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[Friday]

I've always sort of put it into the "meme game" box in my mind, like Battletoads.

[Kishi]

[Upthorn]

I unironically enjoy the "wise fwom yo gwave" sound bite first stage BGM, and boss music from altered beast.

[Brantly B.]

The only problem with actually playing Altered Beast is that you don't gain much over watching an LP of it, other than a certain amount of irritation.

I just noticed... doesn't it seem like the bosses are in reverse order?

[Niku]

ALISIA DRAGOON FUCKIN RULES YOU GODDAMN SAVAGES

YOU ARE A SEXY ANIME LADY WITH SUPER SHOOTY CUTIE PETS

PLEASE VOTE ACCORDINGLY

[Friday]

40. Blades of Vengeance 1
63. Shining in the Darkness 4
53. Sparkster 3
16. Phantasy Star 4 8
67. Altered Beast 5
12. Alien Soldier 5
21. Alisia Dragoon 4
78. Road Rash 4
20. Ristar 4

I know I said all ties advance but I am not advancing 4 fucking games all tied for 4th place

Niku made an effort post so Alisia Dragoon moves on

also, found more duplicates: Splatterhouse 2, Shining Force 2, and Phantasy Star 4. Removed.

Next up:

9. Decap-Attack
81. Thunder Force IV
76. Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine
57. Phantasy Star II
66. Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3
68. NBA Jam
55. El Viento
79. Kid Chameleon
42. Mega Turrican

[beatbandito]

you have now experienced anything worth experiencing in ristar

[Niku]

decap attack might not be best genesis game, but is definitely one of the most genesis game

[François]

Phantasy Star II is easily as cruel in total as Dragon Quest II, but its cruelty is more evenly distributed throughout the whole experience instead of being sharply concentrated in the final 5%. Looking at some videos now though, it looks and sounds amazing considering it came out like thirteen months after DQIII, and it has a visual style that's clean enough to age well.

...

I kinda want to...

Well.

Hmm.

I mean, I probably shouldn't.

Playing FF14 and all. Where would I find the time?

...

It's not like I can pretend I haven't thought about it for a while of course. But I think about a lot of things.

Oof.

[Brantly B.]

Yeah Phantasy Star II is probably the best example of a master-level difficulty RPG that doesn't resort to a bunch of horseshit. As far as I'm aware nothing in the game even has anything like an instant death ability, much less resorts to slinging it at your main character every 5 steps. It's just draconianly balanced and not particularly forgiving, is all. Every obstacle in the game can be overcome with patience and grit.

It's also quite an experience to put it next to IV since the two games practically bookended the system's lifespan. You can see the entire evolution of Genesis games in a blink.

Kind of wondering if we should have declared Phantasy Star an honorary Genesis game and put it in the poll just to complete the trifecta, now.

[Friday]

Yeah Phantasy Star II is probably the best example of a master-level difficulty RPG that doesn't resort to a bunch of horseshit.

I'd say 7th Saga is the SNES example of this, but uh, as much as I love that game, and while it is draconianly balanced and very unforgiving, it also involves quite a bit of horseshit. At least you can stock up on anti-instant death items, I guess?

[beatbandito]

I forgot to click mortal Kombat even though I had another vote. Please give it +1 to make this round even closer.

[mharr]

PS2 was the console equivalent of buying your kids a hamster to teach them about death.

[Brantly B.]

And then having a weird clown make a clone of it?

[Friday]

9. Decap-Attack 7
81. Thunder Force IV 5
76. Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine 3
57. Phantasy Star II 6
66. Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 3
68. NBA Jam 4
55. El Viento 4
79. Kid Chameleon 4
42. Mega Turrican 3

I forgot to click mortal Kombat even though I had another vote. Please give it +1 to make this round even closer.

Okay

That means it's another 4 way tie for 4th

And guess what, you're the guy who posted so

Next up:

47. Wolfchild
77. Shadowrun
7. Aladdin
18. Snatcher
22. Beyond Oasis
24. Ecco: The Tides of Time
26. Contra: Hard Corps
32. Sonic the Hedgehog CD
82. Wonder Boy in Monster World

[Upthorn]

Blood in the Mortal Kombat series was one of the prime reasons to go with Genesis over SNES, so I was really worried when it looked like UMK3 wasn't going to advance.

[zaratustra]

Ecco and Ecco 2 were fucking gorgeous and extremely innovative in game design (back then not having lives was, like, ultra-avant garde) but Ecco is also real fucking hard and Ecco 2 makes it even worse somehow

[beatbandito]

[Esperath]

dancing pisa

katto




pisa katto

[Kishi]

"Gillian Seed. Estimated age...thirty-one."