The Best (and Worst) Sega Genesis Games of 1993

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7 ай бұрын

While NES and SNES struggled to find some decent games in 1993 (though a few stood out), Genesis was full of BANGERS in 1993. Here's a look at some of the best and worst games, some of the most iconic games and a few games that were better lefts as rentals that came out fo rthe Sega Genesis back in 1993.
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@JohnRiggs 7 ай бұрын

Buy my games, cereal book and air fresheners with more stuff added often johnriggs.myshopify.com/

@istrasci 7 ай бұрын

"It's not easy being cheesy!" 🤣 Forgot all about that line!

@tonyah.960 7 ай бұрын

I love X-Men!

@Kenny_khaos 6 ай бұрын

John, been watching for years. You’re hilarious and love your reviews and recommendations! Thank you.

@billcook4768 7 ай бұрын

Fun video, but missing the best game of ‘93, if not the best Sega Genesis game period: NHL 94.

@rjcolombe 6 ай бұрын

Agreed 100%.

@casedistorted 6 ай бұрын

Shots fired

@zparklebugz424 6 ай бұрын

Sports games shouldn't even be considered actual video games!🤦🏼‍♀️😅

@jameskrack196 5 ай бұрын

yes amazing game. i was lucky enough to have it on the sega cd.

@rjcolombe 5 ай бұрын

@@zparklebugz424 In the same sense poker shouldn't be considered a "sport", either.

@adamjenkins190 7 ай бұрын

General chaos is one of the most underrated games of the 90's. I've always heard that they were developing a newer gen version/sequel some years back but it was scrapped. It's a shame

@orderofmagnitude-TPATP 6 ай бұрын

Love general attorney of the chaos!!

@FunksIncKeys 6 ай бұрын

I bought this game on a whim for like 5 bucks. Best $5 spend ever. Used to spend hours at night during college playing this.

@jameskrack196 5 ай бұрын

general chaos is my #1 game as far as 2 player on the genesis

@JohnRiggs 7 ай бұрын

PS: Toe Jam & Earl is wrong. The sequel came out in '93. Thanks to everyone for correcting me. :)

@johnnyroche138 Ай бұрын

I was about to comment about that

@julesbailey6770 7 ай бұрын

Weekend video-game rentals and Saturday morning cartoons whilst eating cereal is what life was all about in 93

@johnhegarty3491 7 ай бұрын

Toe Jam & Earl is one of my all time favorite games. I still go back to it all the time.

@loungefly611 6 ай бұрын

Toejam and Earl came out in 1991. The sequel, Planet on Funkotron, came out in 1993.

@SteveBrandon 7 ай бұрын

I know you don't cover the annual sports games but one of my top '93 games is actually NHL '94 (released September 1993) which was the first game in the series to include both the NHL and also the NHL Players Association licenses together in the same game and I also liked that they included some unique organ tunes for whichever arena you were playing in (i.e. "Here Come the Hawks" for the Chicago Blackhawks).

@CoachTabe 6 ай бұрын

Yeah, literally one of the greatest sports games of all-time. Truly deserved to be included in this video. 1993 on the Genesis just isn't complete if you don't include it.

@Lordjunon 7 ай бұрын

There was a gauntlet 3 on the Atari lynx, hence why its called Gauntlet 4 on the Genesis

@joelmcclintock6328 7 ай бұрын

Wow I never realized this

@mark6302 7 ай бұрын

it was on amiga too

@Rountree1985 7 ай бұрын

@@mark6302the amiga and Lynx games are completely different games. The real Gauntlet 3 is the amiga version. The Lynx one is just its own thing.

@orderofmagnitude-TPATP 6 ай бұрын

The more you know....🌟

@FunksIncKeys 6 ай бұрын

The Lynx version was nuts. You got your main characters but since you could daisy chain the Lynx and play with 8 people, you had an Alien, a cowboy, a nerd ....LOLOL

@noahpierce792 7 ай бұрын

I vividly remember being in an arcade and seeing a cop playing lethal enforcers. He was on the bank robbery stage and a cop came on screen and he shot him. When I said " hey man ,you just shot a cop" he said " well, he shouldn't have got in my way." I thought that was friggin hilarious.

@zusk8556 7 ай бұрын

Lots of rental memories for me here. My friend and I beat that Chester Cheetah game in one sitting on a rental, we enjoyed it. Sequel was pretty good too. Revenge of the Joker, James Bond, Cyborg Justice, etc -- all good games that were better as rentals imo.

@sonicsju 7 ай бұрын

Great vid, I think you meant to showcase Toe Jam & Earl: Panic on Funkotron which release in late 1993, You showed the original TJ&E game that came out in 1991.

@jameskrack196 5 ай бұрын

yep

@jameskrack196 5 ай бұрын

i enjoyed origial tj and earl more then panic on funkotron.

@thefunkdroid2777 2 ай бұрын

@@jameskrack196 I don't. Panic on Funkotron is awesome.

@jameskrack196 2 ай бұрын

@@thefunkdroid2777 I don't think you can go wrong with either I just preferred the original.

@thefunkdroid2777 2 ай бұрын

@@jameskrack196 Agreed, both are really good. Also TJ&E 3 is very underrated.

@SMSmediaservices 6 ай бұрын

Yes, there was a sequel to Rocket Knight Adventures, which is called “Sparkster” and was another great addition by Konami. And oddly enough, they released a version of Sparkster for the SNES and it’s got some of the best music and sound effects on the platform (imo). Both versions of Sparkster are completely different games, and they are both awesome.

@wargameboy72 6 ай бұрын

Old Konami was awesome!!!!!

@R3troZone 7 ай бұрын

I still say to this day that X-Men for the Sega Genesis has the best built in secret. Couldn't figure out over and over my best friend and I played through multiple times and kept getting stuck and then out of complete frustration, we discovered it by accident.

@seoulgt86 7 ай бұрын

Same here lol

@miamimagicians 7 ай бұрын

Wish we had internet back then ! SEGA was in its primer in 1993

@istrasci 7 ай бұрын

Did this prevent the game from being beaten on the Sega Nomad because it didn't have the right functionality?

@jeffb.6642 7 ай бұрын

@@istrasci Yes

@jsttv 7 ай бұрын

I first discovered the code when I bought the GamePro magazine spinoff S.W.A.T.Pro. Helped me eliminate the guess work.

@duckywenselcomedy 7 ай бұрын

When you did the Fatality for Johnny Cage, how the eff did you do it backwards?! I didn't even know you could do that!

@JohnRiggs 7 ай бұрын

It was a surprise to me, too. I think if you just jump behind them. I gotta try that with the other ones now.

@j.goggels9115 7 ай бұрын

2 vivid memories : - Ecco The Dolphin - Flashback. Lethal Enforcers II on the Mega CD rocks.

@putridscene 7 ай бұрын

There are 4 games in the Rocket Knight series. SNES had Sparkster, and there was also a Sparkster game on Genesis that was completely different. Then there's the Rocket Knight XBLA/PSN game that was...fine.

@jamesmoss3424 7 ай бұрын

Sega Genesis games in 1993 are the best. 😀👍🎮

@The_Badseed 7 ай бұрын

A lot of good games in 93. I liked the sports games, and what many people consider the best ice hockey game ever, NHL 94 came out in 1993

@Des_Zee 7 ай бұрын

Yessir. Just watched a new hour long documentary on that game. Forgot the name of the channel but just search NHL 94 and it will come up.

@The_Badseed 7 ай бұрын

@@Des_Zee all I ever wanted to do was check Gretzky.... Why won't they ever let me check Gretzky?

@CoachTabe 6 ай бұрын

@@Des_Zee"NoClip" is the channel with that documentary. ALL of their content is amazing.

@35april1 7 ай бұрын

93 the year I got my genesis. Got mortal kombat and Jurassic park with it. Loved it. Still do! Lol

@daviddonnell2153 7 ай бұрын

These look like a lot of good games, I have not enjoyed the Genesis as much as I would like too. The only games I played the most was Beavis and Butthead and Sonic the hedgehog. Not having money to buy Genesis games has been a problem or buying any game from whatever system. There was a time where I missed out on like ten years of gaming but I was going through a lot and money was a big problem. But it is nice to see other people out there who can enjoy getting these games and showing them off, very nostalgic.

@shenloken2 7 ай бұрын

Rocket Knight Adventures appeared on Genesis until it’s sequel Sparkster appeared on Super Nintendo the following year! (Funny how that happened.) Indeed 1993 was one of the best years for Genesis! But 1994 was also pretty spectacular! From the long-awaited Sonic 3 to Castlevania Bloodlines there was still enough reasons to keep playing on Genesis: even as Donkey Kong Country was swinging in on the SNES!

@spaceraceutley 7 ай бұрын

Not having a Geico Gecko game, or a Flo game is a shame.

@tonyah.960 7 ай бұрын

My family and I always love to play the Sega X-Men game! The beat game on Sege John Riggs!

@CheerfulArcade-wp8wm 7 ай бұрын

Street Fighter 2 Special Champion edition and Streets of Rage 2 my most favorite Genesis games 😊

@48hourrecordsteam45 6 ай бұрын

🔥 🙌🏾 That is when I realized games could be played over and over and over All day, everyday without feeling tired or bored . 🙈. Sometimes game got repetitive. And I was not that deep into the nes generation. For me the 8 bit gen was just try a game for as long as I can take it and put it down . The 8bit was just about trying as much games as I can. But the 16big is where I got into actually playing games to the end and over and over everyday

@mercwithacat9938 6 ай бұрын

Seeing general chaos brought back good memories. My wife will never understand why I love collecting old games. It's really like having a piece of your childhood. I cherish my complete copy of xmen. I still even have the poster it came with.

@holddamayo7474 7 ай бұрын

Always enjoy your year-specific videos the most !

@RAbot0000 7 ай бұрын

Mannnn, Cyborg Justice was my jam. You could actually take other robots arms off and replace your own and use their weapons. I never got passed the 3rd or 4th stage though.

@adamjenkins190 7 ай бұрын

That game is rad. I still remember renting that and general chaos when they came out. Me and my dad wore those games out

@Polycomical 7 ай бұрын

Fab video- I played Shining Force on the Mega Drive Mini and amused myself with silly names each time. I used to play General Chaos with my brother and that was tons of fun. With all the videogame film adaptations lately I think Eternal Champions has a great concept- a fighting tournament where the prize is the chance to change history.

@jeffm5056 7 ай бұрын

Toejam and Earl was an early Genesis game, released in 1991. Toejam and Earl: Panic on Funkotron was released in 1993.

@madspunky 7 ай бұрын

Exactly, would love to hear what John thinks of Funkotron!

@mjdf122 7 ай бұрын

1993 was a good year

@Bloody-Butterfly 7 ай бұрын

Ranger X is my favorite Genesis game.

@cubansupreme 7 ай бұрын

Shoutout to Rolo To The Rescue. I would say that it's a hidden Genesis gem. I don't think I've ever finished the game as a kid back than because it just had so many levels.

@mattm7798 7 ай бұрын

1993 was when the 16 bit generation was running on all cylinders...the seeds of next gen were showing up but were still a year away from release. Hard to believe the saturn and PS1 were both released in Japan in 1994, although the mega drive came out in 1988 and SF 1990 in Japan, so 6 years is a nice generation length.

@tac185 6 ай бұрын

I know you're not in to sports games, but I can't believe you left out NHL '94. That game was legendary. Also, that Wolfchild music at 7:34 is the most Genesis thing I've ever heard.

@starstarstar4643 6 ай бұрын

Toe and Jam and Earl came out in 1991, the sequel Panic on Funkotron came out in 1993

@nerdsoftheasylum 6 ай бұрын

Came here to say that, good catch

@Canadas_Very_Own 7 ай бұрын

“It’s Batman. You can’t go wrong.” Batman Forever would like a word.

@pcorey182 5 ай бұрын

Zombies Ate My Neighbors how you left off the list is beyond me, Splatterhouse and Mortal Kombat were my favorite games from 1993 for Sega Genesis

@trapmouth 7 ай бұрын

* X-Men opening sound * Deep seated game memory resurfaced…

@steelcurtain187 7 ай бұрын

Damn, this was a great year for the Genesis. I definitely got quite a few of these games that year: Royal Rumble, Aladdin, Jurassic Park, Gunstar Heroes, X-Men, Tiny Toons 😎

@gamerguy425 7 ай бұрын

it makes me feel so old that Mark Bussler said "outrun 2019, 9 years away as I'm recording this!" and now it's 4 years in the fucking past. Flo the progressive girl actually is a DLC character in the games Little Big planet 2 and Modnation Racers!

@Marc_Araujo 7 ай бұрын

Mutant League Football and Mutant League Hockey were awesome...great times had with both of them.

@MrCalverino 7 ай бұрын

Cyborg Justice 🏆

@gamecheaterz 7 ай бұрын

@johnriggs you just unlocked a bunch of memories for me 93 was a great year, I'm gonna check out Haunting Polterguy looks very interesting

@markastoforoff7838 7 ай бұрын

I loved General Chaos, me and my buddies used to play it all the time back in the day. A game that wasn't mentioned was NHL 94, one of the best video hockey games of the 90's. The only problem with that game was I had to go easy against my buddies because it wasn't always fun to win 10-2 lol.

@braddahl2098 6 ай бұрын

General Chaos blew our minds when it came out. I think we were playing it on Sega Channel and several years before I knew what RTS meant.

@Louis-wp3fq 6 ай бұрын

Shining Force is one of my favorite things of all time. So bummed they haven't made a proper one in forever.

@thereviewsbrothers3854 7 ай бұрын

Ooh baby. 1993 was a hell of a year. Mostly. At least we got the Jurassic Park movie. 👌

@JTSDAD67 7 ай бұрын

KILL IT WITH FIRE cracked me up. I thought James Bond looked a little like Jimmy Fallon.

@DaBigCheeso 7 ай бұрын

I got my Genesis for Christmas of 93 so a good number of these games were on my wish list for that year. To this day Jurassic Park, X-men, Street Fighter, MK1 and Royal Rumble (the greatest 16 bit wrestling game) are always the first ROMS on my emulators.

@TheDrisk 6 ай бұрын

Always love your videos. I adore the Mega Drive ...even if as a teenager I was an Amiga boy... But I did often rent out the Mega Drive when I got the chance. I really miss SEGA.

@darktetsuya 7 ай бұрын

shout-out to gunstar heroes, hands down my favorite genesis game of all time! also some very close runners up here like elemental master?! from the folks that brought you the thunder force series, its one hell of a shmup!

@GotTheBestLigma Ай бұрын

Awesome game to play co op, beat it quite a few times with different friends

@LilAbortedJesus 6 ай бұрын

Bruh, we were blessed with ToeJam and Earl in 1991. Their platformer "Panic on Funkotron" did drop in '93, though. You should give that some love.

@BobTheRetroGamer 6 ай бұрын

General Chaos and Dashin' Desperado's are on my top list of underrated Genesis games, I still love going back to them. Funny story about Eternal Champions, the one time I managed to talk my Mom into playing with me was the only time I ever did a fatality. Knocked her character right into the pyre in the back of a level. Was fun trying to explain how that's okay for an 8 year old to see.

@kylekostamo1880 3 ай бұрын

I love that one of your fav genesis games is sword of vermillion, i used to play it religiously when i owned it in my younger years, gives a good challenge as well. The game doesnt get enough love.

@GotTheBestLigma Ай бұрын

Flashback was an absolute awesome game! One of the few my dad would pick up and play for hours.

@SpeedyNoriega 25 күн бұрын

Everybody loved Gambit. You ain't lying about that. Esp if you were in art class at the time.

@kennyronald1886 5 ай бұрын

I was the Strange little kid down the block who had the video game consoles nobody else had. TG-16 ,Atari Lynx and jag and Neo Geo. Got gen and super snes late.

@Green.Blood. 7 ай бұрын

The sequel to Rocket Knight is on the SNES it’s called Sparkster. Some of the best games by Konami.

@arnmrs1660 6 ай бұрын

And also a different seuquel on the Sega Genesis

@mattnova18 3 ай бұрын

back then I rented cool spot and flashback. such good games! Bought X-men and actually beat it. Took me a while and the music sounds kinda scary to me. I also played a TON of sports games back then. Madden 94, NHL 94, and NBA Jam.

@ericm215 6 ай бұрын

We needed to had a A&W bear game

@NALTOHQ 7 ай бұрын

Awesome Possum really is anything BUT awesome, but ‘93 was definitely a good year for the Genesis. Sub-Terrania is super underrated. Still need to play McDonalds Treasureland Adventure. Love me some ToeJam and Earl

@jmac79ers 7 ай бұрын

The gauntlet IV soundtrack rips

@ibanezzer1 7 ай бұрын

Hmmm, got the title for Street Fighter "Championship" Edition wrong again. I guess I'll correct you...again! 😂

@JohnRiggs 7 ай бұрын

I always need correcting.

@daviebaggins 2 ай бұрын

Shinibg force!! That game is my all time favorite. I remember buying it with my own money way back. Played through it repeatedly. I remember renting general chaos like 10 times 😂

@ratedr8490 5 ай бұрын

Never knew about blaster master 2. Cool. Cyborg justice was an awesome Game too. Shinning force was so cool. General chaos was so much fun. They needed to make another one for the Xbox. Nothing beats haunting in originality.

@unconbentional2044 6 ай бұрын

I really like Blades of vengeance. Hidden gem in my opinion. It reminds me of Rastan.

@ryuhoshu3303 7 ай бұрын

That thing with the X Men game happened to me as well, I had gotten to that part so many times and had no idea what to do until one day I just said "ahh screw it let's do it" mind blown!!!!

@lonewolfgamingscwls 7 ай бұрын

Flashback was awesome. Not a fan of Mazin Saga Mutant Fighter. I wouldn't mind checking out Blades of Vengeance. Where's B.O.B.? That was the first video game I played on SNES in 1993 🙂

@alex64gaming 6 ай бұрын

So weird that they called it "A Dinosaurs Tale" when the actual movie is called "We're Back". I remember owning this game on SNES and it was titled "We're Back" not sure why the name is different on the Genesis

@forcedfeedbackclassicgamer5499 7 ай бұрын

Fyi, Rocket Knight's sequel is Sparkster, which did appear on both Genesis and SNES, though it's arguably not as good as Rocket Knight, but for some reason is way more expensive nowadays... And I'll never understand everyone's hate for Sonic Spinball. Love that game, easily one of my most played Genesis games.

@Oskanderstine 6 ай бұрын

Wow, I never knew the made a Master Blaster 2! I loved the one on the NES. But then again, I was a Nintendo man and not a SEGA man. I missed out on so much then.

@BlackMoore82 7 ай бұрын

Loved Cool Spot! One of several games that Tommy Tallarico composed for.

@SonofSethoitae 7 ай бұрын

If only Tommy had kept to composing video game music, instead of tanking his reputation with the Amico

@nynick716 7 ай бұрын

Loved original rolling thunder in the arcade great music also very addictive

@tonystark6306 6 ай бұрын

Some good takes in here. Rock on. 🤘

@BlackMoore82 7 ай бұрын

Speaking of I.R.S., Mike Rotunda remains one of my favorites to have ever held the NWA World Television Championship.

@jbleichman 7 ай бұрын

There _was_ a version of Rocket Knight Adventures for the SNES under the title of “Sparkster”.

@Reasonjpn 5 ай бұрын

5:44 The Kremlin were a UK team. Internal devs for publisher Domark. Did a lot of Amiga ports and flight sims

@rovervitesse1985 2 ай бұрын

2:40 Rol to the rescue is NOT for kids. It's horribly hard and brutally difficult later on

@Fluoride_Jones 6 ай бұрын

I'm surprised John didn't mention that "McDonald's Treasure Land Adventure" was made by Treasure. Explains a lot why the game's as good as it is.

@Mike__P 6 ай бұрын

That X-Men game looks just like Flashback lol. Genesis colors were so limited.

@Magnus_Ichiro 6 ай бұрын

Can’t forget about Spuds McKenzie during that time

@DirectorOfOperations811b 6 ай бұрын

John thank you so much for this! May the Force serve you well!❤

@DirectorOfOperations811b 6 ай бұрын

(this video has been Sith approved)

@TEXTMANNEN 7 ай бұрын

5:31 ... It looks like Chris Kattan :)

@cecilsgames845 6 ай бұрын

My parents got me sonic spinball for Xmas . Plus since my dad ordered it in advance. I got a sonic plush as a bonus from babbages back in the day

@SpaceGringos3D 6 ай бұрын

Thanks for this blast from the past ❤

@goon5544 5 ай бұрын

I was 6 and 7 at the time and didn't know all these games but I think I had my sega by then and had sonic, aladdin, toe jam and earl, goofy, street fighter 2 and tiny toons. I dont know if it was that year but I did get gunstar hero. I know I had my nes at that time.

@DE-GEN-ART 7 ай бұрын

my favorite throwback cheeto wer the cheetos "paws" they still make them but in my mind they are not the same as in the 90's. ive tried the new 3D doritos and those too, are nothing like the ones from the 90's that they sold in a plastic tube and came with a promotional guitar pick with a picture oof garth brooks in a black wig. what a time to be alive

@Fluoride_Jones 6 ай бұрын

Finally, a video game reviewer praises "Jurassic Park" for the Genesis! At the time, it actually got good reviews, and I was gifted it for Christmas that year and thought it was a really good game. Hard as nails and I couldn't get too far in it, but a good game, nonetheless. Seems people always crap on it nowadays, though.

@Poobyskates 2 ай бұрын

S'mores cereal and some American gladiators was the best part of the week

@TheGamingCircle 7 ай бұрын

Riggs pulled out some magical gems 💎 here:-))

@ferf-kx6dq 5 ай бұрын

Chester Cheetah even made a Gamepro magazine cover.

@tonycoffee7335 6 ай бұрын

I like these videos because I find new games to play.

@androxilogin 6 ай бұрын

Rocket Knight was Sparkster on SNES. Not the same game, but same character. Arguably the better of the two.

@catholicactionbibleonlyist1813 7 ай бұрын

I have General Chaos, Tiny Toon Adventures: Buster's Hidden Treasure,Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine(on a video game compilation) Would like to get Gauntlet IV

@carrito1981 7 ай бұрын

Thanks for all your hard work Mr Riggs!

@ggbetz 6 ай бұрын

😂 we're back is a fun-not-great movie if you love dark childrens cartoons! This is what I love as a latecomer to SEGA! General Chaos, Shining Force, and Mutant League Football are my go-to examples of games in genres i dont like on nintendo consoles, but am willing to try on SEGA, just because they have such personality! Cleary 1993 was an amazing release year! Probably hard to keep up at the time!