I'm only surprised you didn't mention Surging Aura, which is a Sega-developed RPG, and one of the very last Japanese exclusive RPGs on the system. This and Madou Monogatari 1 are likely the most awaited fan-translations for the good old Genny all things considered.

this was one of the best game videos i've ever seen. it was so fun to watch, enjoy, and hear your narration.

Excellent video!! My favorite games are Verytex, Flink, Tinhead, Elemental master, Heavy unit, Gaiares, Musha, Thunder force 4, Gleylancer, Water margin, Dangerous seed, Sagaia, Eliminate down, Hellfire, Grind stormer, Sol deace and Zero wing.

Top Hat you bring a lot of much needed flavor to YT with your uploads.

Sailor Moon is written and drawn by women for young girls. It's a super heroine series. Not being a Weeb just saying that Mahou Shojou (Magical Girl) as a genre is usually made so that girls can have powerful super heroes too. :)

@LillyCharlotte7

7 жыл бұрын

he sounded like a Sarkeesianite the way he kept screaming PERVERT at shit

@heinrichagrippa5681

6 жыл бұрын

I agree (though I happened to have watched it as a six-year-old boy back in 1995). The outfits and stuff are designed to look pretty, because that's what girls like. You could argue that there's a connection between prettiness and sexuality (heterosexual guys find pretty girls attractive after all), but I think the idea that the Sailor Moon characters are deliberately hyper-sexualized is more a case of guys projecting their own sexuality onto the concept of a bunch of young teenage girls in mini-skirts.

@DemonicRemption

6 жыл бұрын

+Far-No True, Sailor-Moon was written by a woman for a pre-teen girl audience. However speaking as a male Sailor-Moon fan for the past twenty years,(I'm 29) I admit that I did find the sailor senshi attractive during my adolescence. Though my initial attraction to the show was how the action differed from DBZ.

@ernestmac13

5 жыл бұрын

Actually, the first series was written and directed by men, Sailor Moon Crystal is the series directed and written by women. I never liked Sailor Moon due to the stories being weaker due to the frequent and lengthy power ups detracting from the flow of the stories. I was an adult when the series came out, and I could tell these slow drawn out power ups which just as easily could have shown the characters getting ready for action as has been done in other anime, rather then slowly having the characters transition so as to emphesise their female sexuality; we're designed for the male viewing audience. This is one reason Sailor Moon has a larger male following then female driven anime that doesn't use this ploy; which is why we also see in Japan that grown men dress up as female Sailor Moon characters vs those from other Anime. As far as perverts, Japan has pleanty of it's own who will press up against young school girls or even touch them on crowded trains. Watched a documentary about such things happening in Japan, not to say there aren't perverts here in the West. Perverts come in every Creed, gender, and sexual orientations. I think it's disengenuous to ignore that, Sailor Moon was smartly trying to market to both girls and boys, so as to have the largest audience; and the size of it's fan base especially among males showed their tactic worked. So much so that, many Anime that have followed have likewise hypersexualized females in a way that wasn't done prior to Sailor Moon.

@theannoyedmrfloyd3998

5 жыл бұрын

Far-No *otaku *Mahou shoujo

How the hell did Twinkle Tale not make the list. Apart from that, nice vid.

@VGC-cc4xt

6 жыл бұрын

Adam Phillip And its probably the best md jp game too

Great video, didn't know there are so many secret gems on Mega Drive. I was lucky enough to own Golden Axe II and III though!

Gley Lancer! Great call!

@opaljk4835

4 жыл бұрын

takethatprunetracy I think this one might be my favorite

EXCELLENT video, but there is a huge error. That's NOT Phantasy Star Fukkokuban (which was a re-release of Phantasy Star part 1 on the Mega Drive)..... that's Phantasy Star 2 (a VERY different game which was a direct continuation of the Phantasy Star saga. Phantasy Star 2 was released in North America, Europe, and Japan). Very great game... if you have the hint book (I don't know about anywhere else, but the North American Genesis version came with the hint book filled with detailed maps)

@marshy9948

7 жыл бұрын

Good point. He said he reviews games from his massive collection, but I wonder if this list includes games not in his collection...

@TopHatGamingManChannel

7 жыл бұрын

John Rodriguez Yeah your right it is the wrong footage. Fatigued by the end of making this video. Created the whole thing including the script in less than 24 hours! Except the list itself, I made that with the help of a Sega Facebook group about 6 months ago. I am both bothered with the Fast Racing 1 Frame being the wrong size.

@TopHatGamingManChannel

7 жыл бұрын

Marshy No actually, I do not own any games on this list. In fact it's research projects like this that allow me to discover games I want to add to my games room. In January I made a video about the top 50 Super Famicom games and on my trip to Bangkok in Feb, I came home with loads of physical copies of games from the list.

@johnpenguinthe3rd13

7 жыл бұрын

It was still an excellent video. Lot's of interesting stuff that even I didn't know about but will seek out like Magical Taruruuto Kun. Anyway, I look forward to your next video.

@kellychuang8373

3 ай бұрын

That's also something and also Curse may not be as great since another channel really tells it like it is so mixed signals.

Thanks for posting this. I've seen images in the past on various magazines back in the day but never learned most of their names. Domo!

Brilliant list m8, always glad to see some Japanese imports..and also good to hear that your bored too of the same old gaming lists..look forward to some more in the future.

What a breath of fresh air! As an import gamer, I absolutely adore seeing games like these spotlighted. Sure, you may be able to find these games in lists elsewhere or what have you, but damn, is it satisfying.

Great video my friend, you really added a couple of rare gems on the old Megadrive to this list, mostly stuff north Americans never herd of, keep up the good work.

Request for a part two Top 51-100

great stuff! those scrolling shooters looks very interesting.

This is an excellent list! Thanks mate.

Great video. It's nice to see someone else who admires the Shining Force series.

Finally, a mention of Puzzle & Action, Tant R! I feel like I'm the only one who's played that title...

After 6 years I just realized my Retron 5 can play Mega Drive games. Thanks for this vid! Putting some of these games on my watch list on ebay.

another great upload, will be checking these out on my system 💕

@mrtravoiceburges

6 жыл бұрын

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Dude! Why'd you show footage of Phantasy Star 2, when talking about the Phantasy Star Master Version "port"?

So... am I the only one watching these - looking for cool sega soundtracks? Mamono Hunter Yoko has some pretty sweet tracks I really like the music made with the sega sound card - especially how the bass sounds through modern speakers. Fav. Sega track: Golden Axe 2: Dragon Throat Cave

@iwanttocomplain

5 жыл бұрын

You mean the Yamaha YM2612. Yes it is a beast. Hybrid Front is quite the soundtrack if you weren't aware.

excellent video man

You are definitely treading in my 1990's. I started Importing games with the SEGA Genesis. Although Alien Soldier had a EU release, it did not have a US release in cart form.

@bobby3234

7 жыл бұрын

Thumbs up if you almost voted this down before you got to the end.

Great list man, but you forgot Honō no Dōkyūji: Dodge Danpei, a dodge ball game inspired by an old Anime series! I remember playing tourneys to death with my friends, and it even has a story mode! Fast game play and a ton of cool super throws! Definitely the best dodge ball game, even above super dodge ball on the neogeo for me ;)

hey buddy can you share what kind of mic you use. It is decent audio quality.

First off, why was footage from Phantasy Star II used in a description of a JRPG? And secondly, why did you leave out Undeadline?

Love your vid dude :)

Great Video, love it! Thank you.

@mrtravoiceburges

6 жыл бұрын

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Mazinsaga! Thanks for your awesome work sir!

Sailor Moon shows up at 12:26 for those just here for the thumbnail. Sailor Moon was aimed at teenaged girls, however, who surprisingly also played games in the 90s. The beat-em-ups were okay. The puzzle games on the SNES were way better, along with the RPG Another Story.

@jutchow64

6 жыл бұрын

How are the puzzle and RPG games are WAY better than this?

@ChrissehCat

6 жыл бұрын

They are ridiculously addicting puzzle games, more so than Sailor Moon Drops. The Game Gear had a platform style game, too, where you could play as Sailor Moon or Chibi Moon in the S season. It was rather easy if I recall but still fun.

@randygelion

6 жыл бұрын

Chrissehchan most game gear games are easy and very short. The beat em up sailor moon games were the best hands down. I actually finished them all on both mega drive and super famicom. The sega version is much harder since when you die, you don't respawn exactly where you died. You respawn at the very beginning.

@ChrissehCat

6 жыл бұрын

Ah I never played the Genesis version, I really love all the Sailor Moon games. I think my favorite was Sailor Moon R, just because it was cute and you could play as Chibiusa, even if it was an easier mode, it was just funny as heck to see her beating up baddies with her little parasol.

@skylinefever

4 жыл бұрын

There was an arcade ROM that you could play with MAME, and I liked it far more than any of her console games. If I won the lottery, I'd pay the AVGN to play her console games.

Nice job. There are not as many Japan only videos out there. Im not sure if it's Golden Axe Free made in year 199free though. Lol, i do think for 50 games you made good time.

Wani Wani World's gameplay seriously reminds me of Space Panic in the arcade & Colecovision.

Thanks for the suggestions.

I got into making repro cartridges because the US had so many good games that were Sega channel exclusive. I've thought about selling some to recoup the cost of the EPROM programmer.

Love the music in verytex, very cool game

pro wrestling on NES was the first firepro style wrestling. The NES release was a favorite of mine as a kid.

Great video!

Nice vid you got my sub

Good list may want to look into those at some time or another. Though some of those can be conflicted since another part which is Curse really wasn't always a cup of tea I can say.

I lovveeeee battlemania daiginjou , I put it almost on the same level of musha just a overall fun game and just some of the best genesis music ive heard

@mrtravoiceburges

6 жыл бұрын

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@adamaus8770

5 жыл бұрын

Megadrive music* it wasn't released in the us and y'all were the only people to take on that stupid bible based name

The Berlin Wall was actually an arcade game that got ported to the Game Gear.

Oh wow some of these games! Omg thank you for reminding me about Monster World V...I kept saying I'll get it on Wii Shop....meh....time will tell I am soooo doing a run of Magical tarutokun!

@bobby3234

7 жыл бұрын

Colossus looks very cool!

So many shoot em ups!!!! Outstanding!!

All of these would be a fine addition to my retro pi setup.

Excellent video - enjoyed watching it and now to Aliexpress.

that was a fun video thanks

See that? The first point you make is the reason i watch your vids! keep it up top hat

Battle Mania is awesome.

C&VG/Mean Machines/Mean Machines SEGA used to covert "grey imports" back in the 90s with the usual proviso that you needed your machine modded.

That was great thanks.

One of my all time favourite game series is never mentioned.. the Myst series.. and i completed it! Took a year or so, but it was worth it..

Stuff like this is why emulation wowed me when I first stumbled on it in the mid 1990s. At last I was able to play games I'd only ever seen grainy photos of in magazines.

@TopHatGamingManChannel

7 жыл бұрын

Same as myself. Playing games like Super Mario RPG and Ganbare Goemon 2 for the first time, after pining for them for so many years, was magical.

@skylinefever

4 жыл бұрын

I found out about it back in February of 1999. It was one of the happiest times of my life. The first game I got into deeply was the translated ROM of Final Fantasy 5. The "Ahead On Our Way" theme takes me back in time whenever I hear it.

Quick fun fact: Cotton only had one official game released in the US, but it was on the Turbografx.

This Sumo game looks really good. Especially these nice big sprites.

@mrtravoiceburges

6 жыл бұрын

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Guess I'll be buying a Mega Drive when I go to Japan heh. Some of these games look great.

There were heaps and heaps of shumps that never made it out of Japan. Also 777 Casino where the final challenge is Russian Roulette where it costs 1,000,000 YEN per bet and you only get one go at it :-/

When I was an early teen, my brother brought a cd from school with many mega drive titles emulated. It was probably a very illegal release. In any case, I ain't that good at games, and I had to play those things with a keyboard. Not that optimal. Pulseman was my favourite game from that collection. I played too much, and I only beat it once on emulator years later as an adult. We need more Pulseman. I need him on a handheld so I can play more often.

great vid i got some good ideas for rom downloads though there is a lot of shit on here a few look really good

Hmmm... Most of the Japanese exclusive Sega games I know and have played are Master System games, like Mahjong Sengoku Jidai (a Mahjong game with decent speech synthesis and is good practice for Tournament Mahjong).

King Colossus looks very cool!

@neogenesis7706

5 жыл бұрын

I have it. Sadly it impossible to play without a walkthrough.

Not sure if this is a complete list or not but what about wrestle war, mahjong cop ryu, magical hat buttobi, dail q ow mawasei, doraemon no yume, goketsuji ichizoku, and it looks like there were others too.

I love Fire Mustang and Fire Shark....good shit.

I think golden axe 3 is more than a serviceable best em up. I really enjoy that one

A couple of great platformers that did get a western release but are rarely mentioned by the yt echo chamber are marvel land (talmits adventure) and wardner. The latter i used to play in the arcades long before its megadrive release and both are pretty solid platform games

Some of these games were re-released on the Wii virtual console, like Gley Lancer and Pulseman.

The WonderSwan video you made was the first video I watched I think, a top 50 WonderSwan / Color games would be really interesting

@LyingSecret

6 жыл бұрын

Isn't there only about 120 something games for the system overall? If the system can manage 50 good games then I'd be really impressed at an almost 50% hit rate!

@RandomAssaultPodcast

6 жыл бұрын

true, but I have faith in Top Hat Gaming Man to deliver more quality WonderSwan education, education, education! :D

@mariusamber3237

6 жыл бұрын

There's a very good series on KZread covering WS games, called Swan Song. The guy behind it covers all of the WonderSwan games chronologically. He speaks fluent Japanese too, which helps a lot with that console in particular.

@RandomAssaultPodcast

6 жыл бұрын

+Marius Amber thanks!

I actually bought Magical Flying Hat right here in the UK. When videoshops first started renting and selling Megadrive games the store imported a load of Japanese Megadrives and games to sell along with many Japanese games. As a result when DeCap Attack was released I was really sad to see what had been made of the game and still hate it with a passion today. I ended up buying a console and around 7 games for only £200, including Japanese versions of Toki, Fantasy Star and a few more games as well. Those were the days. :)

KZread hive mind, you cannot escape it. Related videos are filled with it!

iirc... Wonder Boy IV was released in X360 and PS3 on the Wonder Boy pack as a digital only tittle

time to fire up the retro pie..... good video lots of ideas for games to try

Which of these have you played? Any recommendations?

21:10 lol thats not an animation dovakhin does when he absorbs dragon souls... he was charging a master level fire spell... it looked cool though!

Pretty good list, though at times it seemed like you were mentioning obscure titles just for its own sake, games that belong more in the 75-150 range or even lower (Cutie Suzuki? Heavy Unit? Dvine Sealing? wtf).

He sounds like the Top Tutorials guy on the Kodi videos

well i did have some japan exclusive games before when i was child like ( dahna magami tanjo ) i buy it normally from the game store here in Kuwait .. so .. yea we can get them actually because the salers in Kuwait they buy them from japan and sale them here without waiting for world releases

Gleylancer and Pulseman were on the Wii VC.

Wow a lot pf unknown games here!

I love how he phrases it. For those less OCD people who don't feel the need to own a physical copy. lol Couldn't have said it any better myself. I don't want to look at a hundred game cartridges and physically have to change them every time I want to play something different.

12:54 apparently "Japanese perverts" on the auto captions creates '/ Birds'. This is interesting as I've never seen a translation generate a non alpha-numeric character. That is all... Battle Mania Die Ginger was good too...

I approve of this gentleman's tastes

Wow, do you listen to radio4? Strikingly similiar to Peston.. But that is no bad thing, well except for the jump from the BBC teet.

Wani Wani World looks like a cross between Ice Climber and Lode Runner

For Everyone looking for the Sailor Moon game after clicking the thumbnail, go to 12:26.

Hm, will have to remember King Colossus. Reminds me a bit of Ys.

Would have been nice to hear the soundtracks from each game

Wow didn't know there was a Devil Hunter Yoko game! Nice.

@theannoyedmrfloyd3998

5 жыл бұрын

Sharif Sourour *Yohko And yes there are a few.

I played magic troll on a moded ps2 way back eleven years ago in a disc contains 200 sega genesis games, it's a very cute game, I loved the game and the main character so much, unfortunately I couldn't manage to beat it since that time my ps2 died, nor understand what's the game is all about because everything was written in Japanese.

Kudos for adding Crayon Shin-Chan to the list! have you watched the series by anychance before?

@TopHatGamingManChannel

7 жыл бұрын

MrDmoney156 I havnt seen it sadly. My Anime knowledge is extremely limited.

@MrDmoney156

7 жыл бұрын

Top Hat Gaming Man It's cool, i was surprised you knew about it lol but if you got time there's episodes of the Japanese original version with subtitles of the show here on KZread (well bits & pieces) it's a pretty hilarious show and that's saying much since not all anime aren't that funny or comedic at all to me. But anyways, excellent list and video :)

@skylinefever

4 жыл бұрын

Be sure not to watch the Funimation dub.

Dragon Slayer The Legend of Heroes on Turboduo released in Canada I have it.

Speaking of the Sailor Moon Megadrive/Genesis game: kzread.info/dash/bejne/i4J8xJmEhbzNk6w.html

Thanks for posting this up ,got some shades of JewWario's "You Can Play This" vibes from the video. I think he and quite a bit of the youtube retro gaming community would be proud of your work here for this . I know I am.

Oh thanks you so much, you wouldent believe how long it has taken me to find a space shooter pervert game! sorry mate just could not resist, lol. have a good one.

I want to get a mega drive to go with my Snes. I'm gonna get these games too. Just cuz

Wow no mention of the 4 player Yu Yu Hakusho fighting game by Treasure?? Lodoss Tou Senki: Eiyuu Sensou (Record of Lodoss War)? or the rpg Surging Aura which was developed by Sega themselves? whaaaaat

lol walli walli world reminds me of the line welly welly well LOL I guess me and my droggies have seen the old ultra violence once too often..

I am surprised, NA missed on Golden Axe 3, the game is so good (unarguably best in series) that everywhere else in the world people divided in Streets of Rage fans and those who preferred Golden Axe 3. Still in my top 10 beatemups on all systems combined. It's not just some game you have missed, it's one of great classics and still amazing game in world of beatemups. Soundtrack alone is amazing even by todays standards.

@todesziege

6 жыл бұрын

For some reason it gets a lot of hate. I loved the expanded moveset which gave more depth to the gameplay, similar to Streets of Rage 3. And although I can admit the backgrounds were a bit bland, the sprites were great. And the music, damn.

@Igorsov

5 жыл бұрын

todesziege I have no idea what are you talking about. Everyone who was fortunate enough to play this game in 90s loved it including myself.

@todesziege

5 жыл бұрын

@@Igorsov: GA3 gets a lot of hate online, probably from people who have never even played it. The flak it got never seemed reasonable at all to me.

Wow, Crayon Shin-Chan has some really cool looking paralax scrolling, other than that...

Fastest 1 looks exactly like a Master System game. I wonder if it originally was one?

@yohkom.7988

6 жыл бұрын

It was originally a PC Engine game and the Mega Drive port improves in some ways over the original such as smoother scrolling but ye, it looks a bit out of place in the Mega Drive library next to other racing games such as Ayrton Senna's Super Monaco GP II or F1. Still, Fastest 1 is said to be a good game, very realistic for its time so it migh be worth giving a go.

What about Tempo on the 32x?