> I have so many good memories of my Genesis that I don't even know
> where to start.
First off, great post!
> Along with the pack-in Sonic The Hedgehog, I also bought John Madden
> Football and Cyberball. I was so in to the season mode of Cyberball
> that I would go home at lunch-time just to play another game of it!
I know it, both were just such excellent games. I think I played all
the way through both of them, writing down passwords as I went.
> And Sonic was SO fast. Sonic just kicked butt over any platformer I
> had ever seen before.
Agreed.
> I remember the first time that I rented Herzog Zwei because I could
> not find it for sale anywhere. My cousin and I played it all day and
> night for about twelve hours straight. Our ultimate battle was on the
> island level -- he had built so many missile launchers that he could
> not build any offensive units. On the other hand, I could never
> deploy any sort of offensive close enough without getting riddled by
> missiles. The cart was frickin' white-hot by the time we finally took
> it out!
I've still yet to play Herzog Zwei. I see it from time to time, but
it's always cart-only and I just don't know that I'll be able to get
the hang of it without a full manual.
> Master of Monsters was another strategy game that always
> turned into an all-nighter.
This was a Renovation-published title wasn't it? I remember seeing ads
and reviews for it...but never got a chance to try it. Need to break
it out in an emulator and see what it's all about.
> The original Road Rash was such a great idea in a racing game. Plus,
> I'll never forget the catchy and quirky music of the original.
Oddly enough, I've only ever played any of the RR series via
emulation...and not for very long. I'd like to pick up all of them as
people just rave about the series.
> The "hacking" levels of Shadowrun.
A buddy of mine let me borrow this. I opened it, looked at that thick-
ass manual and immediately closed the box. I'll play this someday, but
only once I actually own it. I'm not putting in a 5 hour read for
something I'm renting or just borrowing. ;)
> Those twisting star charts in Star Control.
Yeah, those were hip. Weren't they all vector-based?
> Two-player cooperative games were great on the Genesis. I had great
> games for the SNES, as well, but most of them were single-player
> only. The Genesis always seemed to have the better games to play when
> friends were around. The X-Men platform games, especially the second
> one, were always a blast to play along with a good friend
A buddy of mine and I went all the way through X-Men two via some help
of the Game Genie. It was great.
> -- and who
> can ever forget Professor X yelling, "Reset the computer!" : )
That was cool. I don't think there's any other Genesis game out there
that's done anything like this.
> Even
> the competitve games, the versus-fighting games like the Mortal Kombat
> or Street Fighter series, were great fun.
Not to mention old school fighters like Fighting Masters...
> Mutant League Football, one of the last great game from the good and
> inventive old Electronic Arts before they became the boring sequel-
> spawning corporate EA. The old Electronic Arts spun creative and fun
> games like Mutant League Football and Powermonger.
The Immortal and General Chaos too. :)
> The new corporate
> EA are the ones that bought then cancelled games like Thrill Kill for
> PSX or bought up the NFL license to shut down Sega's competition in
> the football market.
Yep, they are pretty much the Nazis of the gaming development
community now. I feel sorry for anyone associated with them.
> Virtua Racing with the SVP chip retailing for $99. I don't know
> anybody that bought it at retail. We all jumped on it when it hit the
> bargain bins.
I can't remember when I got mine, but yeah I wasn't for any $99. We
did rent the fuck out of it though, and played it two player, to
death.
> Once the multi-tap came out, sports games just exploded in fun. Yeah,
> online games are fun bu there's still nothing like you and three of
> your friends playing a good sports game in the same room together. I
> still think back fondly to multi-tap games of Madden and Live. There
> were also some great non-sports multi-tap games, too, like Yu Yu
> Hakusho (by Treasure) and General Chaos.
General Chaos was about the only game I got a chance to play via the
multi tap. It was awesome to no end though!
> The six-button controller. It came out a little too late to be great
> in the Genesis days but it did lead to the almighty-awesome Saturn six-
> button pad.
I don't know about that...I mean, I got it *right* after SF2:SCE came
out, in fact I bought it the day I rented the game(right after it came
out) and the Genesis still had quite a bit of life left int it. I
don't know the exact date it surfaced, but I am pretty sure the
Genesis still had 2 or 3 years left in it.
> The add-ons were great fun despite the naysayers:
>
> Game Genie - I never used much for "cheating" my way to the end of
> games as much as I did for the bonus effects. We did like using the
> "Finish Him" codes for Mortal Kombat, for example.
I can't live, or game, without the Game Genie. Too many games are
ruined by their developers, the GG lets you combat that with unlimited
lives, continues, etc.
> Sega CD - my first exposure to CD-ROM games; several of my PC playing
> friends were amazed by the games compared to what they were able to
> play on CD at the time. Okay, I admit it's stupid now but I really
> did enjoy playing Sewer Shark when I first got it.
Same here...I still kind of like it.
> And with Lethal
> Enforcers CD, I added a pair of lightguns to my collection of
> accessories.
I am still disappointed with LE 1 and 2 on SCD, but they *are* better
than the Genesis versions. I, too, have both of the light guns.
Debating selling them, and both LEs once I pick up LE Collection on
PSX.
> XBand - great fun playing Mortal Kombat 2, Street Fighter 2,
> Weaponlord, John Madden 96, and NBA Live 95. Heck, I even enjoyed
> playing Ballz! a few times. This was my first exposure to "online"
> gaming, as well.
I saw the X-Band at Blockbuster, but never got to try it. Was it
pretty much like the Netlink where you needed to already have an ISP,
or did it provide some sort of connection like the Sega Channel did?
Also, how were the matches...were they seriously laggy or anything?
> 32X - my first exposure to Doom.
Same here. I got this a little while after I got my first 32X unit(it
was $19.99, clearanced at Toys R Us). Played it until my eyes
bled...then broke out the Visine and played it somemore.
> I used to amaze my PC friends that I
> could be any good when I went to their houses to play deathmatch
> because I didn't play on the PC. I also really enjoyed Virtua
> Fighter, Virtua Racing, Shadow Squadron, and a few other good ones.
The 32X really did have a quite solid library of titles. I wish more
people could see that. Right now, on this planet, I think it's you,
myself, Scott H and like 4 others that know it. ;)
Bel
