Genesis / Mega Drive Wish List

[kelvingreen]

Originally Posted by sghostcouk

not a megadrive game i know but i would love to see the original arcade shinobi! truly an absolute legend of a game that never got a proper console conversion.

Hush your mouth! The Turbografx port was near arcade-perfect, as I recall, and we may yet see it on VC. As long as we don't see the NES version...

[Dazza]

Originally Posted by kelvingreen

Hush your mouth! The Turbografx port was near arcade-perfect, as I recall, and we may yet see it on VC. As long as we don't see the NES version...

The TG-16 version was woeful compared to the arcade! I am a huge Shinobi fan, I shall list my faults with this conversion:

* No power ups!

* No close up attack!

* Level 2 is missing!

* No Bonus rounds!

Yes it is a big shame a proper Megadrive conversion was never released, it could have been arcade perfect!

Thankfully revenge of shinobi and shinobi 3 more than made up for this.

For good old one-hit-and-you-die shinobi you could do a lot worse than Shadow Dancer on the Megadrive, it's very different to the arcade version. I much prefer it myself!

[Kevin]

Originally Posted by kelvingreen

Hush your mouth! The Turbografx port was near arcade-perfect, as I recall, and we may yet see it on VC. As long as we don't see the NES version...

There was a Shinobi game for the NES? I never knew that. Although I'm not a big Shinobi fan, I thought the first Revenge of Shinobi was pretty good.

[Dazza]

Originally Posted by Kevin

There was a Shinobi game for the NES? I never knew that. Although I'm not a big Shinobi fan, I thought the first Revenge of Shinobi was pretty good.

Don't get too excited. It was pants as well. I am quite fond of the Sega Master System version even though it is far from a great conversion. Maybe one day Sega will give us a 'Virtual Master System Convertor' for the Virtual Megadrive! lol

[kelvingreen]

Originally Posted by Dazza

Don't get too excited. It was pants as well. I am quite fond of the Sega Master System version even though it is far from a great conversion. Maybe one day Sega will give us a 'Virtual Master System Convertor' for the Virtual Megadrive! lol

Yeah, MS Shinobi was great (as was Alex Kidd in Shinobi World), definitely as good as the arcade version, but quite different. NES Shinobi was an atrocity.

I'd love to see Master System support on VC; it had some fantastic unique games that we won't see otherwise, like Phantasy Star, to name just one.

[Kevin]

Originally Posted by kelvingreen

Yeah, MS Shinobi was great (as was Alex Kidd in Shinobi World), definitely as good as the arcade version, but quite different. NES Shinobi was an atrocity.

I'd love to see Master System support on VC; it had some fantastic unique games that we won't see otherwise, like Phantasy Star, to name just one.

I guess I should be glad i never heard of it!

California Games 1 & 2
Streets of Rage 2

Master System (why shouldn't it be possible?):
Alex Kidd in Miracle World
Sonic the Hedgehog
Crash Test dummies
Batman

[Kevin]

Originally Posted by asger

California Games 1 & 2
Streets of Rage 2

Master System (why shouldn't it be possible?):
Alex Kidd in Miracle World
Sonic the Hedgehog
Crash Test dummies
Batman

Streets of Rage 2 is coming out in case you didn't know. We just don't know when. What a day that will be! By the way, what's the difference between the Master System and Genesis versions of Sonic the Hedgehog?

[kelvingreen]

The Master System Sonics were quite different to the MD ones. Rather than attempting a half-arsed port, Sega built them towards the strengths of the MS, so they're just as good in their own way, but quite different in terms of level design and so on.

[Kevin]

Originally Posted by kelvingreen

The Master System Sonics were quite different to the MD ones. Rather than attempting a half-arsed port, Sega built them towards the strengths of the MS, so they're just as good in their own way, but quite different in terms of level design and so on.

Interesting info. Thanks.

[kelvingreen]

I would try and put some screengrabs up, but I don't think that's the best way to compare them, as the MS will just look bad! The MS Sonics are just really well designed, brilliantly playable platformers that aren't as flashy as their MD cousins, but are still great games. And I reckon the music on the MS versions is better, but that's just me.

[PresidentLeever]

Eliminate Down
Gaiares
Hybrid Front
Micro Machines 2
MUSHA
Panorama Cotton
Rocket Knight Adventures - it's up there with the Sonics.
Splatterhouse 3
Shining Force 2 - they can skip 1 imo.
Thunder Force 2-4 - yes, I like the top down levels in 2.
Yu Yu Hakusho – Makiyou Taisen - great 4p fighter by Treasure.

Monster World 4, King Colossus, Dynamite Headdy (jap version), Langrisser 2, Pulseman, Twinkle Tale, Trouble Shooter 2 - they're already translated

[RMA]

Originally Posted by PresidentLeever

Eliminate Down
Gaiares
Hybrid Front
Micro Machines 2
MUSHA
Panorama Cotton
Rocket Knight Adventures - it's up there with the Sonics.
Splatterhouse 3
Shining Force 2 - they can skip 1 imo.
Thunder Force 2-4 - yes, I like the top down levels in 2.
Yu Yu Hakusho – Makiyou Taisen - great 4p fighter by Treasure.

Monster World 4, King Colossus, Dynamite Headdy (jap version), Langrisser 2, Pulseman, Twinkle Tale, Trouble Shooter 2 - they're already translated

Ooooh...forgot Micro Machines! Good call

[Makeda]

Urban Strike
Dessert Strike
Muhammad Ali Heavyweight Boxing
Shaq Fu

[kelvingreen]

Micro Machines would be a great VC choice, especially as it's four-player, and there weren't many of those on the MD.

[Kevin]

Originally Posted by Makeda

Urban Strike
Dessert Strike
Muhammad Ali Heavyweight Boxing
Shaq Fu

People actually enjoyed Shaq Fu. Wow.

[yoshi175]

Originally Posted by kelvingreen

Micro Machines would be a great VC choice, especially as it's four-player, and there weren't many of those on the MD.

Really the megadrive only fits two controllers

[Kevin]

Originally Posted by yoshi175

Really the megadrive only fits two controllers

I was thinking that myself. Were there any four player genesis games by any chance?

[kelvingreen]

The MD had a multitap, but I don't know how many games supported it. Micro Machines had two potential four-player modes, as I recall; there was a way to play with two people using one controller, one player using the d-pad to steer, the other using the fire buttons. I think acceleration was automatic. I may be misremembering that.

But what MM (and a bunch of other Codemasters games, like Pete Sampras Tennis and Skidmarks) did have was the J-Cart. It had two extra joypad ports built into the cartridge itself, so all you needed was to get a couple of extra pads.


EDIT: The original MM wasn't a J-Cart, it seems, although I'm sure you could pad-share. MM2 was definitely a J-Cart though, and so you could pad-share too and thus play eight players on a Megadrive!

[yoshi175]

Originally Posted by kelvingreen

The MD had a multitap, but I don't know how many games supported it. Micro Machines had two potential four-player modes, as I recall; there was a way to play with two people using one controller, one player using the d-pad to steer, the other using the fire buttons. I think acceleration was automatic. I may be misremembering that.

But what MM (and a bunch of other Codemasters games, like Pete Sampras Tennis and Skidmarks) did have was the J-Cart. It had two extra joypad ports built into the cartridge itself, so all you needed was to get a couple of extra pads.


EDIT: The original MM wasn't a J-Cart, it seems, although I'm sure you could pad-share. MM2 was definitely a J-Cart though, and so you could pad-share too and thus play eight players on a Megadrive!

I have the cart for MM2 here it's just a different shape, I don't see how you could get another controller in using it

[kelvingreen]

There were two versions released, as I remember. One normal one, and one J-Cart.

Here's the version I'd guess you don't own:



See the two extra controller ports at the top of the cart?

[Makeda]

Originally Posted by Kevin

People actually enjoyed Shaq Fu. Wow.

Oh, I never enjoyed it.... I just want to have a good laugh

[PresidentLeever]

Actually there were 2 separate multitaps, which I own..

One of them was for EA games only (those cheap *******s) like General Chaos and the NHL series.

Lost Vikings is a 3-player puzzle/platform game by Blizzard. One of their first games.

Other 4-player games:
Mega Bomberman - port of Bomberman '94 I think..
Yu Yu Hakusho (by Treasure) is an excellent 4-player fighter.
Street Racer - it's like Mario Kart.
Tiny Toons Acme All-Stars
Wimbledon Tennis
Puzzle & Action games - these are kinda like Wario Ware for GBA.

Columns 3 is for 1-5 players, Dodgeball: Kuy Kid is for 1-6 players, and Double Dribble for 1-8!
Haven't tried them out with more than 2 though.

[RMA]

Originally Posted by PresidentLeever

Actually there were 2 separate multitaps, which I own..

One of them was for EA games only (those cheap *******s) like General Chaos and the NHL series.

Lost Vikings is a 3-player puzzle/platform game by Blizzard. One of their first games.

Other 4-player games:
Mega Bomberman - port of Bomberman '94 I think..
Yu Yu Hakusho (by Treasure) is an excellent 4-player fighter.
Street Racer - it's like Mario Kart.
Tiny Toons Acme All-Stars
Wimbledon Tennis
Puzzle & Action games - these are kinda like Wario Ware for GBA.

Columns 3 is for 1-5 players, Dodgeball: Kuy Kid is for 1-6 players, and Double Dribble for 1-8!
Haven't tried them out with more than 2 though.

THAT, sir, is good knowledge! and knowledge, as everyone knows, is the BOMB.

[kelvingreen]

Originally Posted by PresidentLeever

Mega Bomberman - port of Bomberman '94 I think...

D'oh. Of course. I even own this one, so I should have known it was a Tap game!

It's not quite a straight port. There are more features and levels in Mega than in '94, but the MD version is clearly based on the TG16 version.

[Taint Smack]

Splatterhouse 2. This game looks so sweet, never played it before either.



Just look at that ass and tell me you don't want the game.

[Mendez]

Originally Posted by Taint Smack

Splatterhouse 2. This game looks so sweet, never played it before either.



Just look at that ass and tell me you don't want the game.

It's brilliant, the bosses are awesome too
It improved on the original very well, the sooner the better!

[ColdWar]

Dynamite Headdy
Splatterhouse 2
Toy Story game :P
Castlevania Bloodlines
Earthworm Jim Series

[Taint Smack]

I remember that Toy Story game, it rocked the sh*t.

[Mendez]

Originally Posted by ColdWar

Dynamite Headdy
Splatterhouse 2
Toy Story game :P
Castlevania Bloodlines
Earthworm Jim Series

I'm with you all the way there

I loved the Toy Story game, it was awesome, same with Aladdin and The Lion King :P
They just don't make the movie tie-ins like they used too.

[yoshi175]

I have castlevania bloodlines on the megadrive , but it's called the new generation and all the blood is gone, for that I hope boodlines comes to europe and not the new generation

[ColdWar]

Originally Posted by Mendez

I'm with you all the way there

I loved the Toy Story game, it was awesome, same with Aladdin The Lion King :P
They just don't make the movie tie-ins like they used too.

Yo, I had that Lion King game to. That game was pretty sweet to

[PresidentLeever]

Yeah, that Lion King game didn't age well at all though. Still, nice gfx/sound it did have. It did have that indeed.

[Kevin]

Originally Posted by Mendez

I'm with you all the way there

I loved the Toy Story game, it was awesome, same with Aladdin and The Lion King :P
They just don't make the movie tie-ins like they used too.

Yeah movie games were great back then. Now look at them...except the two Lord of the Rings movie games that is!

[PresidentLeever]

The recent Spiderman and Batman games weren't that bad though.

[Angelic Lapras King]

POWER RANGER!


...oh come oh, I m sure you Ex-Ranger fans want to relive the good old day. =D

[Balrog]

ELIMINATE DOWN.
THUNDER FORCE.
UNDEAD LINE.
GRIND STORMER.
TWIN COBRA.

Although some of these may or may not be out.

[yoshi175]

Originally Posted by Bishamon

ELIMINATE DOWN.
THUNDER FORCE.
UNDEAD LINE.
GRIND STORMER.
TWIN COBRA.

Although some of these may or may not be out.

None of them are out

[Balrog]

Originally Posted by yoshi175

None of them are out

TWIN COBRA ISN'T OUT?!

Suprising. Very classic, very Sega, and very Nintendo too.

I can understand the others.

[Spore]

I've recently gotten into the run n' gun genre. So I'd have to say:
Contra: Hard Corps
Alien Soldier

Even if I had a Wii, I don't think I would get Alien Soldier on the VC as it was only released in Europe and Japan and I happen to live in America. I might have to fork over the 60 dollars and buy the game then find a PAL to NTSC converter just to play. Oh well.