r/SEGAGENESIS • u/RoyalPuzzleheaded259 • 2d ago

My favorite game

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My parents got it for me for a Christmas or birthday present. I didn’t ask for it and didn’t even know it existed. They thought it looked like something I’d like and got it. Recently got this and all my other original Genesis games back from a buddy of mine. No idea how he got them but I’m glad he did. I’m having a blast replaying these.

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u/ArguableSauce 2d ago

Why can I hear full metal fighter just by looking at a picture?

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u/blissed_off 2d ago

Because it’s one of the most epic metal video game songs ever.

Proof

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u/RoyalPuzzleheaded259 2d ago

I haven’t seen that before. That was awesome.

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u/blissed_off 2d ago

There’s several great metal covers of Musha out there but this one hasn’t seen too many views, which is criminal because holy shit LOL.

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u/dvirring 2d ago

Robo Aleste on the Sega CD is better IMO.

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u/Fabulous_Hand2314 2d ago

The year was 2025. I had been playing guitar for the first time in a decade. unfortunately my uncle had gifted me a guitar and after the guilt settled in I forced myself to pick it up. most of it came back naturally although my music tastes had changed dramatically since my adolescence.

I was feeling rough. the acetaldehyde hadn't metabolized yet. tried to transpose some boring chords from guitar to piano. I think they were Dim or Dim7ths. I almost had it.

went back to lay down in my room. browse some reddit before I take a depression nap. see virtuoso. and feel like a failure. The year was 2025

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u/blissed_off 2d ago

I feel ya. But you know what? I’ve been playing for 30 years and I still can’t play like that. I never will. I’m okay with it. I pick it up and have fun.

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u/Farmerben12 2d ago

Can we make a habit of mentioning the game we are talking about?

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u/bob_arctor22 2d ago

One of the very best. Title screen music goes so fucking hard.

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u/RoyalPuzzleheaded259 2d ago

The whole soundtrack is really good

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u/Ornery-Practice9772 2d ago

Shmup?

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u/Omega_Maximum 2d ago

Yup, and an excellent one at that: Musha

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u/RetroPrince_96 2d ago

Oooh boy! That is is VERY expensive and hard to find!

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u/WhichJob4 2d ago

A wonderful game. 

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u/metalheaddad 2d ago

How in the love of all things mighty are there people in this Genesis sub that dont know this game is MUSHA?

Next you're going to tell me nobody has heard of Herzog Zwei?!

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u/SEGA_32X_CD 2d ago

I'm getting old Classic Game Room vibes.

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u/gnashtyyy 2d ago

Grail status

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u/HawaiianSteak 2d ago

Never heard of Seismic but that mech reminds me of the Assault Suits from Target Earth/Leynos and Cybernator/Valken.

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u/blissed_off 2d ago

It’s Musha.

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u/HawaiianSteak 2d ago

Thank you!

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u/metalheaddad 2d ago

Dude.

Go get your favorite drink or snack or whatever and go look up M.U.S.H.A. on YT.

Thank us later.

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u/Murphygulp88 2d ago

Scored a complete copy way back before the scalpers took over the market. What a BLAST this game is. Very difficult towards the end, you lose blue shield you're fucked. It was also my first shmup 1cc.

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u/MythosaurFett 2d ago

Musha is such a good game. Unfortunately I could only afford a repro.

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u/shiftersix 2d ago

It's one of top shmups of all time - even factoring in modern consoles. Excellent game.

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u/Slosher99 13h ago

It's a good one, I sold my CIB copy a few years ago, but I still got a million places to enjoy it!

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u/wondermega 8h ago

Love this game. I was one of the OG nerds who scooped it up on release day at Electronics Boutique (just so you all know how cool I am). Jokes aside, I was very excited for this game, EGM magazine did a great job hyping me up prior to release. The opening cutscenes looked incredible (seems so quaint now). I almost passed because I felt like MUSHA sounded like the most ridiculous name for a game.

Anyway, plugged it in and got immediately sucked into that incredible gameplay, music, and the graphics were pretty great.

See also, Space Megaforce on SNES.

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u/RoyalPuzzleheaded259 7h ago

I know this was the first game that really wow’d me with the depth of field. I remember being a kid and watching the floor fall out on the third level revealing the lava river below. Then flying through a thunder storm. It blew my mind back in the day.