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Title: Any Good Genesis/Master System shooters out there ?
Post by: apachacha on April 11, 2011, 02:13:11 AM
I realy would like to get my hands on more Sega console games, but I don't have a good source to tell me what I should be looking for.

All I have at the moment is Vapour Trail.


Also any good platformers would be nice to know too :D
Title: Re: Any Good Genesis/Master System shooters out there ?
Post by: SuperDeadite on April 11, 2011, 02:15:54 AM
Divine Sealing :)
Title: Re: Any Good Genesis/Master System shooters out there ?
Post by: Senshi on April 11, 2011, 03:34:22 AM
Divine Sealing :)

LOL

The master system version of Ninja Gaiden is great.
Title: Re: Any Good Genesis/Master System shooters out there ?
Post by: Mathius on April 11, 2011, 03:38:15 AM
You can't go wrong with Thunder Force II and III for the Genesis. Fire Shark is pretty cool also. There are many good shooters on the 'ol Genesis/Mega Drive. If you get into collecting Mega Drive games that will open up a whole new world for you to explore. That's something I need to start doing. I have a region modded Genesis, but haven't imported anything yet.

The SMS didn't really have any stellar shooties on it. I can't remember the name of one launch title, but it was okay.
Title: Re: Any Good Genesis/Master System shooters out there ?
Post by: Opethian on April 11, 2011, 04:05:59 AM
some of my favs on MD
V-Five (only port of the game and includes the easier Grindstormer version)
Gleylancer
Undeadline
Gaiares
Gynoug
Verytex


on SMS I only know about the Power Strike/Aleste games and they are pretty well made.
Title: Re: Any Good Genesis/Master System shooters out there ?
Post by: apachacha on April 11, 2011, 05:21:40 AM
Oh I've already played and loved Gynoug Opeth :P

Is it true that it was done by the same designed as Cho Aniki ?

Speaking of which : are there any weird/quirky shooters ? Those are my favourite.

Oh and Gley Lancer too. Haven't finished it yet.
Title: Re: Any Good Genesis/Master System shooters out there ?
Post by: Opethian on April 11, 2011, 05:47:44 AM
yea NCS/Masaya did Cho Aniki and Gleylancer

they also did L-Dis on PCE another great one and cheap too!

Curse is a weird shooter on MD not quite Cho Aniki level but has some interesting boss designs
Title: Re: Any Good Genesis/Master System shooters out there ?
Post by: SuperDeadite on April 11, 2011, 05:53:12 AM
Oh I've already played and loved Gynoug Opeth :P

Is it true that it was done by the same designed as Cho Aniki ?

Speaking of which : are there any weird/quirky shooters ? Those are my favourite.

Oh and Gley Lancer too. Haven't finished it yet.

Quirky?  Battle Mania and Battle Mania Daiginjou
Weird?  Divine Sealing (yes again)
Title: Re: Any Good Genesis/Master System shooters out there ?
Post by: Senshi on April 11, 2011, 09:04:32 AM
Battle Mania is known as Trouble Shooter in the US though right?
Title: Re: Any Good Genesis/Master System shooters out there ?
Post by: Jesse813 on April 11, 2011, 09:56:38 AM
I realy would like to get my hands on more Sega console games, but I don't have a good source to tell me what I should be looking for.

All I have at the moment is Vapour Trail.


Also any good platformers would be nice to know too :D


The Genesis has plenty of good shooters:

Arrow Flash
Bio-Hazard Battle
Dangerous Seed
Eliminate Down
Forgotten Worlds
Gaiares
Gleylancer
M.U.S.H.A.
Panorama Cotton
Steel Empire
Sub-Terrania
Super Fantasy Zone
Thunder Force III
Thunder Force IV
Trouble Shooter
Twinkle Tale
UndeadLine
Vapor Trail
Whip Rush
Wings of Wor
Zero Wing

besides that you might want to check out http://www.sega-16.com/ they have lots of reviews there and plenty of action in the forums
Title: Re: Any Good Genesis/Master System shooters out there ?
Post by: Opethian on April 11, 2011, 11:25:57 AM
Battle Mania is known as Trouble Shooter in the US though right?
Yea it is. I still need to get ahold of both of those on my collection hehe
Title: Re: Any Good Genesis/Master System shooters out there ?
Post by: DragonmasterDan on April 11, 2011, 12:19:56 PM
Since no one brought up any Master System shmups. Power Strike aka Aleste is good.
Title: Re: Any Good Genesis/Master System shooters out there ?
Post by: Joe Redifer on April 11, 2011, 01:14:21 PM
For the SMS:
-Power Strike - This one is good and can only be purchased via mail order direct from Sega in 1988, so build a time machine like I did.  I remember it arriving one cold winter's day.  The box art is glorious blue and white.  Great game with amazing music.
-R-Type - The SMS version is great and it was made by the same fools who made Power Strike.  It has an extra level with amazing music that the PC Engine was not powerful enough to include.

For the Genesis:
-Thunder Force 2 - Major soft spot for this game.  It has great music and I love the overhead stages.
-Thunder Force 3 - Instant classic.  Great music
-Thunder Force IV aka Lightening Force - Great music and very challenging.
-Gaiares - Immensely challenging and very rewarding.  Excellent graphics and music and a very innovative weapons system.
-MUSHA - Really cool game made by the same fools who ported R-Type to the Sega Master System, so you know it's probably gonna be good.
-Wings of Wor - Starts out kind of slow but really picks up after level 1 or 2.  Cool music and fun gameplay, even if your character is the size of a gnat.
-Elemental Master - Interesting overhead shooter with fantastic music and very challenging gameplay.
-Super Fantasy Zone - A perfect sequel to the original with colorful graphics and catchy music that comes out of not only the left but right speaker as well!
-Gley Lancer - Lance a whole bunch o' gleys in this cool horizontal shooter.  I am all for gley marriage.

There are likely others that I can't think of right now.
Title: Re: Any Good Genesis/Master System shooters out there ?
Post by: Keranu on April 11, 2011, 07:27:46 PM
Insector X, all you need. 8)
Title: Re: Any Good Genesis/Master System shooters out there ?
Post by: apachacha on April 11, 2011, 11:06:13 PM
Thanks guys. Gley Lancer and Divine Sealing are already within my grubby little hands, and have beaten the later,

But sadly, only five stages :( I could done with more strip scene- I mean, more levels :P
Title: Re: Any Good Genesis/Master System shooters out there ?
Post by: Joe Redifer on April 12, 2011, 10:41:00 AM
I tried playing Divine Sealing last night and could only get to level 3.  That game is tough because if the random movement of the enemies and the distracting backgrounds that hide enemy bullets.
Title: Re: Any Good Genesis/Master System shooters out there ?
Post by: Necromancer on April 12, 2011, 12:36:57 PM
Insector X, all you need. 8)

Heh, I was waiting for that.
Title: Re: Any Good Genesis/Master System shooters out there ?
Post by: Keranu on April 12, 2011, 12:47:30 PM
I tried playing Divine Sealing last night and could only get to level 3.  That game is tough because if the random movement of the enemies and the distracting backgrounds that hide enemy bullets.
Level 1 of Gleylancer and the "body" level of Wings of War/Gynoug gave me a hard time separating the bullets from the background too.
Title: Re: Any Good Genesis/Master System shooters out there ?
Post by: Joe Redifer on April 12, 2011, 02:02:12 PM
Both of those games are much easier to separate the bullets from the backgrounds.
Title: Re: Any Good Genesis/Master System shooters out there ?
Post by: SuperDeadite on April 12, 2011, 03:29:20 PM
Divine Sealing is just a terrible game in every aspect.  The powerup system is about as broken as it gets. I love the background transition on stage 3, where the background just changes to something completely different out of the blue.  A few of the bosses don't even move.  I've beaten it, but Stage 4 is pure 100% memorization as enemies will come from behind you in large waves with no warning at all.  Such a train wreck of a game.  I'm never selling my copy. :)
Title: Re: Any Good Genesis/Master System shooters out there ?
Post by: Black Tiger on April 13, 2011, 01:18:54 PM
Super Fantasy Zone is a freaking work of art and the European version is cheap and runs the same as the Japanese version on genesis systems. :)
Title: Re: Any Good Genesis/Master System shooters out there ?
Post by: Joe Redifer on April 13, 2011, 01:22:01 PM
But the Japanese cartridge looks cooler.  And the box in tiny and cute.  :)
Title: Re: Any Good Genesis/Master System shooters out there ?
Post by: Arkhan on April 14, 2011, 11:09:36 AM
Phelios, cmon people.
Title: Re: Any Good Genesis/Master System shooters out there ?
Post by: Mathius on April 14, 2011, 12:40:07 PM
Phelios, cmon people.


I played a little Phelios bitd. I gotta be honest, I didn't really care for it.
Title: Re: Any Good Genesis/Master System shooters out there ?
Post by: SuperDeadite on April 14, 2011, 01:46:55 PM
Phelios is a very poor port of the arcade game.
Title: Re: Any Good Genesis/Master System shooters out there ?
Post by: Opethian on April 14, 2011, 03:35:55 PM
I liked Phelios for the bondage cutscenes :D
Title: Re: Any Good Genesis/Master System shooters out there ?
Post by: SuperDeadite on April 14, 2011, 03:49:39 PM
MD Phelios is Ok until you see the arcade version.  I really need to buy the pcb one of these
days, it destroys the MD version in every aspect.
Title: Re: Any Good Genesis/Master System shooters out there ?
Post by: Arkhan on April 14, 2011, 04:44:54 PM
MD Phelios is Ok until you see the arcade version.  I really need to buy the pcb one of these
days, it destroys the MD version in every aspect.

Well yeah but we were talking about SMS/Gen shooties.   I really liked it for the Genesis.

Does Sega CD count too?  Sol Feace and Android Assault?  Silpheed?
Title: Re: Any Good Genesis/Master System shooters out there ?
Post by: Tatsujin on April 14, 2011, 04:57:50 PM
MD Phelios is Ok until you see the arcade version. It destroys the MD version in every aspect.

Lol, TRUE THAT.
Title: Re: Any Good Genesis/Master System shooters out there ?
Post by: Joe Redifer on April 14, 2011, 05:36:32 PM
The arcade was a pretty boring game, too.  Both games played the same, the arcade only had more scaling and rotation.  I think that NAMCOT thought that gamers would rather have clouds than a rotating background in the first level when it came time to make the Genesis version.  Dumb ol' NAMCOT.   It would have been better as a KONAMIT game.
Title: Re: Any Good Genesis/Master System shooters out there ?
Post by: geise on April 15, 2011, 02:10:44 AM
I'm surprised no one mentioned Sagaia/Darius II on the Genesis/MD.  That game is awesome!  I always loved Zuntata's soundtracks.  Also Opeth mentioned Verytex.  I love that game!  It is such and underrated shooter, but is such a good game.  Only 6 levels but it has great music!  Also track down Elemental Master!  Great technosoft shooter.  Slap Fight (Power Wing) on the MD is also really good.  It has the original arcade and an extra re-done Mega Drive version with music from Yuzo Koshiro!  I also like Twinkle Tale.  It's not really a side or vert shooter, but it's still a shooter and a really good game.
Title: Re: Any Good Genesis/Master System shooters out there ?
Post by: apachacha on April 15, 2011, 02:15:45 AM
Phelios, cmon people.


I played a little Phelios bitd. I gotta be honest, I didn't really care for it.

I finished it and it annoyed me to hell :P

Sylphia is a much better greek mythology themed game.
Title: Re: Any Good Genesis/Master System shooters out there ?
Post by: Tatsujin on April 15, 2011, 02:19:59 AM
Phelios, cmon people.


I played a little Phelios bitd. I gotta be honest, I didn't really care for it.

I finished it and it annoyed me to hell :P

Sylphia is a much better greek mythology themed game.

Noone would dare to say different :!:
Title: Re: Any Good Genesis/Master System shooters out there ?
Post by: esteban on April 16, 2011, 05:32:18 PM

Tats, I was convinced you would have recommended TRUXTON for Genesis.

:)
Title: Re: Any Good Genesis/Master System shooters out there ?
Post by: Mathius on April 16, 2011, 05:37:06 PM

Tats, I was convinced you would have recommended TRUXTON for Genesis.

:)

 :lol:
Title: Re: Any Good Genesis/Master System shooters out there ?
Post by: Arkhan on April 16, 2011, 06:27:49 PM
Truxton is a punch in the dick, but I love it anyways.