[TAS] Genesis Ristar by upthorn in

[@JeremyMYG]

SEGA really was the moment with so many games.

[@smashultimatefalcoteamkong5717]

Release Date NA: February 16, 1995

[@zachatck64]

​@@smashultimatefalcoteamkong5717Please read the comments before adding words that aren't related to the post

[@Knuckles5140]

I love this underrated ass game. Sonic Mega Collection Plus memories.

[@breadfiesta]

What a exceptional TAS. Fun to watch and an amazing display of technical skill. I hope it's a candidate for Stars tier.

[@smashultimatefalcoteamkong5717]

Release Date JP: February 17, 1995

[@WayatMoyisDorsiinviil]

I love this game. Why didn't sega produce a sequel? This game is so memorable for so many reasons.

[@YungJollofRice]

Cus SEGA are money hungry pigs and only care about milking Sonic

[@OldSweaterz]

The game was doomed from the start, it was released at the end of the Genesis lifespan

[@dummmi_balls9424]

Should've been ported to the Sega Saturn like other Sonic games such as Sonic 3D Blast.

[@deikso]

There was going to be a sequel but it was cancelled

[@AlastorAltruistGaming]

@@deiksosame with Vectorman for the next gen, but that got cancelled too. That’s on top of Blue Sky Software & SEGA ending their relationship.

[@DigiEggz]

Such a beautiful game - the music and graphics pair together so well. Congrats to Upthorn!

[@jonathanc2959]

I love the colour palette so gorgeous and everything you said as well.

[@5688gamble]

At 3:51 you can actually get over the top before the water level rises with a carefully timed down right grab on the very end corner if you gain enough height, you can grab cancel your backwards momentum and just reach seems like this should be faster. May be an improvement.

[@shingo693]

I really love this game. A beautiful and cool platformer. It's a pity sega didn't develop ristar and made a sequel. They've had enough of killing Sonic. It would be better to develop this game.

[@miles4961]

Well a lot of people haven't played it since i came out in 95

[@omordic]

Did you guys know in when greedy spawns a black hole the sound effect is the sound of someone's super form in sonic 3 and knuckles

[@tntmoxy9697]

Also the sound of those shooting orbs at the begining of the battle

[@megadriveleo]

13:00 WHAT? I’ve never seen THAT before.

[@JaeBcYes]

SAME

[@megadriveleo]

@@JaeBcYes I now managed to do it myself, you need to destroy all the birds heads before the first wave of orblets comes

[@yousefslimani99]

@@megadriveleoDon’t make me talk about the hidden bonus stages Bonus points 😒

[@FangTheHellcat]

​@@yousefslimani99 the dev times?

[@ristar7203]

I enjoy this gameplay

[@yusefwhite4056]

Rister Is My Favorite Game On Sega I Miss This Game I Remember When I Was 11 And I Was In 6th Grade I Used To Play It All The Time!!! 🎮

[@cherryberry845]

This is the best Sega game (in my opinion)

[@chickensandwich9977]

Honestly, this game's better than the first Sonic games

[@Qvmmy]

ristart should have been the mascot of sega

[@lecapitaineisonyoutoob]

FWIW his designer would go on to redesign Sonic and be the official artist of the series for a while.

[@judahbeeisrael1446]

Not if there are two

[@Max_Toons]

I hope Sega remasters this game in 2025 for it’s 30th anniversary.

[@yousefslimani99]

They totally forgot him and also nights into dreams 😭

[@ecernosoft3096]

SNES: "genesis doesn't have that much color-" This game: "r u sure?"

[@LEECHINLEONG0705]

Nice this good video games

[@jblue88hoodgamer54]

It will be cool if Sega an Ubisoft was to do a Ristar an Rayman cross over.

[@yousefslimani99]

Oh wow an invisible enemy just chilling there! I didn’t know he was there before 13:48

[@TheBigMan0706]

So you’re playing the Japanese version. In the Japanese version the fifth boss looks like a robotic cat while in the English version he’s a melting snowman

[@spicybreadproductions1972]

Using the JP version was a no brainer, because it’s a faster speedrun. In that same level with the melting ice man, there is an intro in the US version. Even if it’s skipable (assuming it is, I haven’t played the game that fair) it would still take up a few frames to skip it.

[@NunofYerbizness]

The US version also added a short mid-level cutscene in the level "Law? Chaos?" where Ristar equips himself with anti-gravity shoes, which takes up an approximated second of total runtime.

[@TheBigMan0706]

@@NunofYerbizness that sounds like a myth

[@smashultimatefalcoteamkong5717]

Release Date JP: February 17, 1995

[@GraveUypo]

ristar's idle stance is smiling. you can tell it's the japanese version just from that.

[@LunaMinuna]

Ristar just said Asta La Viesta baby. No way 😭 i love this game

[@nesmario123]

"ristar is not sonic... he's not about speed" speedrunner: aight, bet.

[@ClownCharBro]

me or just game ? i though version change, I remember on 18:00 - it was snowman ? I havent seen robotic cat 30:51 (at the end?) Ristar calling '"Dad!"' and Dad call "'Son!'" cutscenes verison, I seen like master/crazy hand character from SSB

[@typhooncipher]

I hope im not the only one who noticed him just chilling on a spike at 13:50

[@yousefslimani99]

lol you mean on 13:48 not 13:50!

[@DJDarryl88]

Why they didn't make a part 2?

[@judahbeeisrael1446]

Stupid Saturn

[@annacollier1931]

Sadly, because when they made the game Sega was already moving to the Sega Saturn in Japan, and it was only 3 months before the Sega Saturn released in the US after this. They did have plans for a sequel having three other playable star characters using their legs, body, or ears to attack instead, but it was instantly scrapped because it didn't sell well.

[@judahbeeisrael1446]

18:10 hot pie

[@DJDarryl88]

Also what was you guys favorite planet?

[@spicybreadproductions1972]

Freedom

[@awesomeboss2020]

Honestly, they're all great, I can't pick a fav

[@judahbeeisrael1446]

Planet Flora

[@bryanassissilva3674]

Sonata Planet

[@TheRealSlaky]

Probablyyyyyy Planet Freon

[@Anthonylikessonic]

Bro you are a beast

[@RyneMcKinney]

This game needed a sequel

[@miles4961]

Not a lot of people played it so their would be little hype and could ruin future players perception

[@RyneMcKinney]

@@miles4961 Well in a perfect world it could've sold well

[@miles4961]

@@RyneMcKinney possible but i think its good no others were made sega now has more fans of ristar and might have better ideas for a reboot or 2nd game and the fans will be more hyped

[@mockinghyena960]

Imagine how much shorter this would be if Ristar could sprint

[@AlastorAltruistGaming]

I guess they had to compensate for Ristar’s slow speed because the levels are so short. Saying that, though, this would make it much easier.

[@ongakuwotabeta]

Drx from hidden palace: the game

[@tntmoxy9697]

Is there any reason to make the high score at the end of each stage??

[@ematuber1236]

18:07 so you are in the japan ver.? Huh neat

[@HeitorMelo-c3x]

10:04 lol was this boss i see in the area

[@hiagoroberto8176]

hi

[@GraveUypo]

not bad

[@Atrael]

You can hit the monkey when he's on the king's back without having to headbutt the king, would be faster to do that

[@annacollier1931]

I did that on one of my most recent playthroughs of Ristar

[@S1LLY_AYELEN_ORL]

Sega Genesis / Mega Drive (Ristar: The Shooting Star)

[@S1LLY_AYELEN_ORL]

Windows 8 / Windows Xp (Ristar: The Shooting Star)

[@Jafar-Galib]

nice game!

[@Milesprowerboy5]

W Game

[@waltercomunello121]

_c'mon_

[@JaeBcYes]

Bro made greedy look like a joke...

[@mertbilge1412]

But this is japanse version

[@AlastorAltruistGaming]

Yes. The Japanese version helps with easier speedruns because level skips aren’t incredibly time-consuming. The game moving faster allows for faster speedruns, whereas the European & American versions aren’t that generous.

[@damin9913]

This game is too slow pace for me I have it but not my style of gameplay

[@safiaatamena216]

Boss Granny Baby Hahaha Bye Bye 💩💩💩💩💩💩💨

[@falyfall9080]

what?

[@bigsof7381]

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[@MoisesCharles]

Ristar failed because Ristar is not cool. SEGA (in-house team) made Alex Kidd (a Son Wukong rip-off, but the Western cover art was some ugly, *ugly*-ass art of an American child that looked nothing like the in-game sprite). They made Ristar. They made Nights into Dreams. All of these things were attempts at mascots, and none of them were cool. The only mascot SEGA made that was cool was Sonic, and that was because-- and they admitted this-- they stuck Felix the Cat's head on Mickey Mouse's body and it somehow worked. They took two kinda cute and kinda lame international phenomenon characters and threw them together. That's some Japanese character logic if I ever saw it. For this and many other reasons, SEGA has always been clueless, which is why they failed.

[@JohnsonTheSecond]

How that retarded hedgehog got famous but Ristar didn't (Look how lovable those sprites and sounds are, so much personality) I will never get

[@gamet2004]

I think that along with this, there's also the fact that this game was released in 1995, kinda late for the Megadrive. Sega was moving into the new system, the Saturn, and that's why they didn't simply cared about this game. The situation is very similar to Super Mario RPG.

[@AlastorAltruistGaming]

Idk, man. I view Ristar as incredible. Only recently have I played Sonic Mania, but even still, mascots like Ristar are deserving of love & appreciation.

[@papasou8932]

First

[@theNova99]

1: no one cares 2: no you weren’t.