games.

[@trlindley4429]

Great idea for a video,You should consider ranking after market nes games??!!

[@st1ka]

I think it's a good idea, but a lot of them are hard to find now, meaning I don't have them :\

[@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

[@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 :)

[@freddiejohnson6137]

Some of the Taiwanese games that got discovered years later really needed a lot of bugs to be removed to make them even somewhat playable when they got a modern release. It really does show they were just slapped together to make money. Some of the recently released games and ones in development are really benefiting from having such a good software development kit and much better tools that most pcs can access means that so many people are willing to try their hand at making games.

[@st1ka]

Yep very true. I'm hoping we'll start seeing more metroidvanias, rpgs and action rpgs though

[@lonewolfprogrammer8932]

I made myself a physical copy of the english patch of brave battle saga a long time ago, first time I tried it I ended up playing for 13 hours straight even though I have an incedibly short attention span when it comes to rpg's, it's an absolutely incredible game. But my point was that there wasn't any bugs in that version, did Piko release it later? my guess from what I've seen from them is that if there's any bugs they were probably introduced from them poking around. If I owned the rights to Jim Power for example I'd first fix the parallax so it scrolls the right direction, then the inaccurate and disturbing dog legs, and finish the unfinished bossfights, what did they do.. remove the grass animation, awesome improvement 👏

[@ArneChristianRosenfeldt]

How do you debug disassembled spaghetti code?

[@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 )

[@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 :(

[@benjaminlopez1179]

Excelente selección de juegos, por no decir, lo mejor de sega genesis indie. Gran video.

[@st1ka]

muito obrigado! ^^

[@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.

[@Ultraslainmonkey]

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

[@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.

[@absinthe4breakfast299]

I pretty much agree with your assessment although I would have put Demons of Asteborg a little higher and I would also have included Old Towers as it's a pretty decent puzzle game. Tanzer I would have marked down slightly, it is a great game but it's so hard that it might put some people off. I went to buy The Cursed Knight recently but it was out of stock, hopefully this is just a temporary issue.

[@drstephenstrange897]

I have Tanzer for the MegaCat Evercade...love it It's hard but not frustrating.

[@absinthe4breakfast299]

@@drstephenstrange897 The Evercade version is arguably easier because it supports save states, I own both versions of the game and I struggle to get very far with the Megadrive one .

[@drstephenstrange897]

@@absinthe4breakfast299 Yeah but I barely use them. Basically you must know where are the secrets with the big cash, so you can buy more abilities and became way more powerful. If you don't even the save states are not gonna help.

[@arnauddemarais9104]

We have all the parts but PCBs to make more TCK games. The issue should be fixed very soon

[@rodrigoalves-cg6xv]

Being hard =\= being bad

[@acem7749]

Spot on about Paprium, haters going to hate the final product. The game is mind-blowing for what it's running on. This came out back in the day that's how I judge games and it would have just rocked the world of 16-bit Genesis gaming and made anyone else on a lot of other platforms very jealous. That's how I judge these new games how would they been perceived in the system's original life cycle. I'm one of the lucky few that got all my copies of paprium and my two sticks. I was also there at the beginning of Pier solar. I really enjoyed that game too with the special tricks with Sega CD aided soundtrack and completed it and thought it was one of the most thought-provoking endings. I'd love to see what Fonzie can do with the Neo Geo, I can only imagine paprium on that platform.

[@st1ka]

Yeah, for all the faults with its creator, Paprium is a super impressive game.

[@magusrogue]

Also thank you for this list,, ive been looking for good new RPG's in the old 16 bit style, bo, and Brave Battle Saga looks so good! as does Affinity Saga!! Any other recommendations for good bootlegs or third party rpgs in this style?

[@st1ka]

Astebros launched a few months after making this video. It's basically more of a roguelike metroidvania but I really enjoyed it. If you want full turn-based RPG though, sadly, I can't think of any right now.

[@magusrogue]

@@st1ka Well thank you for the reply!!!

[@einherrjar]

Foxy Land and Debtor are PSCD games (the folks behind the Rezident Evil de-make) that saw commercial release, but weren't featured in this video. also the Commndos port that got a Russian release i believe (i have it, but forget who made it) wasn't mentioned. some Russian original MD games from a couple of years ago are pretty good.

[@st1ka]

Commandos and the Russian games were only released in Russia though, that's why I didn't include them. The bootleg games I included here all got modern, worldwide re-releases.

[@vintagebluenote8564]

Did you have a copy of Paprium?

[@st1ka]

Yep I do.

[@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:\

[@greensun1334]

There exists even a SNES version of "Eyra - The Crow Maiden", at least I saw a short comparison between MD and SNES (so it could be still in progress), but it seems to be the same like the MD version, just a little more colorful and with slightly different sound.

[@st1ka]

Is the SNES version of Eyra out yet? I think it's still in development which is why I didn't bring it up

[@greensun1334]

@@st1ka like I said, I don't know if it's finished now, I think what I saw a few months ago was just a demo! I have to look for it now, it would be interesting to know...

[@st1ka]

ah understandable ^^

[@greensun1334]

@Dean Satan this game doesn't relies on cpu speed. It's 1:1 the same (also the AI and speed, alone the horizontal resolution is lower. 4 times faster? 3,58 is 25% of 7.6? That's new for me, but thanks for the math.

[@greensun1334]

@Dean Satan aaha...

[@roadkill_52]

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

[@dilat]

5:22 this game reminds me a upgraded version of the Front Line game on NES

[@st1ka]

I think Frontline is better though :P

[@GaudyGabriev02]

Is there a compilation of modern games? Like nointro, goodroms, tosec?

[@st1ka]

Not that I know of

[@GaudyGabriev02]

@@st1ka uff, Long-term conservation will be complicated.

[@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 :(

[@madmax2069]

3:34 actually the original Duke nukem 3D did have a crosshair by simply pressing the i key during gameplay. I own Paprium, i quite enjoy it.

[@st1ka]

Whoops I appreciate the correction ^^

[@madmax2069]

​@@st1ka edited my comment, I own Paprium and enjoy it, pre-ordered it when they first opened up preorders, I didn't complain, and held out hope, and a while later it came.

[@RagnarokB]

As someone who's had a love hate (though mostly love) relationship with Jim Powers, I was pretty impressed with the Mega Drive port, as well as the NES style demake that came with the GOG/Steam game. The soundtrack wasn't quite as good as the original Amiga or the SNES versions but is still amazing considering the console it's on and the Mega Drive's fart noise legacy, and the gameplay itself is still that wonderful blend of "this is fun" and "this makes me hate life itself". I also have to say that I REALLY need to get my hands on Tanzer, I actually love the euro computer look of the graphics, and that gameplay? Looks amazing!

[@st1ka]

Yeah, I interviewed Jim Powers' composer, Chris Huelsbeck and he basically said that the sega soundtrack wasn't finished. So what we got in an incomplete version of the soundtrack.

[@RagnarokB]

@@st1ka That's still pretty damn impressive, all things considered. It doesn't shock me too much though, I remember there was a leaked copy of what was to be the Mega Drive port, Jim Power: The Arcade Game, and while it was mostly completed, there was like one song used for the whole game.

[@st1ka]

@@RagnarokB Yep, this Piko release is basically another unfinished beta of the game that was futher along in development

[@cosmosjester]

Paprium did have a kickstarter for a digital version a few years ago

[@st1ka]

Yep, but the delivery date is overdue.

[@ELV13S]

would u do dis on the gb and gbc? there are tons of new games still being made for those retro consoles

[@st1ka]

I'd be interested in it, but I have two major problems. The first is that I have very few modern game boy games. The other is that the games I DO own... aren't very good imo >_>

[@ELV13S]

@@st1ka oof welp. theres always digital releases, but i believe retro games are best played iin their native consoles

[@st1ka]

I'll have to search high and low for a lot of those games. But we'll see.

[@ELV13S]

@@st1ka itch io gameboys tags can lead to unique titles for a start

[@Robert_Shmigelsky]

I'll probably give Tanzer a try after watching this video. I've put it in my shopping basket a few times, but never pulled the trigger. Maybe I'll pick up a cart when Irena and Phantom Gear release to save on shipping from Mega Cat Studios.

[@st1ka]

Good luck, I hope you'll like it :D

[@Robert_Shmigelsky]

@@st1ka What about Attack of the Petscii robots? Should that be on this list? I like puzzles, so that one should be up my alley. Just not sure about the controls on the genesis version, and I'm still working my through the Cursed Knight, and have carts of Life of Mars, Curse of Illmore Bay and Crowmaiden coming.

[@BinManSays87]

Paprium is coming up in the world one day they had another Kickstarter back in December 2021 (I'm still waiting on a steam key hopefully, but I can't actually remember what I ordered)

[@grthjryrd7552]

prob gonna be never ever, fonzie the ponzie will make sure to scam again

[@st1ka]

I hope it gets a modern port

[@alexandruc.5647]

Mad Stalker may not be a very good game, but its soundtrack is stellar. From the entire list, my favorites are Mad Stalker, Xeno Crisis, Tanzer and Demons of Asteborg. I would like to get my hands on Tanglewood and Ultracore as well.

[@st1ka]

Good choices ^^

[@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

[@kylekostamo1880]

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

[@atmaweapon2803]

I think the Genesis port of Cave Story is my favorite port of the game. It just fits the aesthetic so well. I'm surprised it didn't get a mention.

[@atmaweapon2803]

Oh! Saw that someone else mentioned it, and I saw your answer. Anyway, great video!

[@st1ka]

thank you! Glad you enjoyed it! ^^ If only we could buy a legitimate copy of Cave Story for the Mega Drive :\

[@atmaweapon2803]

@@st1ka I know...

[@Mankey619]

It’s incredible that they’re still some modern made games for the Genesis. Just by their work alone shows that how much they grew up playing the 16-bit console,and this is their way of showing the love for the system.

[@st1ka]

Indeed, it's such a great system! I just hope we see more RPGS and adventure games.

[@Mankey619]

@@st1ka me too even I am interested in what they’re capable of doing with this old system.

[@st1ka]

@@Mankey619 agreed 100%

[@Robert_Shmigelsky]

@@st1ka I seem to recall a mega drive game set in Ancient Greece. It was a RPG, or an adventure game. Can't remember the name of the title. EDIT: Ellenica was the name of the title, but it doesn't look much progress was made in it.

[@st1ka]

Ah yes, I didn't mention Elenica in my video because it looked very early and rough.

[@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

[@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.

[@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

[@rudelltwobulls4328]

If i hadnt owned an evercade, i wouldnt have known these games existed.

[@st1ka]

yeah, a lot of them are on the evercade.

[@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

[@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_* ?

[@Mike14264]

I'm amazed at how many new Mega Drive games were made! I wonder how it must be, programming a game for the MD...

[@st1ka]

Suposedly, the modern development tools for the mega drive are really good which is why the system is getting so many games.

[@Mike14264]

@@st1ka ooh, interesting!

[@st1ka]

@user-ef8fp6dr2b basically, almost every modern mega drive game uses some called SGDK which are modern development tools created by a fan. Supposedly, the creator is constantly improving the tools and taking feedback from other devs

[@shannonbirt9267]

You would be surprised how easy it is , I'm 3 weeks into learning SGDK , i have a level I copied from an 8 bit shooter I like to play with , I have Graphics (copied) , player movement + enemy movement + hit detection + scrolling all working well . Some things are so easy in SGDK it feels like cheeting almost , like scrolling for example - super easy , basicaly VDP_SrollTo(x,y) thats it lol. So SGDK + Visual studio Code (IDE) + Asesprite (Graphics) + LDTE or Tile16 for tile editor , thats what I'm using. SGDK does a lot of the heavy lifting and is reasonably fast, I have 30 or so enemies moving / animating and all logic and without optimisation at the worst points is ~ 75% utilisation - i could tweak that yet I'm sure.

[@st1ka]

Whoa that's pretty awesome

[@josephmatthewspearsslade8900]

Eyra was funnily enough my favorite on this video because of the main character. If only she got a collect-a-thon 3D platformer on the N64 or PS1 at some point, then we’d really be reliving the days of the mid- to late-90’s.

[@st1ka]

Hah, that's fair. I do prefer the NES version though xD

[@deviandrianto]

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

[@st1ka]

It's a pretty great game

[@Kainlarsen]

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

[@st1ka]

hah that's a good way of looking at 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