{"id":19629,"date":"2019-11-22T00:01:04","date_gmt":"2019-11-22T00:01:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/?p=19629"},"modified":"2019-11-09T14:29:40","modified_gmt":"2019-11-09T14:29:40","slug":"the-games-of-the-sega-genesis-mini-part-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/2019\/11\/22\/the-games-of-the-sega-genesis-mini-part-3\/","title":{"rendered":"The Games of the SEGA Genesis Mini: Part 3"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Like I said, I saved the best for last.\u00a0 These final Genesis Mini games are the ones that impressed me the most, or at least impressed me that they got put on here in the first place!\u00a0 Most of these games have never been on a Genesis collection before, and some have never been released at all!\u00a0 So let\u2019s take a look at them!<\/p>\n

Darius<\/strong><\/p>\n

What?\u00a0 I had no idea Darius was on the Genesis! \u00a0Actually according to the Mini, it was never released, but if it had been, I might\u2019ve considered buying one as a kid.\u00a0 And this version of Darius is extremely arcade perfect.\u00a0 I was very impressed.\u00a0 But I guess I\u2019m getting ahead of myself.\u00a0 Darius was an arcade 2-D shooter by Taito, and it had two unique things about it. The first was that most of the enemies were robotic fish, and the second was the arcade version was three screens long!\u00a0 So the Genesis version isn\u2019t three screens, but otherwise it\u2019s extremely close to the arcade.\u00a0 My only problem is that with the arcade version, you had three screens to react to enemies coming toward you. \u00a0But the enemies move at the same speed on the Genesis, and you only have one screen to react, so it\u2019s pretty hard!\u00a0 Darius is one of my favorite shooter game series, and the Stage One theme, \u201cCaptain Neo\u201d is one of my all time favorite pieces of video game music.\u00a0 Go listen to it on YouTube when you get a chance.\u00a0 So yeah, really glad this game is on here.<\/p>\n

Tetris<\/strong><\/p>\n

So the Genesis Mini box says it has 40 games plus two bonus games.\u00a0 And this and Darius are the two bonus games.\u00a0 I guess this is the equivalent of the SNES Mini having Star Fox 2.\u00a0 \u201cThe fabled unreleased Genesis version of Tetris,\u201d they call it.\u00a0 Eh, I dunno.\u00a0 I mean, it is a good game and all, but after playing more modern versions like Tetris 99, it\u2019s hard to go back to the slower early versions of the puzzler.\u00a0 It\u2019s not bad, just very bare boned.<\/p>\n

Castle of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse<\/strong><\/p>\n

I\u2019m really surprised this is on here, especially considering it\u2019s a Disney licensed game.\u00a0 Anyway, when the Genesis first came out, there really wasn\u2019t much on it that I wanted to play.\u00a0 That is, until this came along.\u00a0 It was an early Genesis title but it was a high watermark for the pre-Sonic days.\u00a0 I played it at a demo station and thought if I ever got a Genesis, I would get this game.\u00a0 Unfortunately for SEGA, a little while after the SNES came out, Capcom made a Mickey Mouse game (Magical Quest) that was MUCH better.\u00a0 But Castle of Illusion is still a good game, even if it\u2019s a bit unforgiving in places.\u00a0 Did you know that a few years ago, SEGA made a 3-D reimagining of Castle of Illusion?\u00a0 I reviewed it on the PS3 and it was pretty good.\u00a0 Did you also know that there is a sequel to Castle of Illusion on the 3DS?\u00a0 When Epic Mickey 2 came out, they made a 3DS side game called Epic Mickey: Power of Illusion<\/strong><\/a>.\u00a0 It\u2019s meant to be a direct sequel to Castle of Illusion and it\u2019s pretty good, too!<\/p>\n

World of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck<\/strong><\/p>\n

I didn\u2019t even know there was a Genesis sequel to Castle of Illusion until a few years ago, and even then I\u2019ve never played it until now!\u00a0 You can play as either Mickey or Donald, who are now performing magicians and have magic related attacks.\u00a0 It\u2019s a better game than Castle of Illusion, but I still think Capcom\u2019s SNES Mickey games are much better.\u00a0 Too bad QuackShot isn\u2019t on this collection.\u00a0 I\u2019ve always wanted to play that one.<\/p>\n

Mega Man: The Wily Wars<\/strong><\/p>\n

Oh man, this is one of the main reasons why I got a Genesis Mini.\u00a0 I\u2019m a HUGE Mega Man fan after all.\u00a0 It\u2019s basically a 16-bit collection of the first three Mega Man games, kind of like Super Mario All-Stars, but with Mega Man.\u00a0 But the only way to get this game in the US was to download it on the SEGA Channel, which was a cable service that let you download games and stuff back then.\u00a0 I never saw that as a kid because our cable sucked back then. But if they made a cartridge version of this for the Genesis in the US, I might\u2019ve considered getting one!\u00a0 Too bad this never came out on the SNES!\u00a0 Kind of surprised it didn\u2019t!\u00a0 Only problem with this game is that since I think the Genesis controllers feel a little mushy, the play control on this just feels slightly off.\u00a0 But maybe it\u2019s just me.<\/p>\n

Earthworm Jim<\/strong><\/p>\n

This was a HUGE franchise back in the mid 90s.\u00a0 It\u2019s a run and gun game where you are a worm named Jim in a super suit, and shoot all sorts of wacky enemies in off the wall settings.\u00a0 It\u2019s an all right game and all, but I think it\u2019s more fun to watch than to play.\u00a0 I always heard the Genesis version was better, but I dunno, the SNES always had it beat on sound and graphics.\u00a0 But it\u2019s been a while since I played the SNES version so maybe I\u2019m wrong.\u00a0 Does anyone remember the Earthworm Jim Saturday morning cartoon?\u00a0 It was pretty good, as it was made by WB and the same folks who did Animaniacs.<\/p>\n

Castlevania Bloodlines<\/strong><\/p>\n

I never was a big fan of Castlevania.\u00a0 Just could never get into it.\u00a0 I didn\u2019t like how your guy controlled like he ate a big breakfast that morning.\u00a0 This one feels like more of the same, but it\u2019s still not bad and I bet Castlevania fans were happy to have this on the Genesis.\u00a0 One of the main characters you can play as in this one is from Texas, so I thought that was kind of cool, even though he still controls just like Simon Belmont.\u00a0 I still think that Super Castlevania IV is a much better game.\u00a0 Although the only Castlevania game I really like is Kid Dracula.<\/p>\n

Contra Hard Corps<\/strong><\/p>\n

Another classic Konami franchise I bet Genesis fans were glad to get a version of.\u00a0 I wish I wasn\u2019t so bad at Contra, otherwise I\u2019d be into it more I\u2019m sure.\u00a0 I know I sound like a broken record, but I think Contra 3 on the SNES is a much better game than this. I do like that one of the characters you can pick in this one is a tough as nails female soldier.\u00a0 The voice samples are so awful on the Genesis, though.\u00a0 This game also reminds me of a game I recently reviewed called Blazing Chrome<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Ghouls N Ghosts<\/strong><\/p>\n

When I was a kid, I saw Ghosts N Goblins in lots of arcades and my friend even had the NES version, so I was surprised and delighted when I saw a sequel in arcades years later.\u00a0 The Genesis version isn\u2019t quite arcade perfect, but it\u2019s close, and like the Castle of Illusion game, it\u2019s a high watermark for the pre-Sonic Genesis days.\u00a0 Only problem is these games are way too hard for their own good.<\/p>\n

Dynamite Headdy<\/strong><\/p>\n

This is another Treasure game that\u2019s been on a few Genesis collections, but not all of them. It\u2019s a 2-D platformer where you play as a puppet who can throw his head at enemies and get new heads for powers, and the levels are set up like stages in a play with backdrops and everything.\u00a0 It\u2019s just way too chaotic for me and like most other Treasure games, it\u2019s way too hard as well.<\/p>\n

Thunder Force 3<\/strong><\/p>\n

Most of the time I\u2019ll say the SNES is better than the Genesis, but there is one type of game that the Genesis had the upper hand most of the time.\u00a0 And that was 2-D shooters.\u00a0 They just seemed to run smoother and faster on SEGA\u2019s console, while SNES shooters would suffer from lots of slowdown.\u00a0 Thunder Force 3 is a good example of that.\u00a0 Although the garish backgrounds really hurt my eyes sometimes.\u00a0 You know what 2-D shooter I wish were on the Genesis Mini?\u00a0\u00a0 Gaiaires.\u00a0 That was an awesome shooter with a Kirby-like mechanic where you could absorb any enemy\u2019s power to change your shots, and it also reminded me of a later shooter I enjoyed on the PSOne called G Darius.<\/p>\n

Phantasy Star IV<\/strong><\/p>\n

The first Phantasy Star game was on the Master System and blew any NES RPG out of the water.\u00a0 But it also had first person dungeons that were hard to navigate so I didn\u2019t get into it.\u00a0 I wasn\u2019t impressed with Phantasy Star 2 or 3 on the Genesis, but once I played IV, I was blown away.\u00a0 It was almost on par with Square\u2019s SNES RPGs.\u00a0 Maybe even close to FF6, which is saying a lot, since FF6 is one of my top five favorite games of all time.\u00a0 If I had a Genesis as a kid, I would\u2019ve been totally into this game.\u00a0 It\u2019s too bad that only one Phantasy Star game is on this collection, but if they had to pick just one, IV is the way to go!<\/p>\n

Wonder Boy in Monster World<\/strong><\/p>\n

Wonder Boy is one series the SNES never really got, since it was a SEGA license.\u00a0 It\u2019s too bad, too, since it\u2019s a fun Metroidvania action RPG kind of game.\u00a0 Since this one came out early in the Genesis life, it\u2019s a bit slow and clunky, but still good.\u00a0 Personally, I prefer the Dragon\u2019s Trap remake and new Monster Boy games, even if the Monster Boy game got too hard near the end.\u00a0 And speaking of Monster World games\u2026<\/p>\n

Monster World IV<\/strong><\/p>\n

Oh man, this game is SO good!\u00a0 SEGA never released this game in the US on the Genesis, but they did release it as a downloadable SEGA AGES title on the PS3, 360 and Wii, and I reviewed it<\/strong><\/a>.\u00a0 I\u2019m so glad it\u2019s on here.\u00a0 Anyway, it\u2019s another Metroidvania style game starring a girl in an Arabian setting, and is very much like Shantae.\u00a0 Definitely the type of game I would\u2019ve really gotten into on the Genesis.\u00a0 Only problem is some of the dungeons are way too long, but otherwise it\u2019s one of the best games on the Mini.<\/p>\n

And that\u2019s all of the games on the Genesis Mini!\u00a0 What do you think of the games included?\u00a0 What games would you liked to have seen?\u00a0 I think I would\u2019ve liked to have Sonic 3, Ristar, Crusade of Centy, QuackShot, Gaiares, and maybe some more obscure third party stuff.\u00a0 But that\u2019s all for now!\u00a0 Later!\u00a0 –Cary<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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