Classic Game Room - GAIARES for Sega Genesis review

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Classic Game Room HD reviews GAIARES for Sega Genesis from 1990, a side scrolling SHMUP published by Renovation Products. This classic Sega Mega Drive shooter is one of the most challenging on the 16-bit console and packs some of the best gameplay, music and visuals ever seen on Sega Genesis. Gaiares is one of the hardest side scrolling shooters (aka SHMUPS) on the Sega Genesis and is a worth addition to the collection of SHMUP fans. Amazing visuals and awesome music make repeat gameplay a blast which is good because you'll need to memorize every inch of space in this game to clear even the first three levels (out of eight total). This CGR review of Gaiaires on Sega Genesis has gameplay from Gaiares showing video game play in HD action from a modified S-video Sega Genesis model 1.

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@MysteriousMrL 11 жыл бұрын

I rented this game as a kid, and loved the music so much I put a tape recorder next to the TV while I played.

@boobio1 7 жыл бұрын

Yamamoto-san, the programmer, was in charge of the game balance, but this game was originally intented for the overseas market, to begin with. But overseas, since their was a tendency for people to buy and play a game and then immediately sell it, as well as rental systems, the overseas publisher had asked us to make the game even more difficult so that it would not be rented and completed easily. So we went over to the overseas publisher to show the demo, and they said: "You should make it even more difficult!" We started getting concerned at this point, but we complied with the request. So ultimately the game became very difficult when it was released.

@isaactakeuchimusic 6 жыл бұрын

Great story thanks for sharing!

@paxhumana2015 6 жыл бұрын

Thank you for helping to make an awesome game, boobio1.

@EXmugen 9 жыл бұрын

LOVED this game growing up! It was hard as hell, but I did beat it. I was always great at dodging in side scroll shooters. A classic for sure! Great times...

@GameSack 12 жыл бұрын

What are you using to edit? There is no need for interlaced video to delete some of the information you see in your final edited product. You need to blend both fields together. That way you don't lose any temporal resolution. I do this all of the time in my videos.

@1shoryuken 14 жыл бұрын

WHOA!!! How the hell did l miss this game in my Sega childhood!! This looks awesome!!! it looks like a mix of Phantasy Star and R-TYPE!

@esbroker 14 жыл бұрын

Mark, you are the best review maker. I just love the way that you dont fall in silly questions like graphics and casual things. You are a really hardcore gamer.

@hemidesign 9 жыл бұрын

I finished this game without losing life.. but took me months to achieve that.. super hard shit!

@hemidesign 9 жыл бұрын

Hellfire is much harder than Gaiares.. believe me!

@KronnangDunn 9 жыл бұрын

You sir are awesome...

@FCA1975 12 жыл бұрын

One of the best shooters of all time. in the top 5 of them. Loved the game, music, and graphics.

@MickeyD2012 7 жыл бұрын

Fun fact: If you set the Genesis to Japan region, it changes the title screen and the cutscene text to Japanese. I used it for a region mod demonstration for public speaking, of all things, way back in high school.

@CrossoverGameReviews 11 жыл бұрын

No mention of the badass soundtrack? The soundtrack that screams "keep going!" and gives you the will power to go on?

@affansonicfan 7 жыл бұрын

hands-down the BEST Genesis shmup game! EXCELLENT story, EXCELLENT gameplay, and EXCELLENT sound!

@opa-age 11 жыл бұрын

6:07 To this day I'm still blown away by that water effect

@walkerctranger 14 жыл бұрын

WOH!... That game has SICK cutscenes for the genesis... Actual mouth movement??? I thought you could only do this on the sega cd lol this is awesome, and that S-video makes it look so vibrant even the super nintendo would be jealous

@isaactakeuchimusic 6 жыл бұрын

Awesome review dude. This is one of my favorite games ever. Thanks for taking me through memory lane and really honoring this masterpiece of gaming history.

@Eeeark 12 жыл бұрын

21 years since I first played this game I finally completed it! I just gave the 'very hard' setting a shot last night.... Could be another 21 years.....

@chrishooper68 14 жыл бұрын

This game was awesome back in the day. I remember when it first came out, I bought a copy. I've never been any good at videogames, so I would just purchase 'em & watch my brother John play, who was an avid game player. I remember him playing this game for hours nonstop. He finally beat it on the 2nd or 3rd day after I bought it. He said it was one of the hardest space shooters he'd ever played. He had to actually beat the game with one man without ever getting killed. He said that was the trick.

@georgehatworth3263 2 жыл бұрын

I played this game when I was younger. I never got all the way through! The last boss is very, very difficult to defeat. But, here's an important tip that you should know about: you can change the speed of your ship with the "A" button. It goes LOW, MID, and MAX. Toggling that lets you get through certain parts of the game more easily. Try different settings wherever you're getting stuck. Good luck!

@vaxick 14 жыл бұрын

I really enjoyed this game back in the day.

@franco7363 10 жыл бұрын

Throw TOZ 6 times at an empty space then on any enemy and enjoy your super power up.

@KronnangDunn 4 жыл бұрын

The T-Braster.... I discovered it by accident. Is a must to finish the game.

@youisiaint 2 жыл бұрын

I've tried this so many times and it never worked. I remember reading it in a Genesis hints book and thought it was a mistake.

@HockeyFanatic154 11 жыл бұрын

2:07 greatest video game music ever.

@HockeyFanatic154 11 жыл бұрын

i finished the game. let me tell you. i felt like my heart was going to explode.

@paratus04 12 жыл бұрын

Their were missile upgrades too. They would eventually turn into homing missiles which helped a bit. Even with the T braster I never made it past level six. I think I still have this at home with my OG Genesis.

@hypermecha223 12 жыл бұрын

One of my favorite games! And one of the hardest shooters.

@5k4k1dhtp 14 жыл бұрын

Oh my god, it looks fantastic! I need to get this!

@Vintagecoats 14 жыл бұрын

I'm loving the detailed art & gameplay style for this game, I can't believe I missed this back in the day! I will now need to correct this ASAP, with thanks to Mark :-p

@decapattack 13 жыл бұрын

@gamesDAMNED There are 4 super-weapons: t-braster, f-formation,a-bullet and t-vulcan.

@KronnangDunn 10 жыл бұрын

I finished it back in 1991 when I was like 16 years old. It took me a lot of practice though...

@TheMathius78 14 жыл бұрын

Great review! Thanks as always!

@Meanpooh 11 жыл бұрын

I ate this game for lunch back in the day. So much fun!

@ingeborgschmidt-huser9299 8 жыл бұрын

love that audio

@KenjiroHattori 12 жыл бұрын

The Grim Reaper a really cool master in one of the lvls. i finished it on all difficulty lvls. man so cool have a friend and his wife who are just like the main characters. loved the cinematics grew up on those so long ago. that kind of thing can hopefully and maybe(?) be the blueprint in making today's games immerse the player into the game and you just want to play it and finish it

@Wuss2ns 14 жыл бұрын

Graphics in the cutscenes are actually really nice.

@Virtuoso80 13 жыл бұрын

Ahhh, nostalgia. One of my all-time favorite games. I don't think I ever got past level 5 without cheats, though.

@neonana74 14 жыл бұрын

Here another few hints for people that wanna try this game. I several stages there are alternate routes you can take, for example after the first mini-boss. Depending if you fly at the bottom or top of the screen with your spaceship, you can alternate which path you take. There are 2 kinds of missiles, the normal ones or homing ones. They can be grabbed off stationary cannons. Most cannons have the normal missiles, but some have the homing ones. I will stop now, but I love Gaiares...

@Skriak 14 жыл бұрын

That box is downright dandy! I want one!

@neonana74 14 жыл бұрын

@azmune - From a forum: 1) T-Braster 2) A-Bullet: At the beginning of the game, pause the game 8 times (press Start quickly). Next, deploy the TOZ to an item, not an enemy. 3)F-Formation: Score in multiples of 10,000 points. Deploy your TOZ onto an enemy when the last 4 digits on your scoreboard are all '0' (ie. 10,000, 20,000, 550,000 etc.).

@76groundpounder7 3 ай бұрын

One of the BEST of the BEST shooters ever! I played the hell-outta this game back in the day. (47 now) and never got tired of it! Yes it is hard, but tolerable. To those who beat it, we are ACE Pilots…. All other shooters are child’s play. I remember getting frustrated and taking a break so I’d go and play Thunder Force III …. For target practice lol Thank you for shedding some light on an amazing shooter my friend.

@devilboynet 14 жыл бұрын

wow it sounds amazing with the s-video cable!

@DrSopenkus 13 жыл бұрын

This game changed the way I view video games back in the 90's. Gaiares and the Thunder Force series ... Awesome games. Graphics and Music! You didn''t see these type of games on the SNES. I still have the original with the box :) I finished this game with a trick.... a weapon called T-Braster... THANK YOU GOD FOR THAT WEAPON... This game was Freaking hard!

@SJtheMFZB 4 ай бұрын

That orange beauty was yesterday's treasure! And, true to experiences, I recall nothing in this video because my copy never did function. 😭

@BRADLEYEUGENEORR10 9 жыл бұрын

I saw this review and I played this game on an emulator and it is a fun game but a hard game, I thought I would try it again on a sega genesis love the review mark it made me wanna buy the game

@keyboardonly 14 жыл бұрын

Looks fun... I like those thick lasers.

@AlthenasGuard 14 жыл бұрын

thanks for reviewing this. It is a great game!

@secutorclaudius 13 жыл бұрын

oh, my. this was one of those games i never finished, and back then i used to finish almost any game, even 3 day rentals. i still have the cartridge and box, as well as the genesis (don't know if it still works). back then games were merciless, i guess i've gotten softer, with all the saves and unlimited lives. i can still hum every song from this game. i have it recorded on tape, as many others from that generation.

@rootykazooty351 4 жыл бұрын

Your Genesis will still work. They're bulletproof.

@mistresskixen6142 7 жыл бұрын

I recently binged played this and recently beat it. This game is a great gem though I wish they didn't opt to switch box arts seeing as the original art before it was changed was so much better in my opinion.

@RetroGamerVX 14 жыл бұрын

Aha, back on form with a real retro game review, what you do best :o) This looks like the avi out I have on my Genesis 1 :o) Wow, great graphics for the Mega Drive :o)

@somberokami 13 жыл бұрын

VALIS III was also released by Telenet around the same time; although it's a different genre of game, VALIS III is a nice little treasure to have on the Sega Genesis. If you liked the music on this game, Mark, you'll love the soundtrack for VALIS III. ; )

@rootykazooty351 4 жыл бұрын

I love Valis and Valis III

@waffeltje 14 жыл бұрын

Another great review, tx!

@maz12004 14 жыл бұрын

Terrific sound and video quality on this vid. ^_^

@Globalmap1 13 жыл бұрын

Awesome music

@Smygar 14 жыл бұрын

awesome music

@KrypticGuy666 14 жыл бұрын

Mark, you should make a review on the hardware you use. So that other people could start making their own reviews to share with others. Also, thanks for another great review.

@CineSalvaje 14 жыл бұрын

You have to use a video filter called "flyckr removal" to show both fields of the video source!!!! Love your chanel, image quality looks geat!

@Migdo14 9 жыл бұрын

A good and hard game.I really like the Bosses in this game.I beat it and I still own it just in case I want to play t again

@dziltener 14 жыл бұрын

@5:40 Wow, what enormous dimensions for a projectile!

@Dre_aka_sleepysandman 12 жыл бұрын

One of my favorite game on the genesis...wish I could find a copy.

@andersdenkend 14 жыл бұрын

Gorgeous capture. God, how I love 2D graphics.

@azmune 14 жыл бұрын

@neonana74 thanks for the link. i stand corrected an just realised f-formation was actually the ultimate weapon! never got around to test the other two special weapons so i can't say how they compare.

@DTM-Books 14 жыл бұрын

There is one hidden "super weapon" in Gaiares, but I can't remember the pause code for it. There's also an invincibility pause code that you can switch on and off whenever you want. This is a fantastic shooter, right up there with Thunder Force 3 and Fire Shark as the Genesis' best. The great news is that Sunsoft has purchased the entire Telenet library, so it's hopeful that Victor Ireland (yep, THAT Vic Ireland!) will release Gaiares on the Virtual Console.

@tekkamanpr 14 жыл бұрын

I still have this game in my collection, and i can say is hard to beat but not impossible, if you really want something a little bit harder try Sol Deace for the sega genesis. Great review btw.

@keinonahkatakki 14 жыл бұрын

Damn that S-Video picture quality looks good!

@gc3k 10 жыл бұрын

who remembers jamie bunker and his mean mullet

@KronnangDunn 13 жыл бұрын

@DrSopenkus LOL I remember I discovered that weapon by accident. AWESOME GAME!!!

@TronPachioftheDynamo 11 жыл бұрын

He NEVER gets this enthusiastic about a game's difficulty. I'm definitely picking this up. Shit, Genesis has absolutely no shortage of shooters, huh?

@rootykazooty351 4 жыл бұрын

Genesis is mighty for shooters.

@mazonemayu 6 жыл бұрын

best game on the system, I imported it when it came out, cost me an arm & a leg too as I was only 16 at the time. back then I could 1CC it...such fond memories of this gem

@Shad4real 8 жыл бұрын

One of my favourite genesis game!

@cyanidebreathmintz 14 жыл бұрын

@misterintellivision it's a must have.

@Claidheambmor 14 жыл бұрын

I love your adoration of the shmup genre! You need to play some modern shmups along with these retro classics. How about PS2 Psyvariar and STeel Dragon/Shienryu? They are VERY cheap as they were released as budget titles in the West. Castle of Shikigami 2/Mobile Light Force 2 is also very easy to find on eBay. For even more modern shmups how about Mushihimesama, DoDonPachi Dai Ou Jou, ESPGaluda and DeathSmiles? I appreciate these are expensive and the Xbox 360 is not region-free.

@franco7363 10 жыл бұрын

This is the BEST shooter on the Genesis period.

@DanielAyy 5 жыл бұрын

Even better than Thunder force IV?

@DanielAyy 5 жыл бұрын

@TROLL TIME yeah I thought so.

@rootykazooty351 4 жыл бұрын

Truly great games, but Trouble Shooter is my favourite Genesis shooter.

@antoniopall5355 6 жыл бұрын

Best, hands down best shooter ever. Very innovative. The graphics, the music... Also hard as hell. I sold my copy a couple of months ago for a good profit. I would never finish that I I lived 200 years.

@BlazingSoul333 14 жыл бұрын

im starting to love the new era of crg :)

@robkearsy2995 6 жыл бұрын

S Video is the best way to go if you you have an AV/Svideo switch box or 1 of those crt flatscreen TV's that has an s video output. There's also a company called Retrovision HD that made component cables that work for The Genesis & even The Saturn as well as The SNES.

@01Zipang 14 жыл бұрын

I just got a genesis so i might try to get this

@BitchFunky317 14 жыл бұрын

Long Live CGR!!

@volvo145 13 жыл бұрын

and people say genesis has horrible music, this is great.

@neonana74 14 жыл бұрын

Press A+B+C+Start at the title screen to get to a menu where you can set the game to easy. At least that works on the japanese version. I only found that out after finishing the game. I only finished it once, hard as hell... Another trick is to shoot your TOZ 6 times without hitting an enemy, then the 7th time hit an enemy to get one of the 4 (I think it's 4) secret weapons.

@LittleBigKid707b 11 жыл бұрын

i read about this game in the egm mag back in the day.finally some 20+ years i finally play it. this is 1 great shooter, but also 1 that will hand you your ass!! very hard.

@Reguba24 14 жыл бұрын

While I was watching this I was waiting for you to mention Einhander... God that game is hard.

@TheSauciest 14 жыл бұрын

I have a question. Does s-video have its own audio, or do i use the sound from the composite cable?

@moronicron 14 жыл бұрын

Looks like its awesome

@WeShallC 14 жыл бұрын

Wow mark you where doing pretty good... When you crashed at the end I felt like skippy shouting out NNNOOOOOOOoooooo!!!!

@badassmotha2k 14 жыл бұрын

@TFiPW Yes thats why he said so.

@Skyline1994PL 14 жыл бұрын

Nice looking shmup. Will it run on PAL console?

@neonana74 14 жыл бұрын

@azmune 4) T-Vulcan: Deploy the TOZ into an enemy 128 times. I'm not sure if that means consecutively and without missing. TOZ shield item, then running your ship into it = 5 shieds instead of 3 (Can't seem to link the original forum post here)

@jesperbech 14 жыл бұрын

Damn this looks like a great game, big heads up to CGR for bringing the world up to speed on lost treasures, lying in wait, just to be re-discovered. CGR is my favorite game review site, though I think the quality sadly has suffered a bit as popularity has forced the good Mark to increase output.. He should afford himself a nice vacation and not give a .. fudge

@crispydude01 14 жыл бұрын

@Kyoshiro1902 I have this game too! And I would never ever donate it! It's just too awesome. I remember when I used to play this game with my older brother years ago. I could never finish it and only got till level 5. But wow! Mark you're my hero! I can't believe you've actually reviewed this game. It's like a dream come true!

@69thPredator 14 жыл бұрын

i remember this game!

@jakeryanadams007 11 жыл бұрын

My very first Genesis game when I was 5

@szwa 14 жыл бұрын

This is a pretty fun looken game.

@LastSeraphim 10 жыл бұрын

If I remember correctly, if you "miss" the TOZ system 5-6 times the connect on the next time, you get a super charged weapon. This was a great game.

@MixtureMan717 11 жыл бұрын

anytime man

@indydriver80 14 жыл бұрын

How could you tell the backgrounds from the projectiles?

@segacd32xz 12 жыл бұрын

7:26 AH GOD THE SIXTIES

@80skidjon17 3 жыл бұрын

Amazing game!!!

@champignondeParis 14 жыл бұрын

Can you explain at what point does it go trought interlacing since youtube supports progressive scan?

@gc3k 12 жыл бұрын

what makes gaiares harder than most shooters is the lack of invincibility even if you use your shield. if you run into a wall or enemy boss you could die instantly, even if your shield is full (5 stocks)

@raoatv 14 жыл бұрын

Here not only at lvl 3 are we going to fling a crap load of stuff at you we are also going to make you go blind in the process. That background was brutal.

@LittleBigKid707b 11 жыл бұрын

i with u man. i remember reading about this in egm way back when and it got real good scores.though i never tried it and it took me some 20 years later to finally play it.im getting my ass handed to me on the 2nd level.ive beat many a game in my 30 plus years of gaming, but im getting humbled on this 1 .lol.

@champignondeParis 14 жыл бұрын

@classof77 "Alternative lifestyle bar" XD