windoesnot Posted December 17, 2013 Share Posted December 17, 2013 so i've been playing endless amounts of Street Fighter 2 recently  More importantly, who do you select first? Ken player here.  And ESWAT was a brilliant game back then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members John Matrix Posted December 17, 2013 Paid Members Share Posted December 17, 2013 so i've been playing endless amounts of Street Fighter 2 recently  More importantly, who do you select first? Ken player here.  And ESWAT was a brilliant game back then.  I think i had a SNES around the time of the Mega Drive boom, so a lot of those titles are lost on me. It's got Golden Axe and Altered Beast on there though, so i need to have a play of them at some point.  I pretty much only play as Ken for some reason. Fortunately, the version that's provided is the New Challengers, so i can pretend that i'm exercising variety by changing the colour of his outfit in the event of a loss. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
windoesnot Posted December 17, 2013 Share Posted December 17, 2013 Didn't think much of the Megadrive version of Golden Axe (the arcade version was great though) but Golden Axe 2 was fucking great. Altered Beast is shit. Any other noteworthy titles on it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members John Matrix Posted December 17, 2013 Paid Members Share Posted December 17, 2013 This is the full list:  Alex Kidd Alien Storm Altered Beast Arrow Beast Arrow Flash Bonanza Bros Columns Crack Down Decap Attack Ecco ESWAT Fatal Labyrinth Flicky Golden Axe 2 Shadow Dancer Streets of Rage 1 Streets of Rage 2 Sonic Spinball  There's an SD card slot, but i've not yet had time to sit and figure out the logistics of that, as i'll need to add Mortal Kombat at some point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
windoesnot Posted December 17, 2013 Share Posted December 17, 2013 Streets of Rage 2 was one of the best games for the system and probably had the best music alongside Sonic 2. Surprised me how good it was and a real contender to Final Fight. Sounds like you just need to load the game rom files onto the SD card to add more games to it (not that I'm actively encouraging that but you'll do it anyway) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richie Freebird Posted December 17, 2013 Share Posted December 17, 2013 Altered Beast is all right. I had a spell of really trying my hardest to get anywhere on it a couple of years ago. For some reason, no matter how easily I got battered on it, I got quite determined to have another go and try again. For that reason, I don't think that it's inherently a bad game. It's just overly hard. If memory serves, the furthest I got was to a level where the beast was a yellow version of the werewolf off the first level, but I only got that far maybe once or twice, and I was always on the last life by then. Â The Splatterhouses could be a bit like that. Especially on the bosses. Fucking solid and required loads of "pattern memorisation" but even though they were dead hard, they were still good fun too. Â Streets of Rage 2 and Sonic 2 are certainly my favourite games on the system though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
windoesnot Posted December 17, 2013 Share Posted December 17, 2013 It's just overly hard. If memory serves, the furthest I got was to a level where the beast was a yellow version of the werewolf off the first level, but I only got that far maybe once or twice, and I was always on the last life by then. Â That's the inherent problem of a lot of arcade to home console ports. Many arcade games were designed to simply be coin eaters and have huge difficulty spikes which doesn't really sit well with home console gaming so if the game wasn't tweaked it would be frustratingly difficult, especially if it had limited continues. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patiirc Posted December 17, 2013 Author Share Posted December 17, 2013 This is the full list:Â Alien Storm- Cracking conversion of the game well worth a blast Bonanza Bros- Hidden Gem on the MD, fantastic game Columns- Checkout the best ever game list. This game is like liquid crack Decap Attack- Reskinned Magical Hat Turbo Adventure, decent game, harsh difficulty Flicky- Arcade fave, easy to pick up annoying but good Shadow Dancer- Cracking game! Â There's an SD card slot, but i've not yet had time to sit and figure out the logistics of that, as i'll need to add Mortal Kombat at some point. ]Â Never had an issue with Altered Beast like some, I think it was because I had amongst the first MD's where Altered Beast came as in pack and only 2 other games for a very long time. Me and me bro rattled through it with relative ease on a number of occasions. not played it for donkeys mind Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retro Red Posted December 17, 2013 Share Posted December 17, 2013 I think I'll be getting megadrive plugged in again tonight after all this talk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richie Freebird Posted December 18, 2013 Share Posted December 18, 2013 I stumbled across a half decent Megadrive racing game earlier this year actually. I'd never played it before, but found to be jolly entertaining - Top Gear 2. I'd never even heard of it, to tell you the truth, but when blasting through any old ROMs that sounded remotely like racing titles, I decided to give it a shot. It doesn't quite have the impressive Mode 7 effects of the likes of F-Zero on the SNES, but for a Megadrive title, it does give you quite a good illusion of driving round a 3 dimensional track.  Obligatory screen shot  I'm not sure how well known it is, but if you like the Megadrive and circuit based racers, it's definitely worth checking out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patiirc Posted December 18, 2013 Author Share Posted December 18, 2013 (edited) I stumbled across a half decent Megadrive racing game earlier this year actually. I'd never played it before, but found to be jolly entertaining - Top Gear 2. I'd never even heard of it, to tell you the truth, but when blasting through any old ROMs that sounded remotely like racing titles, I decided to give it a shot. It doesn't quite have the impressive Mode 7 effects of the likes of F-Zero on the SNES, but for a Megadrive title, it does give you quite a good illusion of driving round a 3 dimensional track. Obligatory screen shot  I'm not sure how well known it is, but if you like the Megadrive and circuit based racers, it's definitely worth checking out.  Interesting development history has that, as it came from the same team that did the Lotus games for the Amiga and Megadrive and as far as I know, Lotus III: Recs and Top Gear 1/2 were developed side by side by Gremlin  The music from Top Gear was covered by Megadriver too, the album can be found on their official website for download, here Edited December 18, 2013 by patiirc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
windoesnot Posted December 18, 2013 Share Posted December 18, 2013 Reminds me of Jaguar XJ220 which came out on the Amiga (version I played) and the Mega CD. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richie Freebird Posted December 18, 2013 Share Posted December 18, 2013 I have XJ220 on the Mega CD. While I'm still to this day amazed by hearing CD quality music and sound effects on the Megadrive (via the Mega CD) I did find the tracks to feel a little bit uninspiring on the game. The 3D illusion was still half decent though, and the handling / controls reminded me a little bit of my beloved Outrun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patiirc Posted December 18, 2013 Author Share Posted December 18, 2013 Reminds me of Jaguar XJ220 which came out on the Amiga (version I played) and the Mega CD. Â Mega CD version of that is spectacular! You not got that on your 'cab'? BC Racers, also on the mega CD uses the same engine iirc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zep81 Posted December 20, 2013 Share Posted December 20, 2013 Got my original Xbox back from a friend the weekend:   The proper Xbox One I sold it to him months ago, did regret it so he gave it me back as he never played it. Still have these games ready:  Championship Manager 2002/2003 Half Life 2 Doom 3 Doom 3: Resurrection Of Evil Breakdown Burnout 2 Burnout 3 Burnout: Revenge Pariah Star Wars: Republic Commando The Suffering: Ties That Bind SNES Emulator :mark: Oddworld: Strangers Wrath Riddick Mercenaries Darkwatch Stubbs the Zombie Ultimate Spiderman The Simpsons: Hit and Run Far Cry: Instincts Timesplitters 2 Total Overdose The Punisher The Matrix: Path Of Neo The Godfather Showdown: Legends Of Wrestling Resevoir Dogs Max Payne Max Payne 2 Lego Star Wars I Lego Star Wars II Halo 2 Gun From Russia With Love Black Driver: Parallel Lines Land Of The Dead Conker: Live and Reloaded  Happy days  Did have these too, but can't find them now  Star Wars: Battlefront 2 Shenmue II Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic Halo: Combat Evolved  Underrated console still IMHO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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