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[Jibbajaba]

Welcome to round 1 of the 1st season of the Atari Age Sega Genesis High Score League!

Let's start this new HSC off with one of the best games on the Genesis!

This week's game is going to be Streets of Rage 2.

Title: Streets of Rage 2
Developer: Sega
Publisher: Sega
Released: 1992 (US)





THIS VIDEO HAS VERY NAUGHTY LANGUAGE!
But it's my all time favorite YouTube video game review, and is by my crazy friend, Kamino.


Rules:  
Play with the default settings.  Do not use any continues (the score resets if you do, anyway.)

Tips:
- There are at least 3 hidden lives in the game.  The first is located right on the opening screen.  Stand behind the mailbox in the lower left-hand corner of the screen and press "B".
- When you're thrown through the air by an enemy, press up + C to land safely on your feet.

Scores so far:
Jifremok - 730,550
Jibbajaba - 613,350
Austin - 521,410
ahuffman - 515,870
roadrunner - 190,300
HatNJ - 181,220

Current standings:
None.

Edit:  Here are some possible games that I've come up with.  Opinions are welcome.

All of the Sonic games
Sonic Spinball
Fire Shark
Contra: Hard Corps
Truxton
Elemental Master
All of the Thunder Force games
Crue Ball
Splatterhouse II
Ghouls n' Ghosts
Street Fighter II
Mortal Kombat
Columns
M.U.S.H.A.
Castlevania: Bloodlines
Granada
Outrun
Castle of Illusion
Gunstar Heroes
Batman
Any of the PGA Tour Golf games
Strider
Super Monaco GP (we could use lap time or race time instead of score)
Mega Turrican

Edited by Jibbajaba, Sat Nov 5, 2011 2:16 PM.

[Cafeman]

I will support this!

[Austin]

Holy crap, when did this sub-forum appear??

[Yurkie]

I ask Albert to start it earlier today and he did it.

[Jibbajaba]

Got the green light from Albert today.  We're finally going to have a Genesis HSC, and it's going to start right here in this thread.

Chris

[Yurkie]

I would ask for a sub forum for HSC threads.

[Jibbajaba]

He said that we'll get one if there is enough interest in having the Genesis HSC.  So we'll just start it here and then see how it goes.

Chris

[Yurkie]

Creating a forum if it is popular/without a forum the HSC will seem kind of lame. Kind of a double-edged sword.

Anyway, thanks for your ambition and effort and Good Luck!

I personally only have a few carts and no Everdrive-MD yet, so I will be very limited on being able to play...unless you allow emulators. ( and I hate emulators so probably won't use to post score)

[Austin]

There have been threads in the past requesting a Genesis HSC. If anything, I think that for better or for worse, there would be at least the same amount of interest as other similar HSCs (NES, SMS, etc). I know I personally would be interested, as the Genny has a lot of great arcade ports, the types of games that are absolutely perfect for high score competitions.

Edited by Austin, Tue Oct 18, 2011 5:09 PM.

[Cebus Capucinis]

Woohoo! Another system I got a flashcart for! I'm all for it!

[roadrunner]

Yurkie, on Tue Oct 18, 2011 6:29 AM, said:

I would ask for a sub forum for HSC threads.

Yeah, i agree.
A Genesis HSC Sub Forum would be great.



@Jibbajaba
How about a few Sega CD games too.

Edited by roadrunner, Tue Oct 18, 2011 6:07 PM.

[Chuck D. Head]

roadrunner, on Tue Oct 18, 2011 6:04 PM, said:

Yurkie, on Tue Oct 18, 2011 6:29 AM, said:

I would ask for a sub forum for HSC threads.

Yeah, i agree.
A Genesis HSC Sub Forum would be great.


How about a few Sega CD games too.

Maybe a poll to see how many would participate for Genesis, 32x and CD?

[Jifremok]

I'll do Genesis in a heartbeat, but Sega CD and 32X are a big fat maybe.

[Austin]

Jifremok, on Tue Oct 18, 2011 9:00 PM, said:

I'll do Genesis in a heartbeat, but Sega CD and 32X are a big fat maybe.

Likewise. I feel the Genesis has enough to choose from with its massive library, and I think the participation rate for the Sega CD and 32X would be very low in the end anyway.

Edited by Austin, Tue Oct 18, 2011 10:00 PM.

[Jibbajaba]

Maybe down the road when we start running out of good Genesis games to play, we could have a special season that was nothing but games for Genesis add-ons, but for now I agree with Austin.

If you guys really want a sub-forum for this, I suggest that you let Albert know.  I am all for it, but I don't want to push it with him.  After all, he was nice enough to give us this Genesis forum already.  I am just waiting for the power to edit my posts in this forum so that I can start the first round of the HSC.

Chris

[Yurkie]

He (Albert) was nice enough to add this forum at my request, so I guess if he doesn't want an HSC sub-forum for now, that it is best to not bug him.

A couple suggestions.

Pin the current week, with link to previous weeks in the first post of the current game.

Lock previous weeks a day or so after the contest ends to prevent clutter and Necro-posting. If you pin more than the current week, the forum will become cluttered and look like a HSC forum instead of a Sega Genesis forum.

[Jibbajaba]

Those are good suggestions.  I don't have the power to do any of those things, but Cebus should.

Chris

[Ace_1]

Genesis high score club?  I'm in!  Though I should get a flash cartridge so I'm not limited to the games I own already.

[Sonic R]

I am up for participating in a Genesis hi score comp! the Genesis has many great games that are well played for score, and I could use the motivation to play and compete! as well as improve my score play focus

[Jibbajaba]

I started the first round.  I figured that maybe SOR2, being so popular, would help spark a lot of interest in the HSC right out of the gate.

You guys should feel free to start throwing out suggestions for future rounds.

Thanks,

Chris

[Austin]

Great start with SoR 2. Coincidentally, I just got that one last week, so I will definitely be playing.
Suggestions for future rounds:
- Twin Cobra
- Strider
- Ghouls 'n Ghosts
- Altered Beast
- Revenge of Shinobi
- Columns
- Raiden
I could list off loads of other games, I'm sure, but those are some pretty good arcade-style games that work well for this sort of thing.

[Yurkie]

HSC question:

Emulation allowed? Can I play this on my modded wii?

I have only about a dozen carts and have not yet bought the Everdrive-MD

[Austin]

Yurkie, on Thu Oct 20, 2011 2:44 PM, said:

HSC question:

Emulation allowed? Can I play this on my modded wii?

I have only about a dozen carts and have not yet bought the Everdrive-MD

If Chris is running it, then yeah, emulation should be allowed (it is in the NES HSC).

[patbb]

Yurkie, on Thu Oct 20, 2011 2:44 PM, said:

HSC question:

Emulation allowed? Can I play this on my modded wii?

I have only about a dozen carts and have not yet bought the Everdrive-MD

I never played the Genesis before even dough I have 5 or 6 consoles!  They where part of a package deal I got 2 years ago.
I think I will take this opportunity to see what kind of games this console have.

I also will like to play on my Wii and if I like it I might get myself the Everdrive.

Is it 2 weeks for each round?

[Jifremok]

I'll get to this on the Wii later, since I regrettably have no actual Genesis cart for this one. But first...

What settings should we use in terms of difficulty, lives, etc? What if somebody wants to do two-player? Is continuing allowed?