Mega Drive Mini, and now... Mega Drive Mini 2!

[The Mighty Ash]

The Mega Cd and 32X don't actually work though do they?

[The Mighty Ash]

EU list

 

 

[Keyboard Koala]

Virtua Fighter 2 on the MD was one of the worst games on the bloody system

 

The rest seems good. Esp. Darius and Dynamite Headdy.

[moosegrinder]

There's some right dreck on there.

[MW_Jimmy]

Glad on Strider and Dynamite Headdy. Upset at lack of Revenge of Shinobi and Rocket Knight Adventures

[Down by Law]

Kid Chameleon and Virtua Fighter 2 over Rocket Knight and Sonic 3K is criminal.

 

You just have to accept with these things that you'll never get all the games you want. Looking forward to hacking the shit out of it. I want to play the original Streets of Rage in co-op with my wife. Revenge of Shinobi missing is an absolute shocker.

 

But you know what, there's games on here i've never tried. Alisia Dragoon, Monster World IV, and the Darius and Tetris ports looks great. So it's all good.

[Down by Law]

Also i know it's beloved, but fuck me I cannot stand Dynamite Headdy. D-List mascot material, twee annoying rubbish. Rocket Knight is 10 times better.

 

We still have the asia list to go, they already got Outrun 2019, Sword of Vermillion and bloody Alien Soldier as exclusives

[MW_Jimmy]

Also, need to see the Asian set of games. Currently it has the best mixture of both the Japanese and Western lineups - if it gets those same two I mentioned above, then that's the version I'm picking up.

 

@Down by Law - I hated Dynamite Headdy for years but it has some of the most varied gameplay of any MD game. Some of the bosses are incredible in both gameplay and visual design - especially the shoot-em-up level!

 

But, RKA is better

[Down by Law]

This seems to confirm that Sonic 3 / & Knuckles will forevermore be stuck in rights hell. A shame, it was definetely my favourite platformer growing up.

 

 

[Keyboard Koala]

Is this the full & confirmed EU list then?

 

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Alex Kidd in the Enchanted Castle

Alisia Dragoon

Altered Beast

Assault Suits Leynos! (Target Earth)

Beyond Oasis

Castle of Illusion

Castlevania: Bloodlines

Columns

Comix Zone

Contra: Hard Corps

Darius MD

Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine

Dynamite Headdy

Earthworm Jim

Ecco the Dolphin

Ghouls 'N Ghosts

Golden Axe

Gunstar Heroes

Landstalker

Langrisser II

Lord Monarch

Mega Man: The Wily Wars

Monster World IV

Phantasy Star 4

Road Rash II

Shining Force

Shinobi 3

Slap Fight MD

Snow Bros

Sonic Spinball

Sonic the Hedgehog

Sonic the Hedgehog 2

Space Harrier 2

Street Fighter 2: Special Champion Edition

Streets of Rage 2

Super Fantasy Zone

Tetris

Thunder Force 3

ToeJam & Earl

Vectorman

Wonder Boy in Monster World

World of Illusion

 

 

 

 

 

EDIT: Not the complete list then.

 

There's some great ones and some stinkers. Can't win them all I guess.

[the_debaser]

Wait, is Eternal Champions on it or not? Loved that game back in the day. 

[Down by Law]

On 16/05/2019 at 21:42, Down by Law said:

Dream last 10 lists then:

 

Rocket Knight Adventures 

Streets of Rage

Revenge of Shinobi

Sonic 3 & Knuckles

Aladdin

Splatterhouse 3

Zero Wing

Soleil

Musha

 

No fucking chance in hell pick:

Robocop vs Terminator

 

Talk about a swing and a miss lol

 

0/10

[BBBBBB]

Snow Bros baby! Played this loads in the arcade as a kid. It's fantastic.

[Down by Law]

The full UK/US list:

 

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Alex Kidd in the Enchanted Castle
Alisia Dragoon
Altered Beast
Beyond Oasis (The Story of Thor)
Castle of Illusion
Castlevania Bloodlines
Columns
Comix Zone
Contra: Hard Corps (Probotector)
Darius
Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine
Dynamite Headdy
Earthworm Jim
Ecco the Dolphin
Eternal Champions
Ghouls & Ghosts
Golden Axe
Gunstar Heroes
Kid Chameleon
Landstalker
Light Crusader
Megaman: The Wily Wars
Monster World IV
Phantasy Star IV
Road Rash II
Shining Force
Shinobi III: Return of the Ninja Master
Street Fighter II: Special Championship Edition
Strider
Sonic Spinball
Sonic the Hedgehog
Sonic the Hedgehog 2
Space Harrier II
Streets of Rage II
Super Fantasy Zone
Tetris
Thunder Force III
Toejam & Earl
VectorMan
Virtua Fighter 2
Wonder Boy in Monster World
World of Illusion

 

[deerokus]

That's a good list of games (Altered Beast aside). 

 

Presumably Sonic 3 still has legal issues around the Michael Jackson music? 

[Kevvy Metal]

53 minutes ago, moosegrinder said:

There's some right dreck on there.

 

Liiiiiiiike... whaaaaaaaaaaat??

[Camel]

51 minutes ago, Down by Law said:

Also i know it's beloved, but fuck me I cannot stand Dynamite Headdy. D-List mascot material, twee annoying rubbish. Rocket Knight is 10 times better.

 

 

Wrong by Law more like.

[moosegrinder]

7 minutes ago, Kevvy Metal said:

 

Liiiiiiiike... whaaaaaaaaaaat??

 

Virtua Fighter, Kid Chameleon and Eternal Fighters. And, if I'm being honest, Columns.

[Purin]

What's the full Japanese list of games? I think I'm in Japan when it releases and it'll be nice to mess around with in the hotel.

[Rex Grossman]

1 minute ago, moosegrinder said:

 

Virtua Fighter, Kid Chameleon and Eternal Fighters. And, if I'm being honest, Columns.

 

Almost arcade perfect, world's coolest child, SFII killer and Tetris killer.

[Camel]

Kid Chameleon is a decent game. It suffers from being too long, mind.

[moosegrinder]

I tried it again on the current megadrive collection and I can't fucking stand it. It plays like absolute garbage. I'm pretty sure i got a decent way through it when I had it originally but these days I really don't like it.

[Kevvy Metal]

Columns, no way. Great game. 

I also think MD VF2 is a massive technical achievement and plays great! 

[Down by Law]

 

 

The face you pull when even Bubsy looks less shit than you do

[spanky debrest]

It's a good list. Lots of real classics, a sprinkling of deep cuts but also in my case exactly ten games that I either dislike or am indifferent towards. Ignoring those titles there's still 32 mostly fantastic games.

 

It seems Zuntata were involved with the audio for Darius MD. I can't wait to hear that.

[Keyboard Koala]

I really don't get the Dynamite Headdy dislike.  One of the 16-bit gen's finest platformers imo.

[NEG]

1 hour ago, The Mighty Ash said:

EU list

 

 

 

 Half of those are fine. It's also crazy to practically tease EA to us with a SINGLE title. But Virtua Fighter and Eternal Champions? They have zero reason to be there.

[Camel]

A character's face is definitely how you decide on the quality of a game.

 

Seriously though, Headdy is a fantastically inventive platformer. Not only are the bosses and level designs completely nutso, but it looks stunning and pushes the MD to its limits. I just can't imagine disliking it. I wonder if some kind of counselling would help.

[MW_Jimmy]

Equally though it's crazy that Darius (fan-made port) Megaman Wily Wars (very limited release) and Tetris (basically non-existent release) are included.

 

If you tried to pick up a 2nd hand Megadrive with some games you'd probably have little chance of finding the likes of Castle of Illusion, Castlevania and Gunstar Heroes.

[NEG]

 

2 minutes ago, MW_Jimmy said:

If you tried to pick up a 2nd hand Megadrive with some games you'd probably have little chance of finding the likes of Castle of Illusion, Castlevania and Gunstar Heroes.

 

Castle of Illusion is affordable. Gunstar goes up and down in price/you can get it in a compilation cart usually for about 40. It's Wily Wars and Castlevania that are the rarities (as far as Pal titles that actually got released here)