To me one of the most memorable moments was when you traveled to the past to save the bird that died in the volcano. All the time-travelling tornado segments were awesome and were full with references to mythology and literature (remember the red slippers?). This is a beautiful little game and it is a shame that so few people know about it. Great video, keep it up!

The weird ending kinda ruins it. The solution to racism is to make sure the groups never meet?

@@acuerden nice spoiler for those that haven’t played it yet.

When you entered this weird magic forrest and something unexpected was happening to you. This part of the game was really great. Also the part in the desert palace (in the past).

This was a well done review, man. I'll give u a sub and check ur other work

I know that Light Crusader and Shining Force a bit different style, but they also in my favorites list

And let's not forget shining force 1/2. Very good games !!

Everything mention in yours and the replies to your comments are all top-tier Genesis RPG games!

I loved Beyond Oasis, couldn't stand Landstalker though.

Hey what does she say? I don't mind spoilers!

@@andrebmkt she is the mother of all monsters in the world. The monsters you have been killing all game long. You go back in time and kill her heart and she doesn't fight back. She just asks why you are killing her and her children. Basically, these "monsters" were fugitives from another world trying to survive. It was us, the player, who attacked the monsters and not the other way around, like the game had us believe.

@@allasar "Oh, oh! I'm sorry monster mama. I inherited this sword and just HAD to try it!"

Gotta second this, Phantasy Star 4 is amazing

Soleil, Story of Thor, PS4, Shining Force 1 and 2... there were great RPGs in there, just... not as many or as high profile as in the SNES. On purpose, I think. The Mega Drive was the fast CPU console and all about the arcade ports, the slower RPGs benefitted the higher color depth and clever visual tricks the SNES had, so it was a bad thing to emphasize for the brand.

Besides sun I believe that soleil is also another name for sunflower, which I'm guessing, considering that every other place in the game except for the Tower of Babel area is named after flowers, is probably what the devs were going for.

@@robertskitch hmmm, you know that does make a lot of sense when you think about it... well, apart from the french word for sunflower being tournesoleil (or more commonly tournesol). Definitely something to think about, regardless.🤔

@@8bitsnkboy472 Yeah, that's why I said it's 'another name' for sunflower. It's not the common name. I would have said that the devs were using the word primarily for the sun meaning too, except for the fact that they're pretty consistent with the flower naming scheme: Rafflesia Training School; Dahlia Valley; Anemone Coast; Hot Daisy; Burn Daisy; Iris Region; Camellia Desert; Castle of Freesia; Root Temple... Well, Root Temple isn't flower-themed, but it's still plant-themed. Also, it's not listed on the map but all the animal villages are named Lily: Water Lily (Anemone Coast); Medium Lily (Iris Region); and Small Lily (Camellia Desert); and in the manual the strange forest with the slimes and spellcasters is called Magic Rose. So yeah, about a dozen or so places/place names that *all* fit with the flower/plant theme. At this point I think it would be a bit odd if the town of Soleil wasn't named for the flower. We should bear in mind that the devs are Japanese, so even if it might be an uncommon use for the word in French that might not actually mean anything to them. I am guessing the devs probably did know that soleil meant *both* sunflower and sun and might have decided to use it *because* of the double meaning. Kind of like how 'anemone' is a flower name but 'Anemone Coast' is probably also a reference to sea anemones.🤷‍♂ Sorry for the long post. 😅

@@robertskitch No need to apologize for an excellent post, my friend. I kind of understood your point the first time around, but thanks for clarifying. Thanks for another great read! 👍

Got mine during the birth of the retro gaming boom around 2004....ish? Anyway got it off ebay CIB for $15!🤯

Thanks for watching!

How did you like the SNES version? I can't decide.

I know, right?

Thanks for all of this info!

@@Xygor You're welcome. Good job covering Crusader as its still underrated. I guess that's a good thing because it already goes for $2,000+ in very good condition complete in box. If it had Zelda attached to it's name could be $10,000 🤷🏼‍♂️

Story of Thor is such an amazing game. I had not played a Zelda game at that point (had a computer through the 8 bit era and a Mega Drive on the 16 bit gen), so it was a revelation to me. But even now, having played all the 2D Zeldas SoT is one of the best Zelda-likes ever. From the music to the clean, anime visuals, the hard push to fighting game-like combat mechanics that actually work and the clever use of the summons, it's great. At the time it was dinged for being a bit too handholdy and a bit short, but if anything those things make it hold up better. Better than Soleil, IMO. Better than LTTP, in fact. Yeah, I said it.

absolutely, it was awesome.

Thank you, many more to come!

Thanks for listening/watching!

It really is! Such a great game that doesn't get the attention it deserves.

Thanks, glad you liked it!

It was the music for me

It's not about "quality" per se, but the characteristics of a cutesy art style and pastel colors. The Genesis could do this style well, as demonstrated by games like this one, as well as Super Fantasy Zone, Magical Taruruto, Monster World series, Ristar, Dynamite Headdy, Sonic 2 and a number others, but since the system was marketed towards a teen market, a lot of devs tried to use more subdued colors for a less cartoony style. Of course, a lot Western devs took this trend too far and in their attempt at "gritty realism", made some really drab-looking games with copious amounts of dithering. In fact, I'd argue that the Genesis palette was a lot more better suited for cartoony than "realistic" which went against its "more mature games" marketing push. I'd also argue that the SNES (without helper chips) would have a lot of difficulty running some of the more-impressive areas in this game, as well as many other late-period Genesis games, at a decent frame rate and without sprite flicker.

It's Magus' battle theme from Chrono Trigger

@@chrisnorton2356 Ah, awesome. Thanks man!

Agreed. While I prefer the SNES, the Genesis really was suited for very different types of games.

It's why many choose emulation.

In the words of SNES Drunk "you gotta play it, anywhere you can!" ;)

Yep!

@Dean Satan Got that right. Y's story was superb compared to Zelda. You didn't need much story back then in most cases but it certainly helps. I've found over the many decades of gaming that Nintendo refuses to grow up with their gamers. They stay barely ten years old and thumb their noses at those of us that made them who they are today.

Jesus guys, sounds like your stuck in a 10 year old's mindset.

@@Simon-rd3pc "You're". I've been playing games for about 40 years and they really aren't getting better. They are simple, thoughtless and vapid. Games of a couple/few decades ago were absolutely not the "cellphone" crap that is pushed today as "gaming".

Phantasy Star IV is great, in fact I love the entire pre-MMO Phantasy Star line and wish Sega would revive the turn-based Phantasy Stars but while Sega can easily be argued to have a better average quality they were so much rarer that the overall quality on the SNES was better because it had more highs along with its lows. And too much of the PC engine and PC Engine CD inventory that I recall was Japan only. I loved the first Legend of Heroes game for example but we never got the sequel and while I keep hoping the pre-Trails Legend of Heroes games will be re-released there's no sign of it happening yet.

ROFL👏 😂 best comment I seen all day! Hats off to you my friend 👍👍

Brilliant! This should be top comment.