Gunstar Heroes- What can i say that hasnt been said before? The game is absolutely one of the best shooters around, and is hard to put down. This and Dynamite Headdy are my two favorite games. Pick it up and have a blast.
Gunstar Heroes- What can i say that hasnt been said before? The game is absolutely one of the best shooters around, and is hard to put down. This and Dynamite Headdy are my two favorite games. Pick it up and have a blast.
Gunstar Heroes is just one of those great "kitchen sink" moments when a group of creative people are finally given the freedom to do everything they've ever wanted. It almost seems limiting to think of it as a run-and-gun shooter.
I remember that this was a game that was a holy grail for the hard-core gamers; especially the zine crowd. Why did most Genesis owners never see it? What was the deal with the Fruit Roll-Ups? Who passed up the original box art for the American version? What the hell was Sega thinking? I remember this was when they were busy pushing the Sega CD and 32X, just before the Saturn arrived. It's funny now to realize just how incompetent they were at that time. You'd think the executives were deliberately trying to tank the company.
Anyway, Gunstar Heroes the GAME. Fabulous, wonderful, everything a videogame aspires to be. What do I think of when I think of Gunstar? Wonderfully fast, loads of explosions, mix-and-match weapons, jump kicks, diving, sliding, blocking, cartooney bad guys, suicide bombers, blowing up the green houses, killer bees, dice mazes, space ships, morphing robots, rice and curry, the giant smiley face that doesn't fight back, the villain who looks like M. Bison, said villain who hurls his own soldiers at you, the other villain who looks just like Jesse Ventura (or the General from "Akira"), said villain's "fart attack," Green's morphing machine, characters named after colors (!), the wildest visual effects of the 16-bit era (possibly ever), the sharpest soundtrack ever heard on the Genesis, the final level's "through the TV set" effect, the Final Fight-"smash the vehicle" bonus stage (with a soldier stuck inside)...
Did I miss something? Yeah, probably did. I can't imagine that anyone who frequents this website hasn't played it to death. Those who haven't really should make some sort of pennance. How many "Hail Mary's" should that be?
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I can't add much that hasn't been said. When I show friends this game, I usually have to show them where to go buy a Genesis and a copy of this game. That probably says it all actually...
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One of my favorite genesis games. Side scrolling shooter in full glory.
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I really dig Gunstar Heroes...
While my old review is pretty weak, this game (along with Diehard Gamefan) got me started with my Obsession with Treasure (Currently have 12 of there games).Originally Posted by old le geek review
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I just bought this game today and am also playing it for the first time too.
Dear god......
This is easily the most amazing Mega Drive game I've EVER played - it easily tops the list as my favourite Mega Drive game. It's also my first Treasure experience too, which has prompted me to hunt down their other games too.
The game has also significantly lifted my opinion of the Mega Drive from "SNES wannabe". This game really shows that the Mega Drive was every bit as good as Nintendo's 16-bit'er.
Simply one of the very best games ever made. That's not faint praise coming from someone who has played thousands of games in over 25 years.
You would think that with all of SEGA's releases of Gunstar Heroes (Genesis/MD, Game Gear, Android, iOS, 3DS, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Wii, Windows, Macintosh, and now, PS4 and Xbox "One"), that the price for the original cartridge would have plummeted to the $5 zone. Not so! And surprisingly enough, it seems the price has increased quite a bit in the last six years: $40 - $50 for cart-only, $120 for complete North American copies.
(Sorry for all of the "Look at the price!" posts lately. It's just that I've noticed a few games of mine with outstanding prices, and I was really surprised by this one.)
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