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Sega Genesis/MegaDrive Appreciation Thread: Alien Storm > Golden Axe

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BobbyRobby

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Khaz said:
Judging by the videos of it on the internet, it doesn't seem to be very faithful to Bubble Bobble. No bonus, the bubble physics is off... I think you're better going with the Master System version with a Power Base converter.
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I have the arcade version on Saturn, so I am more curious how it stands on its own, rather than as a replacement for the original game.

Sucks we never got the master system version in America, probably because of NoA licensing restrictions.

It looks pretty good in videos.
 
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AmyS

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We're rapidly approaching the 25th anniversary of the Sega Genesis U.S. launch.

August 14th, 1989 - Test launch in New York City and Los Angeles.
Price $249.99 (?!) with Altered Beast

September 15th, 1989 national launch.
Price: $189.99 with Altered Beast (10 bucks less than TurboGrafx-16!)
 
IrishNinja

IrishNinja

Member
hey bkfount , Morfeo just PM'd me and said forget it, he doesn't want that game anymore
just so you know bruh

AmyS said:
We're rapidly approaching the 25th anniversary of the Sega Genesis U.S. launch.

August 14th, 1989 - Test launch in New York City and Los Angeles.
Price $249.99 (?!) with Altered Beast

September 15th, 1989 national launch.
Price: $189.99 with Altered Beast (10 bucks less than TurboGrafx-16!)
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aw snap! gonna have to celebrate up in here...sega-16 will be jumpin' too
 
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Morfeo

The Chuck Norris of Peace
Actually, bkfount, Irishninja just got some shinobis on his way to his home, so he probably wont need that copy anymore. Just to let you know who you should sell it to bro.

AmyS said:
We're rapidly approaching the 25th anniversary of the Sega Genesis U.S. launch.

August 14th, 1989 - Test launch in New York City and Los Angeles.
Price $249.99 (?!) with Altered Beast

September 15th, 1989 national launch.
Price: $189.99 with Altered Beast (10 bucks less than TurboGrafx-16!)
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Wow, looking forward to celebrate this in the thread here with you guys.
 
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Teknoman

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Damn it...

So i get the model 2, it doesnt look as bad as the shopgoodwill image looked, plug in my model 1, an MK1602 or whatever adapter to the CD and... nothing. Decide to clean off the Genesis connectors since its one I got from a Goodwill a few years back...still nothing.

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I guess its a blown fuse or something? I know you dont need that extender stand for it to work right?
 
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Piston Hyundai

Member
Teknoman said:
Damn it...

So i get the model 2, it doesnt look as bad as the shopgoodwill image looked, plug in my model 1, an MK1602 or whatever adapter to the CD and... nothing. Decide to clean off the Genesis connectors since its one I got from a Goodwill a few years back...still nothing.

I guess its a blown fuse or something? I know you dont need that extender stand for it to work right?
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SCDs, at least Model 2s, are known for their poor fuses, so it's likely that it could be a blown fuse.
 
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Gunstarheroes

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Have we ever talked about how awesome Sega Tunes was?

Sentinel Core Escape from X-Men 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VubLDkdUGRg
Comix Zone (They added lyrics for reasons i'll never understand, but its 90s as fuck):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXmEPEunI5w
Toejam And Earl Theme: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLGq-3tSveQ

I know they are rare items as far as the physical discs, but at a time where video game soundtracks were not taken seriously, it was really cool to see. Hi-quality audio rips of the game music may have better to some, but i love the concept.
 
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sixteen-bit

Member
Gunstarheroes said:
Have we ever talked about how awesome Sega Tunes was?

Sentinel Core Escape from X-Men 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VubLDkdUGRg
Comix Zone (They added lyrics for reasons i'll never understand, but its 90s as fuck):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXmEPEunI5w
Toejam And Earl Theme: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLGq-3tSveQ

I know they are rare items as far as the physical discs, but at a time where video game soundtracks were not taken seriously, it was really cool to see. Hi-quality audio rips of the game music may have better to some, but i love the concept.
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I was not really familiar with these contemporaneously. In fact, the first time I ever heard the Comix Zone vocal arranged tracks by Howard Drossin and Roadkill was on that Wavemaster release, Mega Drive Last Action Heroes

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I enjoy the grunge sound, so I'm glad I finally have it though. :)

I imagine if the Sega CD stuck around longer, we'd have seen these tracks in a SCD version.
 
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Teknoman

Member
So far, it seems like there is only one possible fuse that causes the no power issue, and thats the PICO II 2.5a fuse. Those seem pretty cheap...so maybe it wont be that big a deal.
 
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Piston Hyundai

Member
Gunstarheroes said:
Have we ever talked about how awesome Sega Tunes was?

Sentinel Core Escape from X-Men 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VubLDkdUGRg
Comix Zone (They added lyrics for reasons i'll never understand, but its 90s as fuck):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXmEPEunI5w
Toejam And Earl Theme: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLGq-3tSveQ

I know they are rare items as far as the physical discs, but at a time where video game soundtracks were not taken seriously, it was really cool to see. Hi-quality audio rips of the game music may have better to some, but i love the concept.
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Still have the Vectorman disc. So good.
 
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AmyS

Member
IrishNinja said:
awwwww son got the OG altered beast box, too

so jelly
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I dunno if I would be considered an early adopter of Genesis, or not.

Japanese Mega Drive came out October of '88. The Genesis came out in the U.S. August-September of '89, but I did not get mine til April of '90.
I suppose one might say anyone who got a MD/Genesis prior to Sonic the Hedgehog's release (June of '91) was an early-adopter.

So I guess at worst, I'm somewhere in the middle.
 
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PixyJunket

Member
bkfount said:
I just randomly bought another Revenge of Shinobi with the old style cartridge back and sure enough, Rambo is in it for the 1.0 version.

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I struggled getting to Stage 3 (this game is Cheap Deaths Ahoy) and I guess I have the not Rambo version before the Spider-Man copyright notice.

Ah well, my experience getting that far just to check pretty much means I probably would have never bothered getting to the Bat-Man boss anyway.
 
IrishNinja

IrishNinja

Member
ahaha @ that mask

AmyS said:
I dunno if I would be considered an early adopter of Genesis, or not.

Japanese Mega Drive came out October of '88. The Genesis came out in the U.S. August-September of '89, but I did not get mine til April of '90.
I suppose one might say anyone who got a MD/Genesis prior to Sonic the Hedgehog's release (June of '91) was an early-adopter.

So I guess at worst, I'm somewhere in the middle.
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ehh remember, there weren't hard & fast release dates back then; to me if you got the altered beast one (without or without free other game, i got buster douglas like a chump) you're an early adopter

PixyJunket said:
I struggled getting to Stage 3 (this game is Cheap Deaths Ahoy)
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wait, is it? this is like when people say the double jump is hard; yeah at first but you eventually master the timing, it's not that bad

sixteen-bit said:
Christmas '92 here. Sonic 2 + Genesis 2 bundle. Late bloomer.
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ehh yeah, i think model 1 is the cutoff but you're still in the club! plus most folks bought in around that point too i wanna say
 
A Black Falcon

A Black Falcon

Member
IrishNinja said:
ehh remember, there weren't hard & fast release dates back then; to me if you got the altered beast one (without or without free other game, i got buster douglas like a chump) you're an early adopter
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It's not about release dates; sure, there weren't always specific release dates as there are now, but there were release months! The issue is that before Sonic, the Genesis was not a hit yet. It outsold the TG16, impressively considering that the TG16 probably had the better library up to that point (because it'd been so much more successful in Japan), but it wasn't selling great compared to the NES or what it would sell later. With Sonic that all changed.

So yeah, I'd agree that anyone who got a Genesis in its first almost two years, from launch in Aug. '89 up until just before Sonic 1 released in June '91, probably can be considered an early adopter.
 
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womp

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Timu said:
I feel old seeing that...Altered Beast is one of the earliest games I've played on the system.=p
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That was the one I had as well...Christmas '89. Not used to seeing it either.

I also got Forgotten Worlds, Soccer, and Ghouls 'N Ghosts with it (still own them to this day too). Was a nice Christmas. :)
 
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AmyS

Member
If anyone has a pic of the voucher Sega included for an extra free game from '89 or early '90, I'd love to see it. I got Forgotten Worlds.
 
IrishNinja

IrishNinja

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god, i wish id've gotten that one instead - and yeah, id love to see the voucher, too!

you know what else i cant find for a decent price, either? the small, quarterly Team Sega newsletter things they put out before they started Sega Visions, ive got almost a complete run of the latter but cant replace those original ones these days. sucks, they're the equivalent of the Nintendo Fun Club newsletter.
 
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Peagles

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We were pretty hard up so we got a refurbished model one from some dodgy guy through a friend. The only game we owned was the 6-in1 with Alien Storm and a Columns on it, but someone gave us Aladdin later cos they bought the Mega Drive version by accident and didn't actually own one. Everything else we hired from the video shop. It's only as an adult that I've built up a small collection. Wish I could get my old controllers back though, they were just thre button ones but each button had a turbo/slow switch above it.
 
IrishNinja

IrishNinja

Member
hmm peagles do you remember what that pad looked like? chances are we could find it again if so, and i gotta admit i now use the sega 6-button pads/sticks but growing up with the 3, its just so nostalgic for me

Peagles said:
but someone gave us Aladdin later cos they bought the Mega Drive version by accident and didn't actually own one.
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man that was a good person right there
 
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Peagles

Member
IrishNinja said:
hmm peagles do you remember what that pad looked like? chances are we could find it again if so, and i gotta admit i now use the sega 6-button pads/sticks but growing up with the 3, its just so nostalgic for me
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Found them! Ours had white letters though, no red on them whatsoever (maybe NZ/AU models or something).

IrishNinja said:
man that was a good person right there
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Yeh! I think it was one my brother's friends from school. I love that game; I really should buy it again, but I don't see it pop up often.
 
IrishNinja

IrishNinja

Member
never saw that pad before, but it looks legit!
also Aladdin was one of the biggest selling games for the genny out here so it goes for cheap, i'd grab you one if it'd work
 
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AmyS

Member
Even though most people didn't like Phantasy Star III much, and I eventually felt kinda the same, I was hyped for its U.S. release in summer '91 (early August in my area) because of an issue of Game Players magazine that had a PSIII strategy guide (more of a preview really).


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Reading that last sentence ^ is what actually got me hyped.
 
IrishNinja

IrishNinja

Member
oh man i wanna say i had that issue too! i was ravenous about any PS III info at that point

i still have the mail-away strategy guide, i just hate that this kid i was looking after around that time marked it up =/
 
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