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Kill your babies - Megadrive Edition

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    #32
    Retr0gamer
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    As some one that thinks soccer as a video game doesn't make sense at all, sensi is one of the few soccer games I can stomach. It's a video game first and not a soccer simulation. As a result I find sensible soccer a blast to play while every iteration of Fifa has bored me to big fat salty tears.
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    #33
    fixXxer
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    Skerries wrote: »
    and was ultimately much better on it's native Amiga :D

    Quoted for xXxtreme thruth.


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    #34
    tailgunner
    Registered Users Posts: 1,911 ✭✭✭tailgunner


    Retr0gamer wrote: »
    The underwater stage of earthworm Jim was complete bull****

    They hide the oxygen recharge that is essential for beating the stage behind a fake wall. **** you level designer.

    I forgot about that. I'd kill the damn game again if I could.


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    #35
    The Specialist
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,539 ✭✭✭The Specialist


    Aladdin
    Altered Beast
    Castlevania Bloodlines/New Generation
    Chuck Rock 2
    Comix Zone
    Dynamite Headdy
    Earthworm Jim
    Ecco the Dolphin (series)
    Flashback
    Golden Axe
    James Pond 2: Robocod
    Mega Turrican
    Micro Machines 2
    Midnight Resistance
    Mortal Kombat 2
    NBA Jam
    Phantasy Star (2, 3 and 4)
    Probotector/Contra Hard Corp
    Ristar
    Road Rash (1, 2 and 3)
    Robocop vs terminator
    Rocket Knight Adventures
    Sensible Soccer
    Shining Force (1 + 2)
    Shining in the Darkness
    Sonic the Hedgehog (1, 2, 3 + Knuckles)
    Streets of Rage (1, 2 and 3)
    Strider
    Strike series (Desert, Jungle and Urban)
    The Revenge of Shinobi
    The Story of Thor
    Thunderforce 4
    ToeJam and Earl
    Virtua Racing
    Wonderboy in Monster World
    World of Illusion starring Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck

    Killing off Castlevania because **** that game and **** its series. One of the most frustrating experiences I've ever had playing games


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    #36
    Generic Dreadhead
    Registered Users Posts: 10,870 ✭✭✭✭Generic Dreadhead


    Aladdin
    Altered Beast
    Castlevania Bloodlines/New Generation
    Chuck Rock 2
    Comix Zone
    Dynamite Headdy
    Earthworm Jim
    Ecco the Dolphin (series)
    Flashback
    Golden Axe
    James Pond 2: Robocod
    Mega Turrican
    Micro Machines 2
    Midnight Resistance
    Mortal Kombat 2
    NBA Jam
    Phantasy Star (2, 3 and 4)
    Probotector/Contra Hard Corp
    Ristar
    Road Rash (1, 2 and 3)
    Robocop vs terminator
    Rocket Knight Adventures
    Sensible Soccer
    Shining Force (1 + 2)
    Shining in the Darkness
    Sonic the Hedgehog (1, 2, 3 + Knuckles)
    Streets of Rage (1, 2 and 3)
    Strider
    Strike series (Desert, Jungle and Urban)
    The Revenge of Shinobi
    The Story of Thor
    Thunderforce 4
    ToeJam and Earl
    Virtua Racing
    Wonderboy in Monster World
    World of Illusion starring Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck

    Bye Ecco, you dumb game


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    #37
    super_furry
    Registered Users Posts: 27,322 ✭✭✭✭super_furry


    Aladdin
    Altered Beast
    Castlevania Bloodlines/New Generation
    Chuck Rock 2
    Comix Zone
    Dynamite Headdy
    Earthworm Jim
    Ecco the Dolphin (series)
    Flashback
    Golden Axe
    James Pond 2: Robocod
    Mega Turrican
    Micro Machines 2
    Midnight Resistance
    Mortal Kombat 2
    NBA Jam
    Phantasy Star (2, 3 and 4)
    Probotector/Contra Hard Corp
    Ristar
    Road Rash (1, 2 and 3)
    Robocop vs terminator
    Rocket Knight Adventures
    Sensible Soccer
    Shining Force (1 + 2)
    Shining in the Darkness
    Sonic the Hedgehog (1, 2, 3 + Knuckles)
    Streets of Rage (1, 2 and 3)
    Strider
    Strike series (Desert, Jungle and Urban)
    The Revenge of Shinobi
    The Story of Thor
    Thunderforce 4
    ToeJam and Earl
    Virtua Racing
    Wonderboy in Monster World
    World of Illusion starring Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck

    Earthworm Jim goes. Looked great but it was too hard, too obtuse and the jumping felt awful.


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    #38
    pasta-solo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 794 ✭✭✭pasta-solo


    Hmm, looks like this has got a little mixed up, Earthwork Jim was already killed a while back.


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    #39
    super_furry
    Registered Users Posts: 27,322 ✭✭✭✭super_furry


    Aladdin
    Altered Beast
    Castlevania Bloodlines/New Generation
    Chuck Rock 2
    Comix Zone
    Dynamite Headdy
    Earthworm Jim
    Ecco the Dolphin (series)
    Flashback
    Golden Axe
    James Pond 2: Robocod
    Mega Turrican
    Micro Machines 2
    Midnight Resistance
    Mortal Kombat 2
    NBA Jam
    Phantasy Star (2, 3 and 4)
    Probotector/Contra Hard Corp
    Ristar
    Road Rash (1, 2 and 3)
    Robocop vs terminator
    Rocket Knight Adventures
    Sensible Soccer
    Shining Force (1 + 2)
    Shining in the Darkness
    Sonic the Hedgehog (1, 2, 3 + Knuckles)
    Streets of Rage (1, 2 and 3)
    Strider
    Strike series (Desert, Jungle and Urban)
    The Revenge of Shinobi
    The Story of Thor
    Thunderforce 4
    ToeJam and Earl
    Virtua Racing
    Wonderboy in Monster World
    World of Illusion starring Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck

    Right you are. Here's how things stand.

    James Pond II goes. It's a poor game that got more attention than it deserved because it was an Amiga game and there were no decent platform games for that. The port was good but the game is still poor.


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    #40
    Generic Dreadhead
    Registered Users Posts: 10,870 ✭✭✭✭Generic Dreadhead


    I'm just in this thread to see what Kills trigger Retrogamer the most :pac:


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    #41
    Retr0gamer
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    Johnny beat you to it with gunstar heroes but Castlevania cut deep.

    The second best (scientifically proven) game on the mega drive is still there 😉
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    #42
    penev10
    Registered Users Posts: 1,896 ✭✭✭penev10


    Retr0gamer wrote: »
    Crackdown, gain ground and hellfire werent big sellers.

    Hellfire was IR£10 dearer than a regular MD game when it was released (IR£60 V IR£50 iirc), no idea why but it may have contributed to its poor sales.

    Mean Machines review


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    #43
    Retr0gamer
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    Yeah it's a great game. I think maybe renovations brought it out? They brought a lot of imports over and charged a little more.

    I'd still take gynoug and thunder force 4 over it.
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    #44
    SeantheMan
    Registered Users Posts: 6,911 ✭✭✭SeantheMan


    Aladdin
    Altered Beast
    Castlevania Bloodlines/New Generation
    Chuck Rock 2
    Comix Zone
    Dynamite Headdy
    Earthworm Jim
    Ecco the Dolphin (series)
    Flashback
    Golden Axe
    James Pond 2: Robocod
    Mega Turrican
    Micro Machines 2
    Midnight Resistance
    Mortal Kombat 2
    NBA Jam
    Phantasy Star (2, 3 and 4)
    Probotector/Contra Hard Corp
    Ristar
    Road Rash (1, 2 and 3)
    Robocop vs terminator
    Rocket Knight Adventures
    Sensible Soccer
    Shining Force (1 + 2)
    Shining in the Darkness
    Sonic the Hedgehog (1, 2, 3 + Knuckles)
    Streets of Rage (1, 2 and 3)
    Strider
    Strike series (Desert, Jungle and Urban)
    The Revenge of Shinobi
    The Story of Thor
    Thunderforce 4
    ToeJam and Earl
    Virtua Racing
    Wonderboy in Monster World
    World of Illusion starring Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck

    You know what, feck it.
    I don't care if it's a cult classic or not.
    Aside from the 2 characters looking cool...and a funky theme tune that I can still do off the top of my head to this day....the gameplay was complete meh and I didn't care for it at all.
    And I went back to it not too long ago, and it's still crap.:confused:

    And they annoyed me even more with the crap game they released on the Menacer (yes, I had one of them overpriced forgotten pieces of junk...got used as normal gun in cops/robbers after about 3 months) :rolleyes:.

    So see ye later Toejam and Earl.:eek:


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    #45
    Kimbot
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    Chuck Rock 2
    Comix Zone
    Dynamite Headdy
    Flashback
    Golden Axe
    Mega Turrican
    Micro Machines 2
    Midnight Resistance
    Mortal Kombat 2
    NBA Jam
    Phantasy Star (2, 3 and 4)
    Probotector/Contra Hard Corp
    Road Rash (1, 2 and 3)
    Robocop vs terminator
    Rocket Knight Adventures
    Shining Force (1 + 2)
    Shining in the Darkness
    Streets of Rage (1, 2 and 3)
    Strider
    Strike series (Desert, Jungle and Urban)
    The Revenge of Shinobi
    The Story of Thor
    Thunderforce 4
    Wonderboy in Monster World
    World of Illusion starring Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck


    Only because I never played it and doesnt look all that good to me :P


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    #46
    Generic Dreadhead
    Registered Users Posts: 10,870 ✭✭✭✭Generic Dreadhead


    Aladdin
    Altered Beast
    Castlevania Bloodlines/New Generation
    Chuck Rock 2
    Comix Zone
    Dynamite Headdy
    Earthworm Jim
    Ecco the Dolphin (series)
    Flashback
    Golden Axe
    James Pond 2: Robocod
    Mega Turrican
    Micro Machines 2
    Midnight Resistance
    Mortal Kombat 2
    NBA Jam
    Phantasy Star (2, 3 and 4)
    Probotector/Contra Hard Corp
    Ristar
    Road Rash (1, 2 and 3)
    Robocop vs terminator
    Rocket Knight Adventures
    Sensible Soccer
    Shining Force (1 + 2)
    Shining in the Darkness
    Sonic the Hedgehog (1, 2, 3 + Knuckles)
    Streets of Rage (1, 2 and 3)
    Strider
    Strike series (Desert, Jungle and Urban)
    The Revenge of Shinobi
    The Story of Thor
    Thunderforce 4
    ToeJam and Earl
    Virtua Racing
    Wonderboy in Monster World
    World of Illusion starring Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck

    So long Mortal Kombat, you were too limiting to play on the standard controller and you were not the best game on the Megadrive


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    #47
    Kimbot
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    Comix Zone
    Flashback
    Golden Axe
    Mega Turrican
    Micro Machines 2
    Midnight Resistance
    NBA Jam
    Phantasy Star (2, 3 and 4)
    Probotector/Contra Hard Corp
    Road Rash (1, 2 and 3)
    Robocop vs terminator
    Rocket Knight Adventures
    Shining Force (1 + 2)
    Shining in the Darkness
    Streets of Rage (1, 2 and 3)
    Strider
    Strike series (Desert, Jungle and Urban)
    The Revenge of Shinobi
    The Story of Thor
    Thunderforce 4
    Wonderboy in Monster World
    World of Illusion starring Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck

    Cleaned up the list for ease of reading :)


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    #48
    Retr0gamer
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 51,410 CMod ✭✭✭✭Retr0gamer


    Feck sake. Dynamite Heady is amazing! One of Treasures best games.
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    #49
    Retr0gamer
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    Comix Zone
    Flashback
    Golden Axe
    Mega Turrican
    Micro Machines 2
    Midnight Resistance
    NBA Jam
    Phantasy Star (2, 3 and 4)
    Probotector/Contra Hard Corp
    Road Rash (1, 2 and 3)
    Robocop vs terminator
    Rocket Knight Adventures
    Shining Force (1 + 2)
    Shining in the Darkness
    Streets of Rage (1, 2 and 3)
    Strider
    Strike series (Desert, Jungle and Urban)
    The Revenge of Shinobi
    The Story of Thor
    Thunderforce 4
    Wonderboy in Monster World
    World of Illusion starring Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck

    Robocop vs Terminator is gone. It's a mediocre shooter with a license squandered on it. The over the top gore doesn't disguise the janky combat and level design. Then the gore disappears and is replaced by boring robots.
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    #50
    Kimbot
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    Retr0gamer wrote: »
    Feck sake. Dynamite Heady is amazing! One of Treasures best games.

    Well since you said so I'll do my best to get my hands on a copy and give it a bash :D


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    #51
    Retr0gamer
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    jonnycivic wrote: »
    Well since you said so I'll do my best to get my hands on a copy and give it a bash :D

    Pretty sure it's in a few Megadrive collections as Sega owns the rights. It's balls hard but really inventive and a bit of a boss rush.

    The Last boss however is so cheap. It takes over an hour to reach him and I could never beat him, except when using the level select code. There's a way to predict his attacks but I never figured it out when I played the game. Pretty sure they ramped the difficulty way up for the Western release.
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    #52
    Kimbot
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    Retr0gamer wrote: »
    Pretty sure it's in a few Megadrive collections as Sega owns the rights. It's balls hard but really inventive and a bit of a boss rush.

    The Last boss however is so cheap. It takes over an hour to reach him and I could never beat him, except when using the level select code. There's a way to predict his attacks but I never figured it out when I played the game. Pretty sure they ramped the difficulty way up for the Western release.

    I'll have a look through the collections I have at home later on so :)


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    #53
    elekid
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,066 ✭✭✭elekid


    Dynamite Headdy was also on the Wii (not Wii U) virtual console if you have one. I love that game.


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    #54
    Generic Dreadhead
    Registered Users Posts: 10,870 ✭✭✭✭Generic Dreadhead


    Comix Zone
    Flashback
    Golden Axe
    Mega Turrican
    Micro Machines 2
    Midnight Resistance
    NBA Jam
    Phantasy Star (2, 3 and 4)
    Probotector/Contra Hard Corp
    Road Rash (1, 2 and 3)
    Robocop vs terminator
    Rocket Knight Adventures
    Shining Force (1 + 2)
    Shining in the Darkness
    Streets of Rage (1, 2 and 3)
    Strider
    Strike series (Desert, Jungle and Urban)
    The Revenge of Shinobi
    The Story of Thor
    Thunderforce 4
    Wonderboy in Monster World
    World of Illusion starring Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck


    Bye Wonderboy, cause.... reasons....


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    #55
    Retr0gamer
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    I love Monster World but it's not Dragon's Trap. That game is amazing and the recent remake is pure class.
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    #56
    Generic Dreadhead
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    I just felt like reviving the thread.... we've come so far....


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    #57
    Potential-Monke
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    I think it may show how much more popular the SNES was over the Megadrive... *cough*sonicsucks*cough* :D


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    #58
    Retr0gamer
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    Not on Europe. Megadrive was way more popular. Ireland was a big Sega stronghold. Of course the americanisation of video game history will tell you differently. I think the snes only had a majority in Germany were their HQ was.
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    #59
    The Specialist
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    Potential-Monke wrote: »
    I think it may show how much more popular the SNES was over the Megadrive... *cough*sonicsucks*cough* :D

    It's likely just the quality of games on Mega Drive is much higher and hard to decide on compared to SNES **coughcoughsnesisforpoorpeoplecough**:D


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    #60
    SeantheMan
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    Comix Zone
    Flashback
    Golden Axe
    Mega Turrican
    Micro Machines 2
    Midnight Resistance
    NBA Jam
    Phantasy Star (2, 3 and 4)
    Probotector/Contra Hard Corp
    Road Rash (1, 2 and 3)
    Robocop vs terminator
    Rocket Knight Adventures
    Shining Force (1 + 2)
    Shining in the Darkness
    Streets of Rage (1, 2 and 3)
    Strider
    Strike series (Desert, Jungle and Urban)
    The Revenge of Shinobi
    The Story of Thor
    Thunderforce 4
    Wonderboy in Monster World
    World of Illusion starring Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck




    Killing 'The Story of Thor' because I was a fan on the Megadrive and no idea what that is.


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    #61
    Retr0gamer
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    It's a gorgeous looking Zelda clone by Ancient with music by Yuzo Koshiro. It was a pretty big release.

    story-of-thor-final.jpg

    Kind of looks better than it plays though.
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