I completed it 100% in just under 6 hours. I was really hoping for a more Zelda experience, but it's very different and a little to simple for my tastes.
@@RetroGamerBoy It is a different game to Zelda and I played it at launch, thought it was full of charm with a great OST and good mechanics combining the animal powers, I also think it infulenced the likes of undertale in certin aspects.
3:43 Hey, Soleil isn't so bad. It's still funny to play this game. Wonderful graphic, great music, verified gameplay with interesting pet-companion mechanic. In some moments game give challenge to you. If you want to try something other Action RPG on Mega Drive you can load ROM of King Colossus with translation. This game more hard from begining.
Yeah, agreed! It also has unique environmental hazards in all scenes, 8-way movement and fakes 3 background layers. Definitely a great game, but YMMV :).
Ya I was super hyped for it but I just didn't enjoy it as much as I hoped. It was, for me a 7/10. I 100% complete it as well hoping that it would get better. But that's gaming for you, very subjective.
Wow I have to admit surprise that you didn’t enjoy Solei. Maybe it was too hyped but I find it to be a really fun Zelda style game. I won’t call it a clone because I think it has really interesting and unique aspects.
Lots of pickups and really good stuff. Batman and Robin, Shining Force 2, Splatterhouse 2, Solei, Chaos Engine, Gaiares, you got a bunch of heavy hitters in this group. Fun video.
Hey Mike, awesome vid as always! I'm sorry to point out but I think I noticed the wrong game in your mega games 6 box? I think that was version 1? But I do think there are 6 clamshell EA boxes Budokan Populous Battle Squadron John Madden Football Zany Golf Sword of Sodan
Yup I saw that when I was editing🤬😡👺🔥🔥 I'm not happy about it. I should have checked more carefully when I bought it. On the positive side, buying the cart is easier than buying the manual and case. Also thanks for the list of original clam shell cases. This will really help.
Mildly offended 🥺 😜 Krusty’s super funhouse is a special game! In the 90s this was the only playable Simpson’s game outside the arcade. Had it on the mega drive, and bought it on the game gear so I can play it on my room 😄 I was also a Lemmings fan and this was a pretty good alternative.
Great additions dude :) always a pleasure seeing how close you are getting to gamer the full collection :D You asked the latest games added to the collection. Here it goes Mighty Max - MD Samurai Shodown - MD Captain America and the Avengers - MD X-Men - MD Shinobi X - Saturn Story of Thor 2 - Saturn World Heroes 2 Je - NeoGeo AES
Very cool trip to a game market event! Also great with Sega Head and Games made of Cardboard 😀👍 Interesting games, and nice how there are different variations of game appearances, I'm sure the games will be fun :) London!!!! 😃
Lovely stuff Bud. Getting some nice condition games there added to the collection. Soliel is a great game, sorry to hear you wasn't a fan. I remember on a few occasions finding it quite difficult in places. One of the early training segments is a bastard to get through, if I remember correctly!? That battle Squardron box is in great shape. Other boxed I've seen in those particularly cases are... Sword of sodan, John madden, Zany Golf, I'm sure they have done more. I have those in my collection that i can remember off the top of my head. I think mercs had a dodgy print run. The spine has a discolured green on the artwork on many artworks I've seen, i see so many that look potentially sun faded. And others that look how they should. They can't be all sun faded, as the rest of the artwork is unscathed.!?
I can't wait for you to complete your Megadrive PAL collection, so that you can refuse to play most of them during Live At The Arcade 👌. The Action Replay will be useful, you could probably complete Batman Forever now!
wow...soleil is great. good gameplay and the game has real heart. sounds like you set the game up to fail by building up unreachable expectations over the years.
I think that was probably the case. I was expecting a Zelda like game, and whilst there is a similar art style the game is very different. I finished it in under 6 hours and found it very simple. It's wasn't bad just didn't meet expectations.
Another great video Mike and a great selection of games…. The first John Madden can in a clamshell box mate first Megadrive game I bought way back in 1989
@@RetroGamerBoy your commentary is phenomenal. Don't waste yourself. Haha enjoy the wonderful weather its lovely down here in Essex right now. Heatwave coming!
well done Mike that's fantastic mate. very cool to see you on the home stretch of a full PAL set. I'm nearly so close on a full pal master system set myself. just 14 to go now!! it's been epic watching you on this journey and I really look forward to watching the next collector's edition mate 👍
Yeah, picked up copies of Dreamcast and NeoGeo CD Xenocrisis, a new sealed Dreamcast Pier Solar and a few other bits. Didn’t go too crazy this time; had a crazy month on forums and other avenues, picked up a JVC 20” PCM to replace my 14” PVM and got region free Snes and Megadrives hooked up to it as well as a CoreGrfx with an RGB board, if you have a PC Engine and want an RGB out solution, I found a brilliant and inexpensive option and the picture is brilliant on the PVM. You use a Megadrive 2 scart cable with it and picture is solid!
@@djberryhardkore I can't ever recall that I did tbh. It was a difficult game but a good one. I actually remember it more from the amiga which I didn't personally have
Loving the new finds! Man, I need to get to that London Gaming Market at least once!! Splatterhouse 2-3 are great classics to have in any collection. I really liked that Wimbledon Tennis game on my Game Gear. The rest looks pretty neat as well. EWJim 2 and Soleil are some of my all-time favorites. Some lovely pixel art in both games. You already got your copy of the Gaiares re-release? Still waiting for mine...
Wow massive amount of pickups, i recently bit the bullet and paid up for Wily Wars from retrobit, Still waiting on my copy of Gaiares to ship. Hoping to pickup some games at NERG in Gateshead in a couple of weeks, probably to far for you to travel but you should check it out so many arcades and pinballs to play as well as the retro market
some truly awesome stuff mike. SPLATTERHOUSE 2, ARROW FLASH great games to own. Also the awesome edition of GAIARES 😎 ,and I gasped when I saw your copy of BATMAN AND ROBIN 😮 ( excellent condition aswell). My most recent pickup is WONDERBOY in monster lair ( cartridge only ) . I am waiting for 4 golf games to arrive. PGA 1,2,3 and leaderboard all for £15 . Not bad shelf fillers. Also love the shirt 🤟😜🤟.
Krusty's was one of those games that brought me equal parts joy and frustration when playing. Though glad to see Soleil in your hands, sorry for the disappointment... Revolution X and Aerosmith--now you're jamming! Battle Squadron looks pretty fun. Aw yeah, Splatterhouse goodness! Love all the footage of the London Gaming Market, but maybe next time scale that back a little? lol j/k Always really enjoy AoB&R--always looked so gorgeous and pretty fun too.
@@RetroGamerBoy Wow...personally attacked and everything, I see. lol From what we hear, you couldn't even move without being mobbed by fans, so it's cool, we get it--you couldn't have filmed AND sign all those autographs.
Nice purchases Mike! Batman and Robin probably got the best soundtrack on the system created by Jesper Kyd, also beware of its difficulty. Only thinking how much money you are gonna spend nowadays for completing your collection it gives me a headache! You truly picked up the worst period of time for this but again its your money and hobby so do as you please and enjoy.
Yup, it's stupid expensive now. I had some of the really expensive games from when they originally came out but I still have some sickeningly expensive games to get.
Great vid Mike, its always interesting seeing what games other collectors still need to pick up. Quite a few of these I have bought myself in the last 6 months - good to see Battle Squadron getting some attention. Didn't Zany Golf also come in one of those EA clamshell cases?
Great work on the game collecting Mark. Just one question. How long ago did you get your copy of Gaiares? I preordered mine the same month that window was open and I'm seeing other big channels show off their copy, but I have yet to receive mine. North American region I am btw.
@@RetroGamerBoy yea I was thinking that. I bought from LimitedRun games. That must mean they're handling production of some of the orders on their end, which might mean I'll be waiting till next summer for mine (hopefully my exaggeration is not an accurate one)
Yup I only just got it. Fat sonic is brilliant, but I see what you mean about being unplayable past level 2. His stupid fat body can't jump over anything.
I remember Revolution X really sucked. I know, you’re completing the set, but that really needed a gun Ren and Stimpy I remember was ok, but the humour was spot on and was what got me to keep playing. My favourite detail was Powdered Toast Man flying backwards with a banner (because, remember, to fly he’d put his head (which was two slices of bread) in a toaster to launch him in the sky)
Hi Mike, great channel and video. I couldn’t attend the July London games show, but you’ve picked up some great games there. Question - how do you get a feel for what the fair price is? I get the obvious - don’t buy on eBay fixed price offerings etc. but is there any other easily available (and updated) data?
I've kind of got a feel for what I want to pay. About a year ago I listed the prices of private sales and I've used that as a bench mark. But prices are stupid at the moment so I sometimes check previous Facebook sales to double check.
I wish I had the money for a game collection as good as yours! I went to the London Gaming Market, I went wearing a T-shirt of the Raven from Hilda and despite my haul not being as good as yours, my budget only being just over £100, I still got a good few things, my biggest scores being Golden Sun and Advance Wars 2 for the GBA, Fortified Zone for the Game Boy and Wild Gunman for the NES! I also got a CD of the Xenocrisis soundtrack!
Now that's what I call big boy collecting. Was every manual printed in black and white near the end of the mega drive's life time? I hope your thinking of making a tour video of the collection when it's eventually finished.
Yup, all black and white. They were squeezing every penny they could out of those games. I will definitely be going over the collection. About every 6 months I do a big update looking at sub collection's and hardware.
Quick question Mike. As a collector does a Mega Drive Mini 2 hold any appeal for you? I’m a huge fan of the mini consoles and this one will have CD games so has some extra appeal to me but I’m curious what you think.
Thanks Mike for your enlightening once again! I would love to get my hands on Gialres and Chaos engine (which falls under the same genre of metal dragon, SMS time soldier, NES Guerilla warfare, all the good stuff). Battle squadron looks like a not-so-nice version of Xenon2 by Bitmap Brothers, u should check out Xenon2, it is so under-rated.
Batman and Robin came in a cardboard box for the Genesis...I can't stand those boxes. The ones you have are minty, though! I was jealous after seeing your copy of Gaires, cause I'm still waiting for mine. I like how you separate your black boxes from the blue boxes. It looks really slick when you have the amount of games you've amassed!
Ali's Heavyweight boxing is actually a pretty good boxing game for its time; be sure to use the simulation controls; you have to switch to them in the options menu; it makes a big difference to play the game that way and is much more precise. Battle Squadron definitely stood out as a weak vertical shooter among early Genesis games in the genre. Exosquad was a sweet cartoon; too bad they couldn't make a game that did it anywhere near justice. Arrow Flash is to horizontal shooters what Battle Squadron is to vertical shooters, but still a little more playable. Gaiares is a classic; a little too challenging but still a top notch quality effort. Big haul there for you overall.
The MD prices were not at stupid eBay prices, I've got my best deals from the market this year. Although some stalls did check eBay for prices. I just walked away from those.
Parabens Mike... Gosto muito do conteúdo do seu canal porque tambem sou um fã do Mega Drive... desejo muito sucesso para você e seu canal e obrigado por nos trazer sempre as melhores dicas e novidades do nosso poderoso Genesis.... Abraço !!!! 🇧🇷🤝🙏🕹🎮
@@RetroGamerBoy My friend saw Volume 3 in a CEX window and asked if I wanted him to get it for me. After seeing your video I got him to makes sure the cart was the correct one!
Little surprised to hear you didn't like Soleil/Crusader, I mean it was probably aimed at younger players/people new to RPGs (and the walkthrough section in the manual supports that wholeheartedly), I still enjoyed the graphics and gameplay very much. The story wasn't the most complex, and the writing was a bit 'engrish' in places (though thankfully not as bad as Zero Wing), I still found it charming
Did you collect the cricket games: Brian Lara Cricket for the UK and Shane Warne Cricket for Australia? Also what do you think about the upcoming Sega Mini Drive 2?
I'm just missing Shane Warne. I like the mini console's although I've still not got the MK1 mini. To be honest any spend on gaming goes into the the original MD collection.
I have Soleil on mega drive, it's a wonderful game exactly because it's simple. The translation is very bad, but it's overall a charming, fun and beautiful looking game. Shame you didn't enjoy it.
I think expectations had been set too high for me. It's not a bad game, just overly simple. For example people compare it to Zelda, but it really isn't close to that. The world is level based rather than open world like Link to the Past.
@@RetroGamerBoy it's not like Zelda at all, it's also more janky than Link to the Past, but I don't mind because it has a very unique atmosphere and feel to it plus it wasn't overly difficult at all which I like in my games. I understand where you're coming from tho.
It was ok, but I found it quite simplistic. A lot of people compare it to Zelda, but apart from the art style they are two very different games. I was hoping it would rival Story of Thor, or Shinning 2.
I stopped buying rereleases. The original games were cool though. I have about 4 of them, some USA editions. Never understood why folk buy filler though even for a complete collection. My MD gene collection is bigger than it needs to be and its about 100 strong.
@@RetroGamerBoy I suppose if someone in the future wants a full set without doing the foot work you will be the man to go to. Do you know anyone who has the full set?
Mike finally picked up Solei. YEAHHHHHHHHHHHHH He talks shit about the game BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOH!!! Gaiares was also released on the Evercade as part of the Renovation collection 1
Waste of time, when you can get retro console with 1000's of games, including full lost of mega drive games. Love retro gaming, but these retro game systems are better, all the games with low footprint and play exactly the same
I guess I don't find it a waste of time so I continue with it. Emulation is great though and does a great job of bringing classic gaming to the masses.
Oddly, I just bought a Wii U. I don't even know anyone else that owns one, so I figured why not. It has a pretty small physical library and is cheap to collect for. Honestly though...what a fucking moronic device.
Dude, Soliel is one of the best megadrive games ever made, you really need to play more IMO.
I completed it 100% in just under 6 hours. I was really hoping for a more Zelda experience, but it's very different and a little to simple for my tastes.
@@RetroGamerBoy It is a different game to Zelda and I played it at launch, thought it was full of charm with a great OST and good mechanics combining the animal powers, I also think it infulenced the likes of undertale in certin aspects.
3:43
Hey, Soleil isn't so bad. It's still funny to play this game. Wonderful graphic, great music, verified gameplay with interesting pet-companion mechanic. In some moments game give challenge to you.
If you want to try something other Action RPG on Mega Drive you can load ROM of King Colossus with translation. This game more hard from begining.
Yeah, agreed! It also has unique environmental hazards in all scenes, 8-way movement and fakes 3 background layers. Definitely a great game, but YMMV :).
Ya I was super hyped for it but I just didn't enjoy it as much as I hoped. It was, for me a 7/10. I 100% complete it as well hoping that it would get better. But that's gaming for you, very subjective.
@@RetroGamerBoy 7/10 ain't that bad though so I'm sure you got some enjoyment out of it :).
I gotta say though the Soleil graphics look really nice!
Love how obsessed you're getting with this collection 😅
Visually it's amazing. And yes Stav, this is going deep.
Wow I have to admit surprise that you didn’t enjoy Solei. Maybe it was too hyped but I find it to be a really fun Zelda style game. I won’t call it a clone because I think it has really interesting and unique aspects.
It's quite different from Zelda and I think this is what I was hoping for being a Zelda fan
Lots of pickups and really good stuff. Batman and Robin, Shining Force 2, Splatterhouse 2, Solei, Chaos Engine, Gaiares, you got a bunch of heavy hitters in this group. Fun video.
It was a great month. It will be a while before I top that.
Hey Mike, awesome vid as always! I'm sorry to point out but I think I noticed the wrong game in your mega games 6 box? I think that was version 1?
But I do think there are 6 clamshell EA boxes
Budokan
Populous
Battle Squadron
John Madden Football
Zany Golf
Sword of Sodan
Yup I saw that when I was editing🤬😡👺🔥🔥 I'm not happy about it. I should have checked more carefully when I bought it. On the positive side, buying the cart is easier than buying the manual and case. Also thanks for the list of original clam shell cases. This will really help.
Mildly offended 🥺 😜 Krusty’s super funhouse is a special game! In the 90s this was the only playable Simpson’s game outside the arcade. Had it on the mega drive, and bought it on the game gear so I can play it on my room 😄
I was also a Lemmings fan and this was a pretty good alternative.
Did you not have the Bart vs. games? These were great, I had them on the NES and Mega Drive. Bart's nightmare and Virtual Bart were ok as well.
You're in for a treat with shining force 2. Just got myself the rerelease of megaman wily wars. Mainly been hunting down missing manuals this month
Manuals are tough to find loose. The usual suspects always turn up. I'm really enjoying Shinning Force 2, great game.
The condition of those cardboard box games is stunning
Yup, now I feel I have to find the others in this condition 😂
Great additions dude :) always a pleasure seeing how close you are getting to gamer the full collection :D
You asked the latest games added to the collection. Here it goes
Mighty Max - MD
Samurai Shodown - MD
Captain America and the Avengers - MD
X-Men - MD
Shinobi X - Saturn
Story of Thor 2 - Saturn
World Heroes 2 Je - NeoGeo AES
So stunners you've added there. Have you had a chance to play Story of Thor 2 yet.
Shining Force 2, very nice, very very nice 😎👍This is the third time I've seen your London Market pickups, thanks to Tom and Bill 🤣
😅 It was great to drag Tom along. He was so excited to see so many games.
Very cool trip to a game market event! Also great with Sega Head and Games made of Cardboard 😀👍 Interesting games, and nice how there are different variations of game appearances, I'm sure the games will be fun :)
London!!!! 😃
Ya it was a great trip, Sega Head really enjoyed it and it's awesome to meet so many people who are into the same thing you are.
Lovely stuff Bud.
Getting some nice condition games there added to the collection.
Soliel is a great game, sorry to hear you wasn't a fan. I remember on a few occasions finding it quite difficult in places. One of the early training segments is a bastard to get through, if I remember correctly!?
That battle Squardron box is in great shape.
Other boxed I've seen in those particularly cases are...
Sword of sodan, John madden, Zany Golf, I'm sure they have done more. I have those in my collection that i can remember off the top of my head.
I think mercs had a dodgy print run. The spine has a discolured green on the artwork on many artworks I've seen, i see so many that look potentially sun faded. And others that look how they should. They can't be all sun faded, as the rest of the artwork is unscathed.!?
Ya I found Soliel very simple. It took me about 6 hours to complete 100% I was hoping it would be more like Zelda.
I didn't know about Diamond thieves. Now I am really waiting for your video about this game !
It's coming out tomorrow 😁👍
I can't wait for you to complete your Megadrive PAL collection, so that you can refuse to play most of them during Live At The Arcade 👌.
The Action Replay will be useful, you could probably complete Batman Forever now!
Unlikely, you've seen my skills. My old man brain lags at least 16 frames behind life.
wow...soleil is great. good gameplay and the game has real heart.
sounds like you set the game up to fail by building up unreachable expectations over the years.
I think that was probably the case. I was expecting a Zelda like game, and whilst there is a similar art style the game is very different. I finished it in under 6 hours and found it very simple. It's wasn't bad just didn't meet expectations.
My Aussie mega drive (bought new in 1996) came with that same green mega games cartridge. Such an awesome pack in game!
That's cool. The UK got a Mega Drive 2 with Mega Games 6 vol3.
Another great video Mike and a great selection of games…. The first John Madden can in a clamshell box mate first Megadrive game I bought way back in 1989
That's great to know thanks. Time to hit up eBay.
Subbed! You would literally make an incredible presenter on television. You need to sign up or start your own documentary series on something haha.
That's kind of you to say, but I would probably crash and burn😅
@@RetroGamerBoy your commentary is phenomenal. Don't waste yourself. Haha enjoy the wonderful weather its lovely down here in Essex right now. Heatwave coming!
well done Mike that's fantastic mate. very cool to see you on the home stretch of a full PAL set. I'm nearly so close on a full pal master system set myself. just 14 to go now!!
it's been epic watching you on this journey and I really look forward to watching the next collector's edition mate 👍
Only 14, are they Tec Toy games by any chance?
@@RetroGamerBoy no. All PAL UK titles now. Well 13 now. I just bought penguin land 😉
Oh that does it! I'm heading over to Mike's pad to play all his great games and systems in his collection. 8^)
Anthony..
😅 it's definitely been a great month for games. I met the Bitmap Bureau guys and they told me that Final Vendetta will be out on the Neo Geo.
Spotted you at the show! I was wearing the NeoGeo cap. Great show mate. 👍🏼
Awesome!! Did you pick up anything good?
Yeah, picked up copies of Dreamcast and NeoGeo CD Xenocrisis, a new sealed Dreamcast Pier Solar and a few other bits. Didn’t go too crazy this time; had a crazy month on forums and other avenues, picked up a JVC 20” PCM to replace my 14” PVM and got region free Snes and Megadrives hooked up to it as well as a CoreGrfx with an RGB board, if you have a PC Engine and want an RGB out solution, I found a brilliant and inexpensive option and the picture is brilliant on the PVM. You use a Megadrive 2 scart cable with it and picture is solid!
You going to the Birmingham show? Not been before, considering it when next date is announced. ☺️
Some great pickups there. Chaos engine and batman and robin soundtracks were some of my favourites growing up 👍
Did you ever finish chaos engine? Remember it as being really hard but then again I wasn’t that good as a kid
@@djberryhardkore I can't ever recall that I did tbh. It was a difficult game but a good one. I actually remember it more from the amiga which I didn't personally have
Chaos Engine is amazing. I've only just started Batman and Robin, but so far so good 😁👍
@@RetroGamerBoy good luck, it's pretty tough!
Sorry man, Centy is great. Congratz with the games.
Ya I just found it too simple. I finished it 100% as well but it just wasn't as good as I was hoping.
The Ozisoft silver version of Shinobi 3 is my favourite boxed game in my collection, I haven't seen many around.
The silver collection is hard to get hold of.
Loving the new finds! Man, I need to get to that London Gaming Market at least once!!
Splatterhouse 2-3 are great classics to have in any collection. I really liked that Wimbledon Tennis game on my Game Gear. The rest looks pretty neat as well. EWJim 2 and Soleil are some of my all-time favorites. Some lovely pixel art in both games.
You already got your copy of the Gaiares re-release? Still waiting for mine...
Yup there were some great additions here.
Nice one. Always nice to see how ya collection is coming on 😎
Yup it was a good month. It may be a while before I can replicate that.
Love these videos Mike, learning about the Megadrive library every time! I foresee your collection being done by end of next year haha, cheers
I'm hoping it takes a little longer. I'm enjoying putting it together
Wow massive amount of pickups, i recently bit the bullet and paid up for Wily Wars from retrobit, Still waiting on my copy of Gaiares to ship. Hoping to pickup some games at NERG in Gateshead in a couple of weeks, probably to far for you to travel but you should check it out so many arcades and pinballs to play as well as the retro market
That is a bit of a trek for me, but I do need to travel if I want to get to the retro stores. There is nothing where I am.
some truly awesome stuff mike. SPLATTERHOUSE 2, ARROW FLASH great games to own. Also the awesome edition of GAIARES 😎 ,and I gasped when I saw your copy of BATMAN AND ROBIN 😮 ( excellent condition aswell). My most recent pickup is WONDERBOY in monster lair ( cartridge only ) . I am waiting for 4 golf games to arrive. PGA 1,2,3 and leaderboard all for £15 . Not bad shelf fillers. Also love the shirt 🤟😜🤟.
£15 that's a great price. Was that eBay or a private sale.
@@RetroGamerBoy It was ebay mike. And all boxed and working nicely. My collection is coming along now a little 🙏👍.
Krusty's was one of those games that brought me equal parts joy and frustration when playing.
Though glad to see Soleil in your hands, sorry for the disappointment...
Revolution X and Aerosmith--now you're jamming!
Battle Squadron looks pretty fun. Aw yeah, Splatterhouse goodness!
Love all the footage of the London Gaming Market, but maybe next time scale that back a little? lol j/k
Always really enjoy AoB&R--always looked so gorgeous and pretty fun too.
I'm always concerned about film at shows. I worried I'll look like a huge tit😅
@@RetroGamerBoy Wow...personally attacked and everything, I see. lol
From what we hear, you couldn't even move without being mobbed by fans, so it's cool, we get it--you couldn't have filmed AND sign all those autographs.
@@DoYouNerd It's not entirely true, it was actually just Tom pushed up against me. He has feelings for me.
@@RetroGamerBoy Don't we all--if I were there, you'd be the salami of a Tom sandwich.
I’ve got mega games 2 with all the manuals. As I remember having it when was a kid
Nice, it's a big bundle of manuals 😅
@@RetroGamerBoy yeah your not kidding there you have to have them in a certain way otherwise it won’t close lol
Your collection is getting huge, I'm so jealous 😂 Some of the games in this video I've never even played good stuff.
Hola
It's amazing to go through. Hopefully I can get below 100 PAL games in the next few months.
Yeah man I look forward to seeing progress m8 👍
I was at the gaming market too, came from Ireland. I saw you, regret not getting a photo now 🤣
No way, you should have come over and said hi. How was the trip, did you pick up anything?
@@RetroGamerBoy I picked loads, boxed SF2 SNES console, Sega Saturn games, megadrive games, Gameboy pocket and some old VHS tapes.
@@GerryCanCosplay that's awesome!
Nice purchases Mike! Batman and Robin probably got the best soundtrack on the system created by Jesper Kyd, also beware of its difficulty.
Only thinking how much money you are gonna spend nowadays for completing your collection it gives me a headache!
You truly picked up the worst period of time for this but again its your money and hobby so do as you please and enjoy.
Yup, it's stupid expensive now. I had some of the really expensive games from when they originally came out but I still have some sickeningly expensive games to get.
@@RetroGamerBoy Hopping for another video (beside that Superman one) where we could discuss in more details the matter of prices in retro gaming.
Great vid Mike, its always interesting seeing what games other collectors still need to pick up. Quite a few of these I have bought myself in the last 6 months - good to see Battle Squadron getting some attention. Didn't Zany Golf also come in one of those EA clamshell cases?
Yup a few people have said the same. So I'll be picking up Zany Golf and Madden which seem to be the other games that came in this case.
Have you ordered Attack of the petscii robots for the Genesis from the 8-bit guy?
Nope, I didn't even know that it existed. Off to Google I go.
Great work on the game collecting Mark.
Just one question.
How long ago did you get your copy of Gaiares? I preordered mine the same month that window was open and I'm seeing other big channels show off their copy, but I have yet to receive mine.
North American region I am btw.
I think the guys who reviewed the game got theirs direct from Retro-Bit. The other stores are probably still waiting for deliveries.
@@RetroGamerBoy yea I was thinking that. I bought from LimitedRun games. That must mean they're handling production of some of the orders on their end, which might mean I'll be waiting till next summer for mine (hopefully my exaggeration is not an accurate one)
You only just got Earthworm Jim 2 or is it a replacement in the collection? I grew up with the Saturn version and its epic
Yup I only just got it. Fat sonic is brilliant, but I see what you mean about being unplayable past level 2. His stupid fat body can't jump over anything.
I remember Revolution X really sucked. I know, you’re completing the set, but that really needed a gun
Ren and Stimpy I remember was ok, but the humour was spot on and was what got me to keep playing. My favourite detail was Powdered Toast Man flying backwards with a banner (because, remember, to fly he’d put his head (which was two slices of bread) in a toaster to launch him in the sky)
Yup Revolution X is not great. The first thing I tried was hooking up the enforcer and then the menacer to see if they worked.
Hi Mike, great channel and video. I couldn’t attend the July London games show, but you’ve picked up some great games there. Question - how do you get a feel for what the fair price is? I get the obvious - don’t buy on eBay fixed price offerings etc. but is there any other easily available (and updated) data?
I've kind of got a feel for what I want to pay. About a year ago I listed the prices of private sales and I've used that as a bench mark. But prices are stupid at the moment so I sometimes check previous Facebook sales to double check.
I wish I had the money for a game collection as good as yours! I went to the London Gaming Market, I went wearing a T-shirt of the Raven from Hilda and despite my haul not being as good as yours, my budget only being just over £100, I still got a good few things, my biggest scores being Golden Sun and Advance Wars 2 for the GBA, Fortified Zone for the Game Boy and Wild Gunman for the NES! I also got a CD of the Xenocrisis soundtrack!
Wow!! Those are some great games you grabbed there. Nice.
@@RetroGamerBoy Thanks!
Now that's what I call big boy collecting. Was every manual printed in black and white near the end of the mega drive's life time? I hope your thinking of making a tour video of the collection when it's eventually finished.
Yup, all black and white. They were squeezing every penny they could out of those games. I will definitely be going over the collection. About every 6 months I do a big update looking at sub collection's and hardware.
I gotta say too, your cartridge collection has more games than my ROM collection
😅 oh dear, maybe I have a problem.
Hey!, it’s a healthy hobby, buddy! If you aren’t hurting anyone, go ahead dude. I’m not judging bud, I’m the one that’s gotta play catch up
Some fantastic games added to the collection. The Adventures of Batman & Robin is next on my list.
It's a great game. It's tough but I'm enjoying it.
Great pick ups Mike 👍
🤘😝🤘 thanks
Quick question Mike. As a collector does a Mega Drive Mini 2 hold any appeal for you? I’m a huge fan of the mini consoles and this one will have CD games so has some extra appeal to me but I’m curious what you think.
It has a huge amount of appeal as I'm not just a collector but a huge fan. But unfortunately all my game money is going on the collection.
So happy you got Soliel as I remember you talking about how expensive it was. Sad you didn't like it though.
I don't hate it. It's just not what I hoped for, a little too simple.
Some lovely additions their mate nice one :-)
Yup, I'm happy with how the collection is growing.
Thanks Mike for your enlightening once again! I would love to get my hands on Gialres and Chaos engine (which falls under the same genre of metal dragon, SMS time soldier, NES Guerilla warfare, all the good stuff). Battle squadron looks like a not-so-nice version of Xenon2 by Bitmap Brothers, u should check out Xenon2, it is so under-rated.
I've actually got it in the collection, it's a great Shmup.
Awesome I just picked castlevania the new generation, splatterhouse 2 and Godzilla on ps4 🔥
Some great games there
You're such a bloody nerd Mike, and that only makes me love your content more!
I prefer massive nerd.
Batman and Robin came in a cardboard box for the Genesis...I can't stand those boxes. The ones you have are minty, though! I was jealous after seeing your copy of Gaires, cause I'm still waiting for mine. I like how you separate your black boxes from the blue boxes. It looks really slick when you have the amount of games you've amassed!
Ya I know the Genesis had quite a few more card boxes. It's makes it a challenge to collect CIB and pushes up the price.
Ali's Heavyweight boxing is actually a pretty good boxing game for its time; be sure to use the simulation controls; you have to switch to them in the options menu; it makes a big difference to play the game that way and is much more precise. Battle Squadron definitely stood out as a weak vertical shooter among early Genesis games in the genre. Exosquad was a sweet cartoon; too bad they couldn't make a game that did it anywhere near justice. Arrow Flash is to horizontal shooters what Battle Squadron is to vertical shooters, but still a little more playable. Gaiares is a classic; a little too challenging but still a top notch quality effort. Big haul there for you overall.
Thanks for the rundown. I'll give Mohammed Ali some more time as well.
What were the prices like at the London Gaming Market? Ebay/CEX levels? Was tempted to go but hear a lot about the silly prices at these things.
Holaaaaaaaa
The MD prices were not at stupid eBay prices, I've got my best deals from the market this year. Although some stalls did check eBay for prices. I just walked away from those.
Would love a Megadrive full set and I do pick odd one up now and again but I’m on a full set Master System mission with only 4 to go.
No way, which 4?
So did you sell a kidney or not? 🤣 Great games got Soleil this month to!
I've been selling parts for years, I'm a husk of a man now😅
Chaos Engine is Sick!!!! Played co op on SNES.
Have you played the Amiga version? It’s far superior to the console versions
Holaaas
My first experience was on the Amiga at my mates house. It so amazing to play.
Parabens Mike... Gosto muito do conteúdo do seu canal porque tambem sou um fã do Mega Drive... desejo muito sucesso para você e seu canal e obrigado por nos trazer sempre as melhores dicas e novidades do nosso poderoso Genesis.... Abraço !!!! 🇧🇷🤝🙏🕹🎮
It's always great to meet another Sega Mega Drive and Genesis collector😁👍
Sickkkkk. What a great collection.
Hoaa
Thank you 🤘😝🤘
Damn you didn't like Soleil??! 🫢 One of the best 16bit action RPGs imo. Good selection there some really great games congrats 👍
Ya, I'm really disappointed. I finished in under 6 hour 100% and it just wasn't what I was hoping for.
My latest pick ups this week have been George Forman K.O Boxing and Greatest Heavyweights 🥊
Oh I forgot and Nba Showdown
There are quite a few sports games to get through.
Every game in Very good conditions !!!
I do like to get them in decent condition.
Some great additions, I am very jealous! It does look like the cart for Mega Games 6 is volume 1, sadly.
It's is. I am not very happy about that. At least it's easier to replace the cart. But still, I should check more closely next time.
@@RetroGamerBoy My friend saw Volume 3 in a CEX window and asked if I wanted him to get it for me. After seeing your video I got him to makes sure the cart was the correct one!
Little surprised to hear you didn't like Soleil/Crusader, I mean it was probably aimed at younger players/people new to RPGs (and the walkthrough section in the manual supports that wholeheartedly), I still enjoyed the graphics and gameplay very much. The story wasn't the most complex, and the writing was a bit 'engrish' in places (though thankfully not as bad as Zero Wing), I still found it charming
I just had different expectations based on how it was described to me. It's not bad, just simple.
@@RetroGamerBoy Fair enough, yea I guess if it was misrepresented then there's not much you can do
Nice collection
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Did you collect the cricket games: Brian Lara Cricket for the UK and Shane Warne Cricket for Australia?
Also what do you think about the upcoming Sega Mini Drive 2?
I'm just missing Shane Warne. I like the mini console's although I've still not got the MK1 mini. To be honest any spend on gaming goes into the the original MD collection.
@@RetroGamerBoy Ah. All the best :)
@@RetroGamerBoy By the way, one thing. You should change the spelling error to Shane or else you might get roasted by some fans.
@@Zahir658 oh ya😂 I'm sure he had some shameful games though.
@@RetroGamerBoy That's true though.
Great collection of the best console ever. What about JP games ?
Maybe one day, but that is going to cost a fair bit.
nice collection! i have just subscribed...
Awesome, welcome.
I have Road Rash and at least one other EA game in the soft case, bought in Australia.
Interesting, I'll need to see if the UK also got one in that case.
@@RetroGamerBoy loads of our early Master System games came in similar soft cases too, they are very hard to come by in good shape
Not sure if it's coincidence or the algorithm, but the guy in the commercial for this video is British too. lol
Really 🤣
Revolution X! Music is the weapon
Indeed. Wish it supported a light gun
@@RetroGamerBoy it's a pretty average game at best really.
I have Soleil on mega drive, it's a wonderful game exactly because it's simple.
The translation is very bad, but it's overall a charming, fun and beautiful looking game.
Shame you didn't enjoy it.
I think expectations had been set too high for me. It's not a bad game, just overly simple. For example people compare it to Zelda, but it really isn't close to that. The world is level based rather than open world like Link to the Past.
@@RetroGamerBoy it's not like Zelda at all, it's also more janky than Link to the Past, but I don't mind because it has a very unique atmosphere and feel to it plus it wasn't overly difficult at all which I like in my games. I understand where you're coming from tho.
Soliel is one of my favorite Mega Drive games ever! I can’t believe you didn’t like it. 😰
It was ok, but I found it quite simplistic. A lot of people compare it to Zelda, but apart from the art style they are two very different games. I was hoping it would rival Story of Thor, or Shinning 2.
have you already got xeno crisis on megadrive
Yup, I backed it on Kickstarter.
Have you got world championship soccer 2 blue box yet
Nope, I think that one may have to come from a private collection as I've never seen it on something like eBay.
@@RetroGamerBoy I was out bid on it on eBay about 10 years ago 😞 you did well to get lakers vs Celtic’s 👍
Fuuuuuugging amazing
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Great that you included the pronunciation of Soleil. It is Revolution X by the way, not the other way around. Pretty bad game though.
Yay it is not great. It should've had gun support.
Indiana Jones will make you cry.
I get the feeling that it may break me.
@@RetroGamerBoy I got stuck on the boss at the castle level and that was me done lol. You get past that you'd have beaten me.
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Man. That's a pretty ridiculous market. Bout damn time you buy some games, I know it's been 3 days since you got one lol.
You should have seen Sega Tom, he was kiddy with excitement.
Sword of sodan has a clamshell (Y)
That's true. I have the original case which is the game I was after.
I stopped buying rereleases. The original games were cool though. I have about 4 of them, some USA editions. Never understood why folk buy filler though even for a complete collection. My MD gene collection is bigger than it needs to be and its about 100 strong.
Different think make different people tick I guess.
@@RetroGamerBoy I suppose if someone in the future wants a full set without doing the foot work you will be the man to go to. Do you know anyone who has the full set?
Mike finally picked up Solei.
YEAHHHHHHHHHHHHH
He talks shit about the game
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOH!!!
Gaiares was also released on the Evercade as part of the Renovation collection 1
Yup I competed 100% and was just underwhelmed by it. I think I set expectations too high.
so many repro megadrive snes n64 games about at the moment getting harder to tell.
It's a challenge for sure.
Dude, money no object, you can probably build this a lot cheaper but don’t look like you care 😅🤣
I do want to get a good deal on my games, but the prices just keep going up.
Waste of time, when you can get retro console with 1000's of games, including full lost of mega drive games. Love retro gaming, but these retro game systems are better, all the games with low footprint and play exactly the same
I guess I don't find it a waste of time so I continue with it. Emulation is great though and does a great job of bringing classic gaming to the masses.
Oddly, I just bought a Wii U. I don't even know anyone else that owns one, so I figured why not. It has a pretty small physical library and is cheap to collect for. Honestly though...what a fucking moronic device.
My wife and daughter having been playing Hyrule Warriors every week for the last 6 years on the Wii U. It's a stupidly over engineered controller.