Thelogan Posted February 13, 2009 Share Posted February 13, 2009 I have no complaints about the graphics. The updates are subtle, a little pixel smoothing here and there. Not enough to ruin the "retro" feel. I'm sure if I hooked up my sega and popped a few of these in the improvements would be much more evident, but as is I prob'ly wouldn't notice if I wasn't told. And as far as I can tell all the cheat codes for their respective games work and they don't disable achievements. Good times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jables Posted February 14, 2009 Share Posted February 14, 2009 fuckin' australians! SO there. Gonna be awesome Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bishopcruz Posted February 16, 2009 Share Posted February 16, 2009 Fuck Dr. Robotnik's mean bean machine. That is all. Christ that trophy is a bitch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gunsmithx Posted February 16, 2009 Share Posted February 16, 2009 and also fuck decap attack with chuck d. head >< and flicky, and altered beast..... man alot of those games do not stand the test of time. ristar is cool though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The NZA Posted February 16, 2009 Author Share Posted February 16, 2009 hey hey now, i loved decap attack. beat it on a rental, but it was grand. by the flood of 16-bit platformers, i argue it stood the test of time better than most bubsy and aero the acrobat games, but i know im shooting low there. flicky can eat it, but you know what's funny? i did it on the first try on my copy last night, no lie. didnt break 100k cause the cats decided it was raping season, but at least that and thunder blade are done. not looking forward to MBM one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gunsmithx Posted February 16, 2009 Share Posted February 16, 2009 One of the nice things about collections like this is to see how far games have really come and this collection is great cause it's got a bit of everything in it except a pure fighter or race game(go go rad racer). going from putzing around in phantasy star 1 to playing wow is a real eye opener. oh and decap attack sucks >< and golden axe 1 is better then 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The NZA Posted February 16, 2009 Author Share Posted February 16, 2009 aw, people like you are why chuck d. head never got a sequel. finally playing Golden Axe 3, i dont know that i ever did prior, but holy shit are you right, this isnt great. Fatal Labyrinth, however, still has this weird hold on me, i can play that shit for hours and not know why. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gunsmithx Posted February 17, 2009 Share Posted February 17, 2009 george said the same thing today lol and the reason decap never got a sequal is cause it didn't deserve one(though I"m sure I loved it back when I was what.... 15.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bishopcruz Posted February 17, 2009 Share Posted February 17, 2009 Decap Attack is awful, pure and simple, the controls suck, the animation is horrible and the level design is even worse. Seriously bottom of the barrel, even for that time. Got all the trophies except the MBM one, tomorrow Robotnik falls. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The NZA Posted February 17, 2009 Author Share Posted February 17, 2009 you guys are mean. it aint pretty, and the level design...well, its there. but the controls arent that bad...i dunno, i know im arguing taste here but id play decap attack all day over flicky, ristar, gain ground, thunder blade and a few others here. whats sad is there's so much on this disc (all 4 Phantasy Stars, Shining in the Darkness, Shining Force, Fatal Labyrinth etc) that ive conquered and cants see myself ever beating again. wait, you mightve unlocked a lotta things, sir, but youve by no means gotten alla trophies! check your trophy list. yovue got most of the harder ones. if i can tie up the Vectorman games tonight, i think ill have the platinum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bishopcruz Posted February 17, 2009 Share Posted February 17, 2009 (edited) you guys are mean. it aint pretty, and the level design...well, its there. but the controls arent that bad...i dunno, i know im arguing taste here but id play decap attack all day over flicky, ristar, gain ground, thunder blade and a few others here. whats sad is there's so much on this disc (all 4 Phantasy Stars, Shining in the Darkness, Shining Force, Fatal Labyrinth etc) that ive conquered and cants see myself ever beating again. wait, you mightve unlocked a lotta things, sir, but youve by no means gotten alla trophies! check your trophy list. yovue got most of the harder ones. if i can tie up the Vectorman games tonight, i think ill have the platinum. Only trophy I'm missing is MBM unless there are hidden ones that it isn't showing. As for Decap attack I think that's the rosy sheen on nostalgia talking. Ristar is a much better platformer, the little of it I have played. Others just stood up better, even ones I hadn't played before like ESWAT, Ristar, Headdy, and even Kid Chameleon. The worst games in the collection are: Decap Attack, Golden Axe 2 and 3, and Gain Ground. Flicky at least has old arcade style charm (though I can't believe it's a Genesis game). I'm still amazed by the Golden Axes though each had at least a 2 year developmnt cycle yet they play and look far worse than the original. Seriously, what the hell? Edit: And I got my first Plat!!! Edited February 17, 2009 by bishopcruz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thelogan Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 Sat down last night and grinded out all the achievements I didn't have for this game. Dr. Robotniks MBM is indeed horseshit, I think I did that last lvl for 45 minutes. Finally beat it out of pure luck. Let us never speak of it again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The NZA Posted May 22, 2009 Author Share Posted May 22, 2009 I dont know how i missed this image before, but its brilliant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bishopcruz Posted May 22, 2009 Share Posted May 22, 2009 Dude is my hero. Sad thing is I had most of those. God I loved my power base converter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iambaytor Posted May 22, 2009 Share Posted May 22, 2009 I dont know how i missed this image before, but its brilliant. Ah yes, for all my fond memories I always forget how awesome the genesis was not at times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The NZA Posted May 23, 2009 Author Share Posted May 23, 2009 hey now, i stand by the master system converter, sonic & knuckles, the game genie (what's that below it though?), and a handful of the Sega-CD's efforts. never played the 32x but past uh, Doom or Chaotix, i never saw why i should. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IceManML Posted April 14, 2012 Share Posted April 14, 2012 (edited) Referring to genesis collection: Comix zone iz sick.. Later lvls get hard as balls tho... I'll get that thing if they add sonic n knuckles otherwise I don't wanna pay for hd emulators Coulda swore I was on the last pg Edited April 14, 2012 by IceManML Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thelogan Posted April 14, 2012 Share Posted April 14, 2012 Comix Zone is fucking excellent. I loved that game. They need to do an HD remake of that! It should still be 2D, since that's kinda the point aesthetically, but if they did the whole thing hand drawn like some mid 90's stereotype comic...I would buy that for a high price. Okay, like maybe $12. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The NZA Posted January 25, 2013 Author Share Posted January 25, 2013 so since a good friend dropped me off a bunch've carts (mostly SNES, some genny) for my birthday, i've been on a big kick to beef up my old school sega collection - i sold like 40 SMS, 30 genesis, maybe 15 sega-CD ones when i was broke, and honestly i don't miss most of it but the genesis stuff. it's true i've got most of the first party greats several times over on the many collections they've released, but there's so many gems that have no chance of showing up again. ebay, like amazon, is a bitch for stuff like this - again not nearly as bad as the SNES, but still $15-20 each for lots of stuff, which is silly to me since i've got universal game cases & don't mind printing out covers (especially superior EU/JPN ones...i also am not at all a stickler for manuals). this leaves craigslist, garage sales, pawn shops (if you're lucky) and the occasional ebay lot that ends when i'm up and not many others who give a shit. i happily caught this lot today, a few i'd wanted to play again but mostly because one of my all-time favorites, Strider, is in there and i'm guessing it went cheap because the guy didn't list it. ive got about a dozen other must-haves to put together, but i'm not much going for individuals, as i'm sure by the time i'm done with lots ill have 10 copies of sonic 2, and at least a few of phantasy star 3, aka the greatest JRPG of our time. more to come! still looking into modding a genesis for either s-video or SCART (VGA/component quality, though i'll likely wait until i have a bigger place & big old CRT TV, as they're obviously more ideal for this stuff...i did hook the Dreamcast into the plasma via HDMI, converted from VGA today and it looks gorgeous by me). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thrizzle Posted January 25, 2013 Share Posted January 25, 2013 I've gotten a bit of a hunger for older console stuff too lately. I picked up a Genesis 3 at a pawn shop for $10. I've got a regular Genesis...but it looked cool. Apparently it was some weird version made in Mexico towards the end of the lifecycle. Works fine, kinda cool to have. I'll elaborate in another thread, but I've been trying to flesh out my Turbo-Grafx 16 collection, possibly get an Express Portable for my birfday or something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The NZA Posted January 25, 2013 Author Share Posted January 25, 2013 that'd be cool, i don't know that we have a TG16/duo thread but we could use one if not! and that's pretty cool, i don't know that i've ever seen that before. I'm tracking down a model 1 for its sound chip, but the size/design of that one is interesting. nice find. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Visitant Posted February 1, 2013 Share Posted February 1, 2013 I've got a model on but my sega CD is v2 so i have the stupid add ons for it. sadly trying to get a gen 1 sega cd is a pain Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IceManML Posted February 3, 2013 Share Posted February 3, 2013 that'd be cool, i don't know that we have a TG16/duo thread but we could use one if not! and that's pretty cool, i don't know that i've ever seen that before. I'm tracking down a model 1 for its sound chip, but the size/design of that one is interesting. nice find. Turbo grafix was awesome. Def a broke kids Sega genesis. I had the fantasy zone remake and Keith Courage among others on it.. Still 8bit Nintendo still beat it at my house at least w steady releases of megaman, etc. I've got a model on but my sega CD is v2 so i have the stupid add ons for it. sadly trying to get a gen 1 sega cd is a pain Cdx baby. "Portable" Sega cd (yea try putting that thing in your pocket). Anyway I've been thinking of getting a new Saturn for years. I'm leaning towards the skeleton model however I remember a close friend of mine said he saw sat urns with screens attached in Tokyo. I looked it up and didn't find much, let alone <a href=http://segaretro.org/Sega_Saturn_Models>here</a>. But instead I found <a href=http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/worlds-first-portable-sega-saturn-has-a-face-only-a-gamer-could/>this thing...</a> I'd kill to have it @_@.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The NZA Posted February 9, 2013 Author Share Posted February 9, 2013 oh my glob how did i never know that Sega-CD lacks any kind of copy protection at all? Snacther, Popful Mail, Final Fight, Shining Force CD etc just became a lot more accessible Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Visitant Posted February 15, 2013 Share Posted February 15, 2013 I never knew that myself. That's pretty much a game changer. My copy of Night Trap is suddenly so worthless... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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