Rocket Knight Adventures (Sega Mega Drive/Genesis) - Full Game
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- čas přidán 10. 09. 2024
- If you had a Sega console back then and no Nintendo machine, you were most likely jealous that you missed out on the great games from Capcom and Konami that were developed exclusively for Nintendo consoles. Other than a Castlevania and Contra game for the Genesis/Mega Drive which I already played through for my channel, Rocket Knight Adventures is an exclusive for Sega's 16-bit machine. It later appeared on the Nintendo SNES too, but it was a different game with the same main character.
You are Sparkster, an opossum. These things are ugly enough in reality so why did someone think this could be a great main character? Well, Sparkster is not an ordinary rodent. He got a rocket jetpack, a knight's armor and a sword. That jetpack can be charged up and becomes a major part of the gameplay. It allows you to fly briefly in 8 directions and if you hit an obstacle you will bounce off and keep going, though, in two stages you can fly permanently. It also is a powerful attack and you need it frequently to beat bosses or get out of difficult situations. You need to master this or you won't get very far. Your actual main attack is your sword that fires some little energy thing in the direction you're facing.
The plot is not very complex. A princess has been kidnapped and you're off to rescue her. The game is a mix of Contra and Sonic the Hedgehog. Contra, because you fight lots of sub-bosses, the game throws a lot of different stage hazards at you and especially towards the end of the game it kinda has the mood of the later stages in Contra games. Not alien themed, but the techno environment has a similar vibe. It's similar to Sonic too because, well, it really tries hard to be fast paced with a main character that has some attitude.
Is it good, is it bad? That lies in the eye of the beholder. In my opinion it just doesn't feel original and it tries way too hard to be funny, but fails miserably at that. The jokes and subtle details are forced and never made me laugh. Then there is the level design. They went way overboard with it. It's like they had too many ideas and not enough games to use them so they crammed them all into this one. Almost every other screen you do something entirely different for maybe a minute and then there's something new again. They should have picked a few good ideas and really flesh them out and build the stages around those ideas. That would have also made it easier to make better use of those limited 8 MBit of storage. But then... Super Mario World only had 4 MBit available and it's awesome, looks good and is huge.
The game gets much better towards the end. Stages 6 and 7 are really good, Stage 1 blows, it's a mixed bag. The graphics are good, colorful, detailled. The music isn't good, mediocre at best, but there are one or two tunes that I really like especially the techno one in the last stage. Sega's soundchip isn't that good, I know, but it is capable of much better than this.
You know, back then I read reviews in magazines of Rocket Knight Adventures and it scored pretty well and it got on my list of games I really wanted to check out at some point. Now I have and now I know I should have played Shinobi 3 instead. It's not that bad, but personally, I prefer a more streamlined experience instead of twenty different gameplay elements put together. Before I forget, this game has 4 difficulty settings and this is played on the third one, Normal. On Hard you die in one hit and at the very end you get "You are very strong!" instead of "Try Hard Mode!" according to the interwebz. So that was definetely not worth the trouble and it doesn't add anything to the game since there are no new enemy patterns and such.
Thanks for watching! And as usual: If you would like to see a game played through here, just let me know. Doesn't have to be limited to Sega Consoles either.
![[TAS] Genesis Rocket Knight Adventures by upthorn in 27:18.13](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/j7_f8hU8CHM/mqdefault.jpg)
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I freaking loved this game when I was a kid..I didn't know what is was called and it was driving me insane that I couldn't find it but here it is ..everything I remembered. Best game
TheCoryRaioShow I loved the crap out of this game too, I was 11 years old and played it ALL THE TIME with my little brother, It makes me soooo happy I could cry thinking of those good times
I spent about 20 minutes sleuthing my way back to remembering the title of this game as well. I just remembered it had like an opossum or whatever the hell it is.
i whistle the train boss song when i'm at work sometimes
Classic
Same here, i’ve been racking my brain trying to figure out the name of this game.
as a kid I remember this game being quite difficult but having some amazing graphics for its time
Playing since I was 12. Im 36 now.
Garrett Óg I think I won't stop playing too :) started with 6 years and I'm 26 now lol :)
Man I am 32 bout to be 33 in April lol we getting old but I still love this game
All yaaaa
Same!
Playing since I was 14. I'm 14 now.
This game was amazing. Had it all, seriously. Music, gameplay, even graphics were full of details. Beating this game was such an accomplishment.
One of the many Sega games I couldn't beat as a kid :(
Fritos
I got this game in '95 for my birthday, and I too feel the sentiment of never having beating it. I made it to like the second to the last world a bunch though.
I beat this game when I was about 13. I’m now 31. I consider this my greatest video game accomplishment of all time.
@@naturesbest7977 that's a hell of an accomplishment man. To this day this game is still one of the hardest games I've ever played. It wasn't until the water Temple in ocarina that a game gave me the same amount of trouble as RKA.
Though it definitely looks easier than I remember. EASIER, not easy lol.
I never made it past Stage 6 as a kid. When I was 17 I got it back out and made it to Stage 7 but died as I was playing the rival possum knight guy (Assistant Emperor?). Never made it to the end. Have played it a few times since and always die at Stage 6. Now I'm 32.
Same... Along with Aladdin and Jurassic Park :( I guess I couldn't git gud...
This warms my soul. I miss my old Sega. So many great games played with friends, even my mother. We spent hours playing this game and Ristar.
Ristar had gorgeous graphics for the time, Rocket Knight Adventures too!
Agree
This game not only belongs in the top 5 nostalgia games, but might be a top 5 all time fun to play games of all time! It certainly is the #1 most underrated. Sparkster belongs in Smash bros 4 sure
20yrs later and I still have Nostalgic Moments with this🔥
The best part of this game is its replayability factor. This game just doesn't get old. It is as fun the fiftieth time around as it is the first.
One of the finest video games ever made and criminally underrated.
In my opinion is the best platform ever, and the graphics are unmatched in the 16 bit era
What an absolutely amazing soundtrack man. Half of this game is the music. I mean... 16:05 damn!
Helder Pinto I looked this up specifically for that boss music. ;)
+Helder Pinto i had that as ringtone almost for 2 years))
+ItWillBe24 That's an awesome idea, allow me to steal it! :D
+Helder Pinto ofc man, be the second on whole world who has ringtone like that) mostly people scared by this)))
Me too, that worm bug boss music made me remember to watch this, and the first level music.
How have I not heard of this game until just today? I feel like my childhood missed out.
What about gunstar heroes?
Btw. when I was kid I didn't heard of Shining Force :( (Got trough Shining Force recently. Now playing Shining Force 2)
I also never bought Sonic 3D Blast
Linus Magnus Gunstar Heroes was one of the coolest games on Gen. I was angry because for so long there were no RPGs on the Genesis like the SNES, then finally Phantasy Star IV came out. I paid $99 for that game at Toys R Us! The ridiculous price was because of the translation cost! What a rip off, but it was a great game. Earthworm Jim was one of my favorite games, too. Sonic 3D was great but I liked Sonic 3 and Sonic & Knuckles the best.
It's fun making up names for all the enemies and their strongholds that are "Pig + M-Word." Pigmooks, Pigmobile, Pigmoa, Pigminions, Pigmortar (mid-boss), Pigmantis, Pigmamba (mid-boss), Pigmarathoner, Pigmillipede (boss), Pigmauler (mid-boss), Pigmotorboat, Pigmyotis, Pigmaw (mid-boss), Pigminer, Pigmotor (boss), Pigmackerel, Pigmudcrab (mid-boss), Pigmola (boss), Pigmarine (stage), Pigmarauder (mid-boss), Pigmonkey, Pigmine, Pigmosquito (mid-boss), Pigmusketeer, Pigmover (not fought), Pigmasher (boss), Pigmetropolis (stage), Pigmissile, Pigmonitor, Pigmail (mid-boss), Pigmansion (stage), Pigmarcher, Pigmecha (boss), Pigmollusk, Pigmug, Pigmeteor, Pigmadman (mid-boss), Pigmariner, Pigmaser (mid-boss), Pigmothership & Pigmoonwalker (boss), Pigmoon (stage), Pigmaster (mid-boss), Pigmachine, Pigmouse (boss), Pigmotherboard (final boss).
By the way, Konami had some pretty weird roles in the credits of their games.
I was in love with this game when I was a child. Brings back great memories
This game was fucking hard... Those boss battles as a kid always had me on edge and in rage haha
I used to sit there without moving him for him to get bored, take his helmet off and talk lol
So glad there's people out there that are uploading golden memories like this, keep it up!
So much nostalgia. You freaked me out so many times finishing levels with 0.5 HP :)
This is hands down one of the best games I have ever played. No matter the era, Rocket Knight Adventures stands out as one of my top favorites
This was my first game ever, received it when I was 7. I'm 27 now, and it is in my personal showcase. I absolutely love it, and I managed to beat it when I was a child! Now I can still beat it, in the second hardest difficulty! SO MUCH trying and retrying!
axlegear88 it's a great feeling isn't it:)? I feel the same way. I'm 26 now and beast it when I was a little kid. One proud moment because you can say what you want but those old Sega game weren't easy to beat
axlegear88
48:37 - Music is banging
'dat boss music....so addictive...
Stage 5 with the flying segment always struck me as awesome. Flying at full speed into enemy airspace, them trying to shoot you down and then diving to street level and fighting a mech. Would be an awesome scene out of a movie.
This game makes fantastic use of the Mega Drive's colour palette. It uses shading in a very clever way to give the appearance of richer colour depth on screen. It almost looks like a SNES game.
well, it looks way better than Sparkster on the SNES
No my man sparkster on the snes is way better than this, the sprites the music the levels.
Actually this game is much more fun than sparkster.
The games Rocket Knight Adventures reminds me of most are Wonder Boy in Monster Land/World and Super Adventure Island. The super bright colorful aesthetic, the charming cartoony light-hearted atmosphere, the super fun arcadey action. Love all of those games and RKA may be my favorite of the whole bunch.
this game and streets of rage 2 got me into techno music as a kid
+Ismael Aguilar Yeah same, but I got into trance and it was SoR1 for me, dat intro music man.
Oh hell yeah. Streets Of Rage 2 man, totally. That really got me further into techno and house.
I was so excited to get this game in 1993 for Xmas! Me & my cousin got halfway through the game but it go so hard, we kept dying on the part where you have to rush through the level without getting squished. The bosses were great, and I loved all the weird mecha. I think you're being too hard on the game, the variety was what made the game more than just a button-masher through the whole thing. That's why you got that great shooter level! Well at least I can die happy now, I have seen the ending. I don't know if I will ever be able to get there on my own, but at least my eyes have witnessed it.
This game is the "Metal Slug" of SEGA Genesis.
One of the best games on genesis. Especially these moments when you finally beat the boss and THEN the boss music starts. Even after winning and blowing the pigy star up you still are in a boss fight.
Got this for my 10th birthday, back in 1996, and still love it today. What a wall-to-wall banger of a game.
Ty for just doing a play through without feeling the need to talk all the way through it.
A gem in my childhood. This game's memorable. Probably coz its freakishly hard for me at the time. I love this game.
I use to have this game. When I first saw the title I didn't play it bc I thought it was gonna be boring so I played another game which was Sonic 2. One day, I broke and decided to see what it was all about. Till this day I don't regret playing it. Awsome game.
I like how in the end, the earth saves YOU. :)
Man, this game was low key scary as hell. Those mini bosses and big bosses buy awwww such a sad noise he makes when he passes out at 32:05.
I remember playing this game so much on my old Genesis back in the late 90’s/early 2000’s. This game takes me back to my childhood. Pretty challenging but still amazing to this day. Watching this playthrough makes me wanna get a Mini Genesis and start playing again.
ahhhh the memories !!! Watching my older brother play this and be so good at it was the coolest thing ever!!! FANTASTIC
I cannot believe how happy we were those days with these games
This game was the shit back in the day good memories I love the 90s best years of my life!
I feel 10 years old again watching this! Ahh, the memories. Still have all my old Sega games.
playing since i was 14, now i am 37... what a game man!
The final fantasy of sega games lol I just found my sega after 20 years and have been playing this forever. It never ends!!! lol
I've been searching for this for years! Finally came across it today.
I'm so happy that I made the flying level music my ringtone.
Such a great game! Awesome soundtrack!
Love the part of the soundtrack that starts from 1:54 to 2:09... What an amazing game
I beat this game as a kid on Normal difficultly. Attempted the Crazy Hard difficultly and immediately discovered it was next to impossible lol!
WHAT a soundtrack! brings back great memories
ALL TIME FAVORITE Sega Megadrive Game. So many good memories growing up. Thank you
one of the best platform game ever created
Finally i remember this game after 7 years
A very good game in my opinion. I have very fond memories of it.
One of my favorite games from the Sega Genesis era! I LOVE this game so much! The awesome music, creative levels, sword energy based combat and fighting the numerous crazy bosses (loved fighting Axel Gear, that guy is so bad-ass). I love it! The other Rocket Knight Adventure games (The Genesis sequel and the Snes version) don't even come CLOSE to this game! This game to me will forever remain a classic!
This game was flawless the transitions from level to bosses all were fuckin perfect haha
you know one of the most memorable moments of the game is the train boss battle 👌good times
Train boss is creepy 😆
I mastered Rocket Knight Adventures years ago. I also liked that one.
This game had two more difficulties "very hard" and "expert". In expert, you die in one hit and had no continues, but you can win lives. When I beat the game in that difficulty (1995 or 1996), took me at least 3 hours because first I had to pass the entire game in hard an very hard modes. I think it was a bizarre journey. At the end in "expert" mode the message says the name of the game an a series of numbers, I actually think that this numbers represents the day that the game came out.
This game and its sequel sparkster were two of my favorite games of all time, especially on the genesis! Rented this game at random from the local store, and my GOD it was amazing. The sound, the level design, the gameplay, the character design, and the soundtrack!!! This game had everything I could ever want.
Ah, nostalgia. I remember playing this game as a kid, but strangely I don't ever recall making it to the final boss. Oh well, too late now, my old Sega Genesis bit the dust a long time ago, lol.
Wow, the graphics in this game are hugely impressive.
This game is considered the finest 16-bit game of the era, This game is an example of why the Genesis is better than the overrated snes.
@@StaticTV80 Eh, no on both accounts. It's a critically acclaimed and beloved game from that era, but there are many games considered "finer". And it does nothing to show why the Genesis is better than the SNES; it's just a very impressive game for what it is in its own right. The same is true of its sequel Sparkster on SNES: czcams.com/video/7lCO4Rn7hZs/video.html&ab_channel=WorldofLongplays
@@inceptional this game as no equal it is the finest 16-bit game of the era. The graphics the music the buttery smooth controls its 16-bit perfection.
@@StaticTV80 Yeah . . . no.
@@inceptional yup all the reviews say it is the finest 16-bit game of the era. I just started playing it and i never seen a 16-bit game like it, the graphics are awesome.
This was one of my favorite games as a kid. The music is so iconic. The graphics still hold up today
@temujin9000 This game rules even today! The boost mechanic is so unique and original that they failed to do it justice in the new sequel.
I fail to see how you think that everything in the game is mediocre. The music rocks on every stage, the level gimmicks play off the level themes nicely, build off the rocket engine and aren't too hard to figure out, the cutscenes and graphics are highly animated and amusing, and there's a great plot twist at the end that nobody could predict.
Very underrated game use to rage playing this game never beat it but loved this game
This game rocks so hardl. It's one of the few mascot platformers that the Sonic craze caused that really stuck with me
How can you complain about too much variety? Thats what made the game awesome! Then you say it wasn't too original? I would think all the variety it has makes it original. Lots of ideas I didn't see in other games, some that I had. I don't remember any other characters back in the day with a jetpack that worked the same as Sparksers. I owned it back in the day, and it was one of my favorites on genesis. Oh yeah, this was never released on super nintendo, its sequel was, and I heard it was a more appropriate sequel than the genesis version, both simply called Sparkster.
Totally agree, Rocket Knight is a blast to play, the first level transition from platformer -> shoot em up -> platformer made a very good impression of the game just at the beginning.
I just read a few of his "reviews" and this channel sounds like a Genesis troll in Sonic avatar disguise lol. Too much bullshit in what he says, he tries too hard.
This game was ahead of its time.
This is why I love Konami. Walking through Tokyo a few years ago I saw their building and it brought back memories from childhood. Bear in mind the megadrive was developed in about 87, it took 6 years to really harness the power of its CPU. When programmers from Konami produced Gunstar Heroes they choose the megadrive over the SNES due to its Motorola 6000. This game is amazing in every way, not just its sound and graphics but also its playability
43:42 one of the most epic thing I saw when I was a kid. Also the very first proton cannon!
Spent many hours of my youth embroiled in this little gem! Favorite Gen game next to Ranger-X, MK1, SoR, Sunset Riders, Aero, Stormlord and original Sonic.
40:24 yeah this other dude was backing up at the corner alright!!😭😭😂
Man the sprite Animation was so much better in this one than in the Sequel and the SNES version :).
One of the first games I beat, and I feel is one of the reasons I love fantasy science themes. Awesome ost too
I love the little annotation comments you make throughout your videos. Thanks for the play through!
I do miss the old days, and playing games like this.
the purple villain guy is the coolest. one of the best fights at 50:34 almost on the level of sonic vs knuckles in sonic and knuckles. this game defined my childhood. i don't know how many times i drew this blue character lol
Thanks for posting this! Brings back so many good memories as a kid!
Loved this game growing up & that train was always the hardest boss to beat.
Man Sega sure loved them octopus arm thingies
anywhereiroam this game was made by Konami.
I LOVED THIS GAME!!!! 90's WE'RE THE BEST!! THANK YOU FOR SHARING!
Wow, j'y ai joué des heures quand j'étais petite D8 ! Il était génial bordel. Avec Sonic mickey et Donald, Aladin, j'ai passer des heures sur ma MegaDrive. Ca me rend nostalgique de revoir tout ça. J'avais pas fini le jeu, j'en suis arrivée qu'a la 32 ème minute de la vidéo e____e.
Rocket knight isn't a remake, it takes place 16 years after the events of sparkster (rka2), sparkster has a wife and kid and moved away from zebulos because the oppossums befriended the devotindos and axle took his place (which is stupid).
I really hope there will be a Sega Mega Drive/Genesis collection 2 with this masterpiece in it.
Such an underrated game
One of the toughest SEGA games i've ever faced thus far.Attempted to finish it when i was in my mid 20-s after a long pause,yet failed just like in my childhood days lol I did make it quite far though,about 80% completed,but it just felt like it would never end,levels and bosses just wouldnt stop coming!Still a fantastic game and so is the walkthrough in the video!
1:15 headphones L R are okay lol
I still have my original copy from '95. One of my all time favorite games, and wish Konami would re-release this onto a newer platform, but exactly as it is now. No remakes, just re-release it on like the switch or something. As many times as I played this as a 10 year old, I'd shell out top dollar for it.
I used to play this game when I was like 10 years old. I had tons of fun and it only now that I see why: this game is a masterpiece. Innovative platforming and level design, sidescroll shooting (the goddamn Sparkster can breath in space, apparently), giant robots, cool characters and awesome music. Truly a perfect example of how games should be made.
This game and Sparkster were very underrated. Both were great games!
Before adulthood paying bills this was the life
I spent hours on this game as a kid and still haven't seen the ending lol. Loved it and yet none of my other friends have heard of it
one of the games i never beat as a kid i was almost at the end in the big fight man i love this game back in the good days of gaming.
I remember renting this and playing all night with my best friend ! ! Good times !
To the maker of this video: I am very glad to hear you state your personal opinion on Rocket Knight Adventures. But I found no segments where it tries WAY TOO HARD to be funny. I found the music very enjoyable. And maybe "You are very strong" is so you can gloat to your friends that you beat a hard enough game on its hardest difficulty...
It toke me a while to beat this one as a kid but its nice to see it 25 years after
Had this Game on Megadrive in the summer of 97 . very hard but i finished it . believe it or not i was so obsessed with this game that i have dreamed of a method of beating the last boss of the game and when i woke up i replayed the game and it worked . the imagination you have when you are a kid is unbelievable !! . sucks to be adult :D
Remember the days when “saving wasent an option” lol
46:30
We interrupt Rocket Knight Adventures to bring you Doomsday Zone from Sonic 3 and Knuckles
Lost the case, but the original copy sits on my desktop looking right back at me everyday.
I fresh in kindergarten when this bad boy hit the selves in KBToys
so many close calls on that elevator segment
Anyone else try and get him in cool poses after you beat a level?
Angry Birds wasn’t the first game where pigs are the main antagonists
Watching this actually made me remember being 8 years old and playing it.
first time in all my life that I saw a complete no-talk gameplay. I love this fcking game wtf I need to inspirate and create an adventure too ;U;