"Genesis Does what Nintendon't!"
But let's get more specific, what are the games that best show what the Genesis does?
Continue reading RFGen Top 20 Games- Sega Genesis Edition
Special thanks to all who participated in...
The Official 2019 NOT-So-
Secret Santa Give-Away!
Now I was originally going to make this year's NSSS into a drive to help rebuild LeeJ07's video game collection, which was almost completely lost in a house fire less than two months ago. However, I sorely underestimated the initiative of this amazing online community, as OPERATION: RESET was established not even two weeks after the disaster! If you haven't already done so, I highly encourage you all to give your fellow RF Gentleman a little holiday cheer in a really trying time! Just head on over to...
http://www.rfgeneration.c...m/index.php?topic=19199.0
...and become a part of OPERATION: RESET!
ANYway: this year I offer 11 10 humble items for your consideration! Just remember the rules:
- Just one selection per person.
- The first person to claim the item gets it. First come, first served.
How to make your claim:
- Take note of the number of the item/lot you desire, and...
- Post that number in the Not-So-Secret-Santa blog's comments section.
All RF Generation members from anywhere in the world are welcome to take advantage of this give-away! Just be aware that, that unless otherwise noted, all games being given away are NTSC U/C coded for use in machines for the North American market.
As for shipping costs: I'm covering it. Just note that I'll be mailing this stuff out using the cheapest shipping methods possible, so it might be a while before your claim gets to you. You'll receive a PM informing you of your successful claim, and either requesting your mailing address, or confirming the one I have on file.
Oh yeah, and don't forget to check out the Official 2019 NOT-So-Secret Santa Thread at:
http://www.rfgeneration.c...m/index.php?topic=19215.0
And now, the swag:
1) SONIC AND RINGS Loot Crate figure & base
2) SUPER MARIO BROS. & DUCK HUNT game cartridge for NES
3) Archie Comics SONIC SUPER SPECIAL #3
4) Tandy BACKGAMMON handheld game (with mini-dice)
5) SCART/RCA connection cable
6) Polaroid wired controller for PlayStation 3
7) Legend of Zelda 8-Bit Link Air Freshener
8.) GAME BOY COLOR Fixer-Upper:[/b] no sound, and the "A" button doesn't work. If you think you have what it takes to restore it to full working condition, then more power to you.
9) ZAXXON Space Pilot & Combat Ace handbill set
10) Carry Case for Game Boy Advance SP
11) Japanese FINAL FANTASY XI ONLINE Dengeki Ryodan Fashion 2005 Art Game Book
Aaaaaand that's it for this year! Best of luck to you all, and have a happy holidays!
- 'Late
DISCLAIMER: The following presentation has content that may be offensive to some... and a turn-on to others.
 you have been duly warned.
PREFACE: hey now, fellow RF Gentlemen. The following presentation is the second of what I plan to be an annual Halloween series (view the first one at http://www.rfgeneration.c...Giants-and-Booze-2318.php ). Before you dive in, however, I would like to apologize for posting it so late. Between work, editing my drunken ramblings into something remotely coherent, thrift runs, and-- well, you'll find out in the postscript-- I wasn't able to put this out in as timely a fashion as I'd have liked. I only ask that you forgive my blatant tardiness as
The 'Norch Porch Presents
HALLOWEEN HANGOVER: BEYOND A SHADOW OF SOBRIETY
Hey now...
Well, it's that time of year again. Just me in my humble domicile, all by my lonesome, with a big bag of Skittles and Starburst that'll never see the inside of a trick-or-treater's goody bag, a few choice libations, some Detroit-based snacks, and a certain game to (hopefully) enjoy as my BAC increases throughout the night. This time 'round, I've decided to go with a fellow who'd fit right in with the whole Halloween scene. He's got the whole goth/emo thing down pat, from the black color scheme (with red trim), to his bleak and tragic half-remembered past. The furry fanboys adore him for his stoic, grim-and-gritty demeanor. The fangirls just can't stop writing really creepy ship-fics about him. And, after seeing him in action in this game, the NRA is still trying to get him to be their next chairman.
Of course, I'm referring to...
Oh, for--NOT THAT SHADOW THE HEDGEHOG! Dammit, I thought I burned every last copy of that picture! CURSE YOU, INTERNET!
 You're freakin'-a right I'm mad! And I'm NOT your bro!!!
Nope, I'm talking about THIS Shadow the Hedgehog:
I could go into exhaustive detail about how the opening teaser alone represents all that is wrong and just plain absurd about this game, but that territory has been trod upon so much over the last eight years that it's rather hackish to discuss it any further. Besides, my nerdball musings on the matter will cut into my fitshaced playing time. Which reminds me: for this foray into one amnesiac, emotionally unstable hedgehog's fight for his Second Amendment rights...
  HEY! Get your own damn firearms, d!ckweed!
...I've decided to go with absinthe, which is the preferred drink of the goth/emo crowd, according to the internet. And if nothing else, the internet is the ultimate bastion of truth and accuracy.
]  ...what?
Ummm... I also grabbed a six-pack of Redd's Apple Ale. Why this particular pick-up, you ask?
Oh... no particular reason at all, nopey nope nope.
Also on hand, courtesy of my main man Razor Knuckles: Reese's Pieces and Better Made BBQ flavor potato chips. Oh, and Faygo cream cola and strawberry soda, which has inspired me to take a listen to my fave ICP album while playing this bad boy.
WHO'S GOIN' CHICKEN HUNTIN'? WE'S GOIN' CHICKEN HUNTIN'!
And, bless his little heart, Raze also provided the game. Which means I have the perfect scapegoat to place the blame on should this not go well. If that isn't the mark of a true friend, then I don't know what is.
 If only you knew what you were getting yourself into, my good man.
Oh, and I decided to get in costume for this little electronic excursion:
 How's this for edgy?
All right, let's get this show on the road.
STAGE 1: Westopolis
I started by taking out just about anything that shot at me, and then decided to limit my kills to the alien freakos, and the GUN robots. The aliens have the cooler weaponry, anyway, with zap-zap-shooty-lazor-beams. Not as cool as, say, a nice chaos-spear energy blast from my hands, but hey, you gotta make do. And why is Sonic "helping" me out? Who does he think he is, Tails from Sonic 2?
 More like Sonic the Glory-hog.
Stage 2: Glyphic Canyon
Oh great, now I got Knuckles helping out now. So much for that rugged loner rep. And he's a bit toofriendly here, too . and even dopier than usual.man, I miss the days when he was trolling Sonic and Tails something fierce. Now hes just a comic-relief punching bag in the cutscene backgrounds. Well at least his voice is more pleassnt than that Dr. Claw-sounding dude.
Geezus, the controls are like, Im trying to get Shadow to move and aim at the right taraget, but its like the surface of every level is greased with Crisco... and Shadows coping with a brain injury. Hell, I must be coping with a brain injury to be playing this. Maybe you should dump the jet skate things and just run like that faker. With any luck I'll get hosed to the point of blacking out and not remembering any of this.
Stage 3: Prison Island
Charmy, just goway . Your anything but charming to... well to anyone really. nobody likes you.. Go have a duel to the death with omochao or something. Hopefully youll kill each other and Big the Cat gets offed in the crossfire. I know the Chaotix had to make some budget cuts, but why did Mighty have to be one of them?
Ooh here comes my fave ICP track gotta turn it UP
Hey, hey wait a minute, I made you! Get them not me--WAIT A MINUTE MUTHAF*CKA
Stage 4: Sky Troops
Okay, now I got eggbotnik helping out. Well at least it gives me his robots and ships to shoot at. And I gt to use a canon to shoot at the eggships. Just like skylanders niiiiice. BTW I found a way to make this game a lil more enoyble: imagine the guys im shootin at wrote some really pervy Shadow fanfics, or poretend theyre Rule 34 artists, and Im getting revenge on em by KILLIN THEM DEDD.
 Let me show my appreciation for your inflation art
of me by INFLATING YOU WITH LEAD!!!
STAGE 5: Don't know dont care
Wow this games growin onme for some reason. Im achuallygettin into it. Hold on, Gonna pause th game for a mome an give our hero a lil talkin to. Um, Hey... hey shadow? I knw youre fictional an stuff, but Im surprised you haven't put th moves on Rouge yet. I mean come on it'sno secret you really dig her.
 Or certain parts of her, anyway.
Seriusly ou really goota let maria go man. Your relationship comes off less like a close friendship, and more like some creepy furry-pedo-necrophilia thning.
An ode to Shadow's depraved obsession.
It really gives me the dooch chils. I mean You don't see Sonic-- er I mean that faker caught up in such shenangians--
Oh. Riht never mind.
Look, all Im tryin to say is... HEY F*CK THE STUPID GAME! IM TRYIN TO HELPS OU HERE, @$$HOLE!
...
Lokk im sorry man, I didn mean to yll atcha. You... you know... you know is till love you right? Right? Yeah yeah, no homo, hee heeee... hey wait a minute
Um, why are you staring... there? An grining?
Holy crap youre not gonna do what I think you're
 Tails gives a new meaning to
the term "getting some head."
OH MY FREAING GOD IM GONNA SPEW FFWOIDHWERFOERDPWEBDEHGBIPEHOPFREOIHDIFIEU[9AWE
*GASP* Oh god the taste and smell of half-digested reeses pieces mixed wih absinthe is so disgusting here comes a second wave fjrefroiffoitgbhrog;flhlfofohhf[ioja[sehgde
*GUUUUHH* sweet haysoose h. some of that last heave went out through my nose that's just gross oh no not agai-- fmfrfmlrefmerlfmre-wq329r43jroinefrefmrlfrlf
*UUUURGH*GASP* okay im good now... all emptied out. Gonna need some gatorade though, and
Wait whats this
OH JESUS FU-- MDTMNFWKJLEVNBFLDHN NHXICU HTDFOIDFCJ GIG LNFAHD VIUF HFO SIFGHRIS;O FHD FOUGOUSCHFCMKLVDHGMSCOFHVDMFCDJACNIVOGHROIOCFSHDVG OR HCFSVGHRSEOICFHGCSECFRVDFHCEAOFG RHVOCFE NSAMOIVGRI
*THUD*
POSTSCRIPT: In case you're wondering: no, I did not regain consciousness in a puddle of my own sick the next morning. I took the precaution of keeping a high-capacity wastebasket within reach. It's a lesson I learned the hard way. Speaking of learning the hard way:
 Passed out after just one Redd's?! Faker...
ANYway, a few days after playing Shadow the Hedgehog on an Allhallow's Eve bender, I decided to go at it sober. And I don't know what it was, but... I actually kinda liked playing this nonsensical game with the absurd missions, slippery controls, and annoying interchanging "sidekicks." Hell, I'm STILL playing it as of this writing, trying to unlock and complete every mission, beat every boss, and access every single good stage, evil stage, ring, key, damned fourth chaos emerald, computer room, and weapon! I even ordered the Prima strategy guide for goodness sakes! Meanwhile, I've hardly touched my new copy of Sonic Lost World. Good lord, what the hell is wrong with me?!
 Oh, where to begin...
All right, time to wind this up. Yes, Shadow the Hedgehog is dumb... but it's dumb in a way I find oddly entertaining and compelling. If I were to give it a cinematic parallel, it would be Dude, Where's My Car? which, despite being downright idiotic, I couldn't stop watching from start to finish. Sure it insulted my intelligence, but, dammit, it was fun to watch. And when you get down to it, the most important thing about gaming, or watching movies, or any other hobby or pursuit, is to have fun while doing it. Shockingly and improbably, Shadow the Hedgehog delivered for me...
...and it's all Razor Knuckles' fault.
I hope you're proud of yourself, "friend." 
'Late
2 games down already! This time it's Sonic and Knuckles for genesis (which for those of you keeping track means i can put the Sega away for the rest of the summer xD)
Sonic and knuckles felt odd, and i couldn't put my finger on it until about half way through the game....when i saw a scene that looked sorta like this:
look familiar? ...how about when put near this:
it was at this point that i realized i was no longer playing a sonic game....just a cheap mario ripoff. The speed that defined the games was minimal, and twitchy platforming sections dominated the game. I was really hoping that after my disappointing experience with sonic 3 (read it here:http://www.rfgeneration.c...-NeoMagicwarrior-1798.php) that the game would return to its roots....*sigh*
That isn't to say the game was all bad. The controls were tighter than they had ever been, and some of the music was great (even though some of it was horrible).
Eventually, i'll have to go back through with knuckles and see if it is any more enjoyable that way, but for now i'll call it done!
so where am I at?
Dungeons & Dragons: Heroes
Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne
Borderlands
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3
Castlevania: Lords of Shadow
Rage
Saints Row Diamond 2-Pack
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter
Legend of Zelda, The: Ocarina of Time
Pokemon Snap
Legend of Zelda, The: The Wind Waker
Metroid Prime
Double Dragon II: The Revenge
Faxanadu
Super C
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III: The Manhattan Project
Donkey Kong Country
Star Fox
Super Mario World
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles IV: Turtles in Time
Pikmin
Punch-Out!!
Contra: Hard Corps
Sonic & Knuckles
Legend of Dragoon, The
Star Wars: Rebel Assault II
Bully
Mercenaries: Playground of Destruction
Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater
Ace Combat 04 Shattered Skies
I may grab ace combat this afternoon to start it up...eventually i'll finish COD tonight. The GF and I are 3/4 through borderlands...and having a blast doing so (think im gonna make her help on all the co-op games!)
Till next time!
~Neo
Backlog Count: 257
I remember the first time I booted up Sonic the Hedgehog and how I was just blown away by how good it looked and sounded in comparison to the games I had been playing on the NES at the time, and I was hooked. So, you can imagine my surprise a couple of weeks ago when I found a copy of Sonic Rush, one of the Sonic games I missed out on, sitting on the clearance rack at my local Target for a mere four dollars. I finally popped the game in a few days ago, as I had just finished up Generations, and was still wanting to spend some more time with the famous blue hedgehog. As a fan of Sonic Team's Sonic Advance games on the GBA, I had high hopes that this would be an excellent handheld outing for Sonic, so let's take a look and see how this game holds up.
Continue reading Collection Impressions #1 - Sonic Rush
1) Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter (360)
2) Metroid Prime (GC)
3) Deus Ex: The Conspiracy (PS2)
4) Sonic Spinball (Gen)
5) Perfect Dark (N64)
6) Front Mission (DS)
7) Halo Wars (360)
8 ) Ico (PS2)
9) Kessen (PS2)
10) Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles (GC)
11) Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker (GC)
12) The Lion King (Gen)
13) Sonic 3 (Gen)
14) Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne (xbox)
15) Deus Ex: Human Revolution (360)
16) Marvel VS Capcom 3
17) Portal
18) Beautiful Katimari
19) TBD
20) TBD
After years of procrastination, I've finally beaten Sonic 3... which i will now consider to be the worst of the original 2D sidescrolling sonics. Each level felt painfully like i was playing another, sub par platformer, and not the breakneck speed thrill that was the rest of the sonic series. The music sucked, power ups were lame and unnecessary (except the fireball ^_^) and it only had 6 levels. What the balls?!
Even weirder, at the end...you blow up the death star.
That looks like blatant copyright infringement if you ask me. I'll do a longer rant on the sonic series in the future... so I'll save it for now.
Also, just discovered how to customize the blog! Awesome new theme added for extra flare. Let me know what you guys think of it....although i'm sure i'll get bored of it and decide to change it to fit every new blog post.
till next time
~Neo
Official Backlog count: 208
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Posted on Jun 15th 2011 at 11:00:00 AM by ( Zagnorch) Posted under Summer, mario, ratchet, sonic, tecmo, bowl, challenge, wii, fit, psp, ds |
Greetings from Terra...
Between trying to make my temp job permanent, shaping up, sprucing up the Zagnorch Ponderosa, and getting the ol' lemon running properly, I figured I wouldn't be able to get in on the RF Generation summer gaming challenge for lack of time to devote to it.
But then I realized I have a ton of games I'm either part-way through or this close to completing, and I figured I could take care of 'em in my sparse spare time. I know it's something of a cop-out, and a lazy way to go. But, given the situation, it's the best I can do.
And away we go:
Super Mario 64 DS: 134 stars down, 16 to go.
StarFox Command (DS): I'm stuck on that level where you use the stylus to clear away part of the cloud cover to reveal where the enemy is hiding.
Bomberman DS: I've yet to get past the boss on Level 8.
The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (SNES): It's been so long since I last played this, I've forgotten where I left off...
Tecmo Super Bowl (SNES): All I want to do is get the 49ers to win a Super Bowl on three-year mode. My last three-year deal saw me lose two consecutive NFC championships before getting waxed in the Super Bowl in season three...
...by the Buffalo Bills.
THE FREAKING BILLS!!! WHAT THE #3LL, MAN!!!
CrossworDS: I've been chipping away at this one for the last couple years. While it also includes word search and anagrams, I'm focused on finishing just the crossword puzzles.
Sonic Rush (DS): Forget about the d@mn fourth chaos emerald-- it's the fershlugginer seventh one I'm having a #3lluva a time grabbing...
Super Mario Advance 2: Super Mario World (GBA): I still haven't gotten past that level where I hafta let Yoshi plunge to his death to save my own sorry @$$. I've killed enough Yoshis and Marios on this level to fill a virtual Grand Canyon. O, the soul-crushing guilt...
Ratchet & Clank: Size Matters (PSP): I've been neglecting my PSP lately, so I figure I should finish up Size Matters before it sics child protective services on me.
Wii Fit Plus: Actually, I haven't started this one yet. Never the less, I figure I'd give it a go to supplement my efforts to shape up this summer. I'm not so sure there's a way to properly beat or finish it, though. I suppose I can consider it "beaten" when I make my goal weight.
And there you have it. For the most part, I'm aiming to complete a buncha fruity handheld platformer-adventure titles I've been procrastinating on, with nary an uber-hardcore title in the lot.
G0d, I am such a chick...
'Late
I know many collectors (like me) are careful or picky with what they buy, but sometimes you end up getting the most unusual forms of damage or spoiling of a games condition. For example, I went to a car boot sale on a Sunday morning (as I do) and I bought a complete in box copy of Dynablasters, to replace my unboxed copy. This is what it looks like:
 
Incase you can't see it well, someone created stab holes, damaging the box, manual and inner case. My question: WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED AND WHY?!
Did some kid see the game, get a pair of scissors and go *insert famous stabber's name here* on it? I can't even grasp the image of some idiot kid with a sharp object maniacally stabbing a game, going so far to pierce the inner casing and the other end of the box!
So what items have people bought in a strange/stranger condition?
Sonic and Knuckles, who doesn't love that game? If you don't...well then you might not want to waste your time with this entry. Not too much to really say about the game any way. Its damn good fun and you should play it. If you haven't well...theres something wrong with you :p . Crap! Gotta remember this is not a review *sigh*. Again another cover, but I know this guy and he is great. He's offered some of his talents to another project of mine. So if you like this track, check out some of the guys other work. If not you'll see them on here soon enough. Enough of this...Lava Reef zone. Its bad ass, now crank it.
Thats all for today, until tomorrow.
Peace,
Roehm21
Below: Sonic CD Sample 806
Above: Formula One Beyond the Limit (US version)
Continue reading First Game Sample!
I just got into thinking, on gamesniped, nicola made a post about what he would put as museum pieces for a gaming museum. I was just wondering if there was a proper permanent Video Game Museum or Gallery, what would be in it?
Continue reading A real Video Game Museum or Gallery?
Stealing the idea from dom meatball (  ), I've decided to post a list for all, and myself to refer to, and hopefully, for once, I can meet more than 0 of my year's goals!
1: Get all the Sega Consoles and their variants
-This shouldn't be too hard, as long as I don't make myself get them CIB as well as all the box variants. I need: Sega Pico, Sega Nomad, Sega CDX, Sega Master System II, Sega Saturn Oval buttons, Sega Dreamcast Sega Sports Edition, Sega CD 1, and the Sega Game Gear Blue Edition. I will be getting the JVC Wondermega/X'Eye some time in January from Marriot guy, as well as a CIB Master System I and Saturn round button. The only difficult ones in that lot are the CDX and Nomad.
2: Get to 100 N64 games
-Again, not too hard. I only need 42 or so to get there, so not much of a problem at all.
3: Work on the Sonic collection
-Kind of vague, but I just want to add some more Sonic titles to my library, hopefully so that one day I will own them all, including variants. Genesis is my main concern, with the only Sonic titles that I need being the Sonic 3 All-Stars, and any other Compilation carts and variants that I've missed, which shouldn't be many, if any at all.
4: Pass 450 games
-This is ambitious, considering I'm sitting at roughly 325 games now. I need to recheck all my games to make sure I've added everything, but even then, 125 games is a long way off. 
5: Have fun collecting!!!
-This is a given! 
So, I hope I achieve some of these. The most probable achievements in order are 5, 3, 2, 1, 4. Here's to a great year of collecting!!!
Happy/Merry Christmas/Hanukha/Quanza/Holidays everyone! It's Christmas Eve and like the tradition goes, me, my sister and my parents get presents from eachother, then get pressies from the rest of my family on Christmas Day! So today I got money, a poster, the Guinness World Records Book and DJ HERO!!!
Not only that but a parcel arrived at my door, Cyborg 009!
I may open this sealed game because I heard it's quite good and I might want to play it. I paid 4.28 for it. Well all I can say is now everyone have a great and fun time!!
Total cost:
577.53
NOTE: Futher checking from last time, I now have 51 Games is you count Cobra Command/Sol-Feace as one game, because they were bundled together in Europe. Therefore if you don't I actually have 52 so sorry for jumping the gun ^^'
Yesterday I recieved Eternal Champions: Challenge of the Darkside, originally it was on Buy It Now for 16.99 (lower than I usually find it), but out of luck, the guy accepted an offer I made of 15, and now it's here!
So now I've achieved 50 games!! As far as I know, there are a little over 210 official unique game releases, this means I'm less than 1/4 of my collection complete!
Never thought this day would come after a year and three months of collecting. Sure it's got a bit of damage on the seal but this is sealed and I only paid 18!
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