Games that should've been on the Sega CD.

[JUNKER]

There were games that were supposed to come out for it like "Captain Commando" and "Super Contra". Now those games probably would've kicked ASS on the Sega CD! But what other games should've been on there? Some titles I would've liked to see on it are:


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For the Life Force one, they could use FMV cutscenes from the rare Salamander anime, which was never dubbed into english (This used to be on youtube, and when I finally wanted to watch it, it wasn't there anymore!), only on here (SCD), the voices WOULD be in english instead of japanese. And Gradius II can feature a brand new animated intro with voice acting where a narrator talks about what's going on, and then after that, a scene where James Burton (who I hear is Vic Viper's pilot) is being briefed by the commander or whatever.

[j_factor]

I would've liked to see how something like Wolfenstein 3D would've turned out on Sega CD. Being that it's powered by dual 68k's and has hardware-enabled sprite scaling and playfield rotation, I bet it could've been pretty good. Or not necessarily Wolfenstein, but any good FPS really (Battle Frenzy does not count).

Also, Shadow of the Beast 3. It sucks that it only came out on Amiga.

[JUNKER]

I would've liked to see how something like Wolfenstein 3D would've turned out on Sega CD. Being that it's powered by dual 68k's and has hardware-enabled sprite scaling and playfield rotation, I bet it could've been pretty good. Or not necessarily Wolfenstein, but any good FPS really (Battle Frenzy does not count).

Also, Shadow of the Beast 3. It sucks that it only came out on Amiga.
Yeah, Wolfenstein could've been cool. They could've also tried some ports of other Capcom arcade hits like Dynasty Wars or Area 88. Those probably would've been awesome.

[David J.]

Rise of the Triad (It has the same engine as Wolf 3D, just it has some enhancements)
Raptor: Call of the Shadows
... and atm I can't think of much more.

[Joe Redifer]

I think Project Gotham 3 would have been good on the Sega CD. It already had two other Batman games.

[Demonic Weasel]

Shining Force Gaiden III. They did the SFCD remake of the other Gaidens, so...

[Vyse of Arcadia]

Shining Force Gaiden III. They did the SFCD remake of the other Gaidens, so...
Hell yeah. Maybe they actually would've released it in the west then. I am sad at all the SFs that we've missed out on over the years.

[David J.]

Shining Force Gaiden III. They did the SFCD remake of the other Gaidens, so...

I knew I forgot something! Yeah, it would have been pretty awesome. But by time it was released in late '95, the Mega CD was dead in Japan, sans a few late '95 releases, which where FMV games like Double Switch, Fahrenheit and Surgical Strike... and non FMV games such as Shadowrun.

Damn you Sega!

[animefan]

Sonic 2 should have been a Sega CD game

[Demonic Weasel]

Hell yeah. Maybe they actually would've released it in the west then. I am sad at all the SFs that we've missed out on over the years.

Fortunately that's the only one that actually has a translation patch. Emulation is nothing on the console, but still...

[JUNKER]

The Speed Racer one would've been cool. They could use stages of driving and platforming like they did in the SNES game, and they could probably put the scaling and rotation to excellent use in the driving sequences, and it'd especially be cool with all that awesome stuff the Mach 5 can do. Maybe there can also be different kind of driving stages which aren't for races, but are like action oriented, like say, I dunno, Spy Hunter. And it could have a soundtrack by Tommy Tallarico, and it could have footage of the TV show. Including the full introduction with the theme song!

[kraftwerks]

and a mini game where you see how many times you can make chim chim and Spritle bounce from one side of the trunk to the other. That'd be hot!

[idolknight]

http://www.gods-country.de/tcr/gfx/wrl/gods_amiga/front1.jpg

[Iron Lizard]

How about Policenauts

[mick_aka]

Command and Conquer with cutscenes.

And although it came a bit late in the Sega CD's life, Beneath a Steel Sky with it's speech off the pc version.

More point and click adventures like Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers would have been awesome.

[AD2101]

Man would I love having Policenauts on sega cd... Ive been dying to play this game for ages and waiting for the translation to be finished is just horrible, horrible i tell ya

[Iron Lizard]

I hear ya. I have been waiting since 95 or so to play it. I wish they would hurry up on that translation. It looks like its in limbo or something. grrrr

[TmEE]

Homebrew community still lives on ... to some extent. Maybe someone would make something... my hands are full at the moment though, probably to 2009.

[Iron Lizard]

They are working on it but the website has not been updated in some time.

[TmEE]

Who are -they- ?

[Joe Redifer]

Burnout Paradise

[Iron Lizard]

These are the people

http://policenauts.net/english/

[Joe Redifer]

They'd be better people if they did the Saturn version.

[Iron Lizard]

They'd be better people if they did the Saturn version.

I will always prefer the Saturn over the Playstation but it so much easier play burned Ps1 games.

[TmEE]

I have big plans for Saturn on that matter... but first I need a Saturn

[mick_aka]

Rob Webb sells Saturn mod chips in his online store and ships worldwide:

http://home.clara.net/robwebb/shop/saturn/saturnhard.htm

I get my mod chips off him myself.

[TmEE]

My plan is so big that you don't need mod chips anymore...

[Zebbe]

You are going to take over Sega and force them to release a region-free Sega Saturn? If so, make them also release a Power Base Converter that works through the 32X, it is on super-high demand.

[AD2101]

I will always prefer the Saturn over the Playstation but it so much easier play burned Ps1 games.

See I'm still kind of confused on that. If/when they release the translation patch, are you actually gonna be able to play it on your playstation? I always kinda thought you would just have to play it on an emulator but hoped otherwise.

As for a saturn version, the people over at the policenauts site said it would be the next version after the playstation to get done. I dunno if it'll ever happen and as playing burned games on a saturn is such a pain it might not be worth their time.

[mick_aka]

playing burned games on a saturn is such a pain

A $20 mod chip and 10 mins to fit it! what do want, the moon on a stick?

[Iron Lizard]

"Moon on a stick". Jesh, no lack of smart asses here. Anyways I think I could actually pull of this job myself. Still this does not fix my Policenauts problem as this version is going to be for the Ps1.

http://www.racketboy.com/retro/2005/01/sega-saturn-mod-chip-installation.html

[mick_aka]

"Moon a stick". Jesh, no lack of smart asses here.

Sorry, it's a very obscure quote from a little know 90's comedy duo ;)

[Iron Lizard]

It's cool. Not upset or anything.

[playgen]

Sorry, it's a very obscure quote from a little know 90's comedy duo ;)

They were brilliant ;)
A comedy programme on a Sunday morning, a talking orange, stuff of genius.

[mick_aka]

:D I saw them live a couple of times, bloody awesome.

[cj iwakura]

Wow, scary how fitting Life Force looks in the old-school Sega CD packaging.

Secret of Monkey Island II should've been on there, just to have a matched set.

While we're at it, every Lucas Arts point'n'click conceivable should've been on there.

[TmEE]

Sam and Max would have been nice...

[j_factor]

Maybe somebody can homebrew a Sega CD port of ScummVM.

[outrunner]

Metal Black by Taito.

[The Sports Guy]

Metal Gear 3. The one that did not come out in the US. that would have been a marquis title that would have made the general media remember the sega CD. Maybe a game that expanded on what batman returns did, I dont know, I dont own one. I need to get one.

[Dirt Ball Gamer]

Let me get another Hedgehog game, and those lucas point n clicks like you guys like so much, and smash tv, total carnage, and robotron on the jarvis midway tip, an a few shooters like the pc engine got (gate of Thunder!!), and that should be it for me. Im set to never leave my house now.

[tomaitheous]

Let me get another Hedgehog game, and those lucas point n clicks like you guys like so much, and smash tv, total carnage, and robotron on the jarvis midway tip, an a few shooters like the pc engine got (gate of Thunder!!), and that should be it for me. Im set to never leave my house now.

Screw all that! I trade all of that to see something like Cybernator/Spriggan Mark 2/ Target Earth on the SegaCD - long game, awesome cinemas (like popful mail style), mean ol' story with mechs and stuff, in game story segments with voice acting, kick ass LMS techno sound track, and badass action and blasting.

[KnightWarrior]

Drac X
Contra
Super Street Fighter 2 Turbo
Mega Man "8 bit" Collection
Sonic Collection

[Aarzak]

Sega's "Super-Scaler" coin-ops. All of them. Even Galaxy Force II.

Then Watch the inadequate SCD explode under all of the blatant scaling, rotating and special fx. Batman Returns scaling engine my arse.

[lordofduct]

"Thank You Dr. Thodt"

I sometimes wished I was my age now in the early 90's. I've wanted to make this game for the genny for years with a sequel based on the Sega CD. It was a side-scrolling brawler/RPG surrounding the story of this sick twisted man name Dr. Thodt who enslaved the nation in a post apocolyptic world. I'm not gonna get into depth about it... but meh.

I'm actually attempting to make the game right now, it has been altered massively and the protagonist is now a girl with a giant sword... Dr. Thodt still appears in the game
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v333/lordofduct/Pictures/video%20game/LadySmash01-1.jpg

[Joe Redifer]

Sega's "Super-Scaler" coin-ops. All of them. Even Galaxy Force II.

Then Watch the inadequate SCD explode under all of the blatant scaling, rotating and special fx. Batman Returns scaling engine my arse.
I notice you like going out of your way to talk about the Genesis/Sega CD/32X hardware deficiencies at almost every turn. Why is this? It is getting annoying.

[Henry Spencer]

Beneath A Steel Sky.

[lordofduct]

I notice you like going out of your way to talk about the Genesis/Sega CD/32X hardware deficiencies at almost every turn. Why is this? It is getting annoying.
meh, troll's trolling...

[Aarzak]

I notice you like going out of your way to talk about the Genesis/Sega CD/32X hardware deficiencies at almost every turn. Why is this? It is getting annoying.

Unlike my serious responses, that one was definitely a sarcastic one, honest.

And above poster, please don't put me in the same realm as people such as damin.

[lordofduct]

I was joking... who is damin?

[Aarzak]

The world's biggest "Shadow Dancer" fan.

[tomaitheous]

A port of the arcade card compatible version of 3x3 Eyes. That would have been cool and with additional content/graphics as well, like Snatcher received.

[Joe Redifer]

I think Snatcher 2 should have been on the Sega CD. And Choplifter.

[KnightWarrior]

I think Snatcher 2 should have been on the Sega CD. And Choplifter.

Wait, there's a Snatcher 2

[j_factor]

Beneath A Steel Sky.

I tried so hard to track down the CD32 version of this game, but to no avail. :(

[mick_aka]

I have it on CD32, if you just want to play the game through with the excellent speech tracks then then pick up the PC CD-ROM version, you can get it off eBay VERY cheap.

[Elusive]

Wait, there's a Snatcher 2

Policenauts, it was released in Japan on the Saturn. As it was released at the height of Sega of America's implodey days, the game never made it to the West, even when the lead developer - according to the legend (*spooky chord*) - offered to translate the game for free.

[BlowMyCartridge]

I'd like to see Boogerman on Sega CD. What an underrated side-scroller. And with the CD-quality sound, the farts would be even more realistic!

[Joe Redifer]

I wish there were a game based on The Simpsons on the Sega CD. Licensed titles are always great!

[awack]

tomaitheous

Screw all that! I trade all of that to see something like Cybernator/Spriggan Mark 2/ Target Earth on the SegaCD

Spriggan mk 2 is good choice i also think nexzr would be cool.


A port of the arcade card compatible version of 3x3 Eyes.

Is there a sega cd game with as good or better animation (excluding FMV) than the arcade enhanced 3x3Eyes?

A game i would like to see on the sega cd is super castlevania IV, im thinking of a slightly enhanced remake instead of a direct port with a more sound effects, better enemy animation, maybe slightly redone tile and sprite work, cd quality sound abviously and maybe throw in some cutscenes, huh, it sounds like i'm talking about making an entirely different game.

[KnightWarrior]

Policenauts has a different story then Snatcher.....

[AD2101]

True, but its still considered to be the "spiritual sequel" to Snatcher.

[j_factor]

I wish there were a game based on The Simpsons on the Sega CD. Licensed titles are always great!

Sarcasm aside, a Sega CD port of the original Simpsons arcade game would've been nice.

[Iron Lizard]

I would have killed for that and a Tmnt Arcade game as well.

[tomaitheous]

Sarcasm aside, a Sega CD port of the original Simpsons arcade game would've been nice.

That would have been awesome.

[Joe Redifer]

Probably would have happened if the same company that owned the arcade rights to the Simpsons also owned the home console rights. I don't think Konami and Acclaim would have worked well together. I guess we should blame Acclaim for preventing Konami from doing this since they only bought the home rights long before the arcade game was made.

[saxman]

I would have liked to have seen Sonic 2 or Kid Chameleon on Sega CD just to see what sort of twist Sega would put on those games to make them Sega CD-ish. I think Vectorman would be awesome on Sega CD too!

[Dirt Ball Gamer]

I would have liked to have seen Sonic 2 or Kid Chameleon on Sega CD just to see what sort of twist Sega would put on those games to make them Sega CD-ish. I think Vectorman would be awesome on Sega CD too!

I know, instead of mortal frickin kombat on sega cd they should have done suped up versions of hit games with extra levels, unlockables and all types of shit. Q-sound up in this biiyaatch.

[KnightWarrior]

Super Street Fighter 2X would be kinda good on the Sega CD/Mega CD

[Henry Spencer]

True, but its still considered to be the "spiritual sequel" to Snatcher.

The reason why people view it as that, is all down to Wikipedia and one of the trailers saying 'The Next Generation Of Snatcher'.

Policenauts not only plays differently from Snatcher (Policenaut's point and click w/ full screen shootouts that appear rather frequently > Snatcher's text-based gameplay w/ 4x4 grid shootouts that appear far too less), but the storyline is full of originality (still full of twists, but not a blatant rip-off of ever classic science fiction movie from the 80s, it is far more original, so is the setting). Although, I admit, the visuals are really just a facelift of Snatcher (which is good).

Both Random Hajile and Napoleon make cameo appearances in the game too (one is a blink and you miss him, the other you can talk to).

A Snatcher sequel would be a dream come true, though. But with the recent press (Project 'S') which was confirmed as a series of works based around the franchise, starting off with the radio drama, before other things, we will probably see a new Snatcher game surface.

[sonicwatcher6969]

If the mega drive / mega cd were still around today as a VERY cheap alternative compared to modern consoles it would be bombarded with mobile phone ports, a port of call of duty 4 wouldn't end up like zero tolerance it would just be the port of the phone version (i'm not slagging them off either, they prove 2D lives) or in a similar style and then we could have:

project gotham racing
assassins creed
gears of war
halo 3
crysis
grand theft auto 4

The simpsons game on DS was an entirely seperate 2D platformer to the other versions and is just as good in its own right, i think.

[Sega-17]

Any cell phone manufactured after 2001 is likely more powerful than the Sega CD.

[Dirt Ball Gamer]

My cell has blast processing, but I had to pay extra and it needs an extra power brick when i charge it :(

[GameUser-16-32-128]

All the Valis and Y's games would've been great for the Sega-CD.

[Bramsworth]

http://img521.imageshack.us/img521/4681/raygafw5.jpg

Why Sega never considered this baffles the mind :(

[Psy]

Sarcasm aside, a Sega CD port of the original Simpsons arcade game would've been nice.
The stock Genesis could handle a Simpson arcade port, I don't even think cart sizes would be an issue as the Genesis has more then enough spare CPU power to uncompress sprites in real time considering the arcade board that powered the Simpsons arcade game was only 3Mhz.

[Iron Lizard]

and used a z80

[Earthworm_Jim_Fan]

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles(The original Arcade game) and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time.

[Dirt Ball Gamer]

This show is so hokey I could see it on sega cd :)

[Earthworm_Jim_Fan]

SegaSonic the Hedgehog

They could have released a special controller for it.

[Joe Redifer]

Or just used the Master System Sports Pad.

[The Sports Guy]

whats the master system sports pad?

[Joe Redifer]

It's a trackball.

[playgen]

And its really crap, or at least the games that support it are crap. Marble Madness plays quite well with it even though its not supposed to use it, but a normal controller is still better.

[ary incorparated]

http://img521.imageshack.us/img521/4681/raygafw5.jpg

Why Sega never considered this baffles the mind :(

Probable cause everybody hate's raymond.