Sega Megadrive

ChrisC · Jun 12, 2004

Whats the best game/s you would reccomend for the Sega Megadrive, me and my brother just got one and want some gd games...2 players if possible

Chris :glee:

Hikaru Ichijyo · Jun 12, 2004

For Multiplayer:

Gunstar Heroes
Golden Axe 1 & 2
Mercs

Single Player:

Revenge of Shinobi
Strider
Gaiares
Thunderforce III
Mega Man: The Wily Wars (if you can find it)

BloodLust · Jun 12, 2004

phantasy star, mutant league football/hocky,6 pak, rock n roll racing, etc....etc...etc...

aria · Jun 12, 2004

Disappointing!!! No mention of Streets of Rage 2 (or Streets of Rage 1), yet? For Shame! :shame:

While the above games (I include the other posts) are definitely rocking, I would like to recommend several old-fashion arcade games that have decent playability (but aren't as flashy -or good as Gunstar Heros):

- Gain Ground
- Crackdown
- Any of the old Madden games (they were the best at the time)
- Virtually any EA Sports title (though a few did suck, so check around a little bit)
- Star Control (can be very fun with two people)
- Altered Beast (its so-so, but cheap and a classic)

man... there are so many I can't think of them all.

All the games I mentioned a fun with two players.

Jedite · Jun 12, 2004

If you're into RPGs, get Shining Force or Shining Force II (very good tacital RPG games), if you like action games, get Gunstar Heroes, the best action game on Genesis, also, if you like platformers, you should get Sonic 3 and/or Sonic and Knuckles. Those are my top picks. But, it depends on what kind games you're into.

Baseley09 · Jun 12, 2004

2 Player :

Crackdown
Streets Of Rage (1 has best music

)

Youkai · Jun 12, 2004

I can vouch for that Bobak. Streets of Rage is a must own series. I'm having quite a hard time trying to find an actual copy of SoR3.

I got a long list of what you gotta try.
Dynamite Headdy
Rocket Knight Adventures
Mystic Defender (too bad your MD is a PAL. the Japanese version of this game is awesome)
Green Dog
Shining Force 1 and 2
Thunder Force series

I'm not sure if your country has these, but you gotta play these if they are:
>"Renovation" games. I highly recommend playing Arrow Flash, Gaiares, El Viento, the Valis games, Sol Deace, Gain Ground (as mentioned before), Exile (short action/RPG with a little crude language)
>Target: Earth
>Ex-Mutants

ClassicMode1985 · Jun 12, 2004

Akumajo Dracula: Vampire Killer/CastleVania Bloodlines/CastleVania: The New Generation......nuff said...

I recommend Streets of Rage 1 as well

TMNT The HyperStone Hiest is another honorable mention

Plisken · Jun 12, 2004

Streets of Rage 2 is the best game on the system.
You also must own these amazing games:

Comix Zone
Revenge Of Shinobi/Shinobi III
Eternal Champions
Robocop Vs Terminator
Ristar
Zero Wing
Pitfall: The Mayan Adventure
Gunstar Heroes
Sonic The Hedgehog 2
Quackshot (Fuck off, it's great)

fuck me there's hundreds! i currently have 140 boxed complete games, i adore this system.

Mike Shagohod · Jun 12, 2004

Sonic The Hedgehog 1-3
Alex Kidd: Enchanted Castle
Castle of Illusion w. Mickey Mouse
PULSEMAN
Rockman Mega World
Super Shinobi
Super Shinobi 2
Shadow Dancer
Bare Knuckle 1-3
Double Dragon 1-3
Crude Buster
TMNT: Return of The Shredder
Advanced Busterhawk GLEYLANCER
M.U.S.H.A. ALESTE
Code Name: VAPOR TRAIL
Assault Suit Leynos
Task Force Harrier EX
EX-RANZA
Midnight Resistance
Commando II: MERCS
RAMBO III
Gunstar Heroes
Alien Soldier
Contra Hard Corps
Kujaku Oh 2
Golden Axe 1-3
Dynamite Heddy
Mamono Hunter Yoko
Shark! Shark! Shark!
Kyukyoku Tiger
Eliminate Down
Shadow Run
Phantsy Star 1-4
Hokuto No Ken 2
Vampire Killer: Bloodlines
Michael Jackson's MOON WALKER
Virtua Fighter 2

...that should get you started on what to look for.

MERCENARY X99

BlackSpy · Jun 12, 2004

For two player you would be mad not to seek out Herzog Zwei.

Youkai · Jun 12, 2004

Plisken said:
Quackshot (Fuck off, it's great)

Word.

Walt Disney based video games by Sega themselves and Capcom = teh best! :buttrock:

Baseley09 · Jun 12, 2004

Youkai said:
Word.

Walt Disney based video games by Sega themselves and Capcom = teh best!

Sure, add the amazing Castle of Illusion to that :buttrock:

Didn't like World of Illusion that much, but it's still dead good. particularly the graphics.

ChrisC · Jun 13, 2004

Thanx guys, ill look into some of these games...were mostly into beatemups and the odd RPG to answer your question

Thanx again ChrisC

Rassilon · Jun 13, 2004

Ah, i love the Megadrive. so many great games.
Didnt see this one mentioned here though:
for 2 player, Star Control is great fun. (Of course, if you have a 3D0, get Star Control II)
Maybe a bit hard to find though..

Olly C · Jun 13, 2004

Alrite people,

Im the brother, lol

I bought a Boxed Mega Drive II with all official leads off ebay with 2 pads and 4 games for £10.55
Then I bought a Mega Drive I with all official leads because it was bundled with 2 more controllers and LETHAL ENFORCED boxed with gun :buttrock:

and 3 other games all for.. £6.50

Since then I've bought the following Classics all Boxed with Instuctions:

Sonic 1
Sonic 2 - £15 for all 3
Sonic 3
Sonic and Knuckles - £6.50
Sonic Spinball - 99p :glee:

Streets of Rage I - 99p :glee:

Streets of Rage II - £5.50
Fatal Fury - £2.99
Super Street Fighter II (original 1994 delete one) - £8
Street Fighter II Special Championship Edition - £5
(and 2 official 6 button pads w/o the turbo and slow

)

Then the games with the consoles were:

Lethal Enforcers Boxed with Gun
Micro Machines 96' Turbo Edition
Pete Sampras Tennis
Brian Lara Cricket 96'
The Terminator
Hang-on, Coloums, World Cup Italia 90'

I think I got some bargains there, re-buying my childhood a bit

Id really like to get Contra Hard Corps since I loved Contra III on the SNES, Im also looking through the lists people have mentioned too to see if anything catches my eye,

What do you think of my little collection so far?

Cheers Olly

Olly C · Jun 13, 2004

Youkai said:
I can vouch for that Bobak. Streets of Rage is a must own series. I'm having quite a hard time trying to find an actual copy of SoR3.

Me too Streets of Rage III seems to be a cut above the rest in price at the moment and rising

By the way all my games are UK Pal Im not looking to buy any Jap games and I love RPG's but have so soo many that I havent even started on my cube, xbox, ps1+ps2, GBA, NGPC, dreamcast, N64 the list goes on.. So im more looking for classic 2D pick-up and play games :drool_2:

Olly

Youkai · Jun 13, 2004

Olly C said:
What do you think of my little collection so far?

You kicked off your Mega Drive collecting with great taste. It's small but gotta start somewhere.

Sometime next week hopefully I'll be getting my first Japanese Mega Drive games. And that'll kick up my Genesis collection to 79 (Power Base Converter Included)

galfordo · Jun 13, 2004

Just wanted to mention a couple that I used to love (back when I had a Genesis :crying:

)

E-SWAT (a classic - better than the arcade version IMO)
Dick Tracy (yes, it was a pretty sweet movie-based game)

Olly C · Jun 13, 2004

Youkai said:
You kicked off your Mega Drive collecting with great taste. It's small but gotta start somewhere.

Cheers

I just bought the games I remeber loving but never owning

I just bought Dungeons & Dragons: Warriors of the Eternal Sun for £1 aswell this any good?

Olly

(going to try and get Mercs too)

son_of_bael · Jun 13, 2004

Olly C said:
Me too Streets of Rage III seems to be a cut above the rest in price at the moment and rising

By the way all my games are UK Pal Im not looking to buy any Jap games and I love RPG's but have so soo many that I havent even started on my cube, xbox, ps1+ps2, GBA, NGPC, dreamcast, N64 the list goes on.. So im more looking for classic 2D pick-up and play games

Olly

A PAL SOR 3 is not hard to find (they are all over ebay), but expect to pay around £60. But you can pick up a Jap Bare knuckle 3 for around £20-£25 tho, if you want to start a jap collection (most games play in english anyway, except the RPGs, the box art is better and the cases don't have dumb hang-tags).
Also consider picking up (if they haven't already been mentioned):

Asterix: Power of the Gods
NBA Jam
Robocop vs terminator
Contra
Story of Thor
Light Crusader

Takumaji · Jun 14, 2004

More great stuff:

Wiz'n'Liz
Ghouls'n'Ghosts
Rolling Thunder 2
Gynoug (a.k.a. Wings of Wor)
Raiden Trad
Alisia Dragoon (addictive like crack)
Speedball 2
Micro Machines 2 - Turbo Tournament (excellent multiplayer game)
Mega Bomberman
Aladdin
Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine (addictive Puyo Puyo-style puzzler)
General Chaos (single or multiplayer real-time strategic action)
Zero Tolerance (who said the MD couldn't do a FPS)
Dune II
New Zealand Story
Virtua Racing
Sub Terrania
Vector Man
Road Rash II
Landstalker (RPG)

You should also look out for the 32x add-on which normally can be had very cheap. Some good 32x games are:

Mortal Kombat II (IMO, it's the best console port of the game)
Virtua Racing Deluxe (if you like VR you will love this one)
Metal Head (graphics didn't age very well but it's still fun)
Doom 32X (not much to say about this one, decent port of the PC game)
Star Wars Arcade (good port with nice visuals and voice samples)
Virtua Fighter (great game, great port)
Kolibri (oddly themed hummingbird shooter with cool gfx and challenging difficulty)

Tron · Jun 14, 2004

I'm surpise nobody mention Zombies Ate my Neighbor. :eye:

Verythrax · Jun 14, 2004

Multiplayer - Bonanza Bros.

Olly C · Jun 14, 2004

Tron 2.0 said:
I'm surpise nobody mention Zombies Ate my Neighbor.

I've got that boxed with intructions on the SNES already, I was still tempted to get the sega one too even thought there the same :P

I just managed to snag Mega Bomberman for £3.20

Super Street Fighter (1994 Deleted one) just arrived tis good with the 6-button pad :buttrock:

I want a pink/red justifier to go with my blue one on Letahl Enforcers :P

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