This review was so authentic I zoned out for a moment and thought I was watching one of those Nintendo Power retro tapes from the 90s. Keep doing your thing.

I bought M.U.S.H.A. The day it was released. I missed it. The thunder storm stage was my favorite. I was 20 when it came out. Now at 48 I found it again. Cost me a bunch, but well worth it!

Musha Aleste is the best shooter ever made, imo. Even after all those years the music in this game is absolutely brilliant.

Wow, the music in this game sounds amazing.

As much as I emulate, this is one game I still haven't tried out....The stage scrolling effect is a visual feast!! My eyes were dancing the whole time haha

MUSHA really is worth the price of entry. It's such a beautifully balanced game and has ageless aesthetics and style. A good tip for beginners is to have your options set to 'reverse', power up the blue special weapons and put the ship speed up to 5. The section in Stage 4 or 5 where you first encounter a flying battleship at high speeds and the music switches up in tandem.. that's one of the rare moments in video games for me where the synergy between the elements of game, visuals and music bring on intense euphoria. This is only heightened by using headphones and cranking the volume right up. It's fucking *magical*.

MUSHA was amazing, one of my best purchases when it came out. The music is excellent and certain levels look fantastic; especially the level where you're fighting over chasm with the enemies coming up and falling back into the chasm after being defeated.

Came here from the 2022 Genesis Truxton review, glad to see there was indeed a M.U.S.H.A. review after all!

Kudos on the use of Goose's Requiem theme from Top Gun when you lose your teammates. Had me cracking up. 😂

This was my fav game! Thanks for the review, memories are comming back with the amazing soundtrack

Great Genesis Shooter! My favorite with Arrow Flash and Thunder Force IV! ❤🚀

Was looking for more info on this game, and google brought me here. Watched a few videos and am in love with the channel. Keep up the good work!

Such a badass game! Nintendo, Sega and the Snes were the times of gaming! Keep up your great work Pam!

This is the king of all bullet hell shmups. And the music soundtrack slams so hard it’s seismic. 😉

You are not lying I freaking loved this game for sega genesis❗️

I really love shooters, Raiden for sega genesis was my first experience as a child. Now i really love arcade shooters like Dimahoo, Cyvern, Giga wing, Air Gallet, change air blade and many other classics (1944, 42, XX and galaga) Raiden Fighters Operation Hell Dive is really fun too. i also like side scrolling shooters too. Thanks for sharing!

Great review Pam, I never managed to get a physical copy of this. I have Robo Aleste for the Mega CD (might be called something different over the Atlantic) and it is a blast! You should check it out!

What a gem. Glad I stumbled on this. That game was so hard when I was a kid. Probably still is haha. Thanks for the refresher.

This game is so freaking cool looking. I still haven't played it. I should probably just give it a download. No way I'm paying that price tag. :) The music is SOO good too from what I've heard. Great video!

Coming here from the Truxton video in 2022: Me "MUSHA looks pretty great, maybe I'll pick it up!" Me 2 minutes later ".... maybe I won't be cashing in my RSPs for MUSHA..."

honest, mininalistic, well explained and researched reviews, it feels good to hear a review without taking the tv remote to turn the volume down. keep the great job up

I've been hooked on your channel since I found it this past year. I can't believe this video is 4 years old. I have some catching up to do 👍

Compile made the R-Type version for the SEGA Master System and it was amazing and a free or secret level thrown in so 9 levels of fun and fabulous music!! 🤓

Great review you did on game M.U.S.H.A for the Sega Genesis it's one my favorite game on system from back in 90s.

One of my faves, thanks for reviewing this. I think I'll listen to the soundtrack now.

This game was pretty obscure back in days. It came out when people were already getting tired of shmups, looked "weird" and had a weird name too. So, it went largely unnoticed. I had a chance to buy it for $20 a number of times, and didn't. Back when I got into Genesis emulation in the late 90's, I finally played it based on Internet advice and it quickly became on of my favorite Genesis games. Amazing graphics and sound, especially for an early Genesis game and plays great. Aged very gracefully. Compile definitely made some of the best shumps of all time, especially if you consider their entire body of work. Space Megaforce was one of my SNES favorites too.

I've got a soft spot in my heart for these type of Shooters.

I came across your channel after picking up The Guardian Legend. I then watched your "mean comments" video. I looked, and to my relief, you are still at it!! I subscribed to your channel. You have a great voice and thank you for being awesome!

looks very good pAm, music, art & gameplay

Great video with a nice in-depth breakdown. Earnt a sub!

One of the best Genesis games with a terrific soundtrack

The composer of Musha also did the music for Gun Nac. And Space Megaforce is basically the snes version of Gun Nac. Revisited it early this week and had a lot of fun

There's something about this video and the comments that make me want to look deeper into developers who specialized in making shooters... Also, that soundtrack... I'll still put on tracks from this game in the background while doing things around the apartment. The game was pretty fun too despite only playing it on an emulator before. Great review!

Very comprehensive review! Well done! And your fridge is a cool color for a fridge!

MUSHA is legendary.

Ohh, I am *so* jealous that you have a physical copy of this game. ^.^ That aside, great job on the review; I really love how you pick games that don't always get a lot of attention but are well worth playing. You're totally right about the soundtrack, too. The Super NES gets the lion's share of attention when it comes to 16-bit music, but the Genesis had nice audio as well. M.U.S.H.A. was one of it's best.

The theory why your friends were killed... they had their thrusters going full blast and got detected by the enemy anti air infrared detector.

I remember seeing this at Kay Bee Toys back when I was in eighth grade. Should've picked this up!

Awesome review! Cheers from Argentina!

Hi, Pam. Awesome review. It's clear from the tone of our voice that you like this style of game. May the God of Games bless ya. I respect thy opinion on games any day.

Nice game of my childhood

Probably my favorite shmup. Can’t argue with any of the points here

The one genesis game that I still need for my collection great video digging the channel

This is a fantassshtic game, one of the best vertical Shmups ever.

Awesome review 🎞

Just added this to my retropie, never heard of it before.... And now it's everywhere haha.

Awesome review

''I highly recommend giving M.U.S.H.A. a shot'' Pun intended, I suppose?

Watched lots of reviews for this game on youtube, this is one of the best. Jeez last time I checked the price of this game it was around $80.00. Now It's $200-$400 because of you damn youtubers! J/K

I've been watching your videos for awhile now I think you are doing a great job I really enjoy your videos

Great game indeed! Sometimes i forget it was made early in the Genesis life span, instead of towards the end. It was ahead of it's time.

I was a fool to sell this game years ago when I needed the money badly. It was one of my favorites. I'd recommend getting this on the Nintendo Virtua Console, as it is ridiculously expensive otherwise.

I love this game!!!

Metallic un super hybrid armor !!! Wow, i don't know what it does but i certainly want one of those :)

Born 1990. This was The Game i Player after my father Go to Work and i Sneak out The bed and Play IT Till night.

Hands down the best soundtrack of the 16-bit era! On KZfaq search for the soundtrack and find the song called "Noh Specter" fast forward to 3:20 and listen for about 25 seconds, it doesn't get any better than that

This game was so underrated. Whenever I got the opportunity I tried to get people in EB to buy it.

Great review, I have very low knowledge about those types of games, but this One reminded me of River Raid on Atari. Good old days :) keep up The great Work Pam

M.U.S.H.A.!!!! game is fucking awesome,but yes its rare. Iv'e been looking for this and lightening force

I got mine from a relative, complete in the box, manual and everything, inserts as well. my relative knows nothing about video games, lucky me I got it when we were cleaning out the attic. great review by the way.

Awesome game, probably the number one shooter on mega drive, gaiares, zero wing and thunder force 4 are the other hot ones

Hey Pam excellent review this is one of my favorite games. Take care sweetie!

Woah great review! Yeah this game so brutal!

fkn epic video. this game got frkn epic music

Wow is that a real copy of MUSHA. Very cool. I wish i could find and also afford one.

I LOVED this game as a late teen. I had several import systems then. Like the Neo-Geo, Pc-engine duo...anyways for the duo was "Spriggan" which was very similar. Was that also made by the same developer? Spriggan Mk II, was amazing, as well but did not have the MUSHA feel to it. Amazing review.

Been enjoying watching these Genesis reviews, Musha is a top shmup! Can i recommend some Genesis games, Maybe you have played some before - Haunting Starring Polterguy, Fire Shark ( For me the best shmup on Genesis), World Of Illusion, Mr Nutz, Predator 2, Aero Fighters, Crack Down, Buster's Hidden Treasure, Alien Soldier, The Chaos Engine. I think they are all awesome and underrated!

You're FANTASTIC. Instant subscribe for me!

I love shoot em ups, and this one looks pretty sweet. Too bad it's so rare/expensive. Great review as always :)

I agree, Pam-ster. Metallic Un Super Hybrid Armor[M.U.S.H.A] is one of most extremely rare and very, very expensive Sega Genesis games in town. At least I can play this game on my computer emulator called Fusion, a Sega Genesis emulator. What do you think of that, Pam?

I have a hard time getting into shmups, but I plan to give this one a chance. I didn't know that it's made by Compile

This looks great, reminds me of Tyrian which I loved as kid. That game had a lot of simple customization options inbetween missions (storymode) or pickups throughout the missions (arcademode). Could be worth checking out, it's on GoodOldGames.

how about reviewing some cave shooters pam? or toaplan shmups love your reviews keep up the good work!

This game looks great and sounds AMAZING. Let me just go see how much it is to ow.... HOOOLLYY$$$HHHHH.......

This game is SO good.

great game! Great video

im getting back into "shmups" mostly megadrive/genesis. some i had as a kid on cart. But no longer have those. So have all the ROMS lol. Put 40 different games in folder. I must say musha is a challenge. I know its $$$. Gaires and Thunder Force i'm quite good at. But musha is brutal!!

Nice review. One day I will own this game, but hopefully at a price tag less than $400 lol.

Great video Pam! I'm ashamed to say that I actually own this game... and paid way too much for it lol.... It's fantastic though! Gotta love good old Compile...

Great game and great video. Glad I subbed.

That's a crazy amount of shooting going on... Hopefully you just need to hold the fire button down! :)

Your appreciation for these bullet hell tyype shooters is well received by me, because as much as I enjoy them, I was never very good at them. Having come to the Genesis late in its life cycle, I completely missed this game and if only I could turn back the clock and try it now. I agree with you on the music. The Genesis sound chip wasn't very good at all compared to the Super NES, but it's clear Compile got all they could out of it. Your insights and thoughts were cogent, and remind me again and again why I subscribe to this channel and am part of your Patreon.

Say, have you played Truxton on Genesis? If not, this'll be a great challenge for you .

Great vid and review, really enjoyed it :)

I am terrible at shoot em ups. Oh well, good video!

you are a dream come true

Got this for 12.99.... long time ago

This game is sooooo ggooooooddddd i am SO glad they brought it to switch online

great review pam i love shoot-em ups looks like s great game i just downloaded the rom to try the game its very pricey lol

Correction: there's 7 levels on this game not 8.

Great video! Can I ask how you're running the game? It looks so sharp and vivid!

So MUSHA , for what it’s worth, means SOLDIER in Japanese. Not having ever played the game, I guess I see the connection. Kinda like the play on meaning for turnips in ANIMAL CROSSING NH? Or did they just make up the acronym for non-Japanese audiences? Hmm.

Great review Pam! Pretty sure its a rage quitter for me! Probably within the first couple minutes it would seem

Try Lightening Force - it's the side scrolling equivalent to this game

I'm assuming that you used the Retron 5 to capture footage for this. Did you get the music straight from the game? When I play it on the Retron 5 the music sounds "off". Some of the sound channels are practically muted so that the music sounds flat, which annoys the hell outta me, cuz MUSHA's soundtrack is one of the best things about the game. I noticed that you like your ship really slow. I thought I liked my ships slow! I also noticed that you really like the Free Roaming options. I prefer the 3-Way. The laser is also my favorite weapon. And I feel the opposite in regards to the myriad of weapons that most Compile shooters offer. Games like Gun-Nac, Blazing Lasers, Space Megaforce, etc, just have numbered weapons 1-8 and I always lose track of which weapons correspond to each number. But that's just me. As a kid I actually had the Mega Drive version, Aleste, but now I have the American version. Other than text they are exactly the same. MUSHA is one of my all-time favorite shooters by far! It has a ton of nostalgic value for me, but I think it holds up really well and is the best shooter on the Genesis--even better than Thunder Force IV. Glad to see you give this game some love!

Do they actually call them "men" in the game? or was that something in the manual? I'd love to own this one but it's crazy expensive. Nice review, but now i want to own it even more than before :(

This game was my shit. No way in hell this shouldn't count as a rare game.

Do you think shmups will ever make a comeback? I hope so.

robo aleste is awesome too

This game looks very cool but damn that price tag is a bit much