Most Technically Advanced Sega Megadrive/Genesis Games?

TL · February 22, 2014, 01:34:12 AM

Bloody hell!Â :69:

sloan · February 22, 2014, 15:02:27 PM

Quote from: "The Laird"Bloody hell!Â :69:

I happened upon it by accident, finding it at a thrift one day. Not a huge sports game fan, but I cleaned it and tested it like I always do and was shocked to see mode 7 effects in a Genesis game. It reminds me highly of NCAA Basketball on SNES but runs faster than that game.

TL · February 22, 2014, 15:09:52 PM

Quote from: "sloan"
Quote from: "The Laird"Bloody hell!Â :69:

I happened upon it by accident, finding it at a thrift one day. Not a huge sports game fan, but I cleaned it and tested it like I always do and was shocked to see mode 7 effects in a Genesis game. It reminds me highly of NCAA Basketball on SNES but runs faster than that game.

There are quite a few games with "Mode 7" effects on the Mega Drive, I already posted Red Zone in this thread.

Another highly impressive game is Mickey Mania (skip to 1:25):

[align=center:15qegu5v]Mickey Mania On SEGA Mega Drive (Genesis) Part 3[/align:15qegu5v]

sloan · February 22, 2014, 15:17:29 PM

Technically impressive, but is that really mode 7?

I associate mode 7 with rotation and scaling as well as zooming into the screen. Think F-Zero. That is why, although Batman and Robin is impressive, I don't associate those effects with mode 7.

TL · February 22, 2014, 15:21:18 PM

Quote from: "sloan"Technically impressive, but is that really mode 7?

I associate mode 7 with rotation and scaling as well as zooming into the screen. Think F-Zero. That is why, although Batman and Robin is impressive, I don't associate those effects with mode 7.

No, I didn't mean it was mode 7, I said it was another technically impressive game :3:

sloan · February 22, 2014, 15:24:10 PM

Oops, just reread your post. My mistake.

TL · February 23, 2014, 13:27:06 PM

Another game worth mentioning if you want to see some awesome scaling effects is the highly under rated shooter Granada, this game is a real favourite of mine:

[align=center:2yav80eb]Mega Drive Longplay [253] Granada[/align:2yav80eb]

zapiy · February 23, 2014, 13:55:42 PM

That Basketball game is awesome.. Nice one, and agreed Laird that Granada game is pretty damn good.

How about Virtua Racing?

Virtua Racing PAL Megadrive (Game Complete)

Maybe a predictable addition but still a worthy mention for this thread. It was one of the few fully 3D games of the 16-bit era and included the Sega Virtua Processor inside the cart.

TL · February 25, 2014, 19:22:16 PM

Yeah I agree with this one, even though Virtua Racing uses the SVP chip it's still incredibly impressive just how close they got it to the arcade game.

It's a real shame Sega never made more SVP games as this game showed real potential over what could be done. Mind you I remember it costing about £70 back in the day so the cost probably had a lot to do with it!

onthinice · February 26, 2014, 15:47:41 PM

Impressive titles with great gameplay. Now even more reasons to enjoy the system.

TL · March 02, 2014, 12:02:10 PM

[align=center:7gh4yz5e]Nobody posted this yet, the incredibly impressive MD version of Street Racer:

Mega Drive Longplay [178] Street Racer[/align:7gh4yz5e]

zapiy · March 06, 2014, 23:24:34 PM

Yeah thats a very good version fella..

onthinice · March 07, 2014, 01:54:05 AM

Never played it. Hard to believe that is a 16-bit Sega racing game. :13:

TL · March 11, 2014, 19:38:39 PM

Quote from: "onthinice"Never played it. Hard to believe that is a 16-bit Sega racing game.

It's a great game, I own the Saturn version though which is even better.

WiggyDiggyPoo · March 11, 2014, 20:19:08 PM

Can i put something a little different?

The micro-machine games always impressed me with the extra ports, and to this day is the only time Ive played a 8 players at once racing game with only 4 pads and no multi-tap!