M.U.S.H.A. (Sega Genesis) - Retro Gaming Review

Today I'm hitting up the Compile shooters again! This one is M.U.S.H.A. on Genesis. It's got a kick-ass soundtrack but can it replace my beloved Gun-Nac for my favourite shoot'em up? Watch to find out!

MUSHA was played and recorded on a Retron5 with a Hauppauge PVR Rocket.

Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0

[michaelvinciguerra]

This review was so authentic I zoned out for a moment and thought I was watching one of those Nintendo Power retro tapes from the 90s. Keep doing your thing.

[mkbell]

I bought M.U.S.H.A. The day it was released. I missed it. The thunder storm stage was my favorite. I was 20 when it came out. Now at 48 I found it again. Cost me a bunch, but well worth it!

[overkill]

Musha Aleste is the best shooter ever made, imo. Even after all those years the music in this game is absolutely brilliant.

[RewindMike]

As much as I emulate, this is one game I still haven't tried out....The stage scrolling effect is a visual feast!! My eyes were dancing the whole time haha

[williamlatham]

Wow, the music in this game sounds amazing.

[Fattydeposit]

MUSHA really is worth the price of entry. It's such a beautifully balanced game and has ageless aesthetics and style. A good tip for beginners is to have your options set to 'reverse', power up the blue special weapons and put the ship speed up to 5. The section in Stage 4 or 5 where you first encounter a flying battleship at high speeds and the music switches up in tandem.. that's one of the rare moments in video games for me where the synergy between the elements of game, visuals and music bring on intense euphoria. This is only heightened by using headphones and cranking the volume right up. It's fucking *magical*.

[apollolux]

Came here from the 2022 Genesis Truxton review, glad to see there was indeed a M.U.S.H.A. review after all!

[ACLMSC]

MUSHA was amazing, one of my best purchases when it came out. The music is excellent and certain levels look fantastic; especially the level where you're fighting over chasm with the enemies coming up and falling back into the chasm after being defeated.

[mompezuma]

Great Genesis Shooter!
My favorite with Arrow Flash and Thunder Force IV! ❤🚀

[MalevoSuave]

One of my favorites, and it has the best heavy metal soundtrack in 16 bits ❤🔥 you're gorgeous, new sub

[sebastianfs]

This was my fav game! Thanks for the review, memories are comming back with the amazing soundtrack

[josedeluna]

Such a badass game! Nintendo,
Sega and the Snes were the times of gaming! Keep up your great work Pam!

[RyanKaul]

Was looking for more info on this game, and google brought me here. Watched a few videos and am in love with the channel. Keep up the good work!

[AthanasiosJapan]

The game has excellent metal music. I can say that it is the best soundtrack I have heard in ANY videogame.

[loganporter]

What a gem. Glad I stumbled on this. That game was so hard when I was a kid. Probably still is haha. Thanks for the refresher.

[SamuelDaniels]

Coming here from the Truxton video in 2022:
Me "MUSHA looks pretty great, maybe I'll pick it up!"
Me 2 minutes later ".... maybe I won't be cashing in my RSPs for MUSHA..."

[Haruokay]

There's something about this video and the comments that make me want to look deeper into developers who specialized in making shooters...

Also, that soundtrack... I'll still put on tracks from this game in the background while doing things around the apartment. The game was pretty fun too despite only playing it on an emulator before. Great review!

[Prizrak-hvqk]

This game was pretty obscure back in days. It came out when people were already getting tired of shmups, looked "weird" and had a weird name too. So, it went largely unnoticed. I had a chance to buy it for $20 a number of times, and didn't. Back when I got into Genesis emulation in the late 90's, I finally played it based on Internet advice and it quickly became on of my favorite Genesis games. Amazing graphics and sound, especially for an early Genesis game and plays great. Aged very gracefully. Compile definitely made some of the best shumps of all time, especially if you consider their entire body of work. Space Megaforce was one of my SNES favorites too.

[PolykillPodcast]

Very comprehensive review! Well done! And your fridge is a cool color for a fridge!

[Grant-HO]

I really love shooters, Raiden for sega genesis was my first experience as a child. Now i really love arcade shooters like Dimahoo, Cyvern, Giga wing, Air Gallet, change air blade and many other classics (1944, 42, XX and galaga) Raiden Fighters Operation Hell Dive is really fun too. i also like side scrolling shooters too. Thanks for sharing!