NOTE: The song used in the title sequence is an old Spanish song called "El Rey Y Yo" - but then sampled by The Beastie Boys for their song "Hello Nasty". Read the description for a link to the sample.
Gaiares, Phelios, Combat Cars, Decap Attack and Chakan were pretty successful here in Brazil, with lots of magazine, posters and TV advertisements. They were notoriously famous in game stores where we could rent cartridges for one week.
Yeah, and I remember playing a lot of Flicky as a kid. Not to mention Mystic Defender. I remember polterguy being realy popular too from that haunting game that was so unique and creative that it could never go unnoticed anywhere in the world
Thumbs up for including Zero Tolerance. A great FPS, the likes of which a lot of people said couldn't be done on the Mega Drive. This list strikes me for two reasons. Firstly because I'm happy to already have a lot of the games on this list in my Sega collection, and secondly I'm reminded of the many more great titles out there that I need to add to it!
Not only a great FPS, but the best Mega Drive FPS of all time! I finished it at least twice, and maybe it's time to do it the third one. My dream is that some programmer catch the beta of Beyond Zero Tolerance and make a full game... oh, well.
@@cellfreeze9360 Actually there is even another FPS for Genesis, but incredibly bad, called Battle Frenzy or Bloodshot. EDIT: wow, I've just made a research and just found two more FPS tentatives for Mega: Cyber-cop (or Corporation) and The Lawnmower Man (some of the stages are in FP). Besides, a programmer has made a non-official version of Wolfestien 3D.
Gauntlet 4 has one of the most impressive 16 Bit soundtracks I've ever heard! They really pushed the sound chip of the Genesis to it's limits with that one. Can't recommend it enough!
Absolutely! I don't know how they did it on such a small cartridge, but it sounds like the used a LOT of samples to build the music tracks. Another game with a great soundtrack (and also in this video) is Mega Turrican. Chris Huelsbeck composed that one and it sounds brilliant.
39. Generations Lost, I used to play this a lot as a kid and I couldn't remember the name so I can try to play it again today, you're my hero of the week!
Battletech, Bio-Hazard Battle, Blades of Vengeance, Chakan: The Forever Man, Crue Ball, Cyborg Justice, Dick Tracy, Duke Nukem 3D, Elemental Master, Gaiares, and Ghostbusters (and many more on this video list to mention) - The coolest Gary. 😎 I thank my cousin Larry for introducing me to the Sega Genesis.
It’s criminal how under appreciated Chiki Chiki Boys is!... the games was developed by Capcom and had some of the best music on the Mega-Drive. Not to mention is addictive as heck!
They left room for SEQUEL spoilers ahed stop reading Basically death said to chacken that amongst the stars theirs more evil So a sequel is certainly possible but I think chacken killed all humans in order to stop evil he would have to kill evreything no people no evil but in the end he would become evil so no rest
lol that's an understatement. As a kid I got quite far into it but I never finished it. It's an interesting game, very dark and brooding and very, very difficult! I think that's why so many people dislike it.
You should try Warlock!!! I just love the dark atmosphere and the creepy sounds and music!!! When i was a kid, i played so many times and finished the game after mouths! The game is one of my favorites of the Sega Genesis! Greetings from Brazil!
Ahh, Sega and also NES sounds are so good for my ears^^ Well, there are few exceptionsXD Great list! Keep it up) Seems like once again I've missed tons of classics:D
Uncharted Waters and Kings Bounty are two that should be included. (Uncharted Waters, Chrono Trigger and Sword of Vermillion had the three best soundtracks of the SNES,/Mega Drive era, although my friend said Ys on the PC Engine was amazing, too)
Monster World 4 absolutely belongs on this list, even though it never came out in the States. It has a fantastic fan translation though as well as an official Virtual Console release/translation that has been ripped so you can play both versions!
Mystic Defender looks like a sequel to Spellcaster. They should have called it Spellcaster II. That would have got my attention back in the day, cause Spellcaster is one of my favorite SMS games and I didn't know a sequel existed
It really is a sequel. The Japanese versions are called "Kujaku Oh" and "Kujaku Oh 2", based on the manga/anime of the same name. I really don't know why it wasn't released as Spellcaster 2 in the West.
Okay, more recently I've been informed that Kujaku Oh 2 isn't exactly a sequel to the SMS game, but was rather based on a particular OVA of the anime. Same franchise, still.
Man, I even grew up with the Genesis and I didn't know about like half of these games! I'll have to check some of these out! Some of them definitely look right up my alley! Thank you for expanding my Genesis horizons! 😄
It made me very happy to see a Blades of Vengeance screenshot for this video. It’s the first game I think of when it comes to underrated Sega Genesis/Megadrive classics although I have a good list of favorites. Super Nintendo might win in the top 25 but has a few too many bad games. Sega Genesis/Megadrive wins overall having a gigantic library of great games. It’s games were consistently good. Even a worst list of Sega games has ones I actually liked. PC-Engine/Turbo Grafix 16 mostly consisted of hidden gems. I played a ton more 8-bit games but have really come to appreciate the 16-bit era especially after collecting games and minis.
Agreed. With SNES, their fans are always talking about the same 5 or 6 titles (Super Mario World, Super Mario RPG, Super Metroid, Link to the Past, Final Fantasy 6, and Donkey Kong)... and then you have critical favorites like Star Fox (but oddly I do not hear many people raving about). Aside from those, people talk A LOT less about other SNES games. In contrast, there are no 5 or 6 dominant games with the Genesis, but many dozens of excellent games that fans love that are always being discussed. And in my view, the best Genesis games are better than the best SNES ones.
Seeing the other games on this playlist it really surprised me that Dyna Brothers (1 and 2) weren't on this list, I literally see no one talking about these 2 games, and they're really really good (despite being Japanese only, they're totally playable). You should def check them out
Dragon's Fury is a game I own. it is a reworked version of "Devil Crash MD" on the japanese megadrive, which was a port of "Devil's Crush" on the turbografx 16. Dragon's Revenge looks like pretty much the same game.
Gain Ground reminds me of many games like that from the arcades... Ikari Warriors and Time Soldiers among them. it's one I own now but haven't played much. I should give it another try...
I remember playing Death Duel... the later "Terminator 2" (arcade game, later ported to the Genesis as T2 the arcade game) lightgun game could be its spiritual sequel, although Space Gun is also similar
I recognize some personal favorites here, good times, Fatal Labyrinth is surprisingly underated despite probably spawning It's own type of game, because I saw really close formulas later on directly inspired by It
I had a genesis back in the day & still do, and many of these I never got to try... arcusodyssey at least in the short clip reminds me of Gate of Doom / Dark Seal from the arcades, and Battle Mania is a straight up gender swapped edition of Forgotten Worlds where I hear you control both characters at once, and Blades of Vengeance looks like a female Rastan. Bubba & Stix could be the cousin of Boogerman (similar artstyle)
Yeah, that Duke Nukem 3D port is just a waste of programming. Even the SNES couldn't do a decent port of Doom, why would they try and do a port of a far more elaborate shooter on a far weaker console? In _1998?_
I mean, if your favorite uncle had given you Bio-Hazard Battle, Burning Force or Combat Cars when you were a kid you would have thanked him and tried to have a good time playing them, but to call them "gems" is going a bit far.
@@gallowaygaming75 if im not mistaken decapp attack is the american version of magical hat, but maybe im mistaken, i don't remember where i read that...
The vast majority of these games make me think "It's about time they made a games arcade with ORIGINAL Atari, Sega, Amiga, Nintendo, PC, PS and ALL consoles that ever existed and have the games as they were
greatest heavyweights is basically a beefed up version of "Evander Holyfield's Real Deal Boxing" and its pretty great, even though it will wear out your fingers/controller and fights can go on forever
96. Wiz'n'Liz: The Frantic Wabbit Wescue This was the game for the longest time I couldn't remember the title. I do remember playing as a wizard who's collecting something. literately what I've remembered as one of my first 5 video games of playing as a child in the 1990s.
You definitely have an indepth knowledge of the Genesis/MD library. The only game I thought making the list was egregious was #26 Duke Nukem 3D. Demolition Man for Genesis is both underrated and good. One of the best lists I have seen and that's saying something considering it was 100 games and not best games list.
I've seen Ghostbusters (40) before in a shop, but I've never gotten the chance to play it. I've only played Granada (42) and Saint Sword (73) on the list.
"Dune: The Battle From Arrakis" released in 1994 (August), NOT 1993. Don't trust wiki. Read copyright screen in the game itself. Build date of US ROM is January, 17, 1994.
There are some reasons for some games to be ranked less usually, Thus, even in the beginning, Atomic Runner has fantastic stages, gameplay, whatever - but stupid and extremely difficult boss fights were too many steps from being perfect. As for the rest... Sure, Twinkle Tale suits your cause 100% - but Zero Tolerance... why do you think it has ever been underrated or less known or hidden somewhat?
