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Genesis-A-Day: Revolution-X

Upon finding a magic lamp, Alex rubs out a genie. Obviously, Alex wishes for a ton of genesis games. In this feature, Alex documents the results of that wish.

Notice that it says "CD disc"

Time played: 4 minutes.

CDs Shot: 23.

Back before you were playing Aerosmith songs on your plastic instruments like idiots, Aerosmith was super hardcore by appearing in a little classic known as Revolution-X.  The arcade shooter, and by shooter i mean 2 machine guns attached to the cabinet,  was flawfully ported to the Genesis back in the day.  I owned Revolution-X on Genesis and I loved it.  The game is super shitty, and your health is just slowly depleted as enemies shoot you, with no real indication that you are getting hurt.

There is a lot to be liked behind the terrible gameplay and controlling a light gun style game with the dpad.  The whole idea about rock rebelling against an oppressive military government using machine guns and exploding CDs (because CDs are crazy new future technology) is hilariously amazing.  And it could only be led by the most hardcore anti establishment band Aerosmith!  I do really enjoy shooting all sorts of crazy stuff in the background to get upgraded weapons and more CDs, also the multi-part vehicles are great.  I wish more light gun games had you shooting cats walking on fences.

About Alex

Alex has always had an interesting in technology and a love for games. He started gaming with Mario Bros. at the age of 2 and never looked back. He looks fondly on the past and eagerly toward the future as he spits the truth about the currant landscape of the video game world.