Casual Play - Rocket Knight Adventures - Stage 6

Arguably one of the finest side-scrolling action titles for the Sega Genesis, Konami's Rocket Knight Adventures puts you in control of an opossum named Sparkster. Readily equipped with a blade (which can strike more fatal blows when within reasonable distance of your target,) and rocket pack that can be charged in order to variate your attacks, as well as reach higher ledges and propel yourself forward, you must venture to space and back to rescue a princess. This game is terrific, and while I love wasting innocent bystanders in Grand Theft Auto IV, and mowing down hoards of zombies in Left 4 Dead, there will always be a place in my heart for this well-executed adventure. Now, if you're a gamer of this day and age, and you're complaining about this game not being quite as story driven as today's high-budget titles, you gotta take into consideration that in this era of gaming, (particularly in this genre,) 16-bit cinematics weren't exactly up to par with the Cohan Brothers, and the substance of the narratives in which they exemplified wasn't exactly Bradbury, either. They simply served as a means of showing you how your character got from point A, to point B. A game like this doesn't need a story, anyhow. Its charm and simplicity are part of what make it such an enjoyable experience in the first place (and not to to mention the perfect parody of more popular titles such as Super Mario Brothers, Sonic the Hedgehog, and Ghouls 'n Ghost.) The controls are wicked smooth, and will feel very natural to the platforming enthusiast. The hit detection is absolutely flawless. The music is well composed and catchy, and sets the perfect ambiance for the action in each of the game's seven stages. As for Rocket Knight Adventure's aesthetics, just look at it. The game is practically a playable cartoon. If you're into Sega Genesis and you've got some loose change laying around, I cannot recommend that you hunt down a loose cart of this game enough. It'll be, without a doubt, the best four bucks you've ever spent. While I do own a copy of this game, along with it's original packaging and instruction booklet, these recordings were actually made with use of the built in AVI Logging feature of Kega Fusion 3.61 (a multi-Sega platform emulator for Windows PC's, version 3.61 being the most up-to-date stable release at the time I recorded this video.) Please enjoy this playthrough, and feel free to post your thoughts, memories, hate mail, or whatever you've got in the comments below.
Please, bare in mind that:
- Rocket Knight Adventures and it's respective characters are property of Konami. I do not own the rights to this game.

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[mmmmmarcus]

@theelostriots9999 *Axel, and yes, it is. The first giant badass laser cannon in any game.

[falariem]

When I think of games that defined the Genesis' capabilities, Rocket Knight is easily in the top 5 slot. It's like if Gradius and Bionic Commando got together and had a love child named "Sparkster."

I first played this game the day it hit the shelf at my local Blockbuster, and I have been a die hard fan of it ever since. It was the only thing I wanted for Christmas that year, I still have a copy of it, and it's one of those games I ALWAYS come back to every year. AND it never disappoints.

[90etrevino]

@theelostriots9999 - its over 9000 lol

[theelostriots9999]

Anyone else think that Alex Gears's Laser Cannon is one of the best ever to feature in a vidogame. It's so over the top it's awesome.

[theelostriots9999]

So much Gradiux going on in this level. Bloody Konami and their self referencing. 

[xZippy38]

The music in this level is motherfucking great.

[xenotypos]

5:03  LOL

[Disturbinged]

I remember making it to the boss of this level, then totally lost it all! I quit right after that lmao

[albaniannazist]

hahahah great game