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[sinnergy]

I never had a Genesis/Megadrive, I was more of a Nintendo guy. Worshipped Donkey Kong Country , Super Metroid . Played occasionally on a Megadrive at a friends house, games always looked below SNES to be honest.

But this Megadrive game (which I now play on Analogue Pocket) looks incredible. Missed it because released at the end of that generation.

The adventures of Batman and Robin genesis / Megadrive .



Made by a relative new team . Even Game hut / coding secrets / traveler tales has videos about this game.

I am blown away by all the effects and levels in this game .What do you guys think?

 

[BossLackey]

Pretty damn impressive. I've never actually played this myself, but clearly the devs were flexing their muscles on this one.

 

[sinnergy]

Pretty damn impressive. I've never actually played this myself, but clearly the devs were flexing their muscles on this one.

For sure, I read it is all programmed in assembly.

 

[CGNoire]

Naw its Redzone, Alien Soilder or my favorite Sub Terrainia.

 

[TheInfamousKira]

Looks damn good.

I'll never get over the charm and nostalgia of basically every aspect of visual and sound design from the 16 bit era, and I didn't even start gaming until the N64, haha.

 

[fart town usa]

I never had a Genesis/Megadrive, I was more of a Nintendo guy. Worshipped Donkey Kong Country , Super Metroid . Played occasionally on a Megadrive at a friends house, games always looked below SNES to be honest.

But this Megadrive game (which I now play on Analogue Pocket) looks incredible. Missed it because released at the end of that generation.

The adventures of Batman and Robin genesis / Megadrive .



Made by a relative new team . Even Game hut / coding secrets / traveler tales has videos about this game.

I am blown away by all the effects and levels in this game .What do you guys think?

I played it at Funcoland as a kid. I remember being absolutely blown away, I would have been 10 at the time. Haven't played it in years but whenever I think back on genesis graphics that game always stands out in my memories.

 

[Gudji]

Not sure but it looks great. I remember back in the day thinking Comix Zone was crazy looking (think it also released in the last few years of the genesis/mega-drive).

 

[sinnergy]

Naw its Redzone, Alien Soilder or my favorite Sub Terrainia.

I’ll look into those.

 

[sinnergy]

I played it at Funcoland as a kid. I remember being absolutely blown away, I would have been 10 at the time. Haven't played it in years but whenever I think back on genesis graphics that game always stands out in my memories.

I didn’t even knew this version was different from the SNES version .

 

[fart town usa]

I didn’t even knew this version was different from the SNES version .

Yea, if memory serves correct it's one of those games where each console got one but are different games. I really should go back and revisit each version.

 

[ThaMonkeyClaw]

Most advanced 16-bit game? Starfox just because of it being a 3D game on a 16-bit console and to top if off it was insanely fun to play!

I really liked Flashback on the SNES as well:

 

[sinnergy]

Just learned same team also made a Sega CD version

 

[Gudji]

This ones are good looking too:

Earthworm Jim (There's a sequel too Earthworm Jim 2)




Vectorman




Pitfall




Flashback is great too (the one posted above). Then there's other more 3D looking games that I'm not really remembering as of now, what a great time it was.

And course one of my all time favorites (probably not the best looking tho), played this game so much Streets of Rage 2:

 

[CGNoire]

Not sure but it looks great. I remember back in the day thinking Comix Zone was crazy looking (think it also released in the last few years of the genesis/mega-drive).

This is a good contender as well.

 

[CGNoire]

Id like to also nominate Pitfall the Mayan Adveture.

 

[ThaMonkeyClaw]

This ones are good looking too:

Earthworm Jim (There's a sequel too Earthworm Jim 2)




Vectorman




Pitfall




Flashback is great too (the one posted above). Then there's other more 3D looking games that I'm not really remembering as of now, what a great time it was.

And course one of my all time favorites (probably not the best looking tho), played this game so much Streets of Rage 2:

Earthworm Jim, that was an amazing game!

 

[Gudji]

3D games

Virtua Racing:



Virtua Fighter 2:



Sonic 3D:



Honestly the genesis/mega-drive had so many great games. That alongside the original PSX are my favorite consoles of all time, I wish I had the opportunity to have a SNES too but never happened, my group of friends all had sega at the time dunno why.

 

[diffusionx]

Yea, Redzone on Genesis is insane. That is what happens when you have a 68k processor along with a bunch of demo scene lunatics actively trying to max out the hardware. It's probably the most advanced 16-bit game, just on base hardware.

 

[Gudji]

I have no idea if these games were on SNES but I loved them:

 

[sinnergy]

Great suggestions in this thread, going to check these out .

 

[Holammer]

Batman and Robin does every trick in the book for the Megadrive.
Konami also crammed in a few tricks in Contra Hard Corps. Let's put in a line scroll road effect for just a boss fight!

 

[sinnergy]

I have no idea if these games were on SNES but I loved them:

Those are on snes also I think, I played those back in the days. Desert strike was also one , I think .

 

[cireza]

There are a ton of impressive MegaDrive games because the console offered a lot of room to do things on software, thanks to the excellent CPU.

Street Racer for example has an absurdly smooth, fully textured road scroll.
Outrun 2019 has the most elaborated tracks of a forward scrolling racing game.
Zyrinx did notable games with Subterrania and Red Zone.
Batman & Robin is also very impressive has a lot various effects.
Check Traveller's Tales games as well (Toy Story, Mickey Mania, Sonic 3D, Puggsy).
Chuck Rock 2 is also super impressive (another European dev by the way).
Panomara Cotton is worth checking.
Konami did some nice things as well, for example in Rocket Knight, Castlevania and Contra.
Treasure is another one, with Gunstar Heroes, Yu Yu Hakusho (4 players fighting games, two lines, zooming) and Alien Soldier.
Landstalker is another very impressive MegaDrive game. It is not only 3D isometric, but is perfectly smooth and had a ton of content.
Comix Zone is worth checking. Very innovative transitions and big sprites.
Vectorman is another one. Excellent use of the hardware, including Shadow & Highlight.
Jurassic Park Lost World has impressive sequences, as well as excellent use of the color palette.

There are many others that deserve a mention but that's already quite a lot.

I have no idea if these games were on SNES but I loved them:

On SNES these games are low res (which doesn't help) and Urban Strike has an abysmal port, riddled with slowdowns.

 

[Ikutachi]

Pilotwings.

 

[sinnergy]

Is there a master thread with most impressive games per console generation?

 

[SLoco]

Not sure but it looks great. I remember back in the day thinking Comix Zone was crazy looking (think it also released in the last few years of the genesis/mega-drive).

I played this long ago on mame32