smbu2000
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Nice, how is it? I've been wanting to pick this up along with the sequel, but they're always priced high whenever I see them. Still waiting to see if I can find a good deal on them.
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Sega Genesis/MegaDrive Appreciation Thread: Alien Storm > Golden Axe
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I wouldn't mind having the Mega Drive cart, but in the meantime I get my BK3 fix via the JPN PS2 Sonic Gems Collection. BK3 is one of many unlockables.
But checking recent ebay listings, that might not be a much less inexpensive alternative.
sixteen-bit
Member
Do you have that in high-res? I might take a crack at it.
Which would be a lot better than the 80$ of the eBay BiNs.
Especially if it were 50 or 55. I am well aware that I won't get this one for cheap, but 50$ or a little bit more would be very reasonable.Where could I find it? Or were you talking locally?
Man, I really need "Bare Knuckle 3" in my life.
sixteen-bit
Member
I've been listening to the Dragon's Fury/Devil Crash MD soundtrack and It's awesome. I need to dig out my PC Engine and listen to the music in the original Devil's Crush, but I don't remember them being as great as these Technosoft beats. One of my favorites in a bonus song not in the original.
PixyJunket
Member
I picked this up last week in a moment of weakness.
Which would be a lot better than the 80$ of the eBay BiNs.
Where could I find it? Or were you talking locally?
Man, I really need "Bare Knuckle 3" in my life.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000148JIK/?tag=neogaf0e-20
Unless you were trying for complete. Of course it doesnt say whether or not if its complete.
...actually I might need to snag one of these for myself. One of the more reasonably priced rare or at least highly sought after Genesis/MegaDrive games (so far).
IrishNinja
Member
yo i will give you $40 and let you double your investment, man!
IrishNinja
Member
as an aside: finally getting into Retronauts, and this 3 part Genesis tribute started out kinda spiteful but the bit im on now - Technosoft's output - is great. anything else like this, feel free to recommend; i love learning about this stuff.
Which episode was that?
IrishNinja
Member
IrishNinja
Member
saw this over on segabits' forums, never even knew it existed:
baphomet
Member
No tower of power is complete without this. I've also never seen one. Makes the it look even more ridiculous in the best way possible.
Christina Mackenzie
Member
Decent shooter from Technosoft. I'd rank the overall difficulty as pretty hard. Never managed to finish the game without cheating.
Yes, I want a complete one. Should have mentioned that.
Additionally, many marketplace sellers (and eBay sellers, for that matter) don't offer international shipping, which doesn't make the search easier.
sixteen-bit
Member
PlayerOne Podcast is doing a show about Mega Drive releases in chronological order called Generation 16. I think it's worth the watch, lots of good trivia and info.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCp8i9lrUh4
smbu2000
Member
I'm just wondering why somebody would do this to their MD1/MCD2 combo?
I saw somebody selling this on Yahoo Auctions JP. The back is hastily done so it's not quite white and not quite black. The underside of it is just the standard black.
I can save and show the other pictures as well if people want to see them.
I saw somebody selling this on Yahoo Auctions JP. The back is hastily done so it's not quite white and not quite black. The underside of it is just the standard black.
I can save and show the other pictures as well if people want to see them.
sixteen-bit
Member
I just hope it was in dire shape and he painted it to cover the scratches and such D:
The Japanese MD1 is one of my favorite console designs, but the only one with a custom paint job that I actually like is Yakumo's.
http://www.assemblergames.com/forums/showthread.php?41100-Yakumo-s-Mega-Drive-paint-mod
The Japanese MD1 is one of my favorite console designs, but the only one with a custom paint job that I actually like is Yakumo's.
http://www.assemblergames.com/forums/showthread.php?41100-Yakumo-s-Mega-Drive-paint-mod
it's pretty cool, I have the JP Megadrive version and it's impossible. it's basically a top down shooter except you are a guy walking instead of a ship.
Spectral Glider
Member
That is hideous.
My Sega Trio M1 arrived today. It's amazingly smaller than the original wall wart from my Genesis (I lost them all, all I have today is the Original SegaCD one).
The front of my Genny 1 + SegaCD 1 combo is really messed up, my house was being sprayed for Fleas and I guess whatever they use for that was sprayed on top of my Genny (around 10 years ago), so it has all those white droplets all over the front (I guess whatever was in the liquid they sprayed ate away the black ink from the plastic).
It used to work without any problems, until a capacitor recently decided to blow up. Now I just need to man up and clean my Genesis mainboard and replace a capacitor to have Genny + SegaCD goodness again!
The front of my Genny 1 + SegaCD 1 combo is really messed up, my house was being sprayed for Fleas and I guess whatever they use for that was sprayed on top of my Genny (around 10 years ago), so it has all those white droplets all over the front (I guess whatever was in the liquid they sprayed ate away the black ink from the plastic).
It used to work without any problems, until a capacitor recently decided to blow up. Now I just need to man up and clean my Genesis mainboard and replace a capacitor to have Genny + SegaCD goodness again!
smbu2000
Member
That's actually it's best looking photo. Looking at the close up pictures you can see what a shoddy paint job it is, haha.
Here's a fun video series for people who like alien solider (so, basically everyone). It's always kind of magical seeing someone being exposed to the game for the first time.
BocoDragon
or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Realize This Assgrab is Delicious
...
Its...so beautiful. No color adjustments needed. Boco was right...RGB is one hell of a drug.
Oh I missed this. Congrats. Welcome to the RGB club
IrishNinja
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yo that white genesis is...man what a waste, at least the CD was a model 2 i guess.
ah, thanks man - this was posted way earlier, and it turns out one of the guys involved was in this thread too! chronsega is quite a bit further along (started way earlier i think) but that guy...he's knowledgeable, but pretty clearly not a sega fan; hearing him kinda dump on Phantasy Star II was a shame. Generation 16 seems much more fair, though they're very much still in the period of crappy SMS games, heh...can't wait for the next one, seems a bit late though
are any of these particularly good? i love finding gems from this thread
ah, thanks man - this was posted way earlier, and it turns out one of the guys involved was in this thread too! chronsega is quite a bit further along (started way earlier i think) but that guy...he's knowledgeable, but pretty clearly not a sega fan; hearing him kinda dump on Phantasy Star II was a shame. Generation 16 seems much more fair, though they're very much still in the period of crappy SMS games, heh...can't wait for the next one, seems a bit late though
Yeah!!
Just bought TinTin In Tibet (7€
Quite uncommon games (especially TinTin in Tibet instead of TinTin au Tibet!
Probably arriving tomorrow!
are any of these particularly good? i love finding gems from this thread
Shadow Hog
Member
A white Genesis would be pretty kickass, actually.
If, y'know, the paint job was done competently. Evidently, this one wasn't.
If, y'know, the paint job was done competently. Evidently, this one wasn't.
This one looks cool:
More info at the madness at:
http://segabits.com/blog/2011/07/28/check-out-the-awesome-custom-squid-girl-sega-genesis/
http://www.sega-16.com/forum/showthread.php?19416-White-Mega-Drive
Edit: Oh shit, that's right, how could I forget. We got an official one in Brazil:
I don't think it accepted carts though, it was only with a buncha built-in games (like most Genesis released in the past 20 years down here, which is a shame).
We also got this one. which doesn't even look like a Genesis and plays a Guitar Hero-like game for the Genny, with plastic guitars and everything. TecToy is all kinds of crazy.
IrishNinja
Member
see...yeah, that's it! i know i had a pic of that old white one in a magazine somewhere...it's not nearly as awful, just not my thing. there was a white game gear as well, wasn't there?
man retronauts was just as harsh on the master system as chronsega...but to be fair, they (maybe it was jeremy?) did at least name my personal favorites: Phantasy Star, Zillion, Golvelius etc. odd that during the arcade port talk, Shinobi was left out, though. i might've defended The Ninja, there's others i just know i'm forgetting too.
man retronauts was just as harsh on the master system as chronsega...but to be fair, they (maybe it was jeremy?) did at least name my personal favorites: Phantasy Star, Zillion, Golvelius etc. odd that during the arcade port talk, Shinobi was left out, though. i might've defended The Ninja, there's others i just know i'm forgetting too.
That first white genesis I posted is custom made.
Yes, there was a Limited Edition White Gamegear:
There were also a Blue and Red ones.
On the other hand, TecToy released this monstrosity, called the Master System Mini:
It was a HandHeld Master System that would plug directly to the TV. It was the size of a GameGear. The pink one is the "Girl" version, and comes with "Monica no Castelo do Dragão" (a Wonderboy Modification, all legally made by TecToy) instead of Sonic.
But we shouldn't talk about those anymore, they are not Genesis.
AlteredBeast
Fork 'em, Sparky!
Anybody ever play Racin' Aces on Sega CD? Man, my brothers and I loved that game!
sixteen-bit
Member
On the other hand, TecToy released this monstrosity, called the Master System Mini:
It was a HandHeld Master System that would plug directly to the TV. It was the size of a GameGear. The pink one is the "Girl" version, and comes with "Monica no Castelo do Dragão" (a Wonderboy Modification, all legally made by TecToy) instead of Sonic.
But we shouldn't talk about those anymore, they are not Genesis.
Those remind me of the Mega Jet, a Japanese rental Mega Drive meant for airplane rides, IIRC.
Looks pretty much like a Nomad sans screen, even down to the second controller port.Those remind me of the Mega Jet, a Japanese rental Mega Drive meant for airplane rides, IIRC.
Gunstarheroes
Member
Got back from PAX, WITH SNATCHER FOR 150, COMPLETE.
THE WEIGHT OF CHASING THAT GAME GONE!
THE WEIGHT OF CHASING THAT GAME GONE!
Shadow Hog
Member
Snatcher for $150? What, was it disc-only or something? Tell me it was disc only D:
Nonsense! The Genesis has the Master System built into it! (Although you need a cartridge adapter for it, the only NTSC version of which only fits on the Model 1 Genesis (although it works with the Model 2 one if you hack up the casing), and it isn't compatible with the 32X.)On the other hand, TecToy released this monstrosity, called the Master System Mini:
It was a HandHeld Master System that would plug directly to the TV. It was the size of a GameGear. The pink one is the "Girl" version, and comes with "Monica no Castelo do Dragão" (a Wonderboy Modification, all legally made by TecToy) instead of Sonic.
But we shouldn't talk about those anymore, they are not Genesis.
sixteen-bit
Member
the post says complete
That ain't bad. I saw a copy going for that much about 3 years ago. Still regret not picking it up. =/
Congrats, man!
A Black Falcon
Member
Yeah, the Nomad was built off of the Mega Jet.
BobbyRobby
Member
it's a cool game. it's got wacky enemy design, and as a whole doesn't take itself very seriously. the poorly translated cut-scenes are pretty funny.
you pick a special weapon at the beginning of each stage, and pick up power-ups throughout the stage including speed-ups, and options.
you can shoot in both directions, or switch and have both girls shoot in the same direction.
i didn't know there was a sequel until this thread. thinking about picking up this repro of the sequel since i don't see a legit copy for less than $200
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Battle-Mania-2-II-Sega-Genesis-English-Ntsc-US-aka-Trouble-Shooter-Vintage-2-/290879257503?pt=Video_Games_Games&hash=item43b9c13b9f
Holy shit, I really want to play those Guitar Hero and EA games on my Mega Drive.
Edit: lol, look what I just found
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/MEGA-DRIV...1224938260?pt=Video_Games&hash=item3a7e2c5714
Chiaroscuro
Member
No, you don't. Trust me. I have the EA edition.
Well, at least I found your post of the screenshots.
Now I can experience it vicariously through you.
You are right. I bought one at discount (still US$ 100 however) at its launch (hell I am crazy, and I do collect games). I posted some pictures of the system and games in one of the Markman's pickup threads. Let me search for them again...
Need fo Speed is the worst of the package (the others are quite decent actually). It is a port from the mobile game, and it runs like shit.
here they go...
Shadow Hog
Member
And yet the Sim City game is still probably better than the recent one.
IrishNinja
Member
props to Guardian for that Snatcher pick-up, retronauts' tribute to it made me remember just how ahead of its time that gem was. still salty i couldn't find it at my local TRU in the day, i desperately needed Sega-CD stuff after beating Lunar like 5 times & would've absolutely adored it.
MrCunningham
Member
I did a Youtube search for that Need For Speed game and I couldn't believe that it was running on an actual Genesis:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gvEGaCKltTM
It almost looks like a 3D0 game. But after doing a few searches, those four additional games aren't running on the Mega Drive hardware at all. Instead they are just mobile phone games running on a Titan ARM chipset inside the hardware... Eh...
Bah, that makes this way less cool and is fucking lame