Johnmourby: I didn't start gaming until about 2006 when I got a hold of The Simpsons: Hit and Run for the PC. Before that all i played was Worms and Lemmings (Both still great games BTW). I didn't start seriously Gaming as a passion until 2011 when I bought Bioshock and the Orange Box to see what my new PC could do and found out FPS games were the best thing ever!
So I think it's fair to say I missed the heyday of the Sega Genesis.....
Gaming wasn't part of my life growing up. I didn't even know what a SNES or a Atari 2600 was till I was 22. And Even now 100% of everything I play are either PC Games or PC ports. I've never owned a console. Though I hear tempting things about the PS2 and the Sega Dreamcast library.
But I recently started playing some Genesis games I got off Steam. Shinobi III, Streets of Rage and Altered Beast. And I'm really enjoying them.
I'm not very good at them so far but they seem so damn cool. I feel like I could really fall in love with these and the other Genesis games in my Steam Library (I Really want to try Shining Force). They just seem to hit this odd sweet spot of of reminding me of all the Action movies, comics and Cartoons I loved growing up in the 90's and 2000's. Playing Streets of Rage takes me right back to Long summer nights watching VHS movies like The Warriors, Highlander and Judgement Night. It's like someone took a snapshot of my teens :')
So, is it too late to become a Genesis Fanboy in 2016?
Do I have to buy an actual Genesis or can you only use PC ports and still call yourself a fan? Are there any good Genesis-Inspired games on GOG? How many people are going to tell me you can't be a Genesis fan unless you not only play them on the console but also as a small child eating Lucky Charms in 1990? If That's the case I'm screwed. I spent most of 1990 as a fetus and I I'm pretty sure they don't sell Lucky Charms in the UK XD
Thanks for reading :)
The criteria for becoming a sega genesis fanboy is
- Shed a tear after playing phantasy star 4
- Accept shining force 1 & 2 as the best rpg ever
- play and complete Golden axe with a online partner
- play and complete Streets of rage with a online partner
- Accept genesis version of alladin is better than snes
Getting the original console to play these games is the best experience but this being the modern times
- if you own a console get the genesis collection there they are available for both ps3 and xbox 360, some titles are individually released with online functions( xlive & psn )
- If you are ok with steam there is a good collection there as well with mod support
I have dabbled with the mobile ports, emulators, pc ports, console ports, here is my rating of them from
The Good experience
-The best experience original console with carts original sound, original graphics can't go wrong here .
-The second best experience are the console ports aka the
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonic's_Ultimate_Genesis_Collection and the individual title releases on psn and xlive , they are made great with stable software and great collection of extras, unlockable etc.
- I even have the genesis collection on the psp for the good portabilty it was alright
The Bad experience
- The mobile ports are bad , the touch controls ruin the experience and the sound is just awful avoid at all costs
- Sega released the genesis collection twice on steam and both times its terrible the ui is just slow and has issues running the games at full speed, mod support is good but just a pain to play it there.
- Never ever play the genesis games on the nintendo portables they are just emulated poorly.