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Anything over 1999 still sounds futuristic to me.

Incoming is even better, coming out in 1999 and being set in 2009. They didn't expect it to be played for long evidently.

This ain't our planet's 2015

@@bangerbangerbroAnd that’s why Konami was smart in setting Contra to the year 2634.

If that happens I'll most definetely faint.

We could ask Nami-sama nicely maybe? Kickstarter?

Maybe that one will take place in 2016!!

@@sdmayday yeah man come on lets get it kick started but make the controls for moving like gunstar heroes a hated the controls for this game

@@slingshotdon I really don't like Gunstar Heroes' method of movement. I prefer Contra III and Hard Corps' controls that let you switch between stationary and dynamic firing at will.

This is the best in my opinion... not one of...

This game hard as balls poor design

Haha! What made you expect jank? Treasure games are usually (always?) pretty smooth.

Speedshock

Treasure could get awesome graphics from the Genesis when most coders only got 4 colors per background block. No wonder their games look so much better

But it did come to america. Only on the Sega Channel.

Devon Williams I was talking about a physical cartridge release.

Loader2K1 I wasnt sure if you knew that. He should still have his ass kicked though.

Devon Williams LOL, thanks.

+Loader2K1 Not many people are aware of Sega Channel it seems.

Correction It's was published by Sega, Treasure developed this game.

Batman and robin I think has to be on the same level. Insane soundtrack and visuals

Spoiler my guy! Damn!

@@thebalderthor4884: Dude, _Alien Soldier_ has been out for 26 years, and most of the information on the game is scarce and vague.

G A M E E N I E

And even 4 if you count Astro Boy Omega Factor

the 5 forms were meant to be 7 like before, but time constraints really screwed this game over. Was meant to have like 40 stages and a bit more added to the storyline, but alas time against them.

@@aaronbuffalo7769 So that's why the storyline is so pathetic?

Its a shooter from 95 get over yourself you want story go play ff

its why i love this crazy game

I think it still holds the world record for most bosses in a game.

Like Cuphead but this was first... and better.

@@DanielAyy Why do you think its better?

@@ozark5247 honestly not sure, i'm guessing it's because I just beat the game when I made that comment. Both are awesome games.

I think the big problem with the game was how late it was released. DIdn't really have time to form a fanbase while the console was still alive, and by the time it got any recognition, people had already moved on to newer consoles.

@@frosbittenmelon2247 It also never got a US release (I think it eventually made it to the Wii virtual console), so that was a huge segment of the Sega market that just completely never knew it existed.

SOHGuy bro i'm so happy to you tell me this thx so much treasure games alien soldier gunstar super heroes and all live forever!!!

yea it was said by devs they wanted like another 6 months to fix the storyline a bit and add like as many as 20 more stages but were contracted to a deadline so alas

@@aaronbuffalo7769 Yeah it's is probably a good thing that they focused on the game over the story. I think that the time that they would have spent continuing the game like have seen it come out even later and it wouldn't have been sold for long or bought by many.

@M. R.R. Well the Epsilon you play as is only half of the original being. After Xi-Tiger betrays him, he splits into effectively two beings. Epsilon 1, the Stage 17 boss is the evil essence of the old Epsilon. So depending on the version of him, he's a villain or hero.

I've no idea who thought that was wise, haha. It's not even an anti-hero, just an asshole main character who you don't want to win either.

@@LetusGamer The version of Epsilon you play as is effectively morphed with the unnamed boy in the opening text; closest comparison that comes to mind is something like Venom.

Clever

+hijong park shit didn't know that. thats sad

andruman33​ they planned and made 50 bosses but ended up in 25 stages because 1995 year was the near end of genesis(megadrive) in japan. That's why the real final boss(white giant man in the intro) does not appears in the last stage.

Development of Alien Soldier lasted two years and was led by Hideyuki Suganami, who from the start wanted to make the entire game himself. Despite 32-bit fifth generation hardware already on the market, he chose to program the game for the 16-bit Mega Drive, claiming that he may have been too captivated by the idea of making an "action shooting" game. Suganami was deeply invested in the game and devoted a lot of time to developing it. After the game's release, he wished he continued working on the game, believing he could have improved on the story and graphics.[5]

@Andruman33: Mind = blown. That's new news to me as well.

Planned stuff which don't make their way in the final product is quite common phenomenon in video games history & reasons for this can be multiple: memory space constraints (especially prior to the CD era); time constraints (development time &/or the need to meet the deadline); better content focus rather than add what could be unnecessary stuff (some games don't need to be longer than what they are)... I'm not surprised that Alien Soldier' designers had more on their hands given how creative they are but I won't call it an "unfinished game", rather something that had potential for a sequel (that white giant man is intriguing tho & somehow makes me think of Radiant Silvergun final boss).

I have never played this but looking at it I wouldn't have said that it looks what I'd call "one of the greatest", but I would still say that it is one of the most impressive Megadrive games.

@IsaacInfernape2000 32X doom isn't that bad. Graphics and FPS are better than SNES doom. It's missing a few levels but it is certainly much better than Saturn Doom. Sound effects all being sampled at least in the original can't have been messed up really. Music might be crap though I suppose but the game is not awful. There is less difference between it and the original than there was between arcade games and many console ports at the time. 3DO doom is worse performance-wise too.

@@bangerbangerbro Yeah Treasure were wizards on the MD, check out what Mega Drive Profile has to say about the game and of course I recommend completing it yourself (if you can, it's not easy!) It's like Shadow of the Colossus but as a 16-bit run n gun, both with creative boss design. No other 2D game to this day afaik plays like it. So yeah, for me it's one of the best ever, alongside any classic on Snes and other systems.

@@retrosoul8770 Despite being a Megadrive guy, I didn't really know much about them a few months ago, pretty much dismissing someone talking about their games when giving examples of something impressive. But a week or so ago I found Dynamite Headdy (probably their best selling and most common game) for sale at a local shop for an OK price and bought it as I knew it was meant to be good. I like the visuals of it and the sound (nice sounds though I am not a massive fan of the music itself as in the composition of most of it) but I'm not the biggest fan of the game. It reminds me of Rayman in some ways which I don't particularly like either. Maybe it will grow on me. I think I'm just not really into the theme it has and a lot of the things in it I find a little creepy though I will probably get used to them. The sampling is the clearest I have ever heard on Megadrive though. Some of the bosses remind me of Yoshi's Island bosses what with the weird squashing and stretching things some of them do. In the practice target thing I was worried I was going to damage my controller. MD controllers are a bit rickety and the D-pads do that rubbing thing that is especially noticeable when you use them fast. But after getting that I started properly looking at the treasure stuff and of course despairing at the prices - maybe I was better off not knowing haha!

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Personally I prefer Gunstar Heroes more. Just as much action, nonstop enemy waves, less bosses, more focus on platforming. GH is also pretty badass in itself. As for the SNES, it was built more for RPG's, which it is king of for that generation of gaming. Both systems churned out some pretty damned good platformers too. To me this game felt a little hollow, the focus was too much on boss battles, I prefer to have some fodder to destroy before I reach the boss, something Gunstar Heroes delivers in spades.

Bloodreign1 Yeah good point. (No sarcasm)

Jack Smith No, I am sorry. I am a rookie too... 😟

Well done. I don't think too many people will have beaten this epic game.

James Palmer Power Up!

The king of fighters!!

+Luigi84289 A good game, technically perfect and of of the last game for megadrive.

@Nick D: Treasure was formed by ex-Konami staff members, so that's why Alien Soldier feels that way.

Funny cause Contra Shattered Soldier is also a boss rush like Alien Soldier

kicksoffs gameplay wise this is absolutely nothing like metroid lol

kicksoffs Sega never answered metroid, because they don't give a shit about that style of games. Maybe Zillion but that was on the Master System.

kicksoffs The comparison is in that both have long-ass unskipable intros?

+kicksoffs This was made by Treasure. Not Sega.

And yet, Sega idiotically choose not to release this masterpiece to the states. Why, just why? One of the most technically impressive games of the 16-bit era on *stock hardware* , and easily one of the era's very best. Just more foolishness on top on other dumb choices, Sega Channel doesn't count either. It's like they wanted no one to play this.

not really last one is light crusader

You forgot Guardian Heroes, Silhouette Mirage and Radiant Silvergun for the Sega Saturn.

He said last game for the Genesis, not last game they made for a Sega console.

I personally thought Dynamite headdy was treasure best game, on the genesis

will Thomas Gunstar Heroes was much better.

ɮeɲյαɱɱιɲ Main topic: Boss battles.

Chris Mann He completely missed your point lol

will Thomas 😁😁😂😂I think he knew what I was saying. LOL

that's the same thing I was thinking about this game

Dark souls

Once you know how to do it it's not that hard z leo was harder

was meant to be 7 like 7 force but time constraints removed 2

It's flat it is not that impressive even for an old game

@@sluggy68 it's fluid, which means it's alot of frames, more frames is more data and these old games didn't have that much for data, I'd say it's impressive

Rakiarmas Yes. One badass game. I beat this game 3 or 4 times already in that Sega Genesis Classics

And still looks incredible today!!!

Makes the game Easier to beat . The Flamethrower is useful too.

talk about a late arrival lmao Anyway, Force is effectively your Ammo. The lower it gets, the shorter your weapon's range becomes (although in the case of Ranger Force, that instead lowers damage dealt and maybe bullet speed.) To recharge your Force, just select a different weapon. After a while the unselected Forces will start to regenerate (although that regeneration speed depends on the weapon: Sword Force is the slowest to recharge, while Buster Force is the fastest. At least, to my knowledge anyway.) Edit because I forgor: You can also recharge your Forces by picking up a weapon capsule with the same icon. This has the added bonus of adding 250 to your maximum ammo (to a max of 2000.) If you don't want to wait around for the right icon to cycle through, just shoot at the weapon capsule with the weapon you want to refill + upgrade. If you run out of ammo for a Force, it becomes "Null Force" which is incredibly weak and barely reaches past your hand. It can at least damage basically everything, where every other Force is ineffective against at least one enemy or enemy type. It also still triggers the "shoot-to-switch" capsule mechanic so if you need an emergency refill, you aren't forced into waiting.

Maybe it's textured polygons? Maybe it's vertical line interrupts? (I don't know what they're actually called) Idk.

Kojima will laugh at you

You clearly haven't played Gaiares.

Well, I mean... this and Gunstar Heroes were from the same developers 👀

Don Atello 2017....well, we got "hoverboards", I'm sure you'll be impressed by those.

2018 and counting...

2019...…. ….. …..

Near 2020...

Play on super easy mode it give u unlimited continues

can you explain it please? it doesn't make any sense to me

Altered Beast was the original game bundled with the console and it had pretty big sprites. In fact, the game play with the dashing across the screen and fireballs and the monster big bosses at one end of the screen remind me quite a bit of AB.

@@beohyl yea. genesis usually could do big sprites. snes had kraid from metroid and render ranger. any other game sprites small. not neo geo

Treasure made this one, they should get that credit.

@@Bloodreign1 iamrite!!!😌😌😌