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Just Before Everything Kicks-off
At one point I fail to remember the name of the Mega Drive game, and Squidge calls it Ground Dog. It’s actually called “Greendog: The Beached Surfer Dude!”
And later in the episode (at around 48 minutes) Squidge tells us about a version of Super Fantasy Zone which came out on the NES. I told Squidge that it couldn’t have happened, but it did in fact happen. Squidge was referring to Fantasy Zone.
Show Notes
In the previous episode, I gave Squidge a challenge:
JayImagine that you have an unlimited budget (to deal with licensing issues), go through the games on the Mega Drive Mini and replace the ones that you’ll never play with ones from your dream line up
The resulting discussion ended up being too long to fit into a single episode, so we split it into two. This episode is the second part of that conversation. But before all of that, I want to let you know about a page that I’ve built: Mini Console Dream Line Ups.
This is an evolving page. We’ll update it each time we do a pod about dream line ups for mini consoles. So make sure to check back there often, and let us know what you think about our choices.
Before we begin the episode proper, it’ll be worth having a refresher on our dream line ups from last time. We only got half way through describing our dream line up for the Mega Drive Mini, so we thought we’d list them all again for you:
The First Half of Our Dream Line Up
Original | Squidge’s Replacement | Jay’s Replacement |
---|---|---|
Alex Kidd in the Enchanted Castle | Keep | Keep |
Alisia Dragoon | Keep | Alien3 |
Altered Beast | Keep | Keep |
Beyond Oasis | Keep | Michael Jackson’s Moonwalker |
Castle of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse | Keep | Rolling Thunder 2 |
Castlevania: Bloodlines | Keep | Keep |
Columns | Keep | Spider-Man vs. The Kingpin |
Comix Zone | Keep | Keep |
Contra: Hard Corps | Keep | Keep |
Darius | Keep | Keep |
Dr. Robotnik’s Mean Bean Machine | Michael Jackson’s Moonwalker | Streets of Rage |
Dynamite Headdy | Keep | NBA Jam Tournament Edition |
Earthworm Jim | Keep | Keep |
Ecco the Dolphin | Keep | Klax |
Eternal Champions | Remove | Shadow of the Beast II |
Ghouls ’n Ghosts | Keep | Keep |
Golden Axe | Keep | Keep |
Gunstar Heroes | Keep | Keep |
Kid Chameleon | Keep | Keep |
it might be worth going back to episode 68 and listening again, actually.
The Second Half of the Dream Line Up List
Original | Squidge’s Replacement | Jay’s Replacement |
---|---|---|
Landstalker | King of Monsters | Universal Soldier |
Light Crusader | Primal Rage | Pit-Fighter |
Mega Man: The Wily Wars | Keep | Predator 2 |
Monster World IV | Phantasy Star III | Worms |
Phantasy Star IV | Keep | Keep |
Road Rash II | Keep | Road Rash III |
Shining Force | Keep | Disney’s Aladdin |
Shinobi III: Return of the Ninja Master | The Revenge of Shinobi | The Revenge of Shinobi |
Sonic Spinball | Keep | Cool Spot |
Sonic The Hedgehog | Keep | Keep |
Sonic The Hedgehog 2 | Keep | Keep |
Space Harrier II | Keep | Flashback |
Street Fighter II: Special Champion Edition | Street Fighter II | Jungle Strike |
Streets of Rage 2 | Keep | Keep |
Strider | Keep | Keep |
Super Fantasy Zone | Alien3 | Bubsy in Claws Encounters of the Furred Kind |
Tetris | Keep | Keep |
Thunder Force III | Keep | Mortal Kombat 2 |
ToeJam & Earl | Ren & Stimpy: Stimpy’s Invention | Taz in Escape From Mars |
Vectorman | Keep | Jurassic Park |
Virtua Fighter 2 | Mortal Kombat 2 | Judge Dredd |
Wonder Boy in Monster World | Keep | Keep |
World of Illusion | Alien Storm | Tanglewood |
With Squidge adding Wolfchild, in the place of Eternal Champions - which he removed from his list in part one.
Squidge’s Honourable Mentions
Cast your mind back to part one
or scroll up a bit
and you’ll remember that Squidge removed one game: Eternal Champions. Well, he decided to replace it with Wolfchild.
He also wanted to mention Sonic & Knuckles. If I’m honest, I always preferred this game to Sonic 3 - even with the totally-not-written-by-Michael-Jackson music.
External Links of Interest
- Support us on Ko-Fi
- Our Facebook page
- Us on Twitter
- Arcade Attack’s Similar Episode
- Arcade Attack’s Dream Mega Drive Line-up
- Sega Genesis Mini Tier List - All 42 Games RANKED - G to The Next Level
- The National Video Game Museum
Music
Links to the music used in the podcast can be found below. Definitely check them out, because they're amazing tracks by awesome musicians.
- Intro music is Behind the Lines by Ian Sutherland
- Spoiler Break music is Spectrum (Subdiffusion Mix) by Foniqz (BandCamp)
- Pallet Cleanser music is Breath Deep Breath Clear (Wu Chi) by Siobhan Dakay
- Outro Music is I N e e d Y o u 私の側て by G.H (removed from BandCamp)
Games Covered
We mentioned 83 games in this podcast. In the following order, those games where:- Kid Chameleon
- Land Stalker
- King of Monsters
- Universal Soldier
- Rygar
- Terminator
- Light Crusader
- Primal Rage
- Pit-Fighter
- Mega Man: The Wily Wars
- Mega Man (series)
- Predator 2
- Monster World IV
- Phantasy Star III
- Phantasy Star II
- Phantasy Star
- Worms
- Lemmings
- Phantasy Star IV
- Final Fantasy (series)
- Phantasy Star Online
- Sega Mega Drive Collection
- Chrono Trigger
- Road Rash II
- Road Rash 3
- Shining Force
- Disney's Aladdin
- Alien 3
- Shinobi III: Return of the Ninja Master
- The Revenge of Shinobi
- Sonic Spinball
- Cool Spot
- Greendog: The Beached Surfer Dude!
- Sonic The Hedgehog
- Sonic The Hedgehog 2
- Space Harrier II
- Flashback
- Fade to Black
- Street Fighter II
- Street Fighter II: Special Champion Edition
- Resident Evil 4
- The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
- Dead Rising 3
- Jungle Strike
- Desert Strike
- Urban Strike
- Streets of Rage 2
- Golden Axe 2
- Streets of Rage Remake
- Mother Russia Bleeds
- Castle Crashers
- The Bouncer
- Golden Axe
- Streets of Rage
- Ultra Vortex
- Strider
- Wolfchild
- Super Fantasy Zone
- Darius
- G-Darius
- Bubsy in Claws Encounters of the Furred Kind
- Tetris
- Columns
- Klax
- Thunder Force III
- Space Harrier
- Mortal Kombat 2
- ToeJam & Earl
- Taz in Escape From Mars
- Taz-Mania
- Ren & Stimpy: Stimpy's Invention
- Vectorman
- Jurassic Park
- Virtua Fighter 2
- Virtua Fighter 2 vs. Tekken 2
- Judge Dredd
- Stargate
- Wonder Boy in Monster World
- Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom
- World of Illusion
- Alien Storm
- Tanglewood
- Xeno Crisis