Topic: Sega Genesis Mini 2 - full map set

[JonLeung]

G.E.R. mapped about 1/3 of the Genesis Mini, and has since requested a topic for the games on the Genesis Mini 2.  If a request topic is what is necessary to keep up the momentum, then here this is!  This time around, besides the Genesis games, included are some Sega CD games, and various bonus games (enhanced or previously unreleased).

SEGA GENESIS
O After Burner II
O Alien Soldier (E)
O Atomic Runner
O Bonanza Bros.
O Clay Fighter
O Crusader Of Centy
O Desert Strike: Return To The Gulf
O Earthworm Jim 2
O Elemental Master
O Fatal Fury 2
X Gain Ground
O Golden Axe II
O Granada
O Hellfire
O Herzog Zwei
O Lightening Force
O Midnight Resistance
X The Ooze
O OutRun
O OutRunners
O Phantasy Star II
X Populous
O Rainbow Islands: The Story Of Bubble Bobble 2 - Extra Version (J)
O Ranger-X
O The Revenge Of Shinobi
O Ristar
O Rolling Thunder 2
O Shadow Dancer
O Shining Force II
? Shining In The Darkness
O Sonic 3D Blast
O Splatterhouse 2
O Streets Of Rage 3
O Super Hang-On
O Super Street Fighter II: The New Challengers
X ToeJam & Earl In Panic On Funkotron
O Truxton
O Vectorman 2
O Viewpoint
O Virtua Racing
O Warsong

SEGA CD
X Ecco The Dolphin (Sega CD)
X Ecco: The Tides Of Time (Sega CD)
O Final Fight CD
X Mansion Of Hidden Souls
X Night Striker (J)
O Night Trap
O The Ninja Warriors (J)
O Robo Aleste
O Sewer Shark
X Shining Force CD
X Silpheed
O Sonic The Hedgehog CD


BONUS
O Devi & Pii (J)
O Fantasy Zone
X Space Harrier
O Space Harrier II
O Spatter
O Star Mobile
O Super Locomotive
O VS Puyo Puyo Sun (J)

[JonLeung]

I whipped up that list quite quickly, so it's quite possible I made some errors and I didn't have time to look into some details.

-Like how/if the Genesis and Sega CD versions of the two Ecco The Dolphin games are different.
-Or how the bonus games are enhanced, and if the Space Harrier II maps we have count, or if the enhanced version needs its own maps.
-It looks like Rainbow Islands Extra is a Japanese Mega Drive game.  Haven't checked to see which other games, if any, are not originally North American releases.
-Not sure if the green "O"s (to mark completed map sets) are all correct.  Also have some blue "?"s for some that I am not sure if they are actually complete.

If any Genesis fans see any errors to be corrected or things to be tweaked in the listing, definitely feel free to let me know.

[TerraEsperZ]

I'm pretty sure both versions of the first Ecco the Dolphin game are a bit different, with the CD one featuring extra stages. However, I was never a big fan of them so I can't say if stages common to both are identical or sometimes a bit different.

[John Brain]

Yeah, this will motivate me to do at least Vectorman 2, and maybe something else from the list. 

Desert Strike is complete, there's really only 4 levels, unlike its sequels.

[JonLeung]

Thanks, John Brain!  Your submission of a map set for Vectorman 2 gets us moving!
We've started off on this trajectory for more Genesis maps!  (There's a geometry/physics reference in there somewhere, I'm sure.)

Is Vectorman one of those characters we haven't heard from in a long time?  Is the character just done?  No talks of any rerelease or reboot/remake/remaster/whatever?
Good to preserve what there is of his adventures, then.

[JonLeung]

I can tell that something has awakened in G.E.R., as evidenced by submissions of eight games on this list, in a single day!

We've now got complete maps for Alien Soldier (E), Atomic Runner, Clay Fighter, Elemental Master, Hellfire, Herzog Zwei, and Midnight Resistance.
As well, we've got a start on Rainbow Islands: The Story Of Bubble Bobble 2 - Extra Version (J).

It's a nice variety of genres, and we also have vertical maps, horizontal maps, square maps, and in the case of Midnight Resistance, the entire game in a single image.

After much silence on this topic (over a year since the last submission!), it's nice to see this batch of games mapped for VGMaps.com.  Thanks so much, G.E.R.!

[JonLeung]

G.E.R. churns on with more, by completing Rainbow Islands: The Story Of Bubble Bobble 2 - Extra Version (J), and getting us some maps of some of the bonus games, namely Devi & Pii (J), Star Mobile, and Spatter.  The first two are just about the foreground and backgrounds, but Spatter has 100 rounds of arcade action.  Phew!

It's cool to see that ROM dumps of the bonus games are available online (not too hard to find), meaning that they are still on the table to be mapped.

Thanks yet again, G.E.R.!

[G.E.R.]

It was very unexpected found a vertical-looping maps in this games. This Is usually used for endless abysses or to save a level space and I think it's kinda of weird - to use this on not so big maps.

[JonLeung]

Light(e)ning and thunder!

G.E.R. delivers us maps from Lightening Force, Ranger-X, Rolling Thunder 2, and Splatterhouse 2.

Keep up the good work, G.E.R.!

[JonLeung]

G.E.R. has gifted us the maps from Super Street Fighter II: The New Challengers, Truxton, and Viewpoint.

Great work as always, G.E.R.!

[JonLeung]

Wow, that's a lot of games from G.E.R. today.  11, which is a decent fraction of the entire Genesis Mini 2!

GENESIS
After Burner II
OutRun
OutRunners
Super Hang-On
Virtua Racing

SEGA CD
The Ninja Warriors (J)
Robo Aleste

BONUS
Fantasy Zone
Space Harrier II (Genesis Mini 2 version specifically)
Super Locomotive
VS Puyo Puyo Sun (J)

I wonder if there might be some way to more fully map out the racing games, OutRun, OutRunners, Super Hang-On, and Virtua Racing.  Those would be a technical challenge.  I'm fine to mark them off as green for "completed" as they are, though.

This actually clears up all the "Bonus" games, except for the enhanced version of the first Space Harrier, which is the 61st game that is not seen in most of the ads for this.

Incredible work as always, G.E.R.!

It's always nice to see you take out big chunks of requests like this.
(But you don't ALWAYS have to send them in batches.  )

[JonLeung]

Three more from G.E.R. today, all for the Sega CD: Final Fight CD, Night Trap, and Sewer Shark.

I had forgotten that Final Fight is on the Sega CD - in many conversations I hear of Streets Of Rage (a Sega exclusive series) vs. Final Fight (arcade and other platforms, but in this context, usually the Super NES trilogy) when it comes to beat-'em-ups on the street, so it's like... "oh, yeah, Sega DID get a Final Fight as well!"  According to the credits, it seems Sega was involved in the conversion.

The other two, Night Trap and Sewer Shark, I associate so much with the Sega CD, they're the games I immediately think of - even though I've never played Sewer Shark (which was apparently also on the 3DO, guess it wasn't exclusive). And Night Trap is funny in that it was so controversial back then, but now, it seems so incredibly tame.  I watched a compilation of death scenes on YouTube in the same room with my usually-conservative mother, who ended up laughing with me at how silly the whole game is.  I think I bought the 25th Anniversary version digitally on the Nintendo eShop for the Switch when it was on sale at the same time as another FMV game, Double Switch, and had fun with both of them for a few minutes, before deleting them and almost forgetting about them.  They're interesting games from a time period when movie scenes in games seemed to be so cool, but they feel clunky now.  I'd rather play Dragon's Lair... (which was ported to, like, everything, including the Sega CD, but isn't on the Genesis Mini 2...)

I do wonder if there's some way to "map" Night Trap and Sewer Shark... maybe screenshots of important scenes and like in a flowchart style?  I dunno...  As with the racing games from two days ago, I'm okay with marking them as "complete" for now.

Thanks yet again, G.E.R.!  You really are quite dedicated to this, and that's great to see!