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Xeogred wrote:Speaking of this stuff I swear there was a huge Genesis shmup guide on racketboy that I was planning on diving into someday, that I can't find anymore... maybe I'm making this up? (maybe it was a Sega-16 article?)
Once Sega-16 is back up, I'm guessing you were thinking of this?

http://www.sega-16.com/feature_page.php ... travaganza!
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Heres what I came up with quickly. I am on four hours of sleep and not sure if I understood the question.

Beat-em-up Double Dragon 2 (NES), TMNT: Turtles in Time (SNES), River City Ransom (NES), Streets of Rage (SNES), Mighty Final Fight (NES), Renegade (NES)

Fighting Street Fighter 2 Turbo (SNES),Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 (SNES), Killer Instinct (SNES)

Platformer Mario (1 ,2, 3, World, Island, etc), Adventure Island (NES), Mega Man (1, 2, 3, X, etc), Mickey Mouse and the Magical Journey (SNES)

Shooter Not sure if you mean Shmups or the other kind of shooter. Contra (NES), Cabal (NES), Jackal (NES), Galaga (arcade), Galaxian (arcade), Raiden 2 (arcade), Duck Hunt (NES), Hogan's Alley (NES), Gumshoe (NES), Goldeneye 007 (N64), Perfect Dark (N64), the list goes on...

Action Not sure how to answer this. Kind of a vague "genre"

Adventure Conquer's Bad Fur Day (N64), Banjo Kazooie (N64), Any and every Zelda game, Gauntlet (NES), The Goonies 2 (NES), Star Tropics (NES), Metal Gear (NES), Goof Troop (SNES)

Driving F1 Race (NES), Micro Machines (NES, SNES, N64), RC Pro AM (NES), Rock n Roll Racing (SNES), Mario Kart (SNES, N64), Rad Racer (NES), Super Off Road (NES), Road Rash (GEN)

Puzzle Dr Mario (NES), Tetris (NES), Tetris Attack (SNES), Wario's Woods (SNES), Bomberman (Everything), Yoshi (NES), Yoshi's Cookie (NES), Lemmings (Everything), Klax (NES), Pipe Dream (Everything)

Rhythm Parappa the Rapper (PS1), Amplitude (PS2), Frequency (PS2), Otocky (FDS)

Simulation Sim City 2000 (SNES), Derby Stallion (SFC), Harvest Moon (Everything)

RPG Final Fantasy (Everything), Lufia (SNES), Chrono Trigger (SNES), Earthbound (SNES), Wizardry (NES), Dragon Warrior (NES)

Sports NBA Jam (SNES), Blades of Steel (NES), Ice Hockey (NES), Mutant League Soccer/Football (GEN), Super Dodgeball (NES), Super Spike V'Ball (NES), Nintendo World Cup (NES), Punch Out!! (NES), WWF Wrestlemania (SNES)

Strategy M.U.L.E. (NES), Command and Conquer 64 (N64), Starcraft (N64), Pirates! (NES)
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[quote=noiseredux]For each genre listed below, name me the first 3 games you think of as being synonymous with said genre. The first games you'd think I was a videogame moron for having never played.[/quote]
Damn you noiseredux. Damn you. (I should so be feel asleep.)

Beat-em-up: River City Ransom, River City Ransom, River City Ransom. Seriously?
-Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (ARC or SNES versions)
-Final Fight (ARC/SCD)
-X-Men (ARC)
I'd lob in more if River City Ransom and its ilk (Beat'em Up RPG) would get their own category.

Fighting: Head-to-head?
-Street Fighter 2 (ARC)
-Guilty Gear XX (DC)
-SNK vs Capcom: Match of the Millenium (NGPC)

Platformer: 2D or 3D?
-Super Mario Bros. (NES)
-Prince of Persia (PC/SNES)
-Contra (NES)

Shooter: Arena, 2D, vertical, horizontal, run-n-gun...?
-Gradius (GB/NES/PSx/Saturn)
-Space Harrier (ARC/SMS/GEN)
-Smash TV (ARC/SNES)

Action: What? This is... such a broad... What???
-Legend of Zelda (NES)
-Kung Fu (NES)
-Mega Man X (SNES)

Adventure: What??
-the Legend of Zelda (NES)
-the Secret of Monkey Island (PC)
-Star Control II / the Ur-Quan Masters (PC)

Driving:
-Daytona USA (SS)
-F1 Race (GB)
-RC Pro Am (NES)

Puzzle:
-TETRIS (So mAny...)
-The Adventures of Lolo (NES/MSX)
-Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo (ARC/PC/SS/PSx/GBA)

Rhythm
-Dance Dance Revolution (ARC/PSx)
-Space Channel 5 (DC/PS2)
-Guitar Hero (mAny)

Simulation: Life-sim, flight-sim, etc.?
-Sim City (PC/SNES)
-Civilization (PC)
-Harvest Moon (SNES)

RPG
-Final Fantasy (NES, never MSX/GBA/etc)
-Final Fantasy Legend II (GB)
-Crystalis (NES)

Sports:
-Blades of Steel (NES)
-Nintendo World Cup (GB/NES)
-Pong (mAny)

Strategy
-Chess (mAny)
-Romance of the Three Kingdoms (mAny)
-Fallout (PC)
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you guys, I know the genres are vague. That's on purpose. Remember, this is brainstorming. Think of this like that thing that psychiatrists do. They say the word "airplane" and you say the first thing that pops into yr head. Even if you say "shoe" it's not a wrong answer. So if I say SHOOTER some of you will think of shmups, some run-n-guns, some will think of FPS. Doesn't matter. Just say with you think of. :)
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First thing that pops in my head?

Beat-em-up
Streets of Rage series - More than any other beat'em up this series somehow keeps constantly re-emerging in the gaming collective consciousness with the Streets of Rage Remake, legendary soundtrack that keeps getting remixed to this day, and the Beats of Rage mods that keep flooding the net.
Castle Crashers(THE best 2d beat'em up of the past few years)
Dynasty Warriors series - If you live in Japan, beat'em up = DW games
Fighting - The versus series, the Mortal Kombat series, Darkstalkers series
Platformer - Mario, Sonic, random Disney games
Shooter - Treasure games(Take your pick), Contra series, Metal Slug series, PC snobs :lol: No offense guys, but that's what I thought of when I thought of first person and third person shooters
Action - Too broad, my mind draws a blank. This isn't really a genre
Adventure - Also vague, but my thinks of Zelda, Tomb Raider, and random survival horror games
Driving - Mario Kart games, Ridge Racer series, Crazy Taxi, Crash Team Racing
Puzzle - Lucasarts PC games, Crush, Braid, Portal
Rhythm - PaRappa, Space Channel 5, Bust a Groove, Guitaroo Man
Simulation - Um, the Sims :lol: Harvest Moon, Viva Pinata, japanese dating sims,
RPG - Final Fantasy series, Bioware games, Grandia, Skies of Arcadia, Nippon Ichi games
Sports - Smackdown wrestling games, Fire Pro wrestling games, SSX Tricky, NBA Jam, Tony Hawk's Pro Skater, Sega Soccer Slam
Strategy - Starcraft, Kingdom Under Fire Crusaders, Pikmin
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Gamerforlife wrote: Streets of Rage series - More than any other beat'em up this series somehow keeps constantly re-emerging in the gaming collective consciousness with the Streets of Rage Remake, legendary soundtrack that keeps getting remixed to this day, and the Beats of Rage mods that keep flooding the net.
this is actually a super interesting point, so thank you for that. I've certainly played SOR, and it stands as probably my favorite non-Turtles Beatemup to this day. I have always thought it much better than Final Fight. But reading yr post it occurred to me that I still hadn't really investigated the world of BOR mods. Considering the huge flood of them out there, it's not a stretch to call BOR an important game, at least in the world of homebrew dev and ultimately the kind of scene that Sony seems to want to create with their LittleBigPlanet or Mod Nation Racers, etc. So yeah, good call. Thanks for thinking outside the inside box. :)
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Without looking at other posts for the sake of the first thing that pops into my head aspect:

I only put games that I've personally played.

Beat-em-up: Splatterhouse 3 - Genesis, Streets of Rage - Genesis, X-Men Arcade/XBOXLive

Fighting: Bloody Roar - Playstation, Mortal Kombat - Genesis, Darkstalkers - Playstation

Platformer: Wonder Boy III: The Dragon's Trap - Master System, Sonic CD - Sega CD, Super Mario World - SNES

Shooter: Contra - NES, Doom - PC, Halo Combat Evolved - PC

Action: Metal Gear Solid - Playstation, Resident Evil Code Veronica X - PS2, Resident Evil 4 - Wii

Adventure: Silent Hill - Playstation, Amnesia The Dark Descent - PC, Alone in the Dark The New Nightmare

Driving: Mario Kart - SNES, Chocobo Racing - Playstation, Twisted Metal - Playstation

Puzzle: Dr. Mario - GB, Tetris - GB, Yoshi's Cookie - SNES

Rhythm: Patapon - PSP, Parappa the Rappa - Playstation, Frequency - PS2

Simulation: Harvest Moon Back to Nature - Playstation, Warlocked - GBC, Shenmue - Dreamcast

RPG: Lunar 2: Eternal Blue Complete - Playstation, Final Fantasy III(VI) - SNES, Vay -Sega CD

Sports: Mutant League Hockey - Genesis, Mutant League Football - Genesis, Tony Hawk's Pro Skater - Playstation

Strategy: Final Fantasy Tactics - Playstation, Eternal Eyes - Playstation, Fire Emblem - GBA
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Hobie-wan wrote:
Xeogred wrote:Speaking of this stuff I swear there was a huge Genesis shmup guide on racketboy that I was planning on diving into someday, that I can't find anymore... maybe I'm making this up? (maybe it was a Sega-16 article?)
Once Sega-16 is back up, I'm guessing you were thinking of this?

http://www.sega-16.com/feature_page.php ... travaganza!
I was waiting for this to pop back up myself... well now it's back up and I'm not sure if this is the article I had in mind, but it definitely works. Totally looks like the Genesis had the SNES beat big time when it comes to shmups.
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noiseredux wrote:
Gamerforlife wrote: Streets of Rage series - More than any other beat'em up this series somehow keeps constantly re-emerging in the gaming collective consciousness with the Streets of Rage Remake, legendary soundtrack that keeps getting remixed to this day, and the Beats of Rage mods that keep flooding the net.
this is actually a super interesting point, so thank you for that. I've certainly played SOR, and it stands as probably my favorite non-Turtles Beatemup to this day. I have always thought it much better than Final Fight. But reading yr post it occurred to me that I still hadn't really investigated the world of BOR mods. Considering the huge flood of them out there, it's not a stretch to call BOR an important game, at least in the world of homebrew dev and ultimately the kind of scene that Sony seems to want to create with their LittleBigPlanet or Mod Nation Racers, etc. So yeah, good call. Thanks for thinking outside the inside box. :)
Happy to help. There's some fun stuff out there like a BOR version of the game Nightslashers. I think it was called Nightslashers X. Have you tried Streets of Remake V5? I know we had a thread for that. It's pretty impressive, though annoyingly tough in some sections. It would have been interesting to see what response it would have gotten if by some miracle this thing could have been an Xbox Live Arcade release

I am amazed by the strong online presence Streets of Rage has had over the years. Not to mention the positive reaction Streets of Rage 2 got from game reviewers when it came out on Xbox Live Arcade. This series just seems to have major staying power despite having never jumped into the modern world with a 3D installment
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Beat-em-up
Double Dragon, Final Fight, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Arcade)

Fighting
Street Fighter II Turbo (Arcade)
Mortal Kombat (Arcade)
Soul Calibur (Dreamcast)

Platformer
Super Mario Bros. (NES)
Super Mario Bros. 3 (NES)
Super Mario World (SNES)

Shooter
Galaga (Arcade)
R-Type (Arcade)
Ikaruga (Dreamcast)

Action
I don't know what this genre is

Adventure
The Legend of Zelda (NES)
LoZ: A Link to the Past (SNES)
LoZ: Ocarina of Time (N64)

Driving
Test Drive (PC)
Outrun (Arcade)
Pole Position (Arcade)

Puzzle
Tetris (Gameboy version)
Adventures of Lolo (NES)
Dr. Mario (NES)

Rhythm
Guitar Hero (PS2) (yes, I know it's not the original)
Samba de Amigo (Dreamcast)
Donkey Konga (Gamecube)

Simulation
Sim City 2000 (PC or Mac)
Microsoft Flight Simulator (PC)
Pirates! (PC)

RPG
Final Fantasy (NES)
Ultima 4 (PC)
Dragon Warrior 3 (NES)

Sports
Tecmo Super Bowl (NES)
RBI Baseball (NES)
NBA Jam (SNES or Arcade)

Strategy
Warcraft 2 (PC)
Romance of Three Kingdoms (any)
Rampart (Arcade)
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