Best Genesis shooter?

ROBOTRON · Post by **ROBOTRON** » Tue Sep 27, 2005 9:17 pm

Tough. I'll go with:

Thunderforce 3

Leandro · Post by **Leandro** » Tue Sep 27, 2005 9:38 pm

Turrican wrote:
Leandro wrote:No one will mention Divine Sealing... awful game
Hmm, I agree then:

Q. Best Genesis shooter?

A. ALL, minus the awful Divine Sealing.

So let's give the game a chance then and say only ALL, Genesis rules anyway!

captain ahar · Post by **captain ahar** » Tue Sep 27, 2005 9:42 pm

Turrican wrote:I get the impression that topics like this always end mentioning THE ENTIRE shmup lineup of the given system.

What genesis shmup has yet to be mentioned in this thread?

sorry folks, i fucked it up when i mentioned curse as being a decent game

Turrican · Post by **Turrican** » Tue Sep 27, 2005 9:52 pm

captain ahar wrote:sorry folks, i fucked it up when i mentioned curse as being a decent game

There's something charming in Curse's visuals anyhow... Perhaps because it reminds me a bit of Menace. Not the best one, but you could've mentioned worse! ^_^

Ganelon · Post by **Ganelon** » Tue Sep 27, 2005 11:30 pm

Anybody know what the story to Divine Sealing is supposed to be anyway?

LoneSage · Post by **LoneSage** » Wed Sep 28, 2005 12:03 am

Ganelon wrote:Anybody know what the story to Divine Sealing is supposed to be anyway?

Couldn't tell you, but damned shame ZZ Badnusty didn't make an appearance.

That name gives me the guffaws.

Ganelon · Post by **Ganelon** » Wed Sep 28, 2005 1:21 am

Yeah, that'd be pretty interesting I think. Then again, her JP name was Zelduon, which just sounds dumb and unfeminine without the hilarity factor.

FraGMarE · Post by **FraGMarE** » Wed Sep 28, 2005 6:04 am

This lifted straight off of my post from the thread -Genesis Shooters-

My favorite Genesis shmup is definitely Gaiares. I'm sure old-timers on the forum have gotten sick of me saying this, as I've been trumpeting Gaiares on here since circa 1997, but to me, it's the best Genny shooter hands down. Lightening Force, MUSHA, Gley Lancer, Eliminate Down, and Thunderforce III are all also great.

marzzmatrix · Post by **marzzmatrix** » Wed Sep 28, 2005 6:07 am

You say Sol-Deace, but i'm gonna have to add a point in for the S/Mega CD's version, Sol-Feace... The music upgrade is VERY welcome.

Samudra · Post by **Samudra** » Wed Sep 28, 2005 7:04 pm

Overall I have the most fun with Thunder Force IV.
Having said that however I have not played all the shooters available on the Genesis. Maybe I'll be pleasantly suprised one day.

fraggore · Post by **fraggore** » Wed Sep 28, 2005 10:01 pm

well ive got to say the my top 3 are
Gairies top game wicked music bit on the hard side at times butt a top shmup.

thunder force 3 when i first got that game i played it to death still pritty funcky today

elemental master i love that game techno soft shore made some class mega drive games and i would say there games have some of the best music on the mega drive.

Nashwan · Post by **Nashwan** » Tue Oct 11, 2005 1:36 pm

Hmmm....

Thunderforce 4 and Eliminate Down were probably the best all round shooters on the Megadrive...TForce3 was more polished than its sucessor but it was too easy.

Hellfire was proper good...I still enjoy that game today. Biohazard Battle was good because it was so original and weird looking.

Gynoug was dull as ditchwater until you got to that amazing pink level near the end. Ditto for Zero Wing.

Gairies was OK.

M0nk3y · Post by **M0nk3y** » Tue Oct 11, 2005 3:35 pm

I remenber having (and completing) Thunderforces 3 & 4 and Gynoug maaaany years ago. Absolutely classic games.

All this recent talk of the Megadrive has spured me into action. I'm off to GameStation to get a MD2. Although I'd much rather an RG-M1 Sega Wondermega, but that's not happening at the mo.

Marc · Post by **Marc** » Tue Oct 11, 2005 3:46 pm

Gynoug was dull as ditchwater until you got to that amazing pink level near the end. Ditto for Zero Wing.

Dude... whack it on hardest and play again. If that doesn't change your mind, fair play to you.

Samudra · Post by **Samudra** » Thu Oct 13, 2005 6:22 pm

As far as I know changing the difficulty in Gynoug only changes the amount of hits enemies take.

It doesn't change enemy placement like for example Elemental Master; leaving the stages the same as always.