Dopest videogame content right here. The homie actually lived the golden age of gaming and isn't just reading from some website. A lot of what he offers is firsthand and it makes a big difference.
@Old Age ty, gonna check his channel as well... I also like Console Wars, they have great reviews and there's always some funny story before they compare SNES and Genesis versions of games... If u like Console Wars, also check Gamesack, which is kind of like CW but with older (but also funny) guys, gotta love their reviews... There's also SNES Drunk, the guy scavenges for SNES games, well known or not, and gives his most faithful opinion about them, it's great.
That's what gets me about a lot of people banging on about the Dreamcast now. If you go on the Internet then it seems everyone had one. How many of those people actually owned one and how many jumped on the bandwagon? Same with Wii U. I got mine in 2013 and supported it all the way to its end, and defended it to the hilt when it's reputation was poor. What's the chance in 10 years it'll be regarded as a classic and that it should have been a success? Sega Lord X is good because he actually played the games and systems he makes videos on, and doesn't jump on bandwagons
I didn't have both growing up, but for the last 23 years I have for sure. Even built up a nice library for both, to me a nice balance for both 16 bit powerhouses.
I was a huge Nintendo fan growing up, and now am starting to explore the Genesis games I missed. I love the usual suspects like the Sonic games and the Konami games, but the Genesis has a ton of gems too like The Ooze and so many amazing space shooters.
I can't pick a fav. At the time Snes was my fav with Genesis a close second. As I've aged, they both have their strengths and I wouldn't want a world without either.
@@Matt-Rat Yeah it's weird it seems like originally they were just going to call it Ninja warriors return then they changed it to return of the Ninja saviors. Either way it's cool it's also completely uncut which the original SNES version definitely was not.
@@JohnDoe-wq5eu The SNES was not uncut? Good thing I got a copy on the Switch. While playing the SNES version, I didn't know there was an uncut version. Was it in Japan?
In that generation it was really worth owning all systems, in the most recent generations Sony and Microsoft's systems have a mostly identical catalog with a some exclusives for each system. With Megadrive and Super Nintendo it was very dificult to find identical games (besides graphical and sound differences).
yup it's all crap these days....i mean there's quality out there for sure...but the games just are'nt special anymore....and there are'nt enough special AAA exclusives....
@@celeste1324 Shoot, some of the best games these days are just remakes of 20+ year old games which says a lot. Most of the remakes are great, but still.
I have to add Capcom's King of Dragons to this list. It is a near-perfect arcade port only available on the SNES, and it especially works well as a co-op game. The only minor problem with the SNES port is that it's for up to 2 players instead of 4.
@@johndewberryiii9925 there are so many great beat ‘em ups on the SNES. Batman Returns, Sonic Blastman 2, Final Fight 3, Captain Commando. Even Super Double Dragon is well done. But I haven’t yet played through Streets of Rage, and hopefully I can make some time this weekend.
@@Peeps7468 the mighty morphing power rangers was good too Batman returns is a personal fave got real deep gameplay. Rival turf was alright lol final fight 3 for sure I never played sonic blastman I gotta check that out. Streets of rage is a dope series. My personal fav is the 2nd game the soundtrack is live
@@johndewberryiii9925 thanks. I’ll try to check out the PowerRangers game for SNES. Rival Turf was good and so was Brawl Brothers. I don’t think I ever played the third in the trilogy but it’s on my to-do list. Oh, and I really want to play the brand new TMNT brawler that came out this weekend for Switch and PS4. Take care!!
Im so glad that you mentioned the differences between The Peace Keepers and Rushing Beat Shura. I recently played the Nintendo Switch Online version of The Peace Keepers and I thought, why the hell is the music cut out in most areas? Ill check out the japanese version. Also some other awesome snes games I didnt know about in this video. Thanks man! Been watching your channel for a long time, and always enjoy the videos.
Good List. I took Sega Lord's X's recommendation for The Ninja Warriors and Metal Warriors and gave them a shot. Actually they both were a pleasant surprise. I'm like Sega Lord X, I missed these games when they came out. By late 94 I was focused on the Sega Saturn so I let cartridge games fly by w/o much notice, but I really miss these old 16 bit games, and I've been making it a point to watch channels like this to find some hidden gems and play them either by actual hardware or download.
I was fortunate enough to own both systems. My parents bought me Genesis Christmas of ‘91, and the following summer I got my first part time job. Thus, I was able to afford an SNES w/Street Fighter II in Christmas of ‘92. Man, I had so much fun during the 16-bit wars!
It's so cool that's possible to add more Games to the "Mini-Consoles"... I own the SNES mini with more Games - also Games from Megadrive, Game Boy, Turbografx 16 and some MAME-Arcade-Emulations, what's really amazing! Nice, i love this System!
I really can't think of a bad episode from this guy, it's a nice change. First hand experience, no outrageous claims, no agenda and no politics of any kind. More you tubers should take notes.
All great games! I will say though, as cool as Marvel Super Heroes is, I definitely prefer X-Men: Mutant Apocalypse, I think it plays better and has a far superior soundtrack, definitely my favorite 16-bit X-Men game.
Mutant Apocalypse has better level design because each level is catered towards a specific character's move set. I like War of the Gems but the level design is pretty bland.
What I liked about Super Bonk isn't only the variety of environments but also the fact that each segment has a specific name. For some reason it was really fun to check out what the area you're in is called.
I love how you can smoothly turn a discussion of a couple video games into a true and honest life lesson, to never let anyone else's opinion spoil your fun with the things you love. Thank you for that, and thank you for sharing your opinion about some games you enjoy.
Good to see SNES recommendations from a SEGA fan, you simply know they'll be good games to play! I was a MEGA DRIVE owner when I was a kid and never had a SNES until now, so I'm slowly appreciating everything it has to offer :)
Another great thing about the 90s, you could actually afford to have BOTH systems and the games came as they were, no updates, no patches. You got to experience the best of both Worlds!
or you had a friend/family member with the other system and so long as you weren't caught up in the console war BS, it made for a great reason to hang out and spend time together.
@@TKDBoy1889 was just about to say that. Either they had it or you brought it over and was like " check this out". Can do it today still but most modern games are on both systems and play the same. Try bringing that Aladdin SNES to a Sega Genesis owner....that'll show em somethin.
I feel like I've been playing that isometric racing game in some form or another for a good while. There was a game called Racing Destruction Set for the early 8 bit computers, Atari 800, C-64/128. It was cool game for its time, plenty of vehicle options, you could make you own tracks, complete with alternate gravity, and it even had split screen 2 player.
There is no reason to get worked up too much if some one doesn't like a game you do or you don't like a game they do. It's fine not everyone is going to have the same taste, hell I clearly very different taste than Sega Lord X but it's still interesting to hear that other perspective and maybe hear about games I never knew about.
great video as always! i always like the Sega Genesis more than the Super Nintendo but i enjoy the snes aswell, for Sega fans i recommend two games of snes to play -Shin Nekketsu Kouha Kunio Kun Tachi No Banka (is part of River City Ransom saga) -Super Fire Pro Wrestling x Premium and for the snes fans i recommend the probably best fighting game of the 16-bit the great Yu Yu Hakusho Makyo Toitsusen made by Treasure, even if you dont like much the anime serie, this game is amazing and support battle royal between 4 player, i hope Sega Lord X talk about this game sometime.
I was mostly a sega genesis fan growing up, but the last 5 yrs really got me into the super nes. Im also lucky enough to have a lot of Japanese titles translated to English, namely the fire emblem series. Awsome you mentioned the ninja warriors x, a personal fav of mine for many yrs
Hi SLX, regarding Porky's Pig Haunted Holiday it's main selling point on release was that the graphics changed slightly every time you turned on your console, sometimes it was winter sometimes it was autumn sometimes it was raining, that's pretty much the thing it is remembered for Great video as always btw, I remember seeing some of these games in magazines but didn't give them much attention at the time, it was only through emulation years later I discovered how cool some of them are
Also Marvel Super Heroes runs on the same engine as X-Men Mutant Apocalypse also on the super nintendo and maybe should be considered a sequel - Wolverine is even a playable character on both, and he controls exactly the same- so if you enjoyed this you'll enjoy Mutant Apocalypse as well
Got my Genesis at 5 years old in 1993, I had it until 97. Some of the best years of my life, I was the only one of my friends that had a genesis. The rest of them had a SNES so I enjoyed going to there house to play it, and vice versa. In 97 I got a PS1 and my best friend had a N64 we had alot of fun then too. I miss the 90s!!!!!!!
You got the better end of tht one gettin a PS1 lol the 64 was my last Nintendo System too many kiddie games which were still fun but I was in my early teens so I wanted Resident Evil.
I was late to the show on this one. All your videos are great - well produced and super thoughtfully written. This one made me finally leave the comment. Here's to your continued success!
Fun fact: The Ninjawarriors's japanese version (The Ninjawarriors Again) is not only all in english, it has blood. Green blood. But there's also a patch to make it red, so hurray for uncensoring.
definitive version of the game for sure.. until someone adds co-op and an MSU-1 patch to bring in some weird and wonderful Zuntata tunes, to complete the package ^-^
@@ravagingwolverine awesome. I'll have to look into that. co-op is a pipe dream in this one. would take rebalancing the whole game to achieve and probably is just not worth the effort. thanks for the heads-up on the MSU1.
Great selection! These are some suggestions for Part 2: - Animaniacs - Battletoads Double Dragon - Bonkers - Buster Busts Loose! - Captain America And The Avengers - Goof Troop - Invasion Of The Planet Pirates - Skyblazer - The Treasure Of Sierra Madrock - Wild Guns
@@kekeke8988 I see, it is a matter of taste. I like The Adventure Of Batman and Batman Returns a lot more on the Super Nintendo, but on some other games I may prefer the Genesis.
@@stratogustav Never played the SNES version of that game, but I never got past the first stage of the Genesis version back in the day. Stunning visuals, brutal difficulty.
Ninja Warriors imo is the best beat em up on the system (the uncut Japanese version that is). Fantastic game, and there's some cool special moves that are fun to learn as well from a gamefaqs or manual. Hagane is the only game competitive with the mighty Shinobi 3 on the Snes as well imo, excellent action platformer. I think Shinobi 3 still wins by a bit but it's close.
As a die-hard SEGA fan, I refused the SNES... until I saw that we weren't getting the amazing Super Star Wars on the Genny. Buying an SNES for Super Star Wars and its trilogy alone, and then since having the SNES I bought several SNES heavy hitters after that and still have them all CIB. I guess it eventually paid well being a collector in both worlds.
1:56 1.- Biker Mice From Mars 3:37 2.- The Ninja Warriors 5:17 3.- Run Saber 6:57 4.- SWAT Cats 8:35 5.- Super Bonk 10:18 6.- Porky Pig's Haunted Holiday 11:54 7.- Metal Warriors 13:26 8.- Marvel Super Heroes in War of the Gems 15:03 9.- Hagane 16:41 10.- The Peace Keepers (Rushing Beat Shura)
Metal warriors is such an underrated game man ... nostalgia may be a factor for me, but the multiplayer battle mode was soooo much f*cking fun .. me and my brother played the hell out of that game
Ninja Warriors... Good luck finding it at a reasonable price (got mine from a guy who I bought some jp snes titles from. Said he couldn't test it, so I could have it)
You mean a hacked SNES classic? Couldnt really hack an SNES being a cartridge based system other than reverse engineer cartridges for it like all the repro carts out there or unlicensed carts. Chrono Trigger is also one of my favorite games of all time, still remember seeing it going for like $20 in a bargain bin at Walmart over 20 years ago now that game is going for $200 at my local retro game store. How times have changed indeed....
@@MCHH-ml2qq yes I meant the mini...having games like seiken 3 and chrono in their original form even on a mini snes is something special...dont know why it just is
@@dimitrisbam5640 if you ever do someday get a chance to play even repro carts of those games on an original working SNES on a crt television it truly is magical, dont have an snes classic as i prefer original hardware but admit I paid about $80 for my refurbished SNES a few years ago.
I rotated between Sonic (Genesis), Mario (Super Nintendo), and Bonk (TurboGrafix 16). All had great games and I love seeing these videos that highlight games that I may have never played.
Being a Super Nintendo guy, I never once regretted not having a Genesis. My buddy had one that we played games on quite often and I just never could get into it. That said, The one system I regret never buying was the Sega Master System. A few of my friends had them and we played all sorts of games on them. When they brought out the Genesis Mini last year I said to myself, "I wish they had gone with the Sega Master System Mini first." I would've paid a good price for one of those.
This is why I like this guys videos, he's not 1 sided at all. Sure, Sega is his first love, but he loves great video games above anything else, the way it should be. The 16 bit era truly was a magical time, and today's consoles aren't different enough to be looked up fondly in 20-30 years from now.
Might I recommend the Super Star Wars trilogy? Empire and Return being the more polished games compared to the first though. They're very arcade like action platformers/ brawlers, and are some very fine games, that appeal to those wanting some who likes that sort of thing and are quality games at that.
Great vid! I always love seeing Metal Warriors get some love. Between the SNES and the Genesis, the 16-bit era was a great time to be a gamer, especially because the platforms each offered something so unique.
I've never understood fanboyism back then and i still don't. As a kid i only looked to the games i wanted to play and didn't bother with so called 'system superiority'. SEGA had awesome games and so did Nintendo, the 16-bit era was a golden age of gaming for me and these systems will always hold a special place in my memories!
It's like football teams, you kinda feel that you are a part of the group and have to defend your group and attack the other. It is bs but it is inside human hardware, you must be conscious of it to be able to get out.
Some fascinating choices, only heard of a couple of these but I can definitely understand why you chose them just by watching! In terms of fun action games/platformers I can recommend looking into if you decide to another one of these: Wild Guns - Fast paced and somewhat chaotic shooter in a 'western with robots' setting, hard as hell but so much fun. Knights of the Round - Solid side scrolling beat 'em up based loosely on king arthur. Demon's Crest - A gothic fantasy sidescrolling platform game featuring a demonic main character that unlocks different forms that all play differently for platforming/combat/ Super Castlevania IV - The best 'Classic' style Castlevania game IMHO, it's a lot of fun with a level of control not seen before or since, but this can make the game a bit on the easier side.
Ironically, Metal Warriors was labeled by fans as a sequel to Cybernator even though the only shared company between them was Konami who only published both games in the west.
love your content. Good to see your subs increase as of late. Hopefully it'll accelerate faster as it's all well deserved. Looking forward to your next vid. Maybe a Satiator review? I have one and love it and helping to report bugs when I come across them on Discord.
I'd love to see a video from you covering modern retro inspired games. Games like Shovel Knight, The Messenger, Bloodstained, Blazing Chrome and others. I love some of these newer games and they pay great homage to the classics while providing something new and inventive.
Natsume were probably the best developers on the SNES. Wild Guns, Pocky and Rocky, Harvest Moon, Gekisou Sentai Carranger, all the various Power Rangers games, all of them excellent in every aspect.
I didn't appreciate them at the time, but Natsume has become one of my favorite developers of the 8-bit and 16-bit eras. Lots of excellent stuff. Good to see others who share that view.
Well you see, a lot of kids back then couldn't own more than one system. My own parents only let me have a Sega Genesis at first, and that was it. I wasn't allowed to own an SNES until 1994. I'm glad they finally caved, though. The SNES library is massive and stellar.
Id throw Big Sky Troopers, Darius Twin, Super Nova and Ken Griffey Baseball in. Genesis is my number 1 system but SNES is right up there. Best generation imo. Exclusives and so often multiplats were completely different from one system to another.
This was a great list of games, Sega Lord! I went on eBay earlier today to see about ordering a copy of "The Ninja Warriors" for my SNES. I just can't justify paying that much for a single cartridge. Luckily, I added it to my SNES mini, because I won't be playing it on original hardware unless I can find a much better deal.
@@danielzelpher7335 yes! The Cable should be longer! This is the only Difference what I can tell between the Original-Console and the SNES mini... Some People said there are also slightly (positive!) Differences in Sound and Music but I don't regognize some of them!
@@greensun1334 also the mini does not play cartridges. that is a reason i did not get one. at least the mini sega takes carts why could not nintendo have done the same?
Awesome video Sega Lord X! I love that you were able to squeeze in so many hidden gems into this! :) I will definitely leave this video playing a lot of new games! I actually thought you were going to make a Street Fighter II episode to celebrate the 30th anniversary. ;) Perhaps it's coming? I started to remake SFII for the Amiga 1200. My video on that did very good for a small youtuber like myself! :) (super happy about that)
In a sense, my parents divorcing was good for child me and gaming. My mother got me a Genesis at launch, and my father got me a SNES. I never understood the hate for either system from my friends when they came over, as some would refuse to play one system or the other. The speech in the first 90 seconds of your video were my thoughts as a kid almost exactly, I just didn't get my friends arguing, or not wanting to play good games just because they were on a different console to what they preferred. Cheers for the great content!
As a kid, my friends never argued over what console was better. We all had either nes, snes or genesis and went over each other's houses to play different games. Mores options was always more fun to us.
I grew up as a Sega kid and had pretty heated arguments with my cousins back then about it (they had a SNES and were pretty snobbish about it, too, as if the Mega Drive were a poor man's choice into 16-bit gaming). I guess a lot of the bad blood that came about between systems was due to poor porting on either end, often enough, and this led to perceived hardware weaknesses that, when existent, were exacerbated and more fuel was added to the fire. The fact of the matter is that both machines were (and still are) very important and loved by many, and that's how they should be thought about and remembered. Out of these games shown here, I think Hagane both looks and plays the most impressively: it is a very even match for the wonderful Shinobi 3.
Lots of those games I grew up with, and they are awesome I agree. Sega Genesis/Mega Drive and Super Nintendo are both equally amazing machines, so many iconic games for both of them. A shame Sega had to go off the way they did. Oh well.
I was watching while he changed it.. that opening about how "even some snes games were good" was pretty cringe honestly. Completely unnecessary tribal little barb there.
Yeah, those words never left my mouth. I encourage you to watch again. I said some of THESE games are quite good. EDIT - In fact, the entire opening was basically shunning platform evangelism. How exactly you reached that conclusion is truthfully stunning.
I didnt know about most of these entries but the Porky Pig game reminded me of Road Runner Death Valley Rally. Each stage plays out like an episode of the cartoon with you as the road runner and W. E. Coyote trying to take you down with a actual device from the cartoons (acme flying bat suit anyone). Once you reach the goal, you see a short of the device doing W. E. Coyote in. 4th level of each stage was a giant machine you had to beat with a similar comic ending for success. Great time.
I was a lot like you. Had every console, some I do have more fondness for, but a love for them all. Most of my friends where Nintendo fan boys but when they came over they were surprised what sega and Amiga has to offer. Even one of my friends finally decided that sega had something when he saw virtua fighter 2 on the Saturn.
I ended up with both the Sega Genesis and Super Nintendo the same Christmas. Never had to argue about either. It was only a matter of finding new games you couldn't find on one or the other.
I'm a Mega Drive fan myself, but bought a Switch recently. Now I can play through great SNES classics on it I missed in my youth, especially Super Mario World 1 & 2, the Donkey Kong Country games and Zelda: A Link To The Past.
We had both in my house. I got the snes for a birthday and my brother got the genesis for his from our grandparents. Both consoles had some amazing games.
I didn't play many Sega games but I loved my Sega more than anything but I also appreciated playing games for any system while people and magazines had debates on what's better. I just love gaming. The hardware is almost secondary to me.
I love how this channel covers all the good stuff not just SEGA. I mean any kid who could have BOTH consoles was fortunate for sure, but it's great to experience both now that so much time has passed. The downside of course is who has time to play though all those games? LOL I seriously don't know if I'll ever have time to really experience the SNES library before I die, there's just too much good stuff out there, most of it free or nearly free.
I had both growing up. For the genesis I loved steel empire and road rash 3. But the SNES was my one true love. The countless hours my brother and I sank into that little gray and purple box of wonders. Even today I have nearly the entire north American line up for the snes, I still find more to love in every new cartridge I find, trash or not, the physical medium has something special about it. My first console love affair and I haven't been able to put it down since my youth.
Definitely cool to hear those Ninja Warrior sounds, immediately reminds me of the power ranger games they developed on snes. You can hear those similarities in Wild Guns too. Great vid as always, so important to let the games shine as you do!
Sega lord X was the breed of teenager who was super chill and kept to themselves and was never arrogant just simply play videosgames and eat snacks, i would to hear oneday stories from he teen age years from 1990s, as was part of the 1990s aswell but i was gangster involved in gangs during that era.
I absolutely agree with you. I grew up with Nintendo people most but my cousin that lived a few hours away had a Genesis and I honestly loved both. I do prefer the SNES for my 16 bit fix, but the Genesis is such a close second that they almost tie for greatness for me. I personally love now that I'm older I have the minis of each of them so I can enjoy a good amount of 16 bit without taking a bunch of space in my house.
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Dopest videogame content right here. The homie actually lived the golden age of gaming and isn't just reading from some website. A lot of what he offers is firsthand and it makes a big difference.
This channels definitely is one of the treasures from TH-cam
@@dangelini1137 soo true man
Definitely nothing like when somebody is grass roots and bringing great perspective along with it too!
@Old Age ty, gonna check his channel as well...
I also like Console Wars, they have great reviews and there's always some funny story before they compare SNES and Genesis versions of games...
If u like Console Wars, also check Gamesack, which is kind of like CW but with older (but also funny) guys, gotta love their reviews...
There's also SNES Drunk, the guy scavenges for SNES games, well known or not, and gives his most faithful opinion about them, it's great.
That's what gets me about a lot of people banging on about the Dreamcast now. If you go on the Internet then it seems everyone had one. How many of those people actually owned one and how many jumped on the bandwagon? Same with Wii U. I got mine in 2013 and supported it all the way to its end, and defended it to the hilt when it's reputation was poor. What's the chance in 10 years it'll be regarded as a classic and that it should have been a success? Sega Lord X is good because he actually played the games and systems he makes videos on, and doesn't jump on bandwagons
As much as I love my Sega Genesis, I jumped on the SNES in 1993 when it dropped down to $99. No regrets.
You mean no "regerts" lol
I had the luxury of having both the Sega Genesis & The Super Nintendo when I was growing up. So I had the best of both worlds
I didn't have both growing up, but for the last 23 years I have for sure. Even built up a nice library for both, to me a nice balance for both 16 bit powerhouses.
@@Bloodreign1 awesome
I was also lucky to have both, so I was on both sides...
Me too and i only played sonic and joe montana football on sega
@@Bloodreign1 What about kids that had Neo Geo's? I only knew one. My dad's bosses son. -Rich kid. $$$$$. That system blew me away!
Definitely a big Sega fanboy as a kid, but even I learned to appreciate what the SNES had to offer.
I was a huge Nintendo fan growing up, and now am starting to explore the Genesis games I missed. I love the usual suspects like the Sonic games and the Konami games, but the Genesis has a ton of gems too like The Ooze and so many amazing space shooters.
@@Peeps7468 You got to play thunder force 2-4
@@SegaAidan thanks… they’re on my to-do list. :)
Happiest day of our life was when mom brought us to K-Mart and got the SNES.
That was like a one month saving for my folks.
Love u mommy.
Wrestling chant ensues " mommy...mommy...mommy!" And yes I can agree with this. They can't always do it for you but if they could, they would.
I was blessed to have both. Genesis was my favorite, but the SNES had some classics for sure.
I can't pick a fav. At the time Snes was my fav with Genesis a close second. As I've aged, they both have their strengths and I wouldn't want a world without either.
Ninja Warriors is so underrated. Good thing they remade it and re-released it on PS4
And on the Switch called Ninja Savior's.
What?
One of the best games ever
@@Matt-Rat
Yeah it's weird it seems like originally they were just going to call it Ninja warriors return then they changed it to return of the Ninja saviors. Either way it's cool it's also completely uncut which the original SNES version definitely was not.
@@JohnDoe-wq5eu The SNES was not uncut? Good thing I got a copy on the Switch. While playing the SNES version, I didn't know there was an uncut version. Was it in Japan?
I had Sega growing up but I always loved Chrono Trigger.
Hell yeah! Great game
Maybe the best game I've ever played...as a kid I was mesmerized from the overall experience
@Dimis Bam I Started It But Never got back To Playing it ......
In that generation it was really worth owning all systems, in the most recent generations Sony and Microsoft's systems have a mostly identical catalog with a some exclusives for each system. With Megadrive and Super Nintendo it was very dificult to find identical games (besides graphical and sound differences).
yup it's all crap these days....i mean there's quality out there for sure...but the games just are'nt special anymore....and there are'nt enough special AAA exclusives....
I miss the different versions of a game on systems. Like shadowrun, robocop vs terminator, aladdin, x-men, sparkster, etc. That was awesome!
There were a few games that were mostly the same on both systems, but yeah. In general, they each had a very different library.
@@celeste1324 Shoot, some of the best games these days are just remakes of 20+ year old games which says a lot. Most of the remakes are great, but still.
Both are great machines with some amazing games to match. 16-bit's my jam, for sure.
My Jam too!
Sega lord x talking about snes... snesdrunk talking about genesis... cats and dogs living together, MASS HYSTERIA!
Every sega fan should give Sky Blazer a shot, it's an amazign game
That's one of those games that you don't expect anything from it, and ends up surprising in very pleasant ways. Specially the music.
Should just be a gaming fan and walk the new path of enlightenment 🧘♂️
one of the good Blockbuster rental discoveries of youth
*shot. *amazing *game.
*Sega
I have to add Capcom's King of Dragons to this list. It is a near-perfect arcade port only available on the SNES, and it especially works well as a co-op game. The only minor problem with the SNES port is that it's for up to 2 players instead of 4.
King of Dragons was dope Knights of the Round too
@@johndewberryiii9925 there are so many great beat ‘em ups on the SNES. Batman Returns, Sonic Blastman 2, Final Fight 3, Captain Commando. Even Super Double Dragon is well done.
But I haven’t yet played through Streets of Rage, and hopefully I can make some time this weekend.
@@Peeps7468 the mighty morphing power rangers was good too Batman returns is a personal fave got real deep gameplay. Rival turf was alright lol final fight 3 for sure I never played sonic blastman I gotta check that out. Streets of rage is a dope series. My personal fav is the 2nd game the soundtrack is live
@@johndewberryiii9925 thanks. I’ll try to check out the PowerRangers game for SNES. Rival Turf was good and so was Brawl Brothers. I don’t think I ever played the third in the trilogy but it’s on my to-do list. Oh, and I really want to play the brand new TMNT brawler that came out this weekend for Switch and PS4. Take care!!
Im so glad that you mentioned the differences between The Peace Keepers and Rushing Beat Shura. I recently played the Nintendo Switch Online version of The Peace Keepers and I thought, why the hell is the music cut out in most areas? Ill check out the japanese version. Also some other awesome snes games I didnt know about in this video. Thanks man! Been watching your channel for a long time, and always enjoy the videos.
Good List. I took Sega Lord's X's recommendation for The Ninja Warriors and Metal Warriors and gave them a shot. Actually they both were a pleasant surprise. I'm like Sega Lord X, I missed these games when they came out. By late 94 I was focused on the Sega Saturn so I let cartridge games fly by w/o much notice, but I really miss these old 16 bit games, and I've been making it a point to watch channels like this to find some hidden gems and play them either by actual hardware or download.
I was fortunate enough to own both systems. My parents bought me Genesis Christmas of ‘91, and the following summer I got my first part time job. Thus, I was able to afford an SNES w/Street Fighter II in Christmas of ‘92. Man, I had so much fun during the 16-bit wars!
I never even heard of half these games, guess I'll be modding my SNES classic again... Metal Warriors looks dope AF.
It is. Definitely a hidden gem
Metal Warriors is fantastic.
Same bro put it on my sega mini
Play Cybernator too if you haven't.
It's so cool that's possible to add more Games to the "Mini-Consoles"... I own the SNES mini with more Games - also Games from Megadrive, Game Boy, Turbografx 16 and some MAME-Arcade-Emulations, what's really amazing! Nice, i love this System!
7:20 Dude, I loved Swat Katz as a kid!
this has been my favorite youtube channel lately. thanks for the content!
Glad you enjoy it!
I really can't think of a bad episode from this guy, it's a nice change. First hand experience, no outrageous claims, no agenda and no politics of any kind. More you tubers should take notes.
@@mentalphilanthropist35 facts
Same. I always catch myself coming back for that nostalgia hit
All great games! I will say though, as cool as Marvel Super Heroes is, I definitely prefer X-Men: Mutant Apocalypse, I think it plays better and has a far superior soundtrack, definitely my favorite 16-bit X-Men game.
Mutant Apocalypse has better level design because each level is catered towards a specific character's move set. I like War of the Gems but the level design is pretty bland.
What I liked about Super Bonk isn't only the variety of environments but also the fact that each segment has a specific name. For some reason it was really fun to check out what the area you're in is called.
I love how you can smoothly turn a discussion of a couple video games into a true and honest life lesson, to never let anyone else's opinion spoil your fun with the things you love. Thank you for that, and thank you for sharing your opinion about some games you enjoy.
Good to see SNES recommendations from a SEGA fan, you simply know they'll be good games to play! I was a MEGA DRIVE owner when I was a kid and never had a SNES until now, so I'm slowly appreciating everything it has to offer :)
You're Sega Lord X. And I will catch you next time.
Another great thing about the 90s, you could actually afford to have BOTH systems and the games came as they were, no updates, no patches. You got to experience the best of both Worlds!
or you had a friend/family member with the other system and so long as you weren't caught up in the console war BS, it made for a great reason to hang out and spend time together.
@@TKDBoy1889 was just about to say that. Either they had it or you brought it over and was like " check this out". Can do it today still but most modern games are on both systems and play the same. Try bringing that Aladdin SNES to a Sega Genesis owner....that'll show em somethin.
I'm pretty sure there's a cheat code to play rushing beat in the peacekeepers
I think you're right. You can play the original version on Switch Online thanks to that.
I feel like I've been playing that isometric racing game in some form or another for a good while.
There was a game called Racing Destruction Set for the early 8 bit computers, Atari 800, C-64/128. It was cool game for its time, plenty of vehicle options, you could make you own tracks, complete with alternate gravity, and it even had split screen 2 player.
Dropping some real Truth Bombs at the end there Sega Lord X
A Sega guy talking about Nintendo games? Who could say no to that? Just found your channel recently too, so this was quite the video to jump in to.
There is no reason to get worked up too much if some one doesn't like a game you do or you don't like a game they do. It's fine not everyone is going to have the same taste, hell I clearly very different taste than Sega Lord X but it's still interesting to hear that other perspective and maybe hear about games I never knew about.
great video as always! i always like the Sega Genesis more than the Super Nintendo but i enjoy the snes aswell, for Sega fans i recommend two games of snes to play
-Shin Nekketsu Kouha Kunio Kun Tachi No Banka (is part of River City Ransom saga)
-Super Fire Pro Wrestling x Premium
and for the snes fans i recommend the probably best fighting game of the 16-bit the great Yu Yu Hakusho Makyo Toitsusen made by Treasure, even if you dont like much the anime serie, this game is amazing and support battle royal between 4 player, i hope Sega Lord X talk about this game sometime.
I was mostly a sega genesis fan growing up, but the last 5 yrs really got me into the super nes. Im also lucky enough to have a lot of Japanese titles translated to English, namely the fire emblem series. Awsome you mentioned the ninja warriors x, a personal fav of mine for many yrs
Hi SLX, regarding Porky's Pig Haunted Holiday it's main selling point on release was that the graphics changed slightly every time you turned on your console, sometimes it was winter sometimes it was autumn sometimes it was raining, that's pretty much the thing it is remembered for
Great video as always btw, I remember seeing some of these games in magazines but didn't give them much attention at the time, it was only through emulation years later I discovered how cool some of them are
Also Marvel Super Heroes runs on the same engine as X-Men Mutant Apocalypse also on the super nintendo and maybe should be considered a sequel - Wolverine is even a playable character on both, and he controls exactly the same- so if you enjoyed this you'll enjoy Mutant Apocalypse as well
Yeah, it was a cool little weather system. I'm pretty unlucky with it, though. It's almost always the same when I play.
Got my Genesis at 5 years old in 1993, I had it until 97. Some of the best years of my life, I was the only one of my friends that had a genesis. The rest of them had a SNES so I enjoyed going to there house to play it, and vice versa. In 97 I got a PS1 and my best friend had a N64 we had alot of fun then too. I miss the 90s!!!!!!!
You got the better end of tht one gettin a PS1 lol the 64 was my last Nintendo System too many kiddie games which were still fun but I was in my early teens so I wanted Resident Evil.
Bruh. More folks should be bold enough to use titles like "things I wanna talk about".
I felt it left nothing to be confused about.
I was late to the show on this one. All your videos are great - well produced and super thoughtfully written. This one made me finally leave the comment. Here's to your continued success!
I had a Genesis in early 89, got the SNES in 94. Played most of the games via rental or game swap!
I got my snes late too. 95 for myself. 70$ 2 controllers ,super metroid, a link to the past, and super punch out.
Metal warriors is one of the best games on the SNES
Assault Suit Valken (or Cybernator on USA) is very similar and very good too.
@@ElderCarrilho ill check them out
Fun fact: The Ninjawarriors's japanese version (The Ninjawarriors Again) is not only all in english, it has blood. Green blood. But there's also a patch to make it red, so hurray for uncensoring.
definitive version of the game for sure.. until someone adds co-op and an MSU-1 patch to bring in some weird and wonderful Zuntata tunes, to complete the package ^-^
@@WalrusFPGA the co-op is another matter, but I've seen video of the game with the MSU1 patch for that purpose.
@@ravagingwolverine awesome. I'll have to look into that. co-op is a pipe dream in this one. would take rebalancing the whole game to achieve and probably is just not worth the effort. thanks for the heads-up on the MSU1.
Great selection! These are some suggestions for Part 2:
- Animaniacs
- Battletoads Double Dragon
- Bonkers
- Buster Busts Loose!
- Captain America And The Avengers
- Goof Troop
- Invasion Of The Planet Pirates
- Skyblazer
- The Treasure Of Sierra Madrock
- Wild Guns
Animaniacs is one where I much prefer the Genesis version.
@@kekeke8988 I see, it is a matter of taste. I like The Adventure Of Batman and Batman Returns a lot more on the Super Nintendo, but on some other games I may prefer the Genesis.
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Never played the SNES version of that game, but I never got past the first stage of the Genesis version back in the day. Stunning visuals, brutal difficulty.
Ninja Warriors imo is the best beat em up on the system (the uncut Japanese version that is). Fantastic game, and there's some cool special moves that are fun to learn as well from a gamefaqs or manual. Hagane is the only game competitive with the mighty Shinobi 3 on the Snes as well imo, excellent action platformer. I think Shinobi 3 still wins by a bit but it's close.
At this point, I don't think of SNES or Genesis. They both complement each other in what was a golden age of console gaming.
As a die-hard SEGA fan, I refused the SNES... until I saw that we weren't getting the amazing Super Star Wars on the Genny. Buying an SNES for Super Star Wars and its trilogy alone, and then since having the SNES I bought several SNES heavy hitters after that and still have them all CIB. I guess it eventually paid well being a collector in both worlds.
1:56 1.- Biker Mice From Mars
3:37 2.- The Ninja Warriors
5:17 3.- Run Saber
6:57 4.- SWAT Cats
8:35 5.- Super Bonk
10:18 6.- Porky Pig's Haunted Holiday
11:54 7.- Metal Warriors
13:26 8.- Marvel Super Heroes in War of the Gems
15:03 9.- Hagane
16:41 10.- The Peace Keepers (Rushing Beat Shura)
“I’ll have to circle back round to it.” ARE YOU FO’ REAL!?!
Eh??
I came to the comments to find this.
@P1 Styles I've seen it now 🤣 Thanks.
It's nice to see run saber get some love! I used to rent this from my local video store on repeat as a kid and now proudly own it loose. 😁
Ah, the good old days. This channel reminds how much better gaming once was many years ago...unlike today
Metal warriors is such an underrated game man ... nostalgia may be a factor for me, but the multiplayer battle mode was soooo much f*cking fun .. me and my brother played the hell out of that game
Ninja Warriors... Good luck finding it at a reasonable price (got mine from a guy who I bought some jp snes titles from. Said he couldn't test it, so I could have it)
@bat as long as they are good games, Im ok w a steep price tag (sort of). expensive due to rarity is just foolish
I've got a hacked SNES and I love it far more than my ps4 honestly...best console ever and chrono trigger is maybe the best game ever made imo
You mean a hacked SNES classic? Couldnt really hack an SNES being a cartridge based system other than reverse engineer cartridges for it like all the repro carts out there or unlicensed carts. Chrono Trigger is also one of my favorite games of all time, still remember seeing it going for like $20 in a bargain bin at Walmart over 20 years ago now that game is going for $200 at my local retro game store. How times have changed indeed....
@@MCHH-ml2qq yes I meant the mini...having games like seiken 3 and chrono in their original form even on a mini snes is something special...dont know why it just is
@@dimitrisbam5640 if you ever do someday get a chance to play even repro carts of those games on an original working SNES on a crt television it truly is magical, dont have an snes classic as i prefer original hardware but admit I paid about $80 for my refurbished SNES a few years ago.
I rotated between Sonic (Genesis), Mario (Super Nintendo), and Bonk (TurboGrafix 16). All had great games and I love seeing these videos that highlight games that I may have never played.
Being a Super Nintendo guy, I never once regretted not having a Genesis. My buddy had one that we played games on quite often and I just never could get into it. That said, The one system I regret never buying was the Sega Master System. A few of my friends had them and we played all sorts of games on them. When they brought out the Genesis Mini last year I said to myself, "I wish they had gone with the Sega Master System Mini first." I would've paid a good price for one of those.
SNES My favorite console of all times!!!!
Can't beat the 16bit consoles in my opinion. Love the genesis and the Snes.
This is why I like this guys videos, he's not 1 sided at all. Sure, Sega is his first love, but he loves great video games above anything else, the way it should be. The 16 bit era truly was a magical time, and today's consoles aren't different enough to be looked up fondly in 20-30 years from now.
Might I recommend the Super Star Wars trilogy? Empire and Return being the more polished games compared to the first though. They're very arcade like action platformers/ brawlers, and are some very fine games, that appeal to those wanting some who likes that sort of thing and are quality games at that.
Good point, 25 years is a long time to hold a grudge
Great vid! I always love seeing Metal Warriors get some love. Between the SNES and the Genesis, the 16-bit era was a great time to be a gamer, especially because the platforms each offered something so unique.
The most wonderful and obscure SNES game that I know of is X-Kalibur 2097. I rented the crap out of that game.
I've never understood fanboyism back then and i still don't.
As a kid i only looked to the games i wanted to play and didn't bother with so called 'system superiority'.
SEGA had awesome games and so did Nintendo, the 16-bit era was a golden age of gaming for me and these systems will always hold a special place in my memories!
It's like football teams, you kinda feel that you are a part of the group and have to defend your group and attack the other. It is bs but it is inside human hardware, you must be conscious of it to be able to get out.
I'm the exact same way. If your pick sides in any "console war" you're only limiting yourself to a certain set of gaming experiences
biker mice are the first thing to play when playing SNES... and i love it 😍😍😍
These are my favorite types of videos for retro consoles.
Some fascinating choices, only heard of a couple of these but I can definitely understand why you chose them just by watching!
In terms of fun action games/platformers I can recommend looking into if you decide to another one of these:
Wild Guns - Fast paced and somewhat chaotic shooter in a 'western with robots' setting, hard as hell but so much fun.
Knights of the Round - Solid side scrolling beat 'em up based loosely on king arthur.
Demon's Crest - A gothic fantasy sidescrolling platform game featuring a demonic main character that unlocks different forms that all play differently for platforming/combat/
Super Castlevania IV - The best 'Classic' style Castlevania game IMHO, it's a lot of fun with a level of control not seen before or since, but this can make the game a bit on the easier side.
Ironically, Metal Warriors was labeled by fans as a sequel to Cybernator even though the only shared company between them was Konami who only published both games in the west.
An interesting selection turned out! I didn't even know about cats. Thanks, I'm going to play 🔥
Still got your dendy? I miss mine...😥
love your content. Good to see your subs increase as of late. Hopefully it'll accelerate faster as it's all well deserved. Looking forward to your next vid. Maybe a Satiator review? I have one and love it and helping to report bugs when I come across them on Discord.
I'd love to see a video from you covering modern retro inspired games. Games like Shovel Knight, The Messenger, Bloodstained, Blazing Chrome and others. I love some of these newer games and they pay great homage to the classics while providing something new and inventive.
Did you really just say circle back around XD
Yes it's a common phrase in English. What's so special about him saying it?
Natsume were probably the best developers on the SNES. Wild Guns, Pocky and Rocky, Harvest Moon, Gekisou Sentai Carranger, all the various Power Rangers games, all of them excellent in every aspect.
I didn't appreciate them at the time, but Natsume has become one of my favorite developers of the 8-bit and 16-bit eras. Lots of excellent stuff. Good to see others who share that view.
Well you see, a lot of kids back then couldn't own more than one system. My own parents only let me have a Sega Genesis at first, and that was it. I wasn't allowed to own an SNES until 1994. I'm glad they finally caved, though. The SNES library is massive and stellar.
Id throw Big Sky Troopers, Darius Twin, Super Nova and Ken Griffey Baseball in. Genesis is my number 1 system but SNES is right up there. Best generation imo. Exclusives and so often multiplats were completely different from one system to another.
this is like a Rolling Stones fan channel doing a video ‘Beatles songs you should check out’
This was a great list of games, Sega Lord! I went on eBay earlier today to see about ordering a copy of "The Ninja Warriors" for my SNES. I just can't justify paying that much for a single cartridge. Luckily, I added it to my SNES mini, because I won't be playing it on original hardware unless I can find a much better deal.
Why? There is no real Difference between SNES mini and Original SNES!
jp version is probably cheaper, and is uncensored. its the best version of this game, well worth picking up if you can find a decent price.
@@greensun1334 original snes has a much longer controller cord. also it is not so tiny and easy to pull off the shelf by accident.
@@danielzelpher7335 yes! The Cable should be longer! This is the only Difference what I can tell between the Original-Console and the SNES mini... Some People said there are also slightly (positive!) Differences in Sound and Music but I don't regognize some of them!
@@greensun1334 also the mini does not play cartridges. that is a reason i did not get one. at least the mini sega takes carts why could not nintendo have done the same?
I sometimes wish i were alive back then. I only found out about retro gaming back in the windows xp days thru emulation
It was fun as hell, no walkthroughs or goin on youtube to spoil everything you had to buy game guides or call a tip counselor lol.
Awesome video Sega Lord X! I love that you were able to squeeze in so many hidden gems into this! :) I will definitely leave this video playing a lot of new games! I actually thought you were going to make a Street Fighter II episode to celebrate the 30th anniversary. ;) Perhaps it's coming? I started to remake SFII for the Amiga 1200. My video on that did very good for a small youtuber like myself! :) (super happy about that)
In a sense, my parents divorcing was good for child me and gaming. My mother got me a Genesis at launch, and my father got me a SNES. I never understood the hate for either system from my friends when they came over, as some would refuse to play one system or the other. The speech in the first 90 seconds of your video were my thoughts as a kid almost exactly, I just didn't get my friends arguing, or not wanting to play good games just because they were on a different console to what they preferred. Cheers for the great content!
As a kid, my friends never argued over what console was better. We all had either nes, snes or genesis and went over each other's houses to play different games. Mores options was always more fun to us.
I grew up as a Sega kid and had pretty heated arguments with my cousins back then about it (they had a SNES and were pretty snobbish about it, too, as if the Mega Drive were a poor man's choice into 16-bit gaming). I guess a lot of the bad blood that came about between systems was due to poor porting on either end, often enough, and this led to perceived hardware weaknesses that, when existent, were exacerbated and more fuel was added to the fire.
The fact of the matter is that both machines were (and still are) very important and loved by many, and that's how they should be thought about and remembered.
Out of these games shown here, I think Hagane both looks and plays the most impressively: it is a very even match for the wonderful Shinobi 3.
metal warriors really kicks ass, played a lot with my brother
17:43 the way the character looks and stands, combined with the animation and knocking the guy back, makes it look like he cut a mean fart.
Lots of those games I grew up with, and they are awesome I agree. Sega Genesis/Mega Drive and Super Nintendo are both equally amazing machines, so many iconic games for both of them. A shame Sega had to go off the way they did. Oh well.
Interesting choice of titles
I was watching while he changed it.. that opening about how "even some snes games were good" was pretty cringe honestly. Completely unnecessary tribal little barb there.
Yeah, those words never left my mouth. I encourage you to watch again. I said some of THESE games are quite good.
EDIT - In fact, the entire opening was basically shunning platform evangelism. How exactly you reached that conclusion is truthfully stunning.
Man I love this channel!!
I didnt know about most of these entries but the Porky Pig game reminded me of Road Runner Death Valley Rally. Each stage plays out like an episode of the cartoon with you as the road runner and W. E. Coyote trying to take you down with a actual device from the cartoons (acme flying bat suit anyone). Once you reach the goal, you see a short of the device doing W. E. Coyote in. 4th level of each stage was a giant machine you had to beat with a similar comic ending for success. Great time.
Great video! It would be fun if you do next time, 10 games on Sega Genesis that SNES fan should play. 🙃
I was a lot like you.
Had every console, some I do have more fondness for, but a love for them all.
Most of my friends where Nintendo fan boys but when they came over they were surprised what sega and Amiga has to offer.
Even one of my friends finally decided that sega had something when he saw virtua fighter 2 on the Saturn.
I ended up with both the Sega Genesis and Super Nintendo the same Christmas. Never had to argue about either. It was only a matter of finding new games you couldn't find on one or the other.
I'm a Mega Drive fan myself, but bought a Switch recently. Now I can play through great SNES classics on it I missed in my youth, especially Super Mario World 1 & 2, the Donkey Kong Country games and Zelda: A Link To The Past.
For such a large character model,Porky is animated well
We had both in my house. I got the snes for a birthday and my brother got the genesis for his from our grandparents. Both consoles had some amazing games.
I just discovered Super Bonk and that’s a great game on the SNES
Be sure to check out the Japanese-only sequel if you can. It's even better in my opinion.
I didn't play many Sega games but I loved my Sega more than anything but I also appreciated playing games for any system while people and magazines had debates on what's better. I just love gaming. The hardware is almost secondary to me.
I love how this channel covers all the good stuff not just SEGA.
I mean any kid who could have BOTH consoles was fortunate for sure, but it's great to experience both now that so much time has passed.
The downside of course is who has time to play though all those games? LOL
I seriously don't know if I'll ever have time to really experience the SNES library before I die, there's just too much good stuff out there, most of it free or nearly free.
Always in favor of more videos like this.
I had both growing up. For the genesis I loved steel empire and road rash 3. But the SNES was my one true love. The countless hours my brother and I sank into that little gray and purple box of wonders. Even today I have nearly the entire north American line up for the snes, I still find more to love in every new cartridge I find, trash or not, the physical medium has something special about it. My first console love affair and I haven't been able to put it down since my youth.
I see the title's changed since yesterday. I hope people weren't harassing you over it or something.
Some seem to think it was a top 10 games list for Genesis owners. Figured I'd simplify it a tad to avoid the confusion.
@@SegaLordX Ah. Makes sense!
Definitely cool to hear those Ninja Warrior sounds, immediately reminds me of the power ranger games they developed on snes. You can hear those similarities in Wild Guns too. Great vid as always, so important to let the games shine as you do!
I was lucky to have both a Snes and a Megadrive. I think I played my Snes more over time but both machines gave me many great hours.
Sega lord X was the breed of teenager who was super chill and kept to themselves and was never arrogant just simply play videosgames and eat snacks, i would to hear oneday stories from he teen age years from 1990s, as was part of the 1990s aswell but i was gangster involved in gangs during that era.
I absolutely agree with you. I grew up with Nintendo people most but my cousin that lived a few hours away had a Genesis and I honestly loved both. I do prefer the SNES for my 16 bit fix, but the Genesis is such a close second that they almost tie for greatness for me. I personally love now that I'm older I have the minis of each of them so I can enjoy a good amount of 16 bit without taking a bunch of space in my house.