Eliminate Down for the Sega Mega Drive - Mini Review & Retro-bit Reissue News!
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- Опубліковано 30 лис 2023
- It's been a long time coming. Finally, you can own Eliminate Down without selling a kidney.
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Ending Music during the credits is from Batman for the Sega Genesis.
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Episode Notes:
1. Captured on the Mega SG.
2. Ebay screens captured as most recent completed listings.
3. I was not paid for this video by Retrobit. - Ігри
Wow, I totally missed this one somehow over the years.
It totally has that Thunderforce and Gaiares look, possibly with a dash of Hellfire thrown in! 😮
1st thing I thought was how similar to Hellfire it appears.
Great way to start a Friday night.
looks like a great shooter. Admittedly never heard of it, but sounds like it was rare/expensive.
When I see you and say hi what can I call you for short?
I'm a Koopa 🐢
Only copy I came across when I was in Japan was behind a glass cabinet for a price so high they used two price stickers to show how much Yen it was.
I love sega shmups!
What are you recommendations?
I only know the Thunder Force games, Arrow Flash, Phelios and Wings of Wor.
Very impressive in every way. The coloring it's incredible. They really understood the Genesis/MD capabilities to the max.
Absolutely love Sega Shmups. Had a blast playing through Gleylancer which is the previous release from Retrobit. I'll definitely order a copy of Eliminate Down. It sure does look challenging. Really would love to play through other shmups on Genesis too like Zero Wing.
There is a retro-bit reissue of that too 😊
TOP 3 Genesis' Shooters in my opinion. Dificult as hell though.
I watched this video around release. I preordered 2 copies. 1 to play. 1 save. I completely forgot until it came in the mail recently.
This game looks crazy hard, the music tracks are pumping
Yet another awesome video from SegaLordX.
I wish these reissue games could also get modern console releases. May have to buy another Genesis one of these days. I sold my old childhood consoles off 25-years years ago and very much regret that decision!
That’s what emulation is for my friend. I personally like to collect games physically though
I miss the gaming hobby before it was destroyed by corporate consolidation and ESG nonsense obsessed with turning games into Hollywood. Simple game design and functional graphics like this will always age better than contrived nonsense. This looks incredible.
Really? I kinda feel gaming is the one branch of the entertainment industry where you can escape from this. I stay away from most (but not all) AAA games nowadays, I'd say about 80 percent of what I buy are indie games or games developed by smaller studios and publishers. I honestly feel that in gaming its fairly easy to get away from Hollywood influences. Some of the games I've been sinking a lot of time into these past months include Super Robot Wars 30, Record of Lodoss War - Deedlit's Labyrinth, the Klonoa collection that was released last year, TMNT - Shredder's Revenge, Disgaea 7, Black Future '88, Live-A-Live, and Blazing Chrome. I'll admit my tastes are fairly focused on retro style and strategy games, but if you look at indie devs and smaller devs in general I really feel there's a lot out there that's worth playing and feels very reminiscent of what games were like in the 90s. Steam, GOG, and the Playstation and Nintendo online stores a choc full of games like the one in this video - new ones, classic games, and arcade games that were never brought to home systems before
As someone who loves comic books, I kind of wish I had similar options there as well.
However, if my main interests were AAA titles I'd probably agree with you entirely.
There's absolutely a market for this kind of thing.
OMG we're getting eliminate down? Holy smokes... preordering now! 😁
Also... wish list battlemania 1 and 2...and probably grindstormer...my poor cart is broken 😢
@@nmnateCorrection, your Grind Stormer 'circuit board' is broken/dead. The EPROM (actual game itself) still works.
If you are good at soldering. You can desolder the EPROM chip off the dead board & resolder it into a working spare/donor board.
For some reason, TENGEN used very cheap boards for their GENESIS games, thus many of their cartridges tend to not work now a days, specifically Grind Stormer & Pit Fighter but the EPROM's themselves are still very much alive.
Also, I also love if they release Battlemania 1&2, Snow Brothers & hopefully 1 day, Alien Soldier.
@@RetroPieroThat had been my suspicion with the Grindstormer cartridge. Haven't quite yet researched the solution. 😅
Looks damn good to me. Tanks for introducing it!
Very solid visual effects on this one, thank you SLX I'm gonna try it out soon
So glad to have this coming out! I purchased the Gleylancer re-release from them as well! Great quality!
Definately overlooked this one. Will check it out.
This looks absolutely stunning! Never heard of it till this week. Absolutely criminal that it wasn't released outside of Japan and Korea back in the day.
Looks awesome, glad it's getting a reprint!
Loving these single game Genesis reviews! Wasn't expecting this one
Nine-year-old me still loves Thunder Force II.
i’m going to grab the re-release for this one. I’m so pumped for this game.
Awesome rundown! This looks like an awesome game!
This will be a must have for sure. Having this and Gleylancer carts is so awesome
you're right, i never really played it, but ever since i first listened to the soundtrack i loved that part of it. i don't know about the soundtrack not all being good, but i guess it's all in what you're looking for in this kind of thing. for me, eliminate down stands out as the soundtrack that just comes out and breaks your balls in half right out of the gate and thrashes you around nonstop until you love it, it's a chiptune heavy metal rollercoaster the whole way and that's exeactly what i want from a side scrolling shooter with a name like ELIMINATE DOWN. anyways, it's nice to see that the game actually looks pretty interesting, like a mix of primarily darius with r type and some gradius style mechanics, a medley of/loveletter to the sidescrolling shooter genre, especially with all the different stage and boss designs. between this and granada and gaiares and even wings of wor/gynoug and more, the mega drive seems like it was THE platform for the most sidescrolling shooters exclusives short of taking the plunge into japanese pcs
Bro I could SWEAR I had this game on Mega Drive. The title is so familiar to me that every time I see it my mind just immediately goes to "I had that".
The craziest thing is, I also thing I only ever had one SHMUP, and I could also swear that the game that I had was Steel Empire, based on gameplay footage. But the name Steel Empire does not sound familiar at all, whereas Eliminate Down is almost up there with Quackshot and Sonic 2 in terms of familiarity.
But I mean, it's been 30 years, so pretty safe to assume that my mind is just playing tricks on me, and I had Steel Empire and just don't remember it.
Preordered the reissue ASAP
Reminds me of a love child between Gradius and Hellfire.
Thanks!
Pre-ordered this the moment the announcement dropped. I've wanted a cart of this for years, stoked to finally be getting a licensed rerelease.
One of my fave shmups on the system, the sound can get a bit grating after a while (it's not bad but certain instrumentation gets overused)
I bought a home brew of this years ago It’s an amazing shooter definitely holds its own against thunder force 4 .
This game is crazy hard. Complete it with save scums like 15+ years ago. Few years ago trying to complete it fairly. Died many times on last levels. Love graphic, music and gameplay. Adjusting speed is neat thing to let exist in smups. I also love mini game in option menu that let's you choose level as a reward for good high score
Gonna make sure I pre order this one early so they don’t go out of stock. I missed out on the last couple Retro Bit releases because I didn’t pre order it soon enough
Fomo
Hmm really,anytime i've bought a release by retrobit i wait until the last day and i haven't had a problem buying a copy.
I love this sound track, in the future I plan on doing a XG-remaster of it
He’s absolutely right about shooter soundtracks.
The music for this has that Doom vibes to it from its first chorus.
Definitely picking up a copy. Great video.
Very good video please do more thanks and happy holidays 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄
Totally glade I pre ordered me a copy on LR(limited run) I've been going on a big genesis kick lately.
I'm a huge retro shmup fan, but I've never even heard about this one! It is too bad it never left Japan back in the day, but glad to see it is finally available in North America! It looks great!
That Sound it is... Good times
Thanks SLX. Somehow I missed this one but I was always a big TG-16/PCE shooter fan before the Genesis.
90s shoot em ups always made me ask if the game devs ever tested their games on regular people and not just shoot em up fans.
They're incredibly short games and often built for arcade cabinets. You just had to practice.
Modern games are easier because they last much longer and there's not an arcade & rental market to consider. We also nowadays have much larger differential pricing.
People forget gaming wasn't mainstream until the 2000s. The normal gamer nowadays is far less committed to the hobby than someone from the 80s and 90s.
A good friend of mine in the Midwest introduced me to this on his family's softmodded Xbox 360, and it impressed the hell out of me. Saddened by how the original Megadrive cart commands such prices, I probably will preorder a reissue copy.
I haven’t played Eliminate Down before, but the weapon system makes me think Thunder Force IV was inspire by this…
This looks awesome!!
Amazing game, it's like a tougher Thunderforce with elements of R-Type thrown in.
These are the best kinds of ads XD
This was so funny to me. Earlier in the week I was talking in a discord about this game and how I would like retrobit to do a rerelease of this.
Not even a day later I got the early notification from Retro Gamer Boy that it was coming.
Hail, Sega Lord X! This is and always was, my favorite horizontal shooter on the Genesis. The music and sound affects are great, and the bosses are super cool. Starting early on, there's a very steep difficulty spike that never seems to drop, til the very end, so its most def on the difficult side of shooters like this, it takes quite a bit of practice to make it through, but if anyone's looking for a good challenge, I'd say it doesnt get much better than this, for its genre. That said, the physical copy looks excellent and that emerald nebula green cartridge is absolutely gorgeous!
I most def recommend this game to any fans of the genre, check it out!
I haven't played this one. The weapon system reminds me of Hellfire, but the gameplay looks very different. Looks Good.
Preordered (over at Strictly Limited Games) the very moment I heard about it!
I’ve never played eliminate down before, but the graphics should look great as best as the game was on the quite common at the time 8 meg cart Especially by 1993 and the soundtrack absolutely rocks is one of my favourite MD soundtracks for sure it’s a shame. The game is crazy expensive now due to its rarity, but thank goodness for retro bit with this re-release.
My runs always end on stage 5 as well😂 fun and very difficult game
I can power through stages 6 and 7 with a bit of effort. I've never beaten stage 8, however. That final stretch is nasty.
@SegaLordX thats awesome man. Your channel is one of the best on YT
Huh, so it turns out I've been pronouncing Gaiares wrong all this time...
Sega is still going strong because of Sega Lord X
Great way to get rare/expensive games into the hands of collectors
In my top 5 shmup list for the console. Really good stuff here. The second half of the game it's even better. Glad it's getting a second chance.
Ordered ❤
It's a good one!
@@SegaLordX sadly due to massive work hours and a pain in the balls gf, ill finally have my batsugun review up.shortly. Besides how awesome the game looks what sold me on eliminate down.....its soundtrack is f'n AMAZING souding
The soundtrack rocks!
I bought a copy because it's a great shooter. Up there in the league of the Thunder Force series. It's a shame it never saw a release in the west.
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Shooters is an underrated genre
Stunning game 😮😊
Excellent. In spite not being into Shoot 'Em Up's, I decided to pre-order the game off Limited Run. And I'll do whatever I can to beat the game on console, and with my own skills and my own skills alone.
Was wondering when you were gonna upload this video seeing as Madlittlepixel and Retro Gamer Boy already beat you to it (not that it's a race).
I was lucky to buy a reproduction cart two years ago from China dirt cheap of this game and it came with the case, cover and even the manual, works perfectly too. No way I was ever going to spend $1000 on an original copy. It's a great shooter none the less.
Better places? The Megadrive was the best place for 16-bit shooters.
Better thing to remember is that it isn't the quantity, but the quality. Thing is that the Genesis has a ton of shumps, how many of those were worth owning back then. Is a ton of Shumps on the turbo graphics, and on the Neo-Geo, Snes has some good ones.
SEGA ROCKS
Game is dope. I tried to buy it years ago til I found a copy for 1000 on ebay and said forget it.
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Go check out Shmup Junkie's video reviewing and rating every Genesis/Mega Drive shooter. He gives Eliminate Down an S rating, as one of the best shoot em ups on the Genesis.
It's funny. There are some folks that call this a mid tier shooter with a poor soundtrack. It boggles the mind.
I wonder if this game is related to border down for the sega Dreamcast.
You mentioned Gyruss a couple of times … but Gyruss was never released for the Mega Drive (is was released for NES and GBA)
Gaiares. By Renovation.
@@SegaLordX ah! … my bad … I have played Gaiares, I just had no idea how to pronounce the name!
This is what alot of companies should be doing, reissue their games, rerelease with great quality packaging and drive down the cost of those people taking the piss with the collectors market, let's all be honest, they have way over inflated everything.
I'd like to see those racking up their collectors market take a hit in the wallet, this way it will level up the playing field
Sorry for the stupid question, but what series is the ship above the Sega Saturn in the intro from?
Hope they release M.U.S.H.A. and Alien Soldier!
Ummm....is it me or is the cover art a little disturbing around the 1:28 mark? Excellent video as always though.
I, myself am a P icon.
Already ordered. Really love what Retro-Bit is doing.
1,500$ for a shmup.. FOR A SHMUP! 🤣 oh my gosh that is both hilarious and sad.
Pre-ordered it on Day 1! It's affordable, and what's more, it has a reversible cover that looks like the custom one I was working on, to use in place of that God-awful original one.
The music sounds a bit generic MD/Gen-style to me, maybe it'll grow on me as I'll play. Not everyone mastered the sound chip as the TFIV guys did!
I’ve dropped big bucks on games before, but I’d rather not do that too often. I’ll be ordering this from Limited Run later this month for the $54 or whatever it costs.
looks good but as a casual shooter fan i am ok with skipping it. i cherry picked the shmups to own on genesis to get the best representation of the genre but i'm not into the genre as a whole to get them all or even get the best ones. Ranger X, Lightening Force, Steel Empire and Target Earth are enough for me. I will say though i wish these kinds of releases were available outside of the pre-order window. i dont want to drop $65 on this today, but maybe down the line why not. having the preorder only model is rife for scalping.
You think this will triple in price if I buy it and keep it sealed for a few years?
Likely not. Reprints rarely do that unless they were rare themselves.
As much as games like this are awesome, I need to call Earth out for being lazy because they only ever make ONE FIGHTER to take on an entire army! EARTH STOP BEING SO F**KING LAZY AND MAKE A WHOLE FORCE OF FIGHTERS TO DOMINATE THE ENEMY!!!
This game is a lot like Whip Rush.
I thoroughly enjoyed the highlight of an obscure gem but did I miss something? Where is the SEGA mega drive mini review?
Mini review for the game here.
@@SegaLordX hahahahaha oh man. I did a short with the mini SEGA Genesis so I guess I still had that in my mind. Apologies!
You know what i like about your channel. Its the fact there is zero drama. All about the 90s. When games were there to enjoy. Youre not looking for fame. Youre not looking to promote scams. No woke shit. Nothing. Youre not even showing your face. All about the game. I come here, watch the shit, give a thumbs up and bail. You and Snesdrunk are gems. For that, thank you.
When I made this channel my entire idea was to get people away from the bullshit of everyday life. Take them back to a time they loved and talk about the things that make them feel good. I'm glad you appreciate that.
Retro bit does cartridges that don't look like they fit the actual system. Sometimes I hope this cartridge fits the system properly
Press release says release Dec 2024.
The one I have says Q2 2024.
@@SegaLordX I hope yours is the right one then! 😁
Heh heh. P icon.
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Collect P and E 😂
Great game but sucks it's thru retrobit. They did me dirty on Gaiares release they did with the clown show at LRG. I already have a copy of eliminate, so it makes it easy again to not support either shady company again.
I suggest anyone interested to tread lightly cuz your game very well will take forever to get, if you even get it. And at that point you will have the fun of trying to get your money back. If you're really interested in just playing this great game, get an overdrive and go that route.
Hey Retro-bit: Give us the option to buy the ROM please.
You can get the ROM for nothing.
1700 dollars... man, i justa wanna play gta 6 for 500.
Jesus did they use GEMS in Japan it sounds like dung.
MUSHA, it ain't
@@ynotwalk7391its ear splitting garbage.
It's not GEMS and sounds nothing like that piss poor western garbage sound driver. This game is using a Japanese custom sound driver.
@@Tolbat
I have played this game a lot and kind of enjoy the music. But it does sound thin and a bit grating. Also, it will be worse or better depending on the hardware being used. Some revisions of the Genesis sound awful
@@ynotwalk7391 Yes I use a model 1 only via headphones.
This was one of the first import-only roms I downloaded in the early '00s, after "Megaman 9" on the SNES.