Gabriel

About the Xeye I seem to remember when it came out it was $500. It also didn't come with any appealing software. It was being marketed as a "multimedia learning system" and came with a CD of an Encyclopedia set. At the end of the Genesis/32X/Sega CD life cycle, Best Buy was selling them brand new for $20. I wish I had picked one up, but I passed on it. Oh well.

The second model (the top loader) is much more common. Both models are flakey, but the top loader is even more so. The top loader also has a bad way of scratching discs and making them unplayable. If you get a SegaCD, get the earlier front loading model. Another thing about the front loading Sega CD, there are at least two different bios versions out there. The earlier bios version has problems with some of the later games. There isn't really much way of telling what version you have until you connect it up and turn it on. Luckily, the main game that has compatibility issues is Mortal Kombat CD, so you don't have to worry overly much about a early bios version.

Well, POO on all of you! Since no one sees fit to answer my question, I guess I'll just assume that I was ripped off and not worry about it. I was very happy to find a Thunderforce V still sealed in the package. I've wanted that game for some time. Oddly, I haven't played it yet. It's still sitting with my other PS1 games sealed in its shiny wrap. I have been playing R-Type. Goddamn, what sicko dreamed this game up? It's almost like an FMV game. In many situations there's just one thing you can do to stay alive. It's very addictive, though. It was definitely worth the $10. I haven't gotten to playing Master of Monsters yet. I got it because I remembered how fun the Genesis version was in multiplayer (and because of its likeness to Dark Wizard). And then after finding all that, I wandered into the used game shop on the mall and found: Saiyuki: Journey West G Darius Lunar: The Silver Star Complete (has everything) Lunar 2: Eternal Blue Complete (missing standees and medallion) I think I got decent, but not great, deals on the Lunar games ($35 for each). I think now I have a complete set of Working Designs deluxe packaged games. I got ripped off on Saiyuki and G Darius. I paid a sealed in package type price for the used copy of Saiyuki ($30). And I paid $17 for a copy of G Darius that refuses to play the opening FMV (but otherwise works fine). Oh well. Other than G Darius, they all work well. And I had honestly forgotten about the awesomeness that is G Darius. At least now I can play it while I search for a brand new pristine copy.

My omission of Sonic CD was deliberate, but it wasn't vengeful. I agree that Sonic CD is one of the best in the series (it is second only to the original). However, I have found that I simply don't play any of the Sonic games anymore. For that reason, I, personally, can't say that it is a must have. If you're a Sonic freak (like I used to be) and you have a Sega CD, then I'd say that you need Sonic CD. However, I don't think that it's worth purchasing the console over. As for the Virtua Racing thing, I guess I should have made myself clearer. None of the non-fighting games require the 6 button controller. As you also mention, technically, not even the fighting games require the 6 button controller. However, in regards the the fighting games, they really are nearly impossible to play with a 3 button. Most non-fighting games just give you more options with the 6 button, or make life a little easier on you. In any event, any Genesis owner really does need 2 of the 6 button controllers around.

Personally, I can agree with Tetris, and that's it. As for Doom, I've always found it (and its entire genre) a very boring and uninteresting game, not deserving to be anywhere on top games list. As for the rest of this particular list, it's simply an example of advertising current or semi-current games. As for Grand Theft Auto, I think it will be like Mario 64. In two years hardly anyone will even remember it much less think of it as one of the best games of all time.

Let me advise you on some cheapies that you can get for your Genesis: 6 Pack (Sonic 1, Streets of Rage 1, Columns, Golden Axe 1, Super Hang On, and Revenge of Shinobi) Afterburner 2 (behind the plane shooter) Shining Force (tactical RPG) Streets of Rage 2 (scrolling beat 'em up) Shining Force and 6 Pack will probably be the most expensive out of those four, but they should still be really cheap. Should you get the 32X? It really depends on how hardcore you're going to get about your Genesis and what you want out of the games. The 32X doesn't really offer much. Out of its library the only really good examples that stand up well today are: Virtua Racing Deluxe = Virtua Racing, duh! But an almost as good version exists for the unenhanced Genesis. Shadow Squadron = A space fighter sim type of game. You fly around and blow up starships. It's a pretty good example of the kind of stuff the 32X was good at, flat shaded polygon environments. Space Harrier 2 = the best conversion of the old coin op. Afterburner is also available for the 32X and is pretty good, but its hard as hell to find. T-Mek is another game rumored to be worth the investment, but its even rarer than Afterburner, and you'd be likely to have to pay a large sum to get your hands on T-Mek. Now we come to the SegaCD. Sadly, the SegaCD really had some craptacular games. About the only areas where it was allowed to shine were RPGs and scrolling shooters. Even then, only a trickle of those sorts of games seem to have been released for the system. You'll have a problem getting hold of most of the good ones. Dark Wizard = a VERY in depth tactical RPG type of game. It also has lots of replay value. It was only ever available on the SegaCD and I personally come back to it again and again. You'd probably end up paying the price of a brand new PS2 game for a used copy of this one, but its highly worth it. Shining Force CD = a compilation of two Shining Force Game Gear games (one of which was only released in Japan) with the addition of a third new quest special to this version. It's easily the best of the Shining Force series. Sadly, Shining Force CD is a victim of "collector syndrome." The game itself isn't that rare, but it is perceived as such. It tends to go for high dollar amounts for that reason. Lunar 1 and 2 = Ask someone into videogames about the SegaCD and these are probably the two games they'll remember. Lunar is good, but not as legendarily wonderful as the fanboys would have you believe. Lunar 1 is the best, and while Lunar 2 is a decent game, it is highly overrated. Also, to acquire either of these games will probably run you big bucks. It is cheaper to simply hunt for the PS1 special edition versions of these games. You can probably acquire both of the "Lunar Complete" sets for about the same price you'd pay for Lunar 2: Eternal Blue by itself. Lunar 2 is actually pretty rare. Lunar 1 is like Shining Force CD and a victim of "collector syndrome." Silpheed = Finally! A cheap one. This vertically scrolling shooter should be available for a very paltry sum. This is one of the few games that showed what the SegaCD could do if someone really wanted it to strut its stuff. Robo Aleste = This is a vertically scrolling shooter. It is also probably the best shooter made for the Sega CD. Unfortunately, I think it is also quite rare. Now we get to perhiperals. The most important perhipheral to have for a Genesis is a six button controller. The Genesis 6 button pads seem common enough, so you shouldn't have much problem acquiring one. Try to get a pair of the ASCII SG-6 Fighting Sticks if you can find them. Games that I remember off the top of my head that use the 6 button controller are: Street Fighter: Championship Edition Super Street Figther Mortal Kombat 2 Mortal Kombat 3 Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 Eternal Champions Ranger X Virtua Racing Mortal Kombat CD Eternal Champions CD Just about any 32X game If it has a red label and it's a fighting game, assume that it uses the 6 button stick. Then there are a slew of perhiperals that are only used on one or two games. Fitting into this category are a light gun, a mouse, and two different types of 4 player adaptors. From my experience, finding one of the games that uses one of these devices is harder than finding the devices themselves. Unless you're a hardcore collector, you might as well skip on all of them. Finally, there are a whole bunch of things that are just plain strange. The king of these types of items is the Activator, a ring of infrared scanners you put on the floor and then move around in to control the game. And there are also tons of X-Band modems lying around. Anything that fits into this category is totally worthless unless you're a hardcore collector.

I just happened to stop by the local Hastings video store and browsed the game rack. I was quite surprised to see that they had finally repositioned their PS1 games in the lock up case to where you could actually see the titles. I snagged still sealed copies of Thunderforce V ($18 ), R-Types ($10), and Master of Monsters ($18 ). Did I get a good deal, or did I get screwed?

!!!!!!!!!!! Years and years ago, I played a game on the TI and I had been trying to remember the name. After seeing your post, a little light went off in my head and I did a Google search for some screenshots of Tunnels of Doom. It turns out that ToD was the game I remembered playing. My mind had embellished it a bit, but that is almost certainly the game. Tonight when I have more time I need to find a TI-99 emulator and a rom and take a trip down memory lane with that one.

You know, I'm a Shining Force FAN, and even I don't think that Shining Force 2 deserves to be on a top 100 games of all time list (its at #64). Now, Shining Force 1 and Shining Force CD deserve to be on a top 100 list. It doesn't matter though. I've found myself disagreeing with most of this list so far.

GODZIRRA!!!!! RAAAOOORRR! Especially if you have 3 other monster movie crazed friends to play with.

Hmmmm. Well, if they are more casual sorts of gamers, I think you probably steered them to the wrong console, but I don't really want to stir up that old mess. Both of the DOA games are pretty good for lighthearted play. Beyond that, the X-Box is far too saturated with FPS types of games, which I've noticed that casual gamers just don't like very much. (and some moderately hardcore gamers like me don't like them either) I've heard some good things about Burnout 2. And you might want to try to point them to the Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit 2 released for it (even though I've heard bad things about the X-Box's version).

Is there a major game release in the next week that will conveniently take the #1 spot?

Also, be sure that you have Dragon Warrior 1+2 and Dragon Warrior 3 in your collection. They're mere CGC games, but they are excellent remakes of the NES classics. I have a lot of other GBA RPGs, but CRAP I can't seem to get around to playing all of the ones I've got. I suppose there are much worse problems to have, though.

It isn't that the GC controller is more complicated than the SNES controller. After all, the GC controller actually has the same number of buttons as the SNES controller (with two extra pointless analog D pads tacked on). The problem is that the person who designed the GC controller was TOTALLY FREAKING BATSHIT INSANE. Not only do you have those godawful unresponsive analog pads like all the current consoles do (and people have the nerve to call the Atari 5200 sticks bad), but the buttons are laid out in a manner to make them as awkward as possible. The Z trigger and Y button are particularly bad. For the past two generations of consoles, Nintendo has been making controllers not to accurately provide for control of games, but to look strange and draw attention. (And considering the box controls on the NES, they've been making craptacular controllers even longer than that. The SNES controllers and dogbone NES controls seem to have been a fluke.) Incidentally, does anyone know of any Dualshock 2 to GameCube controller adaptors? I'd probably enjoy my GC a lot more if I could play the game with controllers with sane button arrangements.

Sega CD Dark Wizard Shining Force CD Lunar: The Shining Star Robo Aleste (can you believe that I gave away my copy? DOH!) I'd skip on Lunar: Eternal Blue. It's a bit overrated. Skipping it will save you mucho bucks anyway. Otherwise, you already have the must haves (Sonic and Silpheed). 32X Virtua Racing Shadow Squadron Metal Head (but this one is definitely an acquired taste) I'd like to recommend Afterburner, but the control is just a bit too iffy to be enjoyable. Space Harrier is the only other must-have for the system, and you already have it.

Most of my games lately come from two sources: the local Gamestop and a little used game store called FX. I like my local Gamestop. It's a nice shop, and they've treated me well. I'd like to do more business with FX for older games though. But they have their NES games (and their SNES games now, I'm told) locked up in a big glass case to where its hard to browse through them. They also tend to be more overpriced than GameStop. Every once in a while, I shop at Circuit City and Toys R Us. I've pretty much given up on buying game stuff at Best Buy. When I was trying to get Tekken 4, they pissed me off by selling my reserved copy, and also generally yanking me around. Combined with the general unfriendliness I experience in that store, I decided to try not to give them any business. Of course, I've had much better luck with Best Buy's online store, so I still do business with them, but only for DVD movies.

And don't forget to grab every Sonic cart you see. It and all the 16 bit Akklaim movie based games are gonna be in big time demand.

It is beginning. Everyone gather up all those Super Mario Bros/Duck Hunts. It's time to cash in on those 25 cent pieces of crap. I still haven't gotten over seeing sealed Final Fantasy carts selling for over $100. At one time there was a store around here that closed down and couldn't get rid of the damn things for $2.

Maybe they're doing with them what they are doing with their VHS tapes, destroying them without giving anyone the option to purchase them.

Currently, I own: Atari 5200 (2 port) Atari 7800 (dunno what model, but it plays Robot Tank fine) NES (top loader) 3 x Genesis (all original types) = 2 in storage Sega CD (front loader) Sega CD (top loader) = in storage, working, but kills discs 32X Nomad = in storage Jaguar = in storage 2 x Playstation 1 (1 top reader, 1 bottom reader) = both working, in storage 2 x Dreamcast = one is flakey and is in storage. The other will probably go into storage as soon as Soul Calibur 2 comes out. Playstation 2 X-Box GameCube GameBoy Advance = blue = probably heading for storage GameBoy Advance SP = silver

I just beat the Final Fantasy 1 remix on this disk. It took me about 32 and a half hours (actually probably more like 31, because I'd sometimes let the system sit while I took a break). I played on Normal difficulty under the default custom settings (allowing use of Life/Gold Needles in combat, run button, etc.). My party consisted of a Warrior, Black Belt, White Mage, and Black Mage. All were promoted. I have to say that the final dungeon was really tedious. The frequency of monsters was really high, but the challenge was non-existent. By that point you have several unlimited use healing items, so it's only a matter of prolonging combats to heal your entire party up to full. The bosses are also extremely weak by this point. Never did I really stop to level my characters, and I ended the game at level 40 for all 4 of my characters. I'm used to text endings. I have nothing against text endings. I certainly expected a text ending on this game. But, this game had about the lamest ending story that I've ever read. It didn't make any sense at all, and felt extremely anti-climactic. If this is your first time to go all the way through this game, like me, then I highly recommend playing for the joy of it. Don't be in a rush to get to the end, because it does take some of the wind out of your sails. Now its time for me to decide which RPG I'll play next. I might go ahead and march to FF2 on the Origins disk, or I might get back to my Dragon Warrior 2 or Xenosaga game. Good luck to everyone else who is slogging through this game!

yes... that one does it for me too i can make it fairly easily to the last ascending part with the bats and condors damn condors.... one time i even made it so i could see quick claws shaking legs but the damn last frog got me i got so pissed i just turned it off .... is I had an identical experience. I was SO GODDAMN PISSED! I don't think I've ever played it for any length of time since that day. I pretty much avoid playing it on the Activision Anthology PS2 disc.

Actually, as I understand it, Argonaut Software created the original Starfox with minimal to no involvement from Mr. Whateverhisnameis. In any event, it doesn't change the fact that I loved the original and felt that Starfox 64 blew gigantic planetoid sized chunks. I gave my copy of Starfox 64 to my landlady's son. He liked it a great deal. We both ended up winners. He got a free game that he loved. And I didn't have to look at the damn thing anymore.

Someone tell me something about this game. How does it compare to the classic Ogre Battle? What was added? What was taken away?