Considered an all-time classic Sega Genesis title by many, Treasure’s Gunstar Heroes is teeming with ambition.
In the 16-bit era, game devs and composers could finally change the type of tones used in the music, simulating a wider array of instruments and creating a whole lot of great soundtracks in the process.
It wasn’t easy picking out the best of the best because there were so many great ones. Even middle-of-the-road soundtracks seemed to deserve a bump if the game was just that damn good, and so many from that era are that damn good!
Here's the Ghetto Gamer list of top 20 soundtracks from the 16-bit era.
These remakes and remasters are must-haves in this next generation.
Gunstar Heroes was made by Treasure. I'm not sure if that IP actually belongs to Sega. If it does, the ONLY modern day developer that I think would do that game justice is Housemarque. Maybe Sega could collaborate with Sony to let them make a modern day Gunstar Heroes. I definitely think Shinobi and Afterburner need modern day remakes though.
I feel like there are stronger Sega IP's than some of the ones that were listed such as...
Vector Man
Comix Zone
Virtual On
Ranger X
Jet Set Radio
Landstalker
Eternal Champions
As hard as it was, the Shinobi remake that came out on PS2 was decent. But yes, a new remake would be great. Always loved that series.
It's been relatively easy to collect for Sega Genesis/Mega Drive because game prices have stayed quite low compared to other retro consoles. But the recent retro explosion is even affecting this market now. Here's a list of Genesis/MD games that you may want to grab before they get any more expensive.
Aww man. I forgot about Boogerman. And the McDonald’s game. Me, my sister, and a lot of my cousins put countless hours into that one.
I have Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Hyperstone Heist, complete. It's awesome and I've beaten it so many times.
I’ve never understood why this stage tends to get so much hatred. It was an exciting boss rush that you can tell Treasure had an absolute blast throwing together.
Melon Bread is the real MVP.
Gunstar Heroes was just a brilliant game. The music, the levels, the enemies, the weapons. The whole package.
Classic.
Edge magazine gave this game a 6 /10
every other magazine it was 9s and 10s, i was actually expecting it to be bad, the game was straight up amazing
What a game, pushed the megadrive to its limits. Treasure making the system do things it wasn't supposedly capable of. Amazing game, amazing system, amazing developers.
Ah man, as a kid I dreaded Dice Palace because I always landed on the no weapons square and kept dying to the weird "Curry and Rice" thing.
Rest of the stage though? Amazing, just like the rest of the game.