Holy crap I didn't even know you could take enemies out with your surfboard in Shinobi 3! Not sure how I missed that. Agree about Mega Turrican. It's some of Chris Huelsbeck's favorite work ever, definitely his favorite Turrican.
The first stage of "World of Illusion" always amazed me as a kid. It felt like playing a cartoon, I couldn't believe video game graphics could be that good. I still enjoy it.
World of Illusion was so magical when it came out. The animation and creativity made for an underrated 16-bit masterpiece! Sega and Mickey Mouse was always a winning combination back then!
It really is a remarkable-looking game, simple in hindsight but absolutely charming and perfect for me and my friend to co-op play at our not-so-advanced age. The differences in campaigns, the whimsy and catchy music, and the shark boss that's still scary, I don't care how old I get. All that and Donald and Mickey really play and feel like their characters thanks to all the wonderful animation touches... Definitely one of the best licensed games, really need a relaunch or to be made available somehow. Unless it already is, somewhere?
@Jared Juggernaut I think that it's like... a platforming adventure game you can play co-op in really is part of the magic. Sure, I played Contra (or Super Probotector, EU and all) and Turtles in Time and Sunset Riders with siblings and friends, but the aggressive action of those kind of games felt different than World of Illusion. Maybe it's that you really help each other, and don't just fight enemies? And Donald and Mickey have ways to interact with each other, most other co-op games of the time feels like you're just separate islands that don't really interact with each other. So gorgeous graphics with great animations along with gameplay actions that really sell the "you're working TOGETHER" theme, I wonder if that's what really makes it stick in my mind. Perhaps my experience would've been very different if I had just played it solo.
@@goranisacson2502 Absolutely, the co-op mechanism was outstanding. The animations when the characters were on top of each other, climbing ropes or Mickey pulling Donald through tight spots. Brilliant! One of the best two player adventures ever in my opinion. I had forgotten that shark boss... Yikes, he was scary to a little kid like me! 😁
Diamond Dust Zone from "Sonic 3D Blast" has always been one of my favorite levels in the game due to how much I enjoy winter-themed levels in some games, and I also loved the level themes for both Acts, which fill me up with nostagia every time I hear them.
Total agreement with Streets of Rage 2. I thought you might mention it here. I love these videos, man! I always look forward to your content! In Contra Hardcorps, my absolute favorite stage is the one where the ending is Colonel Bahamut escaping in a helicopter where it turns out the alien DNA is a fast mutating virus that infects everything around it. I love all the setpieces in that stage with the foreboding music and the infected soldiers transforming into monsters and eating each other, and the references to the other final stages in previous Contra games but with a different spin because the bigger enemies are implied to be mutated from infected humans the deeper into the stage you go, culminating in a battle with a big alien queen with a weird human face. I really feel like it nailed that alien horror element more than any other in the series and I love it!
I know it's hard to think of it in terms of "levels", but I've got a lot of love for the first two pages of Comix Zone. The music, the visuals, the gameplay, it's got it all.
Definite ones for me would have to be: The Minecart stage from Gunstar Heroes. The action is awesome, the music is great and its probably one of the best boss battles on the system. Heck from Earthworm Jim. The soundtrack and the enemies make this one for me, fighting lawyers and a snowman that breathes fire is just the height of silly and I love it! The Machine planet in Ristar also springs to mind. It's got some of the catchiest music on the system and the stages are really challenging. The maze can be very difficult but also make you look like a pro when done right. Those are just off the top of my head, sure I could come up with more!
Too true. The first time I played Sonic 2 after its release, I was completely entranced by the visuals and music of Aquatic Ruin. It is one of the few water levels that I don't mind in a platformer. Hydrocity Zone also was another water level that was actually fun to play, too!
I definitely have a ton of nostalgia for Aquatic Ruin Zone because I remember being able to reach that level for the very first time after having kind of a difficult time trying to beat Act 2 of Chemical Plant Zone when I was kid.
@@sonicmario64 Same here, actually. As a kid, I always had so much trouble with the shifting blocks in the Mega Mack on Act 2 Chemical Plant. I would always panic and drown!
OMG aquatic ruin finally got it's due,people always put hydrocity as the best 2D water level,and I'm like really 0_0,but the temple in the forest submerged underwater with that theme always took me in ^_^
Aquatic Ruin is brilliant level design that rewards careful platforming. First few times you play it, you're going to trudge through the water (and maybe even drown a couple of times), but once you learn how to time your jumps properly, you can whip through it similarly to Emerald Hill Zone. The other water stages in Sonic don't offer such an alternative and submerge you in the water for most of the level.
Glad World of Illusion made it on the list. Often overlooked Genesis game and one of my favorites. The last level with the silhouettes was really cool. Pretty awesome if you played co-op as level designs changes from singleplayer. Rocket Knight also had some great levels. Aladdin's genie level and Sultan's palace were incredible. I've also enjoyed Cool Spot's first level on the beach and Tiny Toons: Buster's Hidden Treasure had a bunch of great levels. There's too many.
Very underrated game and personally my favorite game out of the early disney game on the genesis. I wish they kept the illusion series alive during the Saturn and dreamcast era. They missed on mickey mania on the Saturn due to the ps1 and I wish they made 2D illusion for the Saturn before transitioning to 3d for the next Saturn and dreamcast sequels.
Nice video again, these stages are awesome at least, for my pick, I always love the beach on SoR1, the music, the rough effects, everything. Thanks for the videos man, I'm always be waiting for the next one.
That was great. Please do a part three to this series. Some of my other favorites include:- Stage 2 Green - Gunstar Heroes, Lava Reef Zone Act 2 - Sonic & Knuckles, Stage 2 Downtown Dance Club - Streets of Rage 3 and The Haunted Level - Animaniacs.
Seeing what some of these devs pulled off back then with just the Genesis always makes me wonder what they could have done with some quality time on the Sega CD.
Any sega syste, honestly except for the master system and megasis none of them got to reach their potential Dreamcast revision with a dvd drive? Maybe scd/Saturn disc backwards compatibility. Shit would have given sexbox and piss station number 2 a run for their monies
For me, in Sonic 2, Mystic cave is my favorite of the game, the graphics per say aren't the most impressive, but it's the music, the atmosphere and the maze like level design that is just top notch! But ultimately, the music makes this level the best!
Alongside shadow dancer series. Shinobi 3 was best out of the series except legion PAL version due to its soundtrack. Legion dropped the ball with the fmv scenes, soundtracks (JP and NA) and digital sprites for the Saturn. Hopefully they can add redbook msu soundtrack for shinobi 3 one day.
Love the format and look forward to more episodes! And thank you for including Mega Turrican - it was great working on it back then and I still feel a little proud when it gets mentioned among so many amazing classics. 😅
14:09 YESSSSSSS 1 Billion percent!!!! Back in the day my friends hated playing this game because it was a "poor contra clone," but I loved playing it for the music itself. After putting some time in, you can show them that you can get good at a poor-contra-clone and give it some replay value.
Treasure always had some fun and creative levels in some of their Genesis games like Gunstar Heroes, Dynamite Headdy and, heck, even McDonalds Treasure Land Adventure!
It's a shame treasure never developed gunstar heroes and dynamite headdy sequels to the Saturn and dreamcast. Even game freak with pulseman to those consoles.
@@maroon9273 Unfortunately, Treasure rarely made sequels to any their games. The only exception I can recall is them making _Gunstar Super Heroes_ on the GBA as a spiritual successor to the original game.
@@mattb6522 they were a great gaming company. It was missed opportunity not porting NA released yu yu hakusho where we can play up to four players. Those treasures IPs would've have amazing 32-bit graphics using the Saturn hardware.
@@maroon9273 Yeah, Treasure was one of my favorite game companies in the 90's. If you haven't already, I recommend checking out _Silhouette Mirage_ on the Sega Saturn. It was a 2D action platformer developed by Treasure and quite underrated!
Dahna: Griffon stage; Alisia Draggon: second stage; Rolling Thunder 3: Airplane stage; Valis 3: first stage; Pulseman: New Tokyo stage; Phelios: griffon stage; Eternal chamoions: Larce Stage; Kid chamaleon: first snow stage; Rambo 3: third stage
Watching your channel for years. Same generation here and still gaming. One note for you is that Cammy s stage is a not a English country side but a Scottish one....as also the northern lights are not visible from England but Scotland (Inverness in particular). Keep going you re doing an amazing job
Great Video! Enjoyed it very much! When SoR2 was mentioned I immediately thought of the Amusement Park Stage. The Gigeresque always stays in the back of my mind as an Alien fan :) A new video with the 10 best backgrounds from the fighter library of the Neo Geo would be great! There are so many great ones that a top 10 at the end is guaranteed to be a super awesome video - very controversial of course and would probably need more than one part as well :)
Besides the five that I mentioned in part 1: Stage 3 of Gaiares was kind of iconic for its' time with a great hyperspace scene and then a shmups' Castlevania concept for the second part of the stage before a cool looking and full-screen boss; great tune going on that stage too. One of my favorite Sonic 2 zones would be stage 5 (Hilltop Zone); don't really have a preference for the segment just the aesthetic and music are appealing throughout.
The Library in World of Illusion was not only one of the best levels in that game, but one of the most memorable of my childhood. The music was wonderfully composed and has stayed rent free in my head ever since. Another epic level for Donald in that game was in level 2 where he rides the leaf down the waterfalls.
@@SegaLordX Glad you agree! Would love to see a video covering the trio of Castle of Illusion, Quackshot and World of Illusion. Really wonderful Disney games done brilliantly. Very much of their time and VERY Sega 👌
Sonic & Knbuckles - Lavareef Zone A massive zone with a lot of atmosphere. The loomin Death Egg in the background, a boss battle so different from all other bosses in this game, great music and a strong shift in tone for the 2nd act. Megaman: The Wily Wars - Mega Water S. Stage. awesome backgrounds and the music in megaman is always great. Mega Bomberman - Area 2 Vexin' Volcano. Driving a minecart and bombing enemies the can fast detonate your bombs, while lava is raining down. All that an a theme, that sicks in your head for weeks. Ristar - Planet Sonata. In the first level of this planet, you build up the music by giving metronomes to birds. This song is the theme of the bossbattle. But it's level 2, that I really like. The theme is the same, as before, but faster and more energetic. Guitars are dancing and everything is upbeat.
What a great idea for a video! I always look forward to SL-X’s Genesis/Megadrive videos. Also this and part-1’s selections were excellent choices. Some of my favorites, in no particular order, are: Central Park on Spider-Man vs The Kingpin, Stage 2 on Atomic Runner, Turtle Village on Golden Axe and Transylvania on Quackshot. Really hope SL-X does a part-3 to this!
Favorite stages on the Super NES: Stage 3 (where you are climbing a skyscraper) of Contra III The Alien Wars, the Ballroom stage (Stage 6, cool boss battle with the revolving background) of Super Castlevania IV, Spark Mandrill stage (I liked the high energy rock music) of Mega Man X, the haunted house scene of Tiny Toon Adventures Buster Busts Loose, Penguin's stage in the Adventures of Batman and Robin.
Ya know you can actually just stay at the top of those pillars at the end of Aquatic Ruin. If you're standing near the edges you can go up with the pillars and you can also just bounce off of Robotnik to bounce right back on to the top of the pillar. If you're good you should never touch the ground.
These episodes are a great idea. It's great to watch this knowing there are a lot of people out there who lived it and still remember the time fondly. Great job :)
These videos made me realize how long it's been since I pulled some of these games off the shelf. I am gonna have to buy Ranger X, because I've never played it. Time to go jam on my SEGA. Radical.
I knew Shinobi 3 would be there! But didn't expected those two scrolling ones to be featured in! Wonder if Phantasy Star IV may appear on the next. Motavia and Rykros are great candidates. They aren't exactly stages, since it is a RPG, but they are very beautiful.
The carpet ride through the clouds in World of Illusion man. I have vivid memories of playing it over a friend’s house and being in awe of the music and visuals. Where did all those days go?
PART 2 - As always, thanks for reminding me why I need to motivate and dust off the old college years Sega Genesis and stir up these awesome titles from earlier and simpler 16-bit nostalgic times - keep all the great original content coming, your love for this period in gaming history always shines through with your exceptionally creative presentation and constants personal stories and connections to this time in home gaming consoles, so thank you for all your hard work and efforts! Keep them coming.
It's a mix of stages Chemical Plant and Oil Ocean stages for me on Sonic 2. As for Ranger X, there is something unique about playing that stage where you're just going up the side of a building. The reflections and the breaking of the glass was something I loved looking at back then.
You are a legend man. The only guy I wish I could retro game with. This is my top 10 in no order. Jurassic Park Rampage Edition: Cargo Ship, Amazing graphics, game play and I love the music in that stage as well as how it progresses from outside to inside the ship. Streets Of Rage 2: Baseball Stadium, I mean, my favourite track in that game and I love how every level progresses in that game. Far smoother than the first game. Rocket Knight's Adventure: Stage 6, I mean wicked music and that level gives you one impressive challenge compared to all stages in the game prior. This level set the tone for the rest of the game as how much more aggressive your playstyle will have to become. Bio Hazard Battle: Stage 3 Jungle, The enemies, the bosses, the audio, I mean, this level to me was perfect. I find this game to be highly underrated. Sonic & Knuckles: Stage 2, the best music in my opinion from any Sonic game, it just kept you wanting more and more. This level is the music that sells it so damn well, and you can tell this is a Michael Jackson song. Alien 3: Stage 2, An amazing rocking tune in the background that keeps you pushing to find the prisoners before they meet their fate. The level of detail in the environments and the horrific styling of the deceased made this level creepier then the rest outside of Stage 4. Urban Strike: Vegas, I love the night fighting, and how intense this level is. I love how explosions light the night sky, and love the way this mission plays out. It blew my 6 year old mind when I watched someone for the first time show me past Stage 2, and that level left a permenant memory. Revenge Of Shinobi: Chinatown, The music in that stage is some of Yuzo Koshiros best, and it really sets the tone and atmosphere to that kick stage. The layout, the enemies, the atmosphere and more just sell that stage. Streets Of Rage: Final Stage, The music again sets the atmosphere, the windows showing how its turning from night to day, facing all former foes again, on top of the final showdown with Mr. X, that level has always impressed me. I will never forget beating it with my brother for the first time. Toy Story: Second level at Sids House, I love the music especially, the atmosphere is dark, I also find this to be one of the most underrated and amazing Sega Genesis games of all time. The story following the movie literally, the level designs constantly reminding you of the movie, the audio, the 3D elements, and more make this entire game worth owning and a must have. Apologies for being so late to the party.
Mishaela's stage in Shining Force is my favourite of that game and, like Midnight Resistance, it's the music that makes it so. I'd often just not move during a turn in order to let the music playout. Really, it's the music in general that makes SF1 my favourite of the series.
This is a solid list of stages for the the Sega Genesis! As for my favorite stage on the platform, that honor go to: Sonic 3 - Marble Garden Zone Act 1 & 2! Love that the music and level design for it as it keeps you on your toes at all time! :)
I wish marble zone was on the updated dlc pack of sonic mania including other zones from the sonic series. Like Death Egg Zone, Sky Sanctuary Zone, Hidden Palace Zone, Mushroom Hill Zone, Wacky Workbench Zone, Tidal Tempest Zone, Palmtree Panic Zone, Aquatic Ruin Zone, Sandopolis Zone, Scrap brain zone, Casino Night Zone, Emerald Hill Zone, ANGEL ISLAND ZONE, IceCap Zone, Marble Zone, Scrap Brain Zone, knuckles chatiox/3d blast/sonic 1/sonic 3 and knuckles alternative bonus stages, knuckles chaotix final stage and boss. Also, the unused and missing stages that never appear of sonic mania.
This brought me back to my childhood. I was in awe of the Genesis graphics and sounds compared to my SMS games. Those Mickey games were on another level and still hold up well today. Kudos to the OG developers.
My favorite is from Target Earth/Assault Suits Leynos, stage 8: after you and your allies fight through endless waves of enemy forces, your commander sacrifices himself by blowing an opening on the gigantic enemy mothership. In a rare moment in the game, you are completely alone with no friendlies or comms. Despite being surrounded by traps and defense turrets in the mothership, your commander died because he believed that you could stop the enemy general and end the brutal war. I can list other favorite stages (and plenty were mentioned already), but that game and stage left a huge impression on me in my younger days. The PS4/PC remake is great too as a budget title
I've been checking out like a ridiculous amount of your videos recently, and I will say, I love your content. I've been getting into video game collecting over the past few years and you have me on a constant sega craving haha.
Recently playing through Shinobi 3 I put it up there with Streets of Rage 1 music being the best on the system and like I said before I'm a Nintendo guys all the way back to the NES ages but when the Megadrive came out I skipped the Super Nintendo for the Sega Megadrive and I will do it again in a heartbeat 🙏🏽👍🏾🤘🏾
Part 1 had more games that I grew up with, but I'm happy to see the stuff I missed out on in this video. I always felt that most of my Genesis games were great, but as good as I had it growing up, I still never came close to seeing everything the system had to offer.
My favorite Sonic the Hedgehog-related level is the Doomsday level from Sonic 3 & Knuckles/Sonic 3 Complete. I loved watching Super Sonic and Hyper Sonic fly through space!
Bro because of your videos ive been balls deep in sega games , tryin to get through castlevania bloodlines now , i can literally hear your video intro music as the sega logo hits the screen , love your channel love your content ! Niners for life 💪
And pre-emptively for the inevitable future video-- Jet Set Radio's Benten-cho map. When I first played JSR on Dreamcast, I thought "hey this is a pretty cool game," then came Benten and I was completely blown away by the sights and sounds
Always loved the levels where you ride a giant elevator. The one at the end of Streets of Rage reminded me of the "After Dark" screensaver "Starry Night".
Amazing video. Some of my favorite stages: Ys III- Ilvern Ruins and Valestein Castle. World of illusion- underwater adventure stage. Splatterhouse 2- crystal prison. Castlevania Bloodlines: Versailles Palace. Fatal Fury- Geese Howard stage (the tune on Mega Drive is not that great,but the setting is excellent). And if you count Sega CD games too: Sonic CD- stardust speedway 3 (Sonic vs Metal Sonic) Final Fight CD (subway and bay area).
The river run stage on Jurassic Park Rampage edition has the most beautiful water effect I’ve ever seen on the system and the Moose Hunters stage on Mickey Mania has amazing vibrant colors, great parallax scrolling and superb Mickey and Pluto animation.
So little likes. That was the best game related video I have seen in ages and I was SNES and PC-Engine fanboy myself back in time. Those Toaplan shooters ported for the Genesis. Just greatness!
Just a state that popped in my head is the first stage of robocop vs terminator (MA code entered of course) hearing that music and just blasting enemies some from the original robocop film into a bloody pulp was just a sight to see as a young teenager
I'd love to nominate the Fifth stage from Rocket Knight adventures for this, but it has the arrow platforms which are just boring and the boxing robot boss, while an awesome moment, is an RNG run killer for Crazy Hard difficulty. So instead I'll say the final stage, as you get final showdowns with both the big bads followed by a low grav section and then the final battle in the heart of the Pig Star.
These two videos were great! Data East and their run and guns were similar in structure. Awesome gameplay, not fantastic but passable visuals, and amazing music that made the game. Everything said about Midnight Resistance you can apply verbatim to Bloody Wolf on Turbografx. If you're going to do a fan version of these my vote goes to stage 1 of X-Men 2: Clone Wars. You turn your Genesis on and bam you're playing the game. Your X-Person randomly chosen. No fuss, no waiting, just get to it. Once you beat it then you get the intro screen. Also the snow effect is great. The stage overall does a great job making you hyped for the rest of the game.
One of my favorite stage would be the lava stage in Rocketknight Adventure. The reflection of the lava the music… every thing is great about this stage.
Dude, amazing sequence of games and stages. Think you have plenty space to bring more like Earthworm Jin, Vectorman, Ristar, Verytex and Comix Zone for example. Well done, great videos and content, my best regards from Brazil
I was a scifi junkie even as a kid and any of the urban stages in Flashback made me think...WOW I AM LIVING THE BLADERUNNER MOVIE! Snatcher and Shadowgate had similar feel but the entire game.
I really like the bridge on Level 2 in Super Castlevania IV. The whole second stage is awesome. The end boss in Ghouls N Ghosts on Megadrive is amazing too. China Town in The Super Shinobi.
My boy came through again. As a former patreon patriot, back when you first started it. I now feel obligated to donate again because keep giving us steady entertainment content.
I'd love a chat with you one day your one of the very few youtubers I can relate with ur voice and way of explaining old times keeps me coming back to watch more of your content. Ps I'm also a sega fan boy
I know there are some folks who would disagree with me on this choice, but one of my favorite stages from the Genesis library has to be Black's Dice Palace from Gunstar Heroes. I totally dug the board game concept (which made clever usage of the characters' throw ability to roll an actual dice) and it allowed Treasure to play to their strengths of incorporating a bunch of unique boss encounters to the overall game. I always enjoyed fighting through all the various challenges, and the final boss battle with Black kept in theme with the dice roll idea, leading to what I found to be a fun finish for the level.
Gotta love an SLX drop. Definitely, one of the distinguishing marks of a favorite stage is the music. It goes a long way into making the stage memorable. The mere mention of "Actraiser," "Kilik" or even "Elwynn Forest" (if I'm allowed to extend the word "stage") immediately starts those tracks in my head.
Great video, SLX! I'm sure this was a fun video to make like the last one! Aquatic Ruin Zone and Ice Cap Zone are my favorite Sonic 2 and 3 Zones, too! Contra Hard Corps, World of Illusion, and Mega Turrican all have a number of excellent stages! I would not be able to pick just one! 😅 I suggest making a series of your favorite levels on any platform: NES, SNES, Game Gear, Playstation, N64, Saturn, Dreamcast...whatever floats your boat! Maybe even do a special arcade edition? A lot of arcade games have some really wild level designs, so it would be interesting to see which ones you enjoyed most!
@@maroon9273 Absolutely agree. Aquatic Ruins and Angel Island had such amazing and organic-looking designs. Ice Cap was just beautiful with some of the parallax scrolling in the backgrounds. Sonic Team had brilliant artists and pushed the Genesis' graphical capabilities!
@@mattb6522 yes, none of those ips and talent was pushed over to the saturn and at times the dreamcast. Shame sega lost most of their ips after the genesis. Only a tiny amount of games made it to the saturn and few for the dreamcast.
Pity you still haven't mentioned Rocket Knight Adventures and Earthworm Jim yet. Maybe you will in a future video. My favourite stage in RKA is the third, where you have reflecting lava like the reflecting water in Castlevania. The one in EJ is the underwater level, where Jim has to steer a submarine and fight a "truly epic" boss fight. Keep it going SLX!
Brother I've been watching you for a long time I appreciate all your content it is from my favorite time of gaming please keep it up much respect.... Watching you on my steam deck.
Golden Axe: Eagle's Path; Bonanza Bros.: cruise liner: Sonic 2: Hightop zone; Rolling Thunder 2: first stage; Quackshot: Duckburg; Shadow Dancer: Statue of liberty; Gagoyles: Vikings stage; Alien Storm: third stage; Sunsetriders: last stage (genesis exclusive; Tiny Toons: first stage (genesis); Rocket Knight: first stage; Aladdin: cave of wonders; ; Shining Force 2: Kraken; Monster World IV: Magic Carpet;
Pyron, the creator of the Street Fighter 2 Gensis color hack, has done dozens of color hacks for the Genesis. He really has a knack for improving the colors of classic Genesis games and making the graphics really shine! He's improved the likes of TMNT Hyperstone Heist, Mortal Kombat II, Joe & Mac, Lion King, Castlevania Bloodlines, Golden Axe, Streets of Rage 2 and many others! I hope he makes more Genesis color hacks!
MK2 is the hardest game he ever color hack due to probe developing with a limited 3 MB rom. Pyron has the best sprite color hack of all probe MK game series. Even a 4 MB arcade hack of mk1 is a very difficult hack and was impossible to make arcade perfect port on the genesis. A 6 or 8 MB rom would've most likely have all of the arcade presentation, improved colors, grainy framerates graphics on MK1 and MK2.
You definitely delivered more great content in this second part too. Those devs back then, really did some amazing wonders, on those old school consoles. In SF2, Cammy's stage always comes up as a favourite.👍😄 Also, good to see that you talked about the scammers, at the end of the vid. Great vid.👍
Holy crap I didn't even know you could take enemies out with your surfboard in Shinobi 3! Not sure how I missed that. Agree about Mega Turrican. It's some of Chris Huelsbeck's favorite work ever, definitely his favorite Turrican.
Yeah, it works like the jump kick when you are on foot. You can do it with the horse, as well.
Would love to see you two collab on a video
@@sloppynyuszi They will
Turrican, Turrican 2 and Super Turrican 2 easily have better music
Yup, I just wish you could block on the horse and surfboard too.
Ninjas and surfing. Now that’s what I call 90s awesomeness right there.
The first stage of "World of Illusion" always amazed me as a kid. It felt like playing a cartoon, I couldn't believe video game graphics could be that good.
I still enjoy it.
World of Illusion was so magical when it came out. The animation and creativity made for an underrated 16-bit masterpiece! Sega and Mickey Mouse was always a winning combination back then!
It really is a remarkable-looking game, simple in hindsight but absolutely charming and perfect for me and my friend to co-op play at our not-so-advanced age. The differences in campaigns, the whimsy and catchy music, and the shark boss that's still scary, I don't care how old I get. All that and Donald and Mickey really play and feel like their characters thanks to all the wonderful animation touches... Definitely one of the best licensed games, really need a relaunch or to be made available somehow. Unless it already is, somewhere?
@Jared Juggernaut the best game out of the series.
@Jared Juggernaut I think that it's like... a platforming adventure game you can play co-op in really is part of the magic. Sure, I played Contra (or Super Probotector, EU and all) and Turtles in Time and Sunset Riders with siblings and friends, but the aggressive action of those kind of games felt different than World of Illusion. Maybe it's that you really help each other, and don't just fight enemies? And Donald and Mickey have ways to interact with each other, most other co-op games of the time feels like you're just separate islands that don't really interact with each other. So gorgeous graphics with great animations along with gameplay actions that really sell the "you're working TOGETHER" theme, I wonder if that's what really makes it stick in my mind. Perhaps my experience would've been very different if I had just played it solo.
@@goranisacson2502 Absolutely, the co-op mechanism was outstanding. The animations when the characters were on top of each other, climbing ropes or Mickey pulling Donald through tight spots. Brilliant! One of the best two player adventures ever in my opinion.
I had forgotten that shark boss... Yikes, he was scary to a little kid like me! 😁
The Stampede from Lion King
Perfect example of how the 'grungy' sound of Genesis highlighted the peril
Snes was too clean
Exactly why I prefer Genesis music over Snes music
@@ebigemu7574 I love In Utero more than Nevermind
@Benjamin Jagun that's cool too
Diamond Dust Zone from "Sonic 3D Blast" has always been one of my favorite levels in the game due to how much I enjoy winter-themed levels in some games, and I also loved the level themes for both Acts, which fill me up with nostagia every time I hear them.
Love that stage on World of Illusion lol.
Water and forests stages are amazing.
Can't rate this channel highly enough, quality content with added personal stories (I too also love the Marble Zone!)
Glad you enjoy it! Thank you.
Total agreement with Streets of Rage 2. I thought you might mention it here. I love these videos, man! I always look forward to your content!
In Contra Hardcorps, my absolute favorite stage is the one where the ending is Colonel Bahamut escaping in a helicopter where it turns out the alien DNA is a fast mutating virus that infects everything around it.
I love all the setpieces in that stage with the foreboding music and the infected soldiers transforming into monsters and eating each other, and the references to the other final stages in previous Contra games but with a different spin because the bigger enemies are implied to be mutated from infected humans the deeper into the stage you go, culminating in a battle with a big alien queen with a weird human face.
I really feel like it nailed that alien horror element more than any other in the series and I love it!
I know it's hard to think of it in terms of "levels", but I've got a lot of love for the first two pages of Comix Zone. The music, the visuals, the gameplay, it's got it all.
Definite ones for me would have to be:
The Minecart stage from Gunstar Heroes. The action is awesome, the music is great and its probably one of the best boss battles on the system.
Heck from Earthworm Jim. The soundtrack and the enemies make this one for me, fighting lawyers and a snowman that breathes fire is just the height of silly and I love it!
The Machine planet in Ristar also springs to mind. It's got some of the catchiest music on the system and the stages are really challenging. The maze can be very difficult but also make you look like a pro when done right.
Those are just off the top of my head, sure I could come up with more!
Aquatic Ruin Zone = Most mesmerizing level anywhere
Too true. The first time I played Sonic 2 after its release, I was completely entranced by the visuals and music of Aquatic Ruin. It is one of the few water levels that I don't mind in a platformer. Hydrocity Zone also was another water level that was actually fun to play, too!
I definitely have a ton of nostalgia for Aquatic Ruin Zone because I remember being able to reach that level for the very first time after having kind of a difficult time trying to beat Act 2 of Chemical Plant Zone when I was kid.
I like surfing on the swinging platforms.
Hilltop Zone has the best music ever though
@@sonicmario64 Same here, actually. As a kid, I always had so much trouble with the shifting blocks in the Mega Mack on Act 2 Chemical Plant. I would always panic and drown!
@@mattb6522 facts and tidel tempest is another great water zone from sonic cd.
Great call on Aquatic Ruin Zone as your favorite Sonic 2 stage! I’ve always felt similarly, with Mystic Cave Zone being tied with it.
The real and only excellent ice cap zone. Miss ya...
OMG aquatic ruin finally got it's due,people always put hydrocity as the best 2D water level,and I'm like really 0_0,but the temple in the forest submerged underwater with that theme always took me in ^_^
Aquatic Ruin is brilliant level design that rewards careful platforming. First few times you play it, you're going to trudge through the water (and maybe even drown a couple of times), but once you learn how to time your jumps properly, you can whip through it similarly to Emerald Hill Zone. The other water stages in Sonic don't offer such an alternative and submerge you in the water for most of the level.
Mega Turrican is so under rated, imo its one of best Genesis games. Graphics, gameplay and an amazing soundtrack.
It's a great run n gun. I think it's biggest issue was you couldn't shoot up or diagonally. If you could, I think it'd be much more popular today.
Ice Cap in Origins is not the same without this music
Glad World of Illusion made it on the list. Often overlooked Genesis game and one of my favorites. The last level with the silhouettes was really cool. Pretty awesome if you played co-op as level designs changes from singleplayer. Rocket Knight also had some great levels. Aladdin's genie level and Sultan's palace were incredible. I've also enjoyed Cool Spot's first level on the beach and Tiny Toons: Buster's Hidden Treasure had a bunch of great levels. There's too many.
Very underrated game and personally my favorite game out of the early disney game on the genesis. I wish they kept the illusion series alive during the Saturn and dreamcast era. They missed on mickey mania on the Saturn due to the ps1 and I wish they made 2D illusion for the Saturn before transitioning to 3d for the next Saturn and dreamcast sequels.
I remember that stage on Gunstar Heroes where you can see the sun while battling lots of enemies. That was breathtaking and one of my favorite.
Yeah lots of great action in gunstar
@@MagillanicaLouM Yeah. Definitely a fun game :)
Nice video again, these stages are awesome at least, for my pick, I always love the beach on SoR1, the music, the rough effects, everything. Thanks for the videos man, I'm always be waiting for the next one.
That was great. Please do a part three to this series. Some of my other favorites include:- Stage 2 Green - Gunstar Heroes, Lava Reef Zone Act 2 - Sonic & Knuckles, Stage 2 Downtown Dance Club - Streets of Rage 3 and The Haunted Level - Animaniacs.
Seeing what some of these devs pulled off back then with just the Genesis always makes me wonder what they could have done with some quality time on the Sega CD.
I always think the same..The SD was such a waste of power! The SD could easily handle Wolfstein 3D and Arcade games such as DD Crew.
Same with the 32x. Few games showed what it could do, but I blame that on the system's poorly-timed release.
I'm a developer and I've always been interested in answering that question myself. But I can't put my efforts into that yet.
Maybe some day...
Any sega syste, honestly except for the master system and megasis none of them got to reach their potential
Dreamcast revision with a dvd drive? Maybe scd/Saturn disc backwards compatibility. Shit would have given sexbox and piss station number 2 a run for their monies
@@stepheng8061 in an alternate timeline one can hope
For me, in Sonic 2, Mystic cave is my favorite of the game, the graphics per say aren't the most impressive, but it's the music, the atmosphere and the maze like level design that is just top notch!
But ultimately, the music makes this level the best!
You have never lived until you fall into "the pit" as Super Sonic lol.
You are correct sir. The track from that level still pops into my head.
@@riptos0074 that too!!
Damn pit...
Chemical plant. Music and the buildings in the background, just perfect.
@@yanceyboyz Oil ocean zone is atmospheric and dope as well
That Shinobi 3 stages music is criminally underrated!
It's one of the BEST soundtracks ever made! Pure Jazz Fusion/Prog/Hard Rock :-)
My lord the one in the Shinobi 3 is just amazing!
Alongside shadow dancer series. Shinobi 3 was best out of the series except legion PAL version due to its soundtrack. Legion dropped the ball with the fmv scenes, soundtracks (JP and NA) and digital sprites for the Saturn. Hopefully they can add redbook msu soundtrack for shinobi 3 one day.
Whirlwind on Shinobi 3 always reminded me of Push it to the limits from Scarface.
Love the format and look forward to more episodes! And thank you for including Mega Turrican - it was great working on it back then and I still feel a little proud when it gets mentioned among so many amazing classics. 😅
14:09 YESSSSSSS 1 Billion percent!!!! Back in the day my friends hated playing this game because it was a "poor contra clone," but I loved playing it for the music itself. After putting some time in, you can show them that you can get good at a poor-contra-clone and give it some replay value.
Treasure always had some fun and creative levels in some of their Genesis games like Gunstar Heroes, Dynamite Headdy and, heck, even McDonalds Treasure Land Adventure!
It's a shame treasure never developed gunstar heroes and dynamite headdy sequels to the Saturn and dreamcast. Even game freak with pulseman to those consoles.
@@maroon9273 Unfortunately, Treasure rarely made sequels to any their games. The only exception I can recall is them making _Gunstar Super Heroes_ on the GBA as a spiritual successor to the original game.
@@mattb6522 they were a great gaming company. It was missed opportunity not porting NA released yu yu hakusho where we can play up to four players. Those treasures IPs would've have amazing 32-bit graphics using the Saturn hardware.
@@maroon9273 Yeah, Treasure was one of my favorite game companies in the 90's. If you haven't already, I recommend checking out _Silhouette Mirage_ on the Sega Saturn. It was a 2D action platformer developed by Treasure and quite underrated!
Dahna: Griffon stage; Alisia Draggon: second stage; Rolling Thunder 3: Airplane stage; Valis 3: first stage; Pulseman: New Tokyo stage; Phelios: griffon stage; Eternal chamoions: Larce Stage; Kid chamaleon: first snow stage; Rambo 3: third stage
some beautiful pixel art from the golden age !!
Watching your channel for years. Same generation here and still gaming. One note for you is that Cammy s stage is a not a English country side but a Scottish one....as also the northern lights are not visible from England but Scotland (Inverness in particular). Keep going you re doing an amazing job
Man that color hack of SSF2 is great. Thanks Lordster!
Any time!
Sf2 hacks of the genesis are amazing.
Great Video! Enjoyed it very much! When SoR2 was mentioned I immediately thought of the Amusement Park Stage.
The Gigeresque always stays in the back of my mind as an Alien fan :)
A new video with the 10 best backgrounds from the fighter library of the Neo Geo would be great!
There are so many great ones that a top 10 at the end is guaranteed to be a super awesome video - very controversial of course
and would probably need more than one part as well :)
Sky Cutter Beach in Kid Chameleon is on of my favorites.
Besides the five that I mentioned in part 1: Stage 3 of Gaiares was kind of iconic for its' time with a great hyperspace scene and then a shmups' Castlevania concept for the second part of the stage before a cool looking and full-screen boss; great tune going on that stage too. One of my favorite Sonic 2 zones would be stage 5 (Hilltop Zone); don't really have a preference for the segment just the aesthetic and music are appealing throughout.
Gunstar heroes first stage (and most stages) is pretty epic! Music, parallax, chaos!
The Library in World of Illusion was not only one of the best levels in that game, but one of the most memorable of my childhood.
The music was wonderfully composed and has stayed rent free in my head ever since.
Another epic level for Donald in that game was in level 2 where he rides the leaf down the waterfalls.
Yup, that entire game was wonderfully done.
@@SegaLordX Glad you agree! Would love to see a video covering the trio of Castle of Illusion, Quackshot and World of Illusion.
Really wonderful Disney games done brilliantly.
Very much of their time and VERY Sega 👌
Sonic & Knbuckles - Lavareef Zone
A massive zone with a lot of atmosphere. The loomin Death Egg in the background, a boss battle so different from all other bosses in this game, great music and a strong shift in tone for the 2nd act.
Megaman: The Wily Wars - Mega Water S. Stage. awesome backgrounds and the music in megaman is always great.
Mega Bomberman - Area 2 Vexin' Volcano. Driving a minecart and bombing enemies the can fast detonate your bombs, while lava is raining down. All that an a theme, that sicks in your head for weeks.
Ristar - Planet Sonata. In the first level of this planet, you build up the music by giving metronomes to birds. This song is the theme of the bossbattle. But it's level 2, that I really like. The theme is the same, as before, but faster and more energetic. Guitars are dancing and everything is upbeat.
Great series man, very relaxing!
Thanks for watching.
What a great idea for a video! I always look forward to SL-X’s Genesis/Megadrive videos. Also this and part-1’s selections were excellent choices. Some of my favorites, in no particular order, are: Central Park on Spider-Man vs The Kingpin, Stage 2 on Atomic Runner, Turtle Village on Golden Axe and Transylvania on Quackshot. Really hope SL-X does a part-3 to this!
Favorite stages on the Super NES: Stage 3 (where you are climbing a skyscraper) of Contra III The Alien Wars, the Ballroom stage (Stage 6, cool boss battle with the revolving background) of Super Castlevania IV, Spark Mandrill stage (I liked the high energy rock music) of Mega Man X, the haunted house scene of Tiny Toon Adventures Buster Busts Loose, Penguin's stage in the Adventures of Batman and Robin.
This channel brings back so many memories. I was always a Sega kid and there's just something about the graphics and sound that I love to this day.
Ya know you can actually just stay at the top of those pillars at the end of Aquatic Ruin. If you're standing near the edges you can go up with the pillars and you can also just bounce off of Robotnik to bounce right back on to the top of the pillar. If you're good you should never touch the ground.
These episodes are a great idea. It's great to watch this knowing there are a lot of people out there who lived it and still remember the time fondly. Great job :)
Another one of my faves is the Ellis stage in Thunder Force III with it's phenomenal music, multidirectional scrolling and cool enemies.
These videos made me realize how long it's been since I pulled some of these games off the shelf. I am gonna have to buy Ranger X, because I've never played it. Time to go jam on my SEGA. Radical.
I knew Shinobi 3 would be there! But didn't expected those two scrolling ones to be featured in!
Wonder if Phantasy Star IV may appear on the next. Motavia and Rykros are great candidates. They aren't exactly stages, since it is a RPG, but they are very beautiful.
RPG's are tough because they don't have traditional stages. At least most of them. I am considering how to make it work in the next video, however.
@@SegaLordX Special mention.
Happy to see the SSF2 color hacks get a mention. Lord Hiryu and Pyron do amazing work :)
They do. Incredible work.
New Washington in Flashback is an awesome level. The way they made it feel like a real city was so cool.
The carpet ride through the clouds in World of Illusion man. I have vivid memories of playing it over a friend’s house and being in awe of the music and visuals. Where did all those days go?
I totally know how you feel, and I also loved hearing Mickey and Donald say "Alakazam!" whenever they're able to summon the magic carpets to ride on.
I'd also add Casino Night Sonic 2, Germany Castlevania Bloodlines and the Roller Skating level from California Games
PART 2 - As always, thanks for reminding me why I need to motivate and dust off the old college years Sega Genesis and stir up these awesome titles from earlier and simpler 16-bit nostalgic times - keep all the great original content coming, your love for this period in gaming history always shines through with your exceptionally creative presentation and constants personal stories and connections to this time in home gaming consoles, so thank you for all your hard work and efforts! Keep them coming.
It's a mix of stages Chemical Plant and Oil Ocean stages for me on Sonic 2. As for Ranger X, there is something unique about playing that stage where you're just going up the side of a building. The reflections and the breaking of the glass was something I loved looking at back then.
You are a legend man. The only guy I wish I could retro game with.
This is my top 10 in no order.
Jurassic Park Rampage Edition: Cargo Ship, Amazing graphics, game play and I love the music in that stage as well as how it progresses from outside to inside the ship.
Streets Of Rage 2: Baseball Stadium, I mean, my favourite track in that game and I love how every level progresses in that game. Far smoother than the first game.
Rocket Knight's Adventure: Stage 6, I mean wicked music and that level gives you one impressive challenge compared to all stages in the game prior. This level set the tone for the rest of the game as how much more aggressive your playstyle will have to become.
Bio Hazard Battle: Stage 3 Jungle, The enemies, the bosses, the audio, I mean, this level to me was perfect. I find this game to be highly underrated.
Sonic & Knuckles: Stage 2, the best music in my opinion from any Sonic game, it just kept you wanting more and more. This level is the music that sells it so damn well, and you can tell this is a Michael Jackson song.
Alien 3: Stage 2, An amazing rocking tune in the background that keeps you pushing to find the prisoners before they meet their fate. The level of detail in the environments and the horrific styling of the deceased made this level creepier then the rest outside of Stage 4.
Urban Strike: Vegas, I love the night fighting, and how intense this level is. I love how explosions light the night sky, and love the way this mission plays out. It blew my 6 year old mind when I watched someone for the first time show me past Stage 2, and that level left a permenant memory.
Revenge Of Shinobi: Chinatown, The music in that stage is some of Yuzo Koshiros best, and it really sets the tone and atmosphere to that kick stage. The layout, the enemies, the atmosphere and more just sell that stage.
Streets Of Rage: Final Stage, The music again sets the atmosphere, the windows showing how its turning from night to day, facing all former foes again, on top of the final showdown with Mr. X, that level has always impressed me. I will never forget beating it with my brother for the first time.
Toy Story: Second level at Sids House, I love the music especially, the atmosphere is dark, I also find this to be one of the most underrated and amazing Sega Genesis games of all time. The story following the movie literally, the level designs constantly reminding you of the movie, the audio, the 3D elements, and more make this entire game worth owning and a must have.
Apologies for being so late to the party.
Mishaela's stage in Shining Force is my favourite of that game and, like Midnight Resistance, it's the music that makes it so. I'd often just not move during a turn in order to let the music playout. Really, it's the music in general that makes SF1 my favourite of the series.
Comix Zone, first level: start out the game, music kicks in and you just go when you get good at the game.
This is a solid list of stages for the the Sega Genesis!
As for my favorite stage on the platform, that honor go to:
Sonic 3 - Marble Garden Zone Act 1 & 2! Love that the music
and level design for it as it keeps you on your toes at all time! :)
I wish marble zone was on the updated dlc pack of sonic mania including other zones from the sonic series. Like Death Egg Zone, Sky Sanctuary Zone, Hidden Palace Zone, Mushroom Hill Zone, Wacky Workbench Zone, Tidal Tempest Zone, Palmtree Panic Zone, Aquatic Ruin Zone, Sandopolis Zone, Scrap brain zone, Casino Night Zone, Emerald Hill Zone, ANGEL ISLAND ZONE, IceCap Zone, Marble Zone, Scrap Brain Zone, knuckles chatiox/3d blast/sonic 1/sonic 3 and knuckles alternative bonus stages, knuckles chaotix final stage and boss. Also, the unused and missing stages that never appear of sonic mania.
This brought me back to my childhood. I was in awe of the Genesis graphics and sounds compared to my SMS games. Those Mickey games were on another level and still hold up well today. Kudos to the OG developers.
My favorite is from Target Earth/Assault Suits Leynos, stage 8: after you and your allies fight through endless waves of enemy forces, your commander sacrifices himself by blowing an opening on the gigantic enemy mothership. In a rare moment in the game, you are completely alone with no friendlies or comms. Despite being surrounded by traps and defense turrets in the mothership, your commander died because he believed that you could stop the enemy general and end the brutal war. I can list other favorite stages (and plenty were mentioned already), but that game and stage left a huge impression on me in my younger days. The PS4/PC remake is great too as a budget title
I've been checking out like a ridiculous amount of your videos recently, and I will say, I love your content. I've been getting into video game collecting over the past few years and you have me on a constant sega craving haha.
Recently playing through Shinobi 3 I put it up there with Streets of Rage 1 music being the best on the system and like I said before I'm a Nintendo guys all the way back to the NES ages but when the Megadrive came out I skipped the Super Nintendo for the Sega Megadrive and I will do it again in a heartbeat 🙏🏽👍🏾🤘🏾
I’m disconsolate many great games that I missed watching your videos. Great work!
Haha! Impeccable...you chose Aquatic Ruin too!
Yeah I did. Great stage.
Part 1 had more games that I grew up with, but I'm happy to see the stuff I missed out on in this video. I always felt that most of my Genesis games were great, but as good as I had it growing up, I still never came close to seeing everything the system had to offer.
My favorite Sonic the Hedgehog-related level is the Doomsday level from Sonic 3 & Knuckles/Sonic 3 Complete. I loved watching Super Sonic and Hyper Sonic fly through space!
Bro because of your videos ive been balls deep in sega games , tryin to get through castlevania bloodlines now , i can literally hear your video intro music as the sega logo hits the screen , love your channel love your content ! Niners for life 💪
ahh, that ice cap music still moves me all these years later... the best music in sonic 3 hands down
And pre-emptively for the inevitable future video-- Jet Set Radio's Benten-cho map. When I first played JSR on Dreamcast, I thought "hey this is a pretty cool game," then came Benten and I was completely blown away by the sights and sounds
Another great video! For me Hilltop Zone on Sonic 2 was great!
Always loved the levels where you ride a giant elevator. The one at the end of Streets of Rage reminded me of the "After Dark" screensaver "Starry Night".
Amazing video.
Some of my favorite stages:
Ys III- Ilvern Ruins and Valestein Castle.
World of illusion- underwater adventure stage.
Splatterhouse 2- crystal prison.
Castlevania Bloodlines: Versailles Palace.
Fatal Fury- Geese Howard stage (the tune on Mega Drive is not that great,but the setting is excellent).
And if you count Sega CD games too:
Sonic CD- stardust speedway 3 (Sonic vs Metal Sonic)
Final Fight CD (subway and bay area).
The river run stage on Jurassic Park Rampage edition has the most beautiful water effect I’ve ever seen on the system and the Moose Hunters stage on Mickey Mania has amazing vibrant colors, great parallax scrolling and superb Mickey and Pluto animation.
Both quite good, I agree.
So little likes. That was the best game related video I have seen in ages and I was SNES and PC-Engine fanboy myself back in time. Those Toaplan shooters ported for the Genesis. Just greatness!
Just a state that popped in my head is the first stage of robocop vs terminator (MA code entered of course) hearing that music and just blasting enemies some from the original robocop film into a bloody pulp was just a sight to see as a young teenager
I'd love to nominate the Fifth stage from Rocket Knight adventures for this, but it has the arrow platforms which are just boring and the boxing robot boss, while an awesome moment, is an RNG run killer for Crazy Hard difficulty.
So instead I'll say the final stage, as you get final showdowns with both the big bads followed by a low grav section and then the final battle in the heart of the Pig Star.
I don't know how you did it, but you managed to make a list better than part 1. Bravo sir!
These two videos were great! Data East and their run and guns were similar in structure. Awesome gameplay, not fantastic but passable visuals, and amazing music that made the game. Everything said about Midnight Resistance you can apply verbatim to Bloody Wolf on Turbografx.
If you're going to do a fan version of these my vote goes to stage 1 of X-Men 2: Clone Wars. You turn your Genesis on and bam you're playing the game. Your X-Person randomly chosen. No fuss, no waiting, just get to it. Once you beat it then you get the intro screen. Also the snow effect is great. The stage overall does a great job making you hyped for the rest of the game.
Aquatic Ruin is lovely. Amazing music too
One of my favorite stage would be the lava stage in Rocketknight Adventure. The reflection of the lava the music… every thing is great about this stage.
Dude, amazing sequence of games and stages. Think you have plenty space to bring more like Earthworm Jin, Vectorman, Ristar, Verytex and Comix Zone for example. Well done, great videos and content, my best regards from Brazil
i just noticed how dope the cover art for mega turrican was!
I was a scifi junkie even as a kid and any of the urban stages in Flashback made me think...WOW I AM LIVING THE BLADERUNNER MOVIE! Snatcher and Shadowgate had similar feel but the entire game.
The Forest Level in Shinobi is one of my all time favourite Stages on the Sega Genesis.
Facts alongside surfing stage as well.
Oh i love ice cap zone is one of my favorite level in sonic 3 and music alone and i always goes back to play this level
The casino zone in sonic 2 is my favorite one!
I really like the bridge on Level 2 in Super Castlevania IV. The whole second stage is awesome. The end boss in Ghouls N Ghosts on Megadrive is amazing too. China Town in The Super Shinobi.
My boy came through again. As a former patreon patriot, back when you first started it. I now feel obligated to donate again because keep giving us steady entertainment content.
I'd love a chat with you one day your one of the very few youtubers I can relate with ur voice and way of explaining old times keeps me coming back to watch more of your content. Ps I'm also a sega fan boy
I know there are some folks who would disagree with me on this choice, but one of my favorite stages from the Genesis library has to be Black's Dice Palace from Gunstar Heroes. I totally dug the board game concept (which made clever usage of the characters' throw ability to roll an actual dice) and it allowed Treasure to play to their strengths of incorporating a bunch of unique boss encounters to the overall game. I always enjoyed fighting through all the various challenges, and the final boss battle with Black kept in theme with the dice roll idea, leading to what I found to be a fun finish for the level.
Gotta love an SLX drop.
Definitely, one of the distinguishing marks of a favorite stage is the music. It goes a long way into making the stage memorable. The mere mention of "Actraiser," "Kilik" or even "Elwynn Forest" (if I'm allowed to extend the word "stage") immediately starts those tracks in my head.
Couldn't agree more! Music made many of these games.
Good stage choices in PT1. The Shadowdancer Statue of Liberty is my all time favourite.
This will be a cool series. Looking forward to seeing more
Sonic parallax is state of art. That iced stage looks like 3D!
It always confounds me how Ranger X never got a sequel or nobody ever replicated its gameplay.
It desperately needed a sequel on Saturn.
Great video, SLX! I'm sure this was a fun video to make like the last one! Aquatic Ruin Zone and Ice Cap Zone are my favorite Sonic 2 and 3 Zones, too! Contra Hard Corps, World of Illusion, and Mega Turrican all have a number of excellent stages! I would not be able to pick just one! 😅
I suggest making a series of your favorite levels on any platform: NES, SNES, Game Gear, Playstation, N64, Saturn, Dreamcast...whatever floats your boat! Maybe even do a special arcade edition? A lot of arcade games have some really wild level designs, so it would be interesting to see which ones you enjoyed most!
Yup, arcade stages could be very interesting.
Aquatic ruins, ice cap and angel island has the best background graphics for sonic 2 and 3.
@@maroon9273 Absolutely agree. Aquatic Ruins and Angel Island had such amazing and organic-looking designs. Ice Cap was just beautiful with some of the parallax scrolling in the backgrounds. Sonic Team had brilliant artists and pushed the Genesis' graphical capabilities!
@@mattb6522 yes, none of those ips and talent was pushed over to the saturn and at times the dreamcast. Shame sega lost most of their ips after the genesis. Only a tiny amount of games made it to the saturn and few for the dreamcast.
Pity you still haven't mentioned Rocket Knight Adventures and Earthworm Jim yet. Maybe you will in a future video.
My favourite stage in RKA is the third, where you have reflecting lava like the reflecting water in Castlevania.
The one in EJ is the underwater level, where Jim has to steer a submarine and fight a "truly epic" boss fight.
Keep it going SLX!
Brother I've been watching you for a long time I appreciate all your content it is from my favorite time of gaming please keep it up much respect.... Watching you on my steam deck.
I appreciate that. Thank you.
Golden Axe: Eagle's Path; Bonanza Bros.: cruise liner: Sonic 2: Hightop zone; Rolling Thunder 2: first stage; Quackshot: Duckburg; Shadow Dancer: Statue of liberty; Gagoyles: Vikings stage; Alien Storm: third stage; Sunsetriders: last stage (genesis exclusive; Tiny Toons: first stage (genesis); Rocket Knight: first stage; Aladdin: cave of wonders; ; Shining Force 2: Kraken; Monster World IV: Magic Carpet;
Pyron, the creator of the Street Fighter 2 Gensis color hack, has done dozens of color hacks for the Genesis. He really has a knack for improving the colors of classic Genesis games and making the graphics really shine! He's improved the likes of TMNT Hyperstone Heist, Mortal Kombat II, Joe & Mac, Lion King, Castlevania Bloodlines, Golden Axe, Streets of Rage 2 and many others! I hope he makes more Genesis color hacks!
MK2 is the hardest game he ever color hack due to probe developing with a limited 3 MB rom. Pyron has the best sprite color hack of all probe MK game series. Even a 4 MB arcade hack of mk1 is a very difficult hack and was impossible to make arcade perfect port on the genesis. A 6 or 8 MB rom would've most likely have all of the arcade presentation, improved colors, grainy framerates graphics on MK1 and MK2.
You definitely delivered more great content in this second part too. Those devs back then, really did some amazing wonders, on those old school consoles. In SF2, Cammy's stage always comes up as a favourite.👍😄
Also, good to see that you talked about the scammers, at the end of the vid. Great vid.👍