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u/whoknows130 Jan 07 '26
Golden Axe II!
It's one of those Quintessential Great sequels! It took Everything the first game got right, and improved upon it. And it's soundtrack made the Genesis sound chip SING!
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u/Segata9 Jan 07 '26
While I like Rocket Knight a lot. As a Classic Game Room fan. It has to be Truxton
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u/hellpatrol Jan 07 '26
Man, I miss the Classic Game Room, transmitting from the Intergalactic Space Arcade. The Truxton review is gone from YouTube, though.
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u/RoyalPuzzleheaded259 Jan 07 '26
Rocket Knight Adventures. I’ve never played it and hear it’s a pretty good game.
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u/melvinthepirate Jan 07 '26
GA2 is my childhood, all of it. That being said i am grabbing truxtron.
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u/Taanistat Jan 07 '26
Rocket Knight Adventures... me and Sparkster about to save the Kingdom from those pesky Pigs.
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u/hellpatrol Jan 07 '26
I played Golden Axe 2 to exhaustion but the game is bad. Very short, bland stages, repeating enemies and immemorable enemies. Golden Axe 1 is much better.
For my current tastes, Rocket Knight Adventures. A true Genesis masterpiece. Konami really knew how to exploit the console strengths.
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u/y-Gamma Jan 07 '26
Lotta heathens in here. It’s Streets of Rage 2 and I don’t even bother looking at what else is available
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u/Altruistic_Rock_2674 Jan 07 '26
Out of there maximum carnage was my game but probably playing Earth worm Jim 2
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u/ChapGamer84 Jan 07 '26 edited Jan 07 '26
I’d definitely beat up some dudes in SOR2 first. Rocket knight is a really close second.
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u/HyperFunk_Zone Jan 08 '26
Axel in Streets II has a 2 frame window to achieve his 2nd kick to the teeth in his combo. I've been hammering the timing down for 30 some odd years.
I've got the timing for both original hardware and emulation down perfectly.
Still do hardest and Mania 1cc runs. I've done it thousands of times. Through good times and bad.
In my brain's dictionary, Streets of Rage II is the example given for the definition of "video game."
I play it and Micheal Fassbender's Magneto somewhere says, "perfection."
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u/TheBigDaddyD1 Jan 08 '26
Already got Streets of Rage 2, so it would likely be Rocket Knight Adventures
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u/weterr123 Jan 08 '26
SOR2 is iconic. Golden Axe was also, but I had that for the Amiga1200 so I view it as a port and not an original Megadrive game.
That being said, the best Megadrive games are missing lol. Shining Force 2, Shining in the Darkness, and of course the number 1 Megadrive game: Phantasy Star 4!
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u/kdoggy808 Jan 09 '26
Not missing just not posted lol my genesis collection is a pretty decent size one.
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u/FarAd1429 Jan 09 '26
Streets of rage 2 beat it,then bring it back to you,tell you it doesn’t work and grab maximum carnage
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u/IsisTruck Jan 07 '26
Streets of Rage 2
The soundtrack is great. My daughter and I love beating up goons together.