Current Events > I've been playing my Genesis compilation I got for Christmas...

(+) Yeah! (+)

- Gunstar Heroes, which is basically the main game I wanted, is still a lot of fun. It's a very well designed game. Lots of creative bosses, great music, very clever weapon system. I think I've slipped quite a lot, though. I never beat it in Master Mode before, but back in the day I didn't have TOO much trouble with Normal Mode. I've made several attempts to beat Normal Mode today and yesterday, and died by the end of the game. ;_;

- Toejam and Earl is pretty much as average as I remember. It's not bad, but it's just random wandering around, without too much actual gameplay.

- Alien Storm, which I'd never played before, seems decent. I haven't played it much, but it's basically like Streets of Rage, but with worse graphics, and better gameplay.

- Alien Soldier, which is a game I've been really looking forward to playing (I wanted to play this as far back as 1996, but due to lack of money and the release of the Saturn, never got around to), came as a bit of a surprise. I knew it was a lot like Gunstar Heroes (which is very good), but I'm not sure what to make of it. It's much, much harder. I've spent maybe 30 minutes on it, and can't beat the first boss / level. The different moves that the main character can do seem quite complex. I'm not saying it's bad, infact it might be great, but the difficulty comes on a little, uh, strong, from early on. Not sure about this game.

- The Revenge of Shinobi, which I'm not sure if I've played before, seems nice, with interesting combat and platforming.

Also, I hate all the bullshit they were posting on the board for this (Switch version). Some people were going on about how bad the input delay is, how it makes stuff unplayable, blah blah blah, but from what I've played, it's minimal, basically the same as the original games. Other things, like graphics and sound seem fine, too.

Good times. Especially since I can't really play some of the old games on the Genesis / Mega Drive anymore, and don't have them ported to any other console.

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Phantasy Star IV still the best RPG
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I played it very quickly on another compilation, didn't seem like that much fun...but that's not what I really play, anyway.

*shrugs*

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A worthy pick up. What took you so long.
I am not a huge RPG guy but Shining Forse is such a chill game!
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The Switch version only came out in early December. I asked for it for Christmas.
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Haha, I got the original Genesis the year it came out.
It came with one controller and Altered Beast.

~Good times there.
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I found it dubious that you had "good times" with Altered Beast.

But yeah, I've still got my Mega Drive, with about 20 games. I don't set it up anymore, though.

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Altered Beast was fun back in the day.

I have yet to beat Gunstar Heroes on the harder difficulties. I can get to about Stage 6, then I get clobbered.
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Altered Beast was still a thing in the arcades.
The Genesis was the first console to get even close to quality arcade ports.
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Stage 5 is perhaps the hardest part of the game. That level was tough, and the boss was really hard sometimes.

Stage 3's boss in really hard, i.e. Orange. I must admit, I've recently struggled with the Dice Palace (in Stage 4).

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Every morning when I first wake up, I hear "Wise fwom yo gwave!"
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snuhawk flopic
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I thought this thread would be about the band. =(
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Uh.

Has anyone got any tips for Alien Soldier? I can't even get past the first boss. For all I know, the rest of the game might be great fun, but I haven't gotten to it. :(

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I got it on sale at CVS for about $50. I haven't played it yet, but I'm looking forward to Alien Storm and Shining Force.

Skye Reynolds posted...

I got it on sale at CVS for about $50. I haven't played it yet, but I'm looking forward to Alien Storm and Shining Force.

I got the entire collection on Steam for like 6.50.

Alien Storm seems decent. I don't think I've ever played it before.
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TheMaskedPooper posted...

Skye Reynolds posted...

I got it on sale at CVS for about $50. I haven't played it yet, but I'm looking forward to Alien Storm and Shining Force.

I got the entire collection on Steam for like 6.50.

Well, physical media.

Sunhawk posted...

Uh.

Has anyone got any tips for Alien Soldier? I can't even get past the first boss. For all I know, the rest of the game might be great fun, but I haven't gotten to it. :(

Alien Soldier or Alien Storm?
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Skye Reynolds posted...

TheMaskedPooper posted...

Skye Reynolds posted...

I got it on sale at CVS for about $50. I haven't played it yet, but I'm looking forward to Alien Storm and Shining Force.

I got the entire collection on Steam for like 6.50.

Well, physical media.

Yeah, buy you have to play Mega Drive games on the PC. Lol.

Actually, lol @ PC gaming in general.

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Musourenka posted...

Sunhawk posted...

Uh.

Has anyone got any tips for Alien Soldier? I can't even get past the first boss. For all I know, the rest of the game might be great fun, but I haven't gotten to it. :(

Alien Soldier or Alien Storm?

Alien Soldier. The spiritual sequel to the Gunstar Heroes.

You know, I've read this was meant to be a purist game, aimed at really hardcore gamers, but when it's really hard to beat the first boss, and the game is seemingly linear, this is a problem. Even really hard games should start off easy.

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Sunhawk posted...

Musourenka posted...

Sunhawk posted...

Uh.

Has anyone got any tips for Alien Soldier? I can't even get past the first boss. For all I know, the rest of the game might be great fun, but I haven't gotten to it. :(

Alien Soldier or Alien Storm?

Alien Soldier. The spiritual sequel to the Gunstar Heroes.

You know, I've read this was meant to be a purist game, aimed at really hardcore gamers, but when it's really hard to beat the first boss, and the game is seemingly linear, this is a problem. Even really hard games should start off easy.

it's basically a long boss rush so the difficulty starts with the first boss
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I just saw a bit of a video. All you have to do is that move where you streak across the screen (not like that), and it kills it pretty quickly.
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Sunhawk posted...

Also, I hate all the bulls*** they were posting on the board for this (Switch version). Some people were going on about how bad the input delay is, how it makes stuff unplayable, blah blah blah, but from what I've played, it's minimal, basically the same as the original games. Other things, like graphics and sound seem fine, too.

Long story short, never listen to negative criticisms of anything on the Internet. Especially if said thing is a rerelease or compilation game. People literally just make up reasons to hate rereleases and compilations that aren't even remotely true and for whatever reason everyone repeats them a million times. It's like some Internet inside joke.
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Are you telling me that people on the internet aren't always trustworthy?
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Sunhawk posted...

Are you telling me that people on the internet aren't always trustworthy?

Crazy I know
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Input delay? Is that why golden axe 2 is harder on normal difficulty on switch than it is harder difficulties on genesis?