I feel like Clayfighter is a game that KnightAttack would have wanted on the Mini 2. It's a shame that we didn't get Snatcher, Konami dropped the ball on that one. Good mix of games and Sewer Shark and Crusader of Centy both give a lot of reason to get this.

Bonanza Bros over Rolling Thunder 2 ? That's puzzling 🤔.

Nice video! I'm happy to see the Shining Force games so high in your rankings. Also, if/when Victor Ireland contacts you to complain, give him an earful from me. Depriving us from Lunar is almost criminal! 😜

great job greg!

Nobody had a Sega CD here in Sweden when I was growing up. Still to this day I have never even seen one. I've been curious about the TerraOnion MegaSD, but it's a lot of money to put out for a piece of hardware without that special ingredient; nostalgia. Good episode though. And, yes: Phantasy Star II is a kicker of a game. I played it for the first time a few months ago (switch version with 2xspeed option for fast grinding) I absolutely loved it, without any nostalgia attached to it at all.

Super Locomotive looks bonkers. I got into Train Sims last year and this will be the first game I take for a spin when I get time to hook mine up.

Popful Mail sort of looks like a cross between Athena and Monster World 4

TJ&E2 is lots of fun!

I was impressed with what we got. A lot of these rarer titles were a pleasant sight to see. Like many others, I would have liked to see the Working Designs titles, but I know a thing or two about Victor Ireland's stubborn attitude, and the limited production run would have just lost SEGA a lot of money to cowtow to whatever his demands would be. Same for Snatcher, given Konami's relation with Kojima these days. I was happy to see the console included a tribute to Rieko Kodama. She was one of my favorite creators, and it was a very sad day for me to hear of her passing.

Good video. I'm a bit bummed they included Sega CD with so few titles and such a limited selection. I believe Joe from Game Sack confirmed pretty much everything you said about Victor Ireland and the Lunar fiasco. Victor did say he only owns the rights to the audio and Sega could have easily just done subtitles to include the games so I think this is a good point to show Sega doesn't love us :( I also enjoyed the rankings. We are on the same page with a lot of this game list though for me Night Trap and Sewer Shark are at the absolute bottom of my list. I couldn't wait to play Alien Soldier and I haven't given up on it but yeah, those controls and the overall difficulty take some getting used to (I'm also having a similar issue with Ranger X). I also really enjoyed the first Earthworm Jim but have a hard time getting into the second.

Alien Soldier isn't that hard on easy, considering I was able to beat it. I'd say give it another chance, learn the moves and when to use each weapon. If you have the patience for HZ there's no excuse! T&E2 is pretty fun for what it is, taken as a 2d collectathon platformer with a lot of personality and some of the first rhythm gameplay in games. But they should've kept more aspects of the original at least as an optional mode. Some pretty harsh takes here. EWJ2 is one of the better ones to me and better than MR for example, only things I'd change would be to make the bonus levels optional and add the weapon switching from the SNES version (which there is a hack for since years back). Overall some picks could've been better for this one or at least touched up like M2 is doing on the Switch since they already did it for Space Harrier 2 here. AB is smoother than on SMS but what happened to the boss fights? Why not improve the scaling in it and the other scaler games? Why not a CD OST option for the poor sounding SSF2? etc.

The one game I would have loved on the Genesis Mini would have been Road Avenger/Blaster. Both because it represents the quick time event FMV games of which we had loads on the Sega/Mega CD but also because it is in itself an iconic game to me. That intro cut scene and of course the title track are stuck in my mind forever.

I desperately wish Sega would rerelease actual arcade OutRunners so it's kind of depressing to see the Genesis port that really doesn't even meaningfully qualify as a conversion.

I have never played a Final Fight game in my life. 😅

The Ooze looks...interesting...

Very cool mini console in terms of history. I just wish that it wasn't so rushed and it's so sad that some of the most coveted Sega CD titles are not here. Great list, too! Your tops always have Yuzo Koshiro involved and I love it :)

Was Desert strike 2 at the arcade? Looks vaguely familiar.

21:10 Yes, you can. The CyberStick was released at the same time and is selling for totally reasonable sums now..... 😱. Your list, your opinions, but Desert Strike that low? Really?

I just couldn't get into the Golden Axe series, though they're fine games. Dunno why.

Ohh the Genesis mini 2 got a Splatterhouse game, while the first mini got stuck with Altered Beast?Uncool Sega! 😾

I zoned out after 52 and 51. Bye...

Play the video. See Alien Soldier en EW Jim 2 in low positions. Close the video

Can't really disagree with much on that list. Revenge has always been the best (Shinobi 3 is flashy but sort of meh) thing on there I finished it every time I sat down to play it for years. I also prefer Shining Force 1 to 2 for the characters even if the gameplay systems aren't quite as polished. I've never played Shining in the Darkness that's something I might try some day because those enemy designs and menus are still endlessly charming looking.

ℹ️ For anyone interested, Games list starts at 6:50.

The contra wannabe looks fun.

Sonic CD is the best Sonic game of all time.

Clay Fighter looks weird

There's such a thing as a bad ost in a SoR game? Never played 3 so i don't really know.

EWJ2 is awfully low. :/

RISTAR is the worst!!! Never waste my time with that crap again