Forgotten Sega Genesis Games
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 29 มิ.ย. 2024
- As with most popular gaming consoles, the larger libraries tend to easily swallow up the lesser known titles. When I was a kid I played all of these, but time and the better games quickly relegated them to the backburner. Let's take a look at some games that many of you may not know about.
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Episode Notes:
1. Games captured on the Mega SG.
2. DJ Boy is out to rescue his girlfriend in the Japanese version.
3. Insector X has an interesting overhaul from the arcade version. There it was kinda a cut'em up, but the visuals were redone in a much more serious art style on the Genesis.
4. I originally had Combat Cars in this group but couldn't capture any real meaningful gameplay from it. That game is unbelievably hard in the later stages. I gave up in utter frustration.
5. Cyberball kicked my ass. I hadn't played it in a while so I was really rusty. The gameplay you see here I was blown out 23-7.
6. The difference in quality of Sega's Disney's games really was unreal. The in house games turned out fairly good, while nearly all the outsourced stuff suffered mightily. - เกม
Back in the day, I found a fully boxed copy of TaleSpin lying in the middle of the street.
You didnt find it in the tale bin?
Hopefully you left it there
@@crabby125 haha
Well, that's a lot better than the poor bastard in my elementary school who found a used condom in the parking lot and blew it up like a balloon. 🤢🤮
@@scramblesthedeathdealer 🤐
I'll never forget asking for Streets of Rage for Christmas and getting Street Smart.
all those feels...
ah yes parents. Everything is nintendo. My parents were pretty solid biggest problem I had was that damn ESRB system folks would get the titles right but wouldn't buy me M rated titles
Nice to see Insector X get some love. An uninspired but solid shooter
Dude, they had a DJ Boy cabinet at my local roller rink. It had Wolfman Jack doin voice tracks. It used to steal my quarters
I heard it was based on an arcade original, never saw it in the wild though...
*Blades of Vengeance* is one of my top 5 Sega MegaDrive/Genesis games.
Not enough people mention it!
Yeah man, I’m not sure SLX’s position on Blades, but would very much like to see him cover it in depth.
BoV is definitely a hidden gem. ❤️✌️
agreed, is just wish it didnt come un that slightly bigger case lol throws off the whole shelf its either too tight or id have to leave a gap 😭
And something that I love about FIGTHING MASTER is that they achieved a fighting game with 12 playable characters with only a 4 Megabit cartridge, all with spirtes of attacks and poses ... The truth is that it is not a masterpiece but it is very complete compared to others who used 8 or 16 mg.
One Genesis game I never see anyone talking about is Mystical Fighter. One of the best beat'm ups on the console imo
Well, I did see it on some lists. And one of my friends is absolutely fanatic about it (and I am the Sega expert of my group), so much that he insisted that we play it and beat it... And we did.
I do remember renting it back in the day, with another friend. To be honest, I didn't find it much entertaining or attractive.
@@teknomax7883 I have never seen another beat'em up focused on grappling like MF, honestly. Specially for its time. I come to back to it every now and then because it's just so much fun to throw enemies around in many different ways
@@Tenpouin And something that I love about FIGTHING MASTER is that they achieved a fighting game with 12 playable characters with only a 4 Megabit cartridge, all with spirtes of attacks and poses ... The truth is that it is not a masterpiece but it is very complete compared to others who used 8 or 16 mg.
*Mystical Fighter.
Was that mystic defender? In the UK?
One Genesis game that i absolute loved as a kid was Talmit's Adventure AKA Marvel Land.
It's by no means mind blowing but it was a perfectly fine and really fun platform game with tons of charm :)
These types of videos are some of my favorites. It's always nice to reminded of some forgotten classics or even decent games that are worth giving a couple minutes for a new experience.
Bio Hazard is one of the most underrated Shooter on the Genesis, it was the first game I purchased with my own money and loved it every second, tough as nails.
Two of my childhood favorite Genesis games that no one talks about are Animaniacs and Tiny Toon Adventures: Buster's Hidden Treasure. Both are pretty cheap as well, even in today's ridiculous market.
Nice to see a bunch of games that aren´t necessarily "hidden gems" but just games of varied quality. Much more interesting.
Anyone remember Tasmanian devil ? Great game
one of my faves
Use the weed killer on the plants!!
YES. Awesome game.
Yep. Played them both. Taz had great games.
First one was a tough mf, specially with some jumps (hello waterfall), but I managed to beat it.
I rented Taz in Escape From Mars as a kid and played the shit out of it.
I recently purchased Dj boy as I remembered renting it as a kid. I actually still enjoy it, probably the nostalgia talking. The difficulty level is a bit strange but once you get the powerups it becomes much easier
I bought it a couple of years ago and still quite like it, too. But I have the Japanese version, which does not censor the offensive stereotypes of some of the characters and (I'm told) has various other differences. I actually didn't have too much trouble beating the game, so I am guessing it must also be somewhat easier than the western version.
@@samhillier9607 I bought the japanese version too so that might explain the differences. I know what you mean about the stereotypes, probably wouldnt fly in 2021!
@@darylmoffat8057 I have the US version but I think the Japanese version is much easier if I recall correctly but I beat te US version that SLX was struggling so much with in the video. It’s a fun game, I used to play it in the arcade before it was ported to the Mega Drive/Genesis.
I like DJ boy as well😃
DJ Boy was originally an arcade game and there was a follow-up that's better.
I bought DJ Boy as a child. I managed to get through it but my god was it hard.
Yeah it was hard, but it was hella kool! I know it's not easy like some japanese version of games but Dj boy is awesome. It had a great soundtrack imo. People forget that coming from NES and SMS ... The graphics on the Genesis are far superior. And Dj boy to me was awesome in that regard.
I had it myself, but personally never found it hard and quite enjoyed it. My only main complaint was the lack of a 2 player simultaneous option.
Yeah, it's a pretty good game.
I always remembered the Chippendale and the rocker dude that breathed fire haha
Two games I'd have added: Desert Demolition: Featuring Road Runner and Taz-mania
Thank you!
I just grabbed a boxed copy of Taz-Mania on Ebay *cheap* thanks to your comment (I was putting it off and just checked again).
Those games were good, not gems but not average like the ones in this list.
Desert Demolition was awesome, even better than Sylvester and Tweety Cagey Capers in some ways. Both were great games though, each in their own way.
I find that playing as Wile E. was much more interesting in Desert Demolition than playing as Road Runner.
I think you've covered and/or mentioned it in past episodes, but I have a soft spot for Bimini Run.
This channel is so underrated and under appreciated. Its becoming one of my favorite channels.
I caught myself watching it everyday. I hope Lord X’s dedication is paying off.
Same here. I sadly didn't have any Sega console but I'm addicted to these videos!
@@Mnichu I only had a sega saturn, but seeing him going through the history of everything sega is pretty awesome.
Quality and quantity SegaLordX👏👍
He is not annoying enough to be over rated.
A feature on Bitmap Bros Megadrive games would be good e.g. Speedball 2, Gods, The Chaos Engine. All were ports from the Amiga, which wasn't well known in the US.
I enjoyed Dj Boy in the arcade with the Wolfman commentary.
love these type of vids, always good to find out about hidden gems.
I had Insector X! It is a good game. The sound effects are very good too. They have good amount of bass to them without sounding like GEMS farts.
BTW the first system i ever played was the vectrex, my uncle was one of the first ones to have it. That got me started in video games, as you mentioned you've been playing over 40 yrs. As I'm 46 now, time fly's when your having fun
I am a retro gamer as well. Dating back to the 70's with my old Pong machine and my Atari 2600. Then my 5200. Finally I found and received the Nintendo NES for Christmas. I was in AWE. But with everything especially video games, things change, expand, grow, etc. The Vectrex system was such a wild and unique concept. I really wanted one, but I had already dropped a LOT of money on games. Sadly I never even got to own one. I THINK I tried one at a local gaming store called Babbages. Back in the 80's and 90's, they were in Shopping Malls. Anyway it had a simplistic look but it was extremely wild looking when you played it. I have seen "reviews" or footage of games so I am fully aware now of it's capabilities which are awesome! It was like a mini arcade machine. While I did feel bummed I never had one, I owned a crapload of systems and games. Nintendo NES, Super-NES, N64, Sega Master System, Sega Genesis & CD, Sega Nomad, Saturn, Dreamcast, TurboGraphx-16, Commodore Vic-20, Commodore-64, 🍎Apple IIe🍎, and eventually a IBM or that type. Yes I have a problem..lol. Now I've gotten into the "Minis" and I LOVE THEM! However I really want to get back to the actual systems from the 80's and 90's. The Minis are great but I want the REAL GAMES! And maybe if some miracle happens I can find a old working Vectrex someday? Crossing my fingers. 🤞
‘Zero Tolerance’ was an awesome 1st person shooter on the mega drive. Tiny, tiny screen but ridiculously high body count and really addictive once you get into it.
Zero Tolerance would be more a hidden gem.
I smell a viewer edition coming on. Cyborg Justice, Mystic Defender, Warrior of Rome 2, Centurion Defender of Rome, and Namco's sublime Power Ball could help fill the episode. Great work as always SLX. I have thoroughly enjoyed tearing through your channel the last couple of months recollecting Sega's glorious and not so glorious days. A man who's hand I'd be privileged to shake one day🙏
EA made Centurion for the Genesis? Loved that game on Amiga.
Oh boy, I was so happy with Insector X not being a parody like its brothers for Arcade and Famicom. As of today, it remains as one of my favorite 16-bits shooters.
I LOVED Robo Kid, glad someone remembers that game!
Very interesting episode. Growing up as a MD/Genesis owner, I remember renting many of these.
I get a weird nostalgia for some and because of that fondness, they kind of ended up in the "so bad it is good" category for me; namely Fighting Masters and Street Smart, but also Beast Wrestler (not shown in this video).
Thaks for rekindling those memories!
Also something interesting I remembered: Insector X was originally a "Cute 'em up" on the arcades and PCE Engine (I think it got ported there anyway), but got a major visual reskin on the Megadrive, and we ended up with the high tech bug things.
I was hoping you would cover "Crusader of Centy" (or "Soleil" as it is known in europe), one of the best Genesis games that never got a re-release.
Maybe in another episode? ;-)
I happen to like DJ Boy. Played the heck out of it as a kid in the arcade and on Genesis.
Can't sleep.
Great timing Lord X👍 with the late night🔥
Hello ! My friend ! I have sent you some Ambien and some Pizza Rolls in the mail. Here's hoping it helps you sleepy. You must eat the pizza rolls !
I used to enjoy a lot playing Warsong when I was young
Street Smart was basically SNK making a boss rush beat em up game before SFII kind of codified how fighting games would work going forward.
I remembered almost all of those covers and only half of the games. They were all over the game rental stores when I was a kid, and they had them in Japanese, American and pirate flavors. We played Fighting Masters a lot, dreaming of a home version of Street Fighter for our Mega Drive. Super Volleyball was also a hit among the condo kids.
Take spin, loved that cartoon as a kid.
You know what kills me? The Genesis originally was supposed to have the superscaler hardware but they decided to cut it out. It hurts like a knife, kind of like how the SID chip on the C64 was originally supposed to have like 33 channels but due to time constraints they cut it down to three channels. Both of those things would have improved gaming at home 100 times over!
So many cool games in that huge library! Great video
Insector X was my J A M back in the day
Still have that game and play it. What I always found odd was that it's a reskin of another shmup that in Japan was a cute em up.
@@buckroger6456
Which one. I'd like to see it to compare.
@@kekeke8988 it was called Taito Legends 2
Hello! It was one of my favorite games around 30years ago! But not this version on MegaDrive,i play the arcade version. It was the same name. Insector X and very similar to the MegaDrive.. Still playing today whit emulators
Hah a Police Semi in Chase HQ 2. That is amazing.
Great trip down memory lane! As your closing monologue depicts, even the games that proved less-than were fun to take another look at. Reminds me of where I was back in the day, and the complete culture of those 80s and 90s days of yesteryear. Thanks as always for your great work!
Jewel Master needs a mention just for its amazing soundtrack!
Pretty decent game too
@@johnquist9069 Defo!
I frikkin loved its backgrounds too
Gauntlet IV was a blast , I wish they had something like that on the super nintendo.
The music is glorious
My best friend and I had a ton of fun playing Fighting Masters and Power Moves back in the day. Not great fighting games by any means, but still fun!
Something different is always good, in my book. Just make sure there’s plenty of Saturn episodes :)
Fighting masters is a bit weird game, but I've played the hell of it back on the day! It was the only versus fighting game I had back in the day so i had to play it lol
Here's a great genesis game (I liked it very much back then) that I don't see being talked about: cyborg justice!
I really loved that game. Being able to build your own Borg and pull opponents to bits was hugely entertaining. It wasn't the prettiest game and the sound wasn't perfect but I know my friends and I enjoyed it immensely.
Ha! I noticed you showed fighting masters in your opening vid, a greatly underappreciated, and very good fighting game. Atomic robo kid is another one I just recently got into, thanks for the great vid again!
My brothers and I had a lot of fun playing Fighting Masters back in the day.
me to but I hated that space demon Vagasu
This channel is so good. I can absolutely say that no Sega coverage is as good as SLX.
Loving all the great content you are putting out recently Sega Lord X! I grew up in the 80’s and 90’s and had an NES, SNES, and finally, an N64 so I missed out on all cool Genesis, Saturn, and Playstation 1 games of that time. Thankfully I’ve been able through collecting and emulation to play a lot of the games I missed. (I remember being sooooo jealous when I was like 12 or 13 that the Genesis was getting an “X-Men” game! I was a huge X-Men fan growing up and that just made my pre-teen self so salty, lol!). I’ve become a big fan of the Saturn (especially its RPG’s) since then and your videos have let me know about a lot of games I otherwise would have missed! Thank you again for the awesome videos!!!!
Pigskin: Footbrawl. My only football/rugby game I've ever owned, when i sold my old systems at a retro gaming store in 2013 they had no record of the game in their system and gave me extra for it. Game plays as a horizontal sport game loosely based on both before-mentioned, weapons on field to kill other players that resurrect after every point and obstacles on the field, ridiculously easy, but a lot of fun for a 15-20 minute play
I played Insector X in an arcade-made Genesis years ago. I first thought it was a Neo Geo game.
Game was great imo
Reminds me of the $10 bin at EB when I was a kid. Think I got everyone of these games there lol
I actually owned and played INSECTOR X on the Genesis a lot back in the day. Great game! Years later I got the TAITO LEGENDS collection on the PS2 and was surprised that the American release was much cooler! The sprites were given a hardcore Sci-Fi theme while the original had kind of a rather goofy theme. This makes the original American release of INSECTOR X my version of choice!
DJ Boy was the first game to give me a genuine nightmare. The first I saw was in the arcade section at a skating rink (damn that makes me feel old). The boss of the second stage is the pumped up Chippendale dancer that moves around with this real weird strut. That night, the next night, and the night after, I had funky dreams of that weirdo chasing me down with that strut. The thought of it haunted me for like a year.
I had Street Smart & Fighting Masters for the Genesis and played the hell out of those games. I never had DJ Boy but I enjoyed it in the arcades. While I wouldn't play these games these days, I really enjoy hearing them talked about and seeing videos of them for nostalgia. It's nice to see these forgotten games get some spotlight. It reminds me of the countless hours I pumped into them back in the pre-SF2 days.
I loved playing fighting Masters as a kid. I remember spending hours playing it against my brother and cousins.😀🕹🎮
Great vid. Was just playing Championship Pro-am and Cyberball on the old Genesis recently 👍
Admittedly, I had to revisit Fighting Masters a few years later to develop an appreciation for it but this is literally the only time I've ever heard a TH-camr praise it.
I wasn't what you'd call a Sega kid back in the day. I had a megadrive but only ever had Sonic 1 and Ecco 2 for it and some other game I traded the latter for that I didnt enjoy. It was only with the PS1 that I discovered how much I loved video games. But over the years, especially through Genesis Collections, emulation and your videos, I have grown a great fondness for Sega in their heyday. I do really enjoy your enthusiasm and honesty when you talk about stuff like this. Keep it up!
I loved jewel master. A game thst rarely gets talked about. It's dated now but brought me so much fun as a kid.
Talespin is a decent game. I hadn't played it for ages and had a go at it a few weeks ago and I never had any real issues with it. The pyramid level inside the tomb is probably the only section I get lost in but other than that, I think it's a pretty decent Sega of America title. Insector X is one of my favourite shooters and I can't seem to find a copy of it anywhere, it must have been in a low print run or something back in the day because it is very rare.
A driving game I enjoyed back in the day was Outrun 2019.
I extremely support this being a series. If it does become one, hope to see you cover the Rolling Thunder sequels & High Seas Havoc eventually.
Rolling Thunder was pretty cool. I also love to see Sega Lord X cover it
He quickly covered High Seas Havoc on the Data East on the Sega Genesis episode
Pretty sure he's covered the Rolling Thunders too, but you'll notice none of them were in a video with "Forgotten Sega Genesis Games" in the title. This is a series that could easily reach/convert an audience of not-yet-subs, as well as one that has long legs since it covers both the good & bad.
Like, I could easily think of 8-10 videos covering as much ground as this one did without having to strain my brain. Sage's Creation & exclusive EA titles alone could fill at least 3.5 videos.
I was trying to remember VJ Boy my entire life! The last time I saw it was when it first came out (my older brothers rented it from Blockbuster I think). Thank you SegaLordX!
Gotta love the Street Smart box art and that font, wowza!
The boost icons in Chase HQ 2 look exactly like swastikas.
Bloody awful game though!
@@19822andy Indeed.
@@nicolausteslaus Huh?
@@Nathan-rb3qp some alt right crap, just ignore it
@@ncapone87 1. What's redpilled? & 2. What's Alt-Right?
DJ Boy was a game I played at my local fish and chip shop in the early 90's on a Arcade machine, I then rented the Mega Drive port about a year later from a video store.. Memories tell me I liked the Mega Drive version because I thought it was so like the Arcade game I played but going back to both versions in the last 10 years made me realise that that was just nostalgia talking.
OMG DJ Boy! I rented it a few times when i was a kid and loved it. I tried playing it later when i was much older in emulators... but i didn't remember the game's name! I went through a lot of ROMs lists and never found it. Thank you for this!
Also from your list i absolutely loved Super Voleyball, it's definitely one of the games i played the most.I had this game and me and my brother had some real epic battles back in the day. Single player was a decent enough challenge too.
Super Volley ball was AWESOME! There were "secret" moves that would make a difference! If you EVER played Volleyball you would see that the moves could be done with button combinations and it was comprehensive.
Get 2 players that knew what they were doing and you had a thrilling match!
Underated gem
I agree. There’s a way to serve a spike that makes the ball go up really high and come back zigzagging that’s almost impossible for the opponent to receive/defend. Also, all teams do not play the same and they get harder when advancing in the tournament. Many TH-camrs play the games for 5 minutes or just beat the first stage to make a video and for people who played it’s clear when they’re aren’t familiar with the game.
I agree, I played it so much back in the day with my friends! I came here to talk about the move that made the ball go up out of the screen but got beat to it :)
Now it's official.
Sega Lord X is simply one of the best content creators on TH-cam by my point of view.
Cheers.
Okay, I never noticed this before, but shoutout to the Rabio Lepus ad in the background of Super Volleyball. A very quirky PC Engine shmup.
Always enjoy your content. Cheers.
Besides the football game I remembered all of the other games. XD and I love fighting masters
I remember playing Atomic Robo Kid for the Amiga... The framerate was terrible but the soundtrack was awesome! :D
Fighting Masters was actually a pretty fun rental back in the day. It was no Street Fighter II but it was interesting. That awesome temple stage BGM has been stuck in my head for years - to the point where I learned to play it on my keyboard! Grinder was my favorite character.
The same team went on to create it's spiritual successor: Cosmic Carnage on the 32X. You all know how that turned out...😬
16 minutes of video, 5 double ads, YT is getting ridiculous with the ads, but thanks for the video amazing stuff
You make great vids man keep it up 👍
I loved games like Championship Pro-Am back in the early-mid 90s.
My favorite was Super Skidmarks on the SEGA MegaDrive.
Nobody ever talks about it because it didn't come out in the USA.
Fighting Masters thank you for naming that game for me I remember renting it out all the time when the newer releases were all gone but had since forgotten the title. As a kid it was perfect for me it was a fighter, had moves similar to wrestling which was my jam and was weird. Looking at your video I can say now it also didn't move half bad either.
I loved rc pro am,international volleyball and chase hq as a kid!
Why nobody talks about Battle Mania aka Trouble Shooter and sequel? Same with El Viento. True hidden gems in genesis library.
I still have a soft spot for Dj boy. I remember renting this back on 1991.
I put it in my sega mini, and still beat it!
Guilty pleasure time - Mick and Mack Global Gladiators and Rolo to the Rescue 👍👍
Just got my PS5 today, retail price right though sony. But always happy to hear you talk genesis! I may have played street smart in like, 1990. There is a game in my memory that was sort of like double dragon but bigger sprites and one on one fights. You fought a big dude and the hugeness blew my mind at the time. It's tough to be 100 percent sure, but I think that was it. I wish there were records kept of what games the Tilt arcade had around 1990, haha
As a kid back then I had fun with Fighting Masters on my mega drive
Super Volleyball. Man, i'm play this one a lot. Fun fact, some real moves turn to "special moves", like super service or a flash atack. Lots of fun.
Pro Am was one of my first Genesis games. Many sunk into it. Still have yet to beat it.
Finally!!!! Fighting Masters 😂
I actually had fun with this one
AMAZING games and amazing video
"What in the holy hell were the developers thinking?" 🤣
It's a shame though, because the look of the game is pleasant, and the artistic touches of the boss and the cable car lady make it clear that someone cared what they were doing.
On another note, is the "Sega" vocal (not the music from Astal but the actual word "Sega") from a game, or was it made just for this channel? It is really effective at capturing some of the nostalgia that old Sega games bring up.
It’s funny, my brothers and I had a lot of these games growing up. Seems like streetsmart we loved but we also loved it in the arcade and Insector X was another one that I remember being fond of.
Oh, man! Fighting Master arrived in Brazil years after Street Fighter 2 SCE, so imagine how bad it was received (to the point: the slow pace, slower motion at any hit was unbearable). But Super Volleyball was the opposite: one of the first titles, with lots of fun and SPECIAL MOVES: thunder services, asteroid-like rebounds, deflective second-balls, wall-like blocks... . If two players compete each other with this repertoire, the match could last hours, in a way that towards to... idk... Dragon Ball Z?! It was a crazy game (remember, at first you have think it's a plane vanilla sports game) down there at the beginning of Genesis/Mega drive live. Thanks for (once again) bring back those kimd of memories, @SegaLordX
every time I hear the SOR intro song I feel like I am reborn again....28 years later
I got Fighting Masters in a Genesis Games mystery box on Ebay back in the early 2000's and I played the crap out of it. It was so different then MK or SF2 and the final boss probably beat me 20-30 times before I could take him down. Good times.
Two games I remember playing as a kid that I never really hear talked about for Genesis are Desert Demolition Starring Wile E. Coyote and Bugs Bunny: Double Trouble.
Granted, I don't recall either being particularly great or anything
My favorite video from SegaLord X. There are alot
Can't believe somebody mentioned dj boy. I thought I was the only one to ever play that game. For some reason I owned it as a kid. A relative must've bought it cheap and gave it to me as a gift. One of the earlier Genesis games I had
I thought DJ Boy was pretty good, especially the 'politically incorrect JAP version - you get to beat up Aunt Jamima and a homo!
DJ Boy- Once you power up your character (buy those cat head icons), the game can get really easy. Bump up your energy bar and punches (and I think an extra life).
Cool Video SLX, I now have a few games to add to my playlist as well as a few to avoid! 😂