This batch of games I played and reviewed for the last while
All of them are in 1 way or another from Sega
Just beat Galahad AKA The Legend of Galahad on my 218 Sega Genesis Games in 1 Multicart. Its kind of a Platform game with some RPG elements by Psygnosis and its got that Psygnosis feel and style. Twisted creative monsters and still images that move in limited ways but have good art. Sorta Shadow of the Beast or Wiz N Liz. 1 button is Jump and 1 is Attack and you have a weapon you can collect to spin around you but I don't know how to use it. You can shuffle this around but there's not much options to choose from. Its 3 levels with 7 areas each and you usually gotta get an Item then go to the gate, but you gotta press Down to go in doors or gates. I used a Turbo Pad and had Sword on Rapid when the button is pressed so it was like a Lawn Mower. But I find the blade does more damage when it hits behind you. You can collect coins and go into shops and buy better Armor, Swords and Special Attacks. Good graphics and music and it controls pretty well, and like Shadow of the Beast, you can put in LTUS in the Password thing and get infinite lives. I did this and Garlic Jr'ed through the game as there's a lot of spike pits that end you in 1 hit, bosses end you in 1 hit, and you have a few hits but it runs out fast. If you bite it, you resummon where you last stood, so falling off a part you wanna jump back to might make it easier to land on spikes so you return at the top. Its not a bad game if you got infinite lives and you can Attrition through it. When you get the better items you feel the difference with taking out guys in a few hits. At the start of each level you are told in text what to do and a few times I got stuck as I didn't notice a chest and thought it was Background. Glad I did this one. Its another good Psygnosis game that holds up well.
Just beat MERCS on my 218 Sega Genesis Games in 1 Multicart. Its a Top Down Run N Gun from Capcom and is connected to Commando from them. 1 button fires and you can turn on Autofire in the options, and 1 is a Screen Nuke you have 3 of when you start a level or bite it. You get 5 guys, called Continues and if you bite it, you resummon where you fell and go on. There's 2 modes: Arcade, based on the Arcade game, and Original, which I didn't really do. Its kinda like Bad Dudes as you gotta save the Former Prez and its pretty tough as even though you got a life bar, you bite it in a few hits. You can't jump so its like the bad levels in Contra and even on Easy, some enemy shots later in the game take you out in 1 hit, like these lightening ropes in level 6. You can get different weapons and you keep em after biting it or changing levels. I like using the Spread Shot but the flame thrower can take out some guys in 1 hit. You can use vehicles and they have a strong cannon used by the Screen Nuke Button. You can choose which buttons do what in options. Its quite tough and is only 1 Player but there is a Code to Level Select: When you turn on the system, Hold A B C and Down/Left on the D Pad on the 2nd Controller and hold it until the Press Start comes on, When you go to Start, you can choose which level to start from. The final level is tough as its 1 boss fight against a Hercules Plane but if you don't take it down in like a dozen seconds, it gets away with Da Prez and you gotta Try Again. But it don't cost you a Continue if you Try Again. This has good music and graphics and the Screen Nuke can clear enemy shots. Bosses are big and have a life bar I don't always notice and it seems to try to be more Epic. Its pretty hard but the Level Select Code helps as you start with Full Continues. If this were the Arcade I think I could put another Coin in to Continue. I'm not big on Top Down after Super C, but this one was pretty good. Glad I did this one
Just beat Gain Ground on my 218 Sega Genesis Games in 1 Multicart. Its kind of a Top Down Run N Gun like the bad levels in Contra, where you gotta wack all the enemies. You got a few hundred seconds and can choose from a bunch of guys that bite it in 1 hit and each have abilities. A is special attack like an overhead arrow or side guns or flame thrower, and B is the Peashooter. On the screen where you choose your guy, you can see what weapon they use and what directions they can use it, and each guy has his own speed and range. If a guy bites it, you can save him by grabbing him and getting to the Exit but if you bite it, waste all the guys on screen, or run outta time, he's lost. If you run outta time it ends the level but on later levels its game over and theres NO CONTINUES, But if you press A C B C on the Options Screen, you can access the Level Select Option to go to any level, but I used it to return to where I bit it. Its kinda tough and if you play on Hard you get all 20 guys to use, but on other modes you gotta find em and get em to the exit to earn them. Its based on an Arcade Game from Sega and this version was done by Renovation who did Valis..Each 10 levels is another Time Zone and at the last one is a boss where you gotta beat him and all guys. Its got nice start of the 90s Genesis Graphics and the Music is good. It controls mostly well but at times I'd miss my shot or get hit by something I thought I avoided. Overall its pretty good and I'm glad I did this one. Its got some good things.
Just beat Bonanza Bros on my 218 Sega Genesis Games Multicart. Its kind of a collecting game where you have a few mins to go through the building, get the loot, and get to the roof for a blimp to escape you outta there. 1 button is action like punch or open door or shoot a pop gun or pull switch to crush the guy with a Looney Toons thing, and the other is Jump and you can choose which does what in options, as can you choose 3 , 5 or 7 lives per Continue and difficulty. You bite it in 1 hit but if you use one of your 4 Continues, the Timer restarts. If you get hit you drop the loot and gotta collect it back from where you fell. touching enemies doesn't seem to end you, but getting clubbed or capped by em does. Your attacks only stun them, as unlike Bonnie and Clyde: The Bonanza Bros don't kill people, or even dogs. You Getta map in the center of the screen and the game always is widescreen as you only get half the screen to look at, but in 2P Mode the other player gets the top half. You press up andd down to go into the background and can stun foes with kicking open doors on em. Some enemies have shields that block bullets but if you do t right, you can slip intro the BG then come out and timer it to kick him down as he comes out. If you bite it, you resume where you fell, even using a Continue. Its got cool start of the 90s graphics and sorta CG like proto ReBoot. You play as these guys wanted Dead Or Alive with a reward of 100$, which I guess makes this the 20s as they got Blimps like Batman in the 90s. The music is good and has nice feels but the Jumping takes some getting used to, but isn't bad. I'm glad I did this one, It holds up and you play as 2 burglars getting dirt on crooked guys by sneaking in their places, including a Pyramid. Sorta like Arsene Lupin but with Blues Bros.
Just beat Fire Shark on my 218 Sega Genesis Games in 1 Multicart. Its a Shmup where you play as this plane and fight 10 levels of blasting on an autoscrolling field. You get like 5 Continues and up to 4 extra guys for each, You get extra guys for enough points and you have a Power Up system that you collect different colored square things that raises the level if you get 2 or 3 in a row. Green is a double beam straight forward, Blue is spread shot and Red is a fire wing thing where it waves around. Each is good but I prefer Fire. The enemies go down pretty easy but there's a lot of em. You bite it in 1 hit and go back to the Checkpoint if you do, but you linger for a bit if hit and can make it to the next one if close enough. A and C is main shot and B is the Screen Nuke that eats enemy shots but you don't get topo many of em, but get reset to 3 if you bite it. It can be a bit tricky but there is a Code where you pause and press in this order: Up, A, Down, B, Left, C, Right, Start, and if done right, lets you access the Test Mode that you can choose your Weapon, Power Level and Number of Screen Nukes. I used this as the game froze 2x when playing it and wanted to get through it b4 it happened again. Its got nice late 80s/start of the 90s graphics and the music is good. Nice bosses and good style and its worth a play. Glad I did this one, Its not so bad and you can be really overpowered when Fully Charged and plow through enemy forces, but 1 shot can end it. Also on the Ice Levels is some underground cannons that pop up and end you.
Just beat Saint Sword on Sega Genesis. Its a hack and slash game where you play as this knight and gotta slay a daemon or w/e. You get unlimited Continues and up to 5 guys but can get more with enough points I think. C is Jump, B is Sword and A is Magic or Item. You collect Transformations that can turn you into a Centaur, Angel or Merman for a limited time and they do different things like swimming in tight areas or flight or moving faster. After you take out enough enemies, you Digivolve into a Red Knight and your attacks do more damage. After beating more guys, you reach Gold Knight like Saint Seiya and your attacks are strongest. Also each level up you do has you swing the blade more with a button press. Some enemies drop magic that I never knew how to use, but a few sometimes drop Life, but some levels don't have em. If you bite it, you get back up and go on but running outta Time or Guys means you restart the level. Your life isn't refilled between levels unless you beat a boss but you carry over the Knight Level each time. If you bite it you go back to base forme so you might wanna Grind against some guys you know how to beat. In each level you gotta beat a certain enemy and get a Key, then go to the door. There's a GPS Arrow that points where to go but might say to to a wall you can't get through as it only points right where the door is. After getting through the 1st run, you gotta do it over again to beat the True Final Boss like Ghosts N Goblins. Also on the 2nd ruin there's no Arrow to lead you to the door. There's also a 6 character Password if you wanna return where you left off, but you only get the Passwords when you run outta guys. Overall its not bad. Good graphics and nice 80s music. Plays mostly well but at times I pressed Jump and he didn't. The worst guys are the Skeleton Warriors but you can walk forward and hammer Attack to try to look up or get em in a wall so when they jump they go in your blade. Glad I did this one. Its not bad.
Just beat Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood on DS. Its a RPG where you go through Sonics world and others with Sonic Characters. Its based on the Archie Comics a bit and has nice graphics, but some look like a 00s Fan Animation. You have a team of up to 4 Furry's and fight enemies with attacks, or Pow Moves that use Power Points that can be recovered by Defending or using items. When you use a Pow Move or defend against an enemy one, you gotta do a touch screen thing where you tap the screen or drag on a line or curve. There's usually a pattern to it and I had trouble with the drag ones. Sometimes enemies flee and you gotta chase em and jump obstacles to catch em or they get away. Overall its pretty forgiving as you can save any time out side of a cut scene and if a character bits it, they are at 1 HP in the next battle. You can buy Pow moves as you Level Up with points you can save and some need the right guys in the Party to do so. You can equip items and Chao that you find in eggs on the ground and there's 1 Chao that lets you use Pow Moves w/o the Touch Screen thing. The story is pretty good and has some hints of Robotech II The Sentinels with different groups teaming up. Some parts you need the right character in the part to get by like Tails flying or Knuckles Climbing. Characters get different numbers of Attacks based on who they are and as you Level Up you get points to put into starts that make you better. Sometimes there's puzzles you gotta solve and there's quests you can do to get more items and Exp. Overall I liked this one, Its got that Sonic Charm and connects to past games like Sonic Battle and Sonic Adventure 01. Its pretty merciful and if you bite it you can try again at a minor cost, but I saved often so I reloaded. You even get 3 Save Slots and can Trade Chao, which are got randomly from eggs on the area, With other people who have a copy of this one. I skipped it before but I'm glad I did it. Oh and EVERYthing is done w/ Touch Screen!
Just beat Fire Mustang on my 218 Sega Genesis Games Multicart. Its a Shmup in WW2 where you play an one of the Allies and fight Zee Axis, even though the game is in Japanese. Like an American game in 1776 where you fight Washington. C and maybe A is the Peashooter and B is the Screen Nuke that you can find more of by taking out blimps. Also is Extra Guys and Power Ups that give you an upper then lower Diagonal Peashooter. It can be beat in like 15 mins and you only get 2 Continues. Its kinda tough after a few levels and sometimes enemies fire at you and others they don't. There's no Menu or Options or even a Title Screen. You start the game and do it. No codes or cheats either.. Basic as you can get. As you fire, you also drop mines that blow on the ground at an angle that do more damage but you gotta aim your fighter so it hits em. I'm not big on Shmups and this one was kinda tough, plus for some reason, when I play em: I instinctively move toward the enemy shots. I don't know why, Its like that Christopher Walken movie where he wants to go into traffic. So I used a Turbo Pad and had Start on Rapid Fire so it paused and unpaused fast in a fake slo mo. Its got nice graphics and like Thunder Force but made in WW2 as in its not as high tech or advanced. The music is good and actually doesn't stop for Paused so it didn't devolve it with the Slo Mo. Its not a bad game, but only 2 continues makes it rough, esp as this was an Arcade Game and in Arcades you can put another coin in to Continue. You bite it in 1 hit and downgrade a level of weapon, and if you run outta guys: You gotta restart the whole level as there's no Checkpoints. I didn't hate it and its pretty WW2, but I'm not a fan of Shmups. Its decent and if you can handle all the shots, its not probably worth a try, esp if you wanna beat a game in like 15 mins
Just beat Chase H.Q. II on my 218 Sega Genesis Games Multicart. Its a racing game by Taito but you gotta fight crooks as you are a cop and slam your car into theirs to bust it. Sorta like the Car Wrestling thing in Speed Racer. or Mad Max. 1 button is gas, 1 is brake and 1 is Boost that you get 3 of per life or level that makes you go faster and lasts even if you go off the road or stop. You get 3 Continues but can get 5 by holding Down and pressing C A A B A A C A A on the Title Screen. You have a time limit that you gotta get to the target car in and then it restarts when you start the fight. Its best to save your Boosts for the boss but maybe use 1 to get there on time. B4 each of the 5 levels you get a briefing to tell you what you are up against and the stats of it. You can choose from 1 of 3 vehicles, a fast Red Ferrari Mustang, A balanced Blue car, and a Strong Yellow Optimus Prime Truck and some do better on other levels. You don't take damage but can run outta time and when you do, you use a Continue and resume where you left off and the boss is at the same life, but you get all 3 Boosts back. Its a quick game and can be beat in like 15 mins but has nice graphics and music and pretty impressive speed. Its not too hard if you know what to do but can be a bit annoying when trying to catch up to the target and there's curving roads and cars filling em up in your way. Its like Outrun but where you fight. Glad I played it. Its good for a quick win.
Just beat Disney's Pocahontas on my 218 Sega Genesis Games Multicart. Its kind of a Puzzle Platformer based on the 90s movie where you play as the girl and her raccoon familiar. C changes between characters, B jumps and A interacts with things or uses Animal spirit powers like Bravestar. You got like 4 levels with a Password system and Infinite tries. The Continue Screen is default on No I think so don't hammer Start. You only really take damage from falling and have 5 hit points but it only refills after biting it. As you go through the levels, you find animals who give you their souls like Mortal Kombat and you can use their powers like swimming with otter or summoning a stand like Jojo to scare guys with bear. A few things end you in 1 hit, like falling in a pit or a guy with a musket but there's a few checkpoints you can resummon from each time you bite it. Its not hard but some parts take some attempts like the waterfall, but with unlimited tries, its possible to trial and error til you get it. Thee last level you gotta do in 1 long go in a time limit and the last part kept getting me until I looked it up and saw you had to Keep hitting A while in the air in the jump to use Eagle Power. The game explains how to do things, except the Soaring Eagle, and has hints like the animal you gotta use being by where you use it in the last level, Its got quite good graphics and the music has the songs from the movie but some have a good flute effect. Its kinda simple and you'd expect a bonus level with the raccoon or humming bird or dog sorta like Aladdin or The Lion King, but this don't really need it as you don't got lives or continues or points. Its not bad and can be beat in under an hour. Some puzzles take a bit some figuring out and other are self explanatory. The racoon can climb some trees and you sometimes gotta use the girl as a stand to jump off. There's swimming but she's part Mario and don't need air. I'm glad I did this one, its a decent time.
Just beat Cool Spot for Genesis on my 200 Sega Genesis and Master System Games Multticart. Its a Platformer where you play as the 90s Mascot for 7UP and gotta free your caged friends. You get a few lives and can earn Continues in Bonus Levels by collecting the letters for UNCOLA 1 level at a time. You gotta get enough Red Spots to open the cage at the end and if you get enough after that, you get the bonus level where you go up a bottle of 7UP by bouncing on bubbles. and getting high enough to get the thing. There's a time limit and checkpoints and if you beat a level with enough Spots or Time, you get an Extra Guy. 1 button is Jump and 1 is Fire what I think is Fizz or Foam that kills rats and bugs and crabs. You ca aim in 8 directions and each tap of it makes 1 shot, so use a Turbo Pad for Autofire. You get a lifebar but there's pits that end you, but you can Heal by collecting 7UP Beakers. Its pretty decent and enemies stay dead after you resummon from biting it, and you can blast through walls to get enemies. Its by Virgin and has quite good graphics and nice music and controls pretty well, but some jumps are a bit tricky. I liked it and its a clean crisp way to spend like an hour. Oh and you gotta go up and jump across areas you can't see what's below you, but its usually not bad and the jumps are usually made by holding the D pad and jumping as far as you can. There's a Level End code by pausing and putting in A B C B A C A B C B A C and it beats the level for you. But I didn't need it. Glad I did this one.
Just beat Ultima IV: Quest of the Avatar on my 100 Master System 100 Genesis Games Genesis Multicart. Its an RPG where instead of killing everyone evil, you gotta make yourself a paragon of virtue and master the 8 Virtues like Honesty or Sacrifice. You do this by talking to people and answering questions or just being a decent human being, like not stealing from peoples Chests, or not Lying or Giving Blood. If you do bad things, it drops your points and you gotta work harder to build it up. Its a pretty cryptic game but the info is in the game itself. You talk to people and ask em things and they give you hints. But unless you have a notebook full of things people say, you otta use a guider if you get stuck. You can use magic but you gotta buy the ingredients and mix em yourself. You get money from beating enemies but its best to let em go if they run as you get Virtue. After you fill up on a Virtue, you go to the shrine of it and meditate and use the Mantra 3x to master it. But you need the Rune of it and those are hidden. Also you gotta talk to people to learn the Mantra. You level up by getting enough Exp and talking to Lord Brittish. If you bite it you return at his room with no items and 200Gold but keep your stats and Runes and stuff. You also gotta find these Stones in Dungeons. After you get all the items and get a team of 8 guys and all the shrines, you go to this evil island and do a deep dungeon with a quiz at the end. Its a great game with nice 8 bit graphics and music and controls well but having several party members makes it rough as you gotta keep track of who is where and who's turn it is. I liked it a lot and you can use a Horse and a boat in it. After you fight a boat, you can keep it and sail the seas. There is a Pirate Bay with all these boats that end you fast, but I went in/out 1x and fought ship to ship to Errol Flynn Yugi em out. Oh and you get Ki to use Spells from doing actions like Walking. Its a well made game and uses Save Files.
Just beat Stargate on my 106 Game Gear Games GBA Multicart. Its based on the movie by the director of 10 000 BC, 2012, and The Day After Tomorrow, which didn't get video games. I never saw it but This Game is a Puzzle Game like Block Out meets Columns, or more like Hatris, as you can't go Diagonal. Here you have a tunnel and drop tablets with Hieroglyphics on them. 1 button flips it to see the other side and the other makes it drop. You gotta stack 3 of the same kind in a pile to make em vanish. Also is a blank tablet that counts as a free one for any symbol, but you gotta remember what's under it as it covers it. The D Pad moves the piece clockwise or counterclockwise and Start Pauses but covers the play field. There's also a piece with a triangle on 1 side and some arrow that clears the whole stack if you use the arrow or clears all tiles of the top one touched with Triangle. In here you face the bad guy from the movie in a duel of clearing the symbols on the top of the screen. Once you get 3 in a stack that touch, the symbol decolorizes, Once you decolorize all the symbols, you go to the next level, if any. Clear all levels and you win the square. Also you can lose if the offscreen enemy clears his square or the tiles reach over the top. But if his tiles go too high, you win right there. If you clear enough tiles on the grid you win. Also every now and then, the tiles jut up from the bottom and lift a column. Its got good graphics with what looks like digitized screen caps from the movie and it has a good shrinking for pieces going lower. The Music has a Pharaonic feel and is well done. Its a pretty good game if you get the hang of it and like 1 screen Puzzle Games. Glad I did this one. It took me like 2 hours to beat but is worth a try. Oh and pausing doesn't cover the Symbols you need to/have cleared, so you canm glance at the tile and pause to check the list for advantage.
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