Treasure is well known for creating awesome games, and they made three really awesome games for the Sega Genesis: Gunstar Heroes, Dynamite Headdy and Alien Soldier. For me it is kinda hard to choose a favorite between the three, but if I had to I would have to choose Dynamite Headdy.
Dynamite Headdy is an action/platforming game where the main character Headdy sets out to destroy Dark Demon, the final boss who stole all your puppet friends or something like that. Anyway, in the game you use your head to shoot enemies, grab onto platforms, and hit other triggers. You can get power-ups which transform your head into different weapons or useful tools. The game seems to take place on a large stage. The backgrounds show off props, panels, ropes and other things typical of an actor's stage. Headdy's lifebar is also a spotlight that diminishes as you take damage. This game has a truly original concept, and it is complimented with excellent graphics and some seriously awesome music.
If you have ever played this, you probably know how wacky some of the characters, enemies, and backgrounds are. My favorite boss is a character apropriatley named "Baby Face", which starts out as a large babies' head, which after taking enough damage transforms into a young adult, than an adults face, finally an old mans face. And this is during the side-scrolling shooter part of the game. It is so wierd but really awesome at the same time. And speaking of strange characters, throughout the game you are constantly being hounded by a crazy kitty-cat guy who goes by the name of 'Trouble Bruin'. Sometimes he is the boss, and you can often find him leering at you from the background. He is just a mean kitty who doesnt like you for some reason..
Dynamite Headdy is a fairly challenging game, and the continues need to be earned by collecting what I think are 'keyholes' after the boss explodes. This can sometimes be tricky, and you can easily run out of continues. The final boss is pretty tough, and beating him after going through the entire game is a challenging task. Probably the most difficult aspect of this game is locating all the 'Secret Bonus' points in the game. There is also a basketball sub-game that will reveal a safe combination used at the end of the game.. I have beaten the game, but I have not located all the secret bonus points nor unlocked the safe.
Dynamite Headdy is probably my favorite Sega Genesis game. Anybody else really really like this game? Also feel free to coment on your favorite Treasure game for the Genesis. There are a few others, but I really think that Dynamite, Gunstar and Alien Soldier are video game masterpieces and are probably the best three games on the Genesis.