https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nUZ9Jhl07vA
So I found this guide...gonna give it a shot after I get everything together.
So I found this guide...gonna give it a shot after I get everything together.
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Sega Genesis/MegaDrive Appreciation Thread: Alien Storm > Golden Axe
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I hope I didn't come off as too bitchy. There's a lot of good suggestions. Midnight Resistance looks awesome and I never heard of it before ever.
Yes GrayFox, let us rise up and revel in our love of Altered Beast.
I'm actually going to play some tonight... Unfortunately emulated as my original Checkerboard Package copy is packed right now as I'm moving next week.
Also, anyone see this?
I'm not sure where the market is for a statue of the first boss from Altered Beast is, but in case anyone wants to party like it's 1989, you can preorder is for around $115 USD here:
http://geeklife.jp/?pid=77579682
SonicMegaDrive
Member
Midnight Resistance is indeed great. I can vouch for that one. Also, Mega Turrican is amazing. That needs to be put higher on the list.
sixteen-bit
Member
Yes GrayFox, let us rise up and revel in our love of Altered Beast.
I'm actually going to play some tonight... Unfortunately emulated as my original Checkerboard Package copy is packed right now as I'm moving next week.
Also, anyone see this?
I'm not sure where the market is for a statue of the first boss from Altered Beast is, but in case anyone wants to party like it's 1989, you can preorder is for around $115 USD here:
http://geeklife.jp/?pid=77579682
Mikhal posted about it yesterday to little fanfare
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=121368634&postcount=7037
Ah, sorry to steal your thunder Mikhail! Though I'm not surprised at the lack of fanfare considering the popular opinion of Altered Beast, haha.
Wal-mart suprisingly. This shelve to be exact
http://www.walmart.com/ip/Mainstays-Multimedia-Storage-Tower/16451702
I'm up to about 5 of them now. They are the perfect depth for games.
Heres a front view of some of the ones I've made. Theres a few that could use better artwork, but I am not an artist so I've been settling for decent fan-art/original art.
Polioliolio
Member
Should have quite a few decent genesis boxes for you.
As for Saturn, all the cases are broken, except one. It has a crack in the top right area though on the front. Do you want it or should I trash it?
IrishNinja
Member
dodgeme those are dead sexy, man. loving your effort there, that (and the classic white & black SMS ones) is such an iconic style for me
that one's going right onto my bucket list
i'm cool with said crack, please hold onto it! also how many boxes we talkin, and do any have hangtabs? if so i can possibly include Mzo in this, he's also a local down here
that one's going right onto my bucket list
i'm cool with said crack, please hold onto it! also how many boxes we talkin, and do any have hangtabs? if so i can possibly include Mzo in this, he's also a local down here
Polioliolio
Member
The crack is about an inch long. Case is fine beyond that.
How bad is too bad? I tossed the ones that wouldn't close / were destroyed in some way. Some of these have stickers on them, a little marker, some roughing up of the plastic. Nothing too awful. Most of them seem alright. Some seem perfect.
I'll probably keep a couple for myself. There are about 30 regular genesis cases, and there are about 20 EA / odd cartridge cases. There's also one case that doesn't seem to have any real plastic tabs on the inside at all.
edit: About a dozen regular cases have tabs.
Did you design the cover art template yourself? Would you mind making one for Midnight Resistance?
Heres the art for it:
http://segaretro.org/images/3/32/MidnightResistance_JP_cover.jpg
IrishNinja
Member
all that's mostly fine by me; i can clean markers & stickers, roughed up ones go on lesser carts...all i need is that they can hold the cart & insert in the front (the knockoffs on amazon are terrible cause the plastic on the shell's front tears super easy)
that sounds awesome, and i can guarantee Mzo will want in on those dozen with hangtabs, depending on what brand is inside of the case (well wait that depends though, i think he prefers first party sega or whatever...dude's crazy), but i'd be down for extras for loose carts ill likely pick up at garage sales too! lemme know what you'd want for them & shipping, man.
Gunstarheroes
Member
Top Ten Sega Sequels
My first non-review video. There are plenty of Sega Genesis related enteries. I look forward to everyone's personal thoughts and how wrong i am for
My first non-review video. There are plenty of Sega Genesis related enteries. I look forward to everyone's personal thoughts and how wrong i am for
Only putting Streets Of Rage 2 at #6
Is that a Gunstar remix?
Piston Hyundai
Member
Oh God, I played Planet Harriers at a bowling alley once.
The cover art template was actually someone else's over on TheCoverproject. I did make a few modifications to it as I saw fit, for example the company logo on the top part of the spine. I did make some changes to the size and all that as I went, as you can probably see by the genesis logo haha. If I find some time I may take a crack at it, as I actually just picked this game up not too long ago.
Gunstarheroes
Member
Yes, its from OCRemix (http://ocremix.org/remix/OCR02802)
I'm trying to use them and Gamechops (DJ Cutman's label) when i can, they have both given blessings for using their music in videos as long as credit is given and stuff, and because both communities are really cool and i dig the music.
Also, Planet Harriers really needs an HD release on consoles and PC. Its a tragedy the arcade that had a cab shut down almost 5 years ago.
Piston Hyundai
Member
Yep. Nintendon't do that. Or something.
IrishNinja
Member
haha, i love the TJ&E setup music! great video man
Gunstarheroes
Member
I liked it. Good video.
I was hoping for some Panic on Funkotron love, though
It was really close, actually. I was back and forth between that and Virtual-On. I decided, however, that if the first game was, in my opinion, better, then it probably shouldn't be on the list. I do really like that game, and i don't get why people disliked it.
IrishNinja
Member
i dig Panic on Funkotron for what it is, but i can't love it.
TJ&E is still one of my favorite roguelikes - 90s to the death of it, too! - and 2 just dropped most of what i loved about it. it was neat seeing that DC prototype for 3 go for such a return to form, sad that's not the final product we got.
TJ&E is still one of my favorite roguelikes - 90s to the death of it, too! - and 2 just dropped most of what i loved about it. it was neat seeing that DC prototype for 3 go for such a return to form, sad that's not the final product we got.
Going off of SonicMegaDrive's list I tried out Midnight Resistance and Mercs. Midnight Resistance is so close to being good, what undermines it are the weird controls. I know it predates Contra 3 and Hard Corps where the controls were perfected on controllers with more then 2 buttons. But in Midnight Resistance you have two Shooting buttons, one where you hold down and you can lock into that direction and still move around for some reason, the other allows you to free aim but it's just awkward. The controls really turned me off to it despite the cool visuals.
Mercs. I heard of this port of the Arcade version and just wrote it off as a straight port while having played the Arcade original thinking it was a pretty good top down shooter in the Ikari Warrior style that was perfected with SNK's own Shock Troopers. To my surprise it greatly changed the the arcade original. Capcom could have just ported the arcade original and called it a day (and they did that) but they went through the trouble of providing an alternate mode that greatly expands upon the original.
Mercs is a must play if you love Run 'N Gun/Shooters.
Mercs. I heard of this port of the Arcade version and just wrote it off as a straight port while having played the Arcade original thinking it was a pretty good top down shooter in the Ikari Warrior style that was perfected with SNK's own Shock Troopers. To my surprise it greatly changed the the arcade original. Capcom could have just ported the arcade original and called it a day (and they did that) but they went through the trouble of providing an alternate mode that greatly expands upon the original.
Mercs is a must play if you love Run 'N Gun/Shooters.
Sixfortyfive
He who pursues two rabbits gets two rabbits.
Panic on Funkotron is the "generic brown military shooter" sequel of its day.
16-bit platformers were a dime a dozen at the time, and TJ&E was a fresh and stand-out game. To have the sequel discard that for what's hip and vogue is the equivalent of the most-recent Shadowrun game being a first-person shooter instead of an RPG. It doesn't matter how good the game actually is or not because the focus-testing and marketing influence is extremely obvious and repugnant.
I actually still haven't played TJ&E2 for that reason, and I don't really care to make it a priority either.
16-bit platformers were a dime a dozen at the time, and TJ&E was a fresh and stand-out game. To have the sequel discard that for what's hip and vogue is the equivalent of the most-recent Shadowrun game being a first-person shooter instead of an RPG. It doesn't matter how good the game actually is or not because the focus-testing and marketing influence is extremely obvious and repugnant.
I actually still haven't played TJ&E2 for that reason, and I don't really care to make it a priority either.
Piston Hyundai
Member
Toejam and Earl is emblematic of 90s SEGA's status as fucking crazy and willing to try anything. One of the most unique games SEGA ever published, second to only Mr. Bones or maybe Illbleed. I mean, it's one thing to have a hip-hop/funk alien theme, but then to wrap that up in a rougelike?
Then they went and made a platformer for a sequel. I mean, it's an alright game, but it's like they went back on the concept of the first game and took the safest route possible.
EDIT: Sixfortyfive pretty much beat me
Polioliolio
Member
It's no ordinary platformer though.. really unique. Great music, graphics, and animation.
I think I'm one of the few people who loves both games for what they are. I didn't find Panic on Funkotron disappointing in the least.
The third game though.. ick.
I think I'm one of the few people who loves both games for what they are. I didn't find Panic on Funkotron disappointing in the least.
The third game though.. ick.
SonicMegaDrive
Member
My god, there are a ton of bootleg copies of Mega Man: The Wily Wars on eBay these days.
It makes me wonder how much my legit, minty PAL copy would actually go for.
It makes me wonder how much my legit, minty PAL copy would actually go for.
sixteen-bit
Member
I don't care if SoR 2 is #6 as long as Bare Knuckle 3 is higher than that.
Bad example, lol. The newest Shadowrun is an RPG.
Sixfortyfive
He who pursues two rabbits gets two rabbits.
Meh, you know what game I'm talking about.
sixteen-bit
Member
Never played TJE1 but I dug Funkotron as a kid. Didn't even know it was a sequel to anything.
Sapiens
Member
Mercs is great. It's great example of what's cool about Capcom games of the day. Instead of doing straight ports, they did remakes that where a better fit for consoles. It"s always worth buying a Capcom game based on an arcade game, because it's going to be something unique.
sixteen-bit
Member
Right? I've never seeked out reproductions, but from what I've seen aren't they like $40-$50? Compared to the dime a dozen Asian bootleg carts which are what, $10-$15 tops? Is that $30 premium for a nicer label?
Gunstarheroes
Member
The people i get Repros charge 47 a pop, but they come with Sega Genesis cases and full-color manuals. They carts are only 30 i think
thechristoph
Sir!
They're hand-made. The cost is for the creator's time and effort. Asian bootleg carts are done in a factory environment where they can be mass produced by the crateful.
Polioliolio
Member
I can see myself dropping 60 bucks for a well made repro of a game I simply won't be buying at 300 or 500 dollars. I see a Snow Bros. in my future.
FaintDeftone
Junior Member
Folks who follow the Saturn thread may have seen my work, but here is a video in a web series I started where I talk about my favorite Genesis game of all time.
http://youtu.be/EAEQu_OXzL0
http://youtu.be/EAEQu_OXzL0
Polioliolio
Member
I can fit 16 cases into a 12 x 12 x 5/12 box. I don't have a scale, but if you have a scale and would like to weigh 16 empty cases and add 1 or 2 for the weight of the box, that would give me an accurate weight estimation. With your zipcode, I could tell you how much the shipping would be.
Sapiens
Member
I'd rather just save up over a year incrementally for the real thing, IMO.
Repros have no real value as having a ROM on an emulator is just as good.
OG or nothing.
IrishNinja
Member
also the saturn case yeah? ill have to try this later!
"real value" arguments are awesome, especially when language patches/etc are involved
Sapiens
Member
If I'm collecting videogames, I want an original copy. I can't really justify a repro, knowing its value will be highly, highly subjective, and I can use a translated/patched game via an everdrive for the real console experience.
IrishNinja
Member
this is why i don't fuck with calling myself a collector; the only "highly subjective value" my library has is the one i place on it when drunkenly rearranging it in order of preference (sorry Shining Force 2, you're a great game but i can't beat the $%#^ing Kraken so you just fell down a few pegs)
SonicMegaDrive
Member
It's about what you want out of a collection of games. If you want authenticity or a game that will potentially accumulate in monetary value, you absolutely go with the original. However, there's also value in simply having a library of physical games on your shelf for you to look at and be able to choose from to play on your actual Genesis. It depends on what you want, really.
Personally, I have no interest in reproductions, but I do think it's really cool that there's options for people who don't choose to break the bank to have a rare game like Pulseman or MUSHA in their collection.
The only time I mind a reproduction is when a seller is trying to sell it as an authentic item.
Personally, I have no interest in reproductions, but I do think it's really cool that there's options for people who don't choose to break the bank to have a rare game like Pulseman or MUSHA in their collection.
The only time I mind a reproduction is when a seller is trying to sell it as an authentic item.
theSlacker
Member
I've taken to calling myself an enthusiast instead of a collector, but I feel that that may sound a bit pretentious.
PixyJunket
Member
I'll have one in a few days and I figured I'd ask about it here before sending it to the 'bay.
Edit: Taken.
alf717
Member
What are you asking for it?