Ranger X review - Segadrunk

The 3D effects of the scrolling on the background of the level you were showing in the last shot I always thought were very cool

This is another undervalued, highly competent action game on the Mega Drive/Genesis. Your description of this game is pretty much spot on. I've always thought of R-Type mixed in with a bevy of classic Mega Drive run and guns and mind scrambling controls. It is still an exciting game to this day.

What an awesome looking game. Never even knew this was a thing to know about. Thanks Drunk!

One of my favorite Genesis games! Top 10 for sure. Hate that more people don’t talk about it more.

128 on-screen colors, baby! This is a terrific showpiece for Genesis’ hardware and a great example of the brilliant coding that had emerged around that time.

This game was developed by GAU Entertainment and it is known in Japan as Ex-Ranza, and the Japanese version has an extra stage, which can be putting a password in the options and the stage can be accessed in Easy mode. Noriyuki Iwadare (alongside Cube Corporation) did the sound driver for this game though. Western versions have a different color palette when played in high difficulty settings.

Ranger X is pretty accessible. A decent learning curve but overall balanced difficulty. From a graphics, music, gameplay aspect all top tier.

Finally my favorite Genesis game! Now if we can just get Sega to resurrect this gem on new consoles.

Blast Processing Baby!!

I love this game. It's one of my favorites on the Genesis. I didn't have it when it was new, but I wish I knew about it back in the day. It is a quirky game, from the controls, to the bike, and the vastly different stage designs. It's not the easiest game to get into at first. I had to take the time to learn the game, more so than others. The second stage, the one in the cave, is where I learned the most lessons. It's a tough level as you stated, though I've come to enjoy it a lot. Finding the openings for light was a happy accident for me. I don't think the game is as hard as some people seem to think it is, but it requires learning some things that are not obvious. Here's another tip: The mech has a high jump. Briefly tapping up out of a crouch triggers a springy high jump. This allows you to get some height before using flight energy which allows you to fly a bit higher or farther, as well as saving flight energy in general. Also, it is essential for the building stage on the highest difficulty as the floating platforms are no longer there. In that case, you must maximize flight range and that's how to do it. Anyway, great video.

THE MUSIC & THE INTRO ARE SI-FI GOLD

Gosh, there is some beautiful and clever usage of parallax in that game. The hallway you were showing at the end and the reflections on the skyscraper levels are impressive. As a pixel artist, I love seeing these kind of things.

This would have blown my mind as a kid.

One of my favourite games for the system. It has 7 levels, not 5. I can finish this one on Heavy mode without losing a single continue, isn't as hard when you figure out how to maneuver your mech and which weapons to use in some areas. Also, as a note, when you play the game on Hard or Heavy mode the color pallete changes on all stages, for example the first stage on normal mode has a blue sky but in hard mode it is a sunset and Stage 2 instead of a blue-ish color it looks green. Maybe the action on the highest difficulties looks impossible to manage but it isn't at all, is even more exciting to play it that way.

I haven't played this game in over twenty years, I'm still surprised that I even managed to complete it a few times back then. It was a tough game but really quite fun. One of those rare gems that is usually overlooked.

Dude more genesis reviews please!! Also it’d be great if you gave attention to the best games in each sports category like you did on the snes...please:)

Ranger X was a rental for me back in the day, man was it worth it! What a hidden gem!

This is one of the vary rare times I can say that it is both exciting to watch your friend play and play yourself. This game is like an action movie. And don't come at me with those "when I wanna watch a movie I will watch a movie" bs comments. Back then it was hard to find a game everyone wanted to watch you play. There weren't TV's in every room. You kids just don't get it.

I remember playing and beating this game at 10 yrs old. Idk how I was able to learn and master such a mechanically technical game, but being 31 now and thinking back on it, I rly had a skill for figuring things out in games. It still amazes me to this day how I beat games like this on the hardest difficulty, in an era where games were known for being so hard to beat.

This is one of those games you play for the graphics, but once you get into the meat of things your mileage may vary... I felt it was a bit overwhelming when I played it, not that it wasn't fun, but that 2nd stage was a bit much to wrap my head around, but I think if I played it more I'd be able to get farther and even enjoy it more...