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Any underrated Genesis games to recommend??
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Fri, 21 Jul 2023 02:56:13
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This weekend I'm kind of going to be unable to play anything but my retro handheld. I pretty much got a working knowledge of every good nes, snes, and PlayStation game out there, but I'm a little weak on the topic of Genesis games.

Obviously I know all the big ones that have been repeatedly ported by Sega in all of the collections they've been putting together since the days of the dreamcast. I know all the Sonic games, Streets of rage 2, Shinobi 3, etc. But I'm curious if there's anything that's a little more under the radar that I might have missed.

Anyway if you got a suggestion, send it my way. Muchos gracias.
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Fri, 21 Jul 2023 04:02:30
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Arcus Odyssey is a fun action-RPG that I rarely hear mentioned. I had it back in the day and enjoyed it.

Insector X is a solid sidescrolling shoot 'em up.

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Fri, 21 Jul 2023 05:10:02
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Arcus Oddessy looks good. Will check it out
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Fri, 21 Jul 2023 14:26:12
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Have you heard of Crusader of Centy? If not it's similar to SNES Zelda. I have it on the Genesis Mini 2. I haven't played it much yet. Seems cool, though.

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Fri, 21 Jul 2023 16:00:55
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I've never played it, but I did see it once on a list of "Zelda clones that were on Sega systems."

It looks pretty good, so maybe I'll give it a chance.
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Tue, 25 Jul 2023 01:47:43
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Landstalker is pretty cool. Oh the Beyond Oasis is a Zelda like game also good.

It's hard for me to recommend some of the games I played as a kid on genesis cause what was fun for me then might be horrible now. I enjoyed Quackshot, a Donald Duck game. Evander Holyfield boxing was a really good boxing game at the time. Want a weird pinball game play Crue Ball, based on motley crue

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Fri, 28 Jul 2023 00:56:26
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Landstalker looks good. I'll check that one out.
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Fri, 28 Jul 2023 15:03:59
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Crusader of Centy is pretty good. It's definitely Sega's attempt to make A Link to the Past, with a little more 90s era Sega attitude and edge (after killing the first boss he says "aww poop").
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Fri, 28 Jul 2023 20:57:15
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Nice! I'm glad you are enjoying it. I'll have to try it again soon.

Yeah, Landstalker is cool too. I can't seem to get the hang of the platforming, though. It has a Japanese only sequel called Lady Stalker, which I've not tried but find the title kind of amusing.

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Wed, 04 Oct 2023 07:52:22

I did not enjoy any Genesis games except for some sports titles and some ghetto-Lemmings.

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Wed, 04 Oct 2023 15:14:34
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I did not enjoy any Genesis games except for some sports titles and some ghetto-Lemmings.

Really? Genesis was my primary console that Gen. I had about twice the games for it than I had for the SNES.

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Fri, 20 Oct 2023 02:42:10
I myself was not a big fan of the Genesis in its heyday. I liked Sonic, Road Rash, and Streets of Rage. But by the time the 16-bit generation came around, I was more into jrpgs and fighting games. The Genesis was very weak on jrpgs, and the three button controller gimped most fighting games. And as a teenager I just didn't have the extra cash for more than one six button controller.
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Fri, 20 Oct 2023 04:02:08

I turned 18 shortly after Sonic 1 came out. I was working full time and doing overtime too, so I invested heavliy in Sega Genesis, Sega CD and 32X and SNES that generation. The 16-bit generation is still my favorite. Just hit at the perfect time for me.

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