Lord Spencer
@lord-spencer.bsky.social
Hello all, I am Lord Spencer, a huge fan of gaming who likes to blog. I also used to be a vociferous reader, but life is getting in the way. Hope you enjoy reading my blogs and giving feedback to improve. https://lord-spencer.blogspot.com/
Check out my review of #PhantasyStarIV on the #Sega #Genesis as part of my Top 100 Genesis games Odyssey. This is easily the best JRPG on the console & the only one to compete with the SNES greats #Blutoid #Retrogaming lord-spencer.blogspot.com/2026/09/gene... www.pillowfort.social/posts/8184373
Genesis REVIEWS: Phantasy Star IV
During the 16-bit console wars, the Phantasy Star series was the Genesis answer to the various excellent RPGs of the SNES, and it was fight...
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Check out my review of #CutieSuzuki on the #Sega #Genesis as part of my Top 100 Genesis games review Odyssey. The review of this mediocre female-only wrestling game was a reader's request, and thankfully it was short #Blutoid #Retrogaming lord-spencer.blogspot.com/2026/08/sega...
Sega REVIEWS: Cuties Suzuki no Ringside Angel
Before there was Senran Kagura , before there was Dead or Alive , before Dead or Alive Beach Volleyball was even a speck of a thought, there...
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Check out my review of #GunstarHeroes on the #Sega #Genesis as part of my Top 100 Genesis games review Odyssey. This #Treasure game put them on the map & is considered 1 of the best run&guns ever #Blutoid #Retrogaming lord-spencer.blogspot.com/2026/08/gene... www.pillowfort.social/posts/8094379
Genesis REVIEWS: Gunstar Heroes
I must confess that I wasn't a big fan of Treasure's other games on the Genesis. Alien Soldier was definitely a solid shooter, but it was t...
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Check out my review of #Landstalke on the #Sega #Genesis as part of my Top 100 Genesis games review Odyssey. This isometric Action-Adventure game is compared to Zelda, but it is widely different #Blutoid #Retrogaming lord-spencer.blogspot.com/2026/08/gene... www.pillowfort.social/posts/8051674
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Check out my review of #Contra:HardCorps on the #Sega #Genesis as part of my Top 100 Genesis games review Odyssey. This is easily one of the best Contra and Run & Gun games in the 16-bit era #Blutoid #Retrogaming lord-spencer.blogspot.com/2026/08/gene... www.pillowfort.social/posts/8041985
Genesis REVIEWS: Contra: Hard Corps
Contra: Hard Corps is what happens when a series well known for its arcade-style roots evolves into a full-fledged console title. This is n...
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Check out my report on the Top 20-11 #Sega #Genesis games according 2 Retro Sanctuary. We are at the business end of the list now and most of these games are among the best of the console's library #Blutoid #Retrogaming lord-spencer.blogspot.com/2026/07/gene... www.pillowfort.social/posts/8009741
Genesis REVIEWS Report: 20-11
In this report of the top 20-11 Genesis games according to Retro Sanctuary , I have reviewed four games, all of which I enjoyed, with Ecco:...
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Check out my review of #BeyondOasis on the #Sega #Genesis as part of my Top 100 Genesis games review Odyssey. This is a strikingly beautiful action-adventure game late in the console's life cycle #Blutoid #Retrogaming lord-spencer.blogspot.com/2026/07/gene... www.pillowfort.social/posts/7949523
Genesis REVIEWS: Beyond Oasis
In many ways, Beyond Oasis is a typical example of the games released at the end of the 16-bit generation. It manages to squeeze every ounc...
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Check out my review of #ShinobiIII on the #Sega #Genesis as part of my Top 100 Genesis games review Odyssey. This is easily the best game in the series on the console #Blutoid #Retrogaming lord-spencer.blogspot.com/2026/07/gene... www.pillowfort.social/posts/7936666
Genesis REVIEWS: Shinobi III: Return of the Ninja Master
With the third Shinobi on the Genesis, Sega is making a game on the back of a poorly conceived Arcade port, and a well-loved game that is n...
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Check out my review of #Ecco:TidesOfTime on the #Sega #Genesis as part of my Top 100 Genesis games review Odyssey. This dolphin-led game is better than it has any right to be Thanks for all the fish #Blutoid #Retrogaming lord-spencer.blogspot.com/2026/07/gene... www.pillowfort.social/posts/7927858
Genesis REVIEWS: Ecco: The Tides of Time
The two Ecco games are probably one of the most unique games on the Genesis. Water levels in other games are usually described as the weake...
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Check out my report on the Top 30-21 #Sega #Genesis games according 2 Retro Sanctuary. Most of the games are solid at this point, with #MortalKombatII being the most well-known classic of the bunch #Blutoid #Retrogaming lord-spencer.blogspot.com/2026/07/gene... www.pillowfort.social/posts/7906308
Genesis REVIEWS Report: 30-21
In this report of the top 30-21 Genesis games according to Retro Sanctuary , I have reviewed three games, most of which I enjoyed, except f...
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Check out my review of #Strider on the #Sega #Genesis as part of my Top 100 Genesis games review Odyssey. I am not sure this port of the classic action arcade game does justice to its legacy #Blutoid #Retrogaming lord-spencer.blogspot.com/2026/06/gene... www.pillowfort.social/posts/7889160
Genesis REVIEWS: Strider
Clearly, Strider is a very important game in its time. It tried, and to a great degree, succeeded in redefining the Action genre. It put em...
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Check out my review of #ResidentEvil2 on the #PS1 as part of my Top 100 PS1 games review Odyssey. While its 2019 remake is truly brilliant, the original is different and is still worth playing today #Blutoid #Retrogaming lord-spencer.blogspot.com/2026/06/ps1-... www.pillowfort.social/posts/7878268
PS1 REVIEWS: Resident Evil 2
Playing the original Resident Evil 2 after playing its 2019 remake is a weird experience. Initially, I felt the similarity between the two ...
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Check out my review of #CrusaderOfCenty on the #Sega #Genesis as part of my Top 100 Genesis games review Odyssey. This charming game is the closest the Genesis had to something like #ALinktothepast #Blutoid #Retrogaming lord-spencer.blogspot.com/2026/06/gene... www.pillowfort.social/posts/7867994
Genesis REVIEWS: Crusader of Centy
Crusader of Centy is probably not a very well-known Sega Genesis game. While originally published by Sega in Japan, the then little-known...
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Check out my review of #Aladdin on the #Sega #Genesis as part of my Top 100 Genesis games review Odyssey. This is widely considered the better of the two 16-bit Aladdin games. What do you think? #Blutoid #Retrogaming lord-spencer.blogspot.com/2026/06/gene... www.pillowfort.social/posts/7858215
Genesis REVIEWS: Disney's Aladdin
Of the many Disney-licensed games in the 16-bit era, none is more famous or well regarded as the pair of Aladdin games on the Genesis and S...
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Check out my report on the Top 40-31 #Sega #Genesis games according 2 Retro Sanctuary. Crossing the halfway mark reveals some critically acclaimed games like #Castlevania:Bloodlines and #Ghouls'nGhosts, among a variety of other games #Blutoid #Retrogaming lord-spencer.blogspot.com/2026/06/gene...
Genesis REVIEWS Report: 40-31
In this report of the top 40-31 Genesis games according to Retro Sanctuary , I have reviewed four games, most of which I enjoyed, except fo...
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Check out my review of #Ghouls'nGhosts on the #Sega #Genesis as part of my Top 100 Genesis games review Odyssey. This brilliant and hard Capcom Action Platformer is a classic for a reason #Blutoid #Retrogaming lord-spencer.blogspot.com/2026/06/gene... www.pillowfort.social/posts/7825777
Genesis REVIEWS: Ghouls 'n Ghosts
Known as one of the most difficult games in its time, the Ghouls 'n Ghosts series is unfortunately not remembered often for being technical...
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Check out my review of #Driver on the #PS1 as part of my Top 100 PS1 games review Odyssey. I finished the tutorial for the first time after 26 years, and there is one hell of a game after that #Blutoid #Retrogaming lord-spencer.blogspot.com/2026/06/ps1-... www.pillowfort.social/posts/7785626
PS1 REVIEWS: Driver
I knew Driver was a special game when it was released, since everyone talked about it with such reverence in the playground. Male kids in m...
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Check out my review of #ChronoCross on the #PS1 as part of my Top 100 PS1 games review Odyssey. In a parallel world, this could've been the perfect sequel 2 #Trigger but a few missteps hold it back #Blutoid #Retrogaming lord-spencer.blogspot.com/2026/05/ps1-... www.pillowfort.social/posts/7751350
PS1 REVIEWS: Chrono Cross
In a parallel world, Chrono Cross could have been, with some tweaks, a perfect masterpiece. Maybe, provided more production time (it was co...
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Check out my review of #AlienSoldier on the #Sega #Genesis as part of my Top 100 Genesis games review Odyssey. This is the 1st game that made me realize the brilliance of #Treasure development team #Blutoid #Retrogaming lord-spencer.blogspot.com/2026/04/gene... www.pillowfort.social/posts/7558080
Genesis REVIEWS: Alien Soldier
When you read those memes making fun of early 90's game translations, all those grammatical disasters and unintentional comedy gold, it is g...
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Check out my review of #Castlevania #Bloodlines on the #Sega #Genesis as part of my Top 100 Genesis games review Odyssey. This is a brilliant competition for the SNES Castlevania game #Blutoid #Retrogaming lord-spencer.blogspot.com/2026/04/gene... www.pillowfort.social/posts/7550368
Genesis REVIEWS: Castlevania: Bloodlines
Most games that were released in both the Genesis and the SNES were similar in terms of surface, but clearly better on one console. With Blo...
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Check out my review of #QuackShot on the #Sega #Genesis as part of my Top 100 Genesis games review Odyssey. This was a decent licensed platformer that didn't reach its potential and it too short #Blutoid #Retrogaming lord-spencer.blogspot.com/2026/04/gene... www.pillowfort.social/posts/7541595
Genesis REVIEWS: QuackShot
The first thing I thought when I started playing QuackShot , a game starring Donald Duck and using the same title font as DuckTales , was wh...
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Check out my report on the Top 50-41 #Sega #Genesis games according 2 Retro Sanctuary. Crossing the halfway mark reveals some critically acclaimed games like #ShiningForce and #Flashback, among a variety of platformers #Blutoid #Retrogaming lord-spencer.blogspot.com/2026/04/gene...
Genesis REVIEWS Report: 50-41
In this report of the top 50-41 Genesis games according to Retro Sanctuary , I have reviewed two games, and both are considered part of imp...
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Check out my review of #TheRevengeOfShinobi on the #Sega #Genesis as part of my Top 100 Genesis games review Odyssey. This was much better than the other #Shinobi game I played before it #Blutoid #Retrogaming lord-spencer.blogspot.com/2026/03/gene... www.pillowfort.social/posts/7466504
Genesis REVIEWS: The Revenge of Shinobi
Before reviewing this game, the only other Shinobi game I played was Shadow Dancer , a game released after The Revenge of Shinobi and crit...
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Check out my report on the Top 60-51 #Sega #Genesis games according 2 Retro Sanctuary. The Shinobi series makes a disappointing debut among some okay-ish games. #Blutoid #Retrogaming lord-spencer.blogspot.com/2026/03/gene... www.pillowfort.social/posts/7449604
Genesis REVIEWS Report: 60-51
In this report of the top 60-51 Genesis games according to Retro Sanctuary , I have reviewed only one game, which is curiously the first ga...
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Check out my review of #ShadowDancer :Secret of #Shinobi on the #Sega #Genesis as part of my Top 100 Genesis games review Odyssey. I think this is one of the weakest Ninja action games of that era #Blutoid #Retrogaming lord-spencer.blogspot.com/2026/03/gene... www.pillowfort.social/posts/7430471
Genesis REVIEWS: Shadow Dancer: Secret of Shinobi
Ninja themed Action Platformer games were surely common in the 8-bit and 16-bit eras, and the Shinobi franchise was considered among the top...
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Check out my report on the Top 70-61 #Sega #Genesis games according 2 Retro Sanctuary. Sonic makes his first appearance in a list of okay-ish 10 games. lord-spencer.blogspot.com/2026/03/gene... www.pillowfort.social/posts/7415482
Genesis REVIEWS Report: 70-61
In this report if the top 70-61 Genesis games according to Retro Sanctuary , I have reviewed three games, including two games in one of Sega...
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Check out my review of #Sonic the Hedgehog 2 on the #Sega #Genesis as part of my Top 100 Genesis games review Odyssey. In my opinion, this is one of Sonic's best games, and the best on the Genesis #Blutoid #Retrogaming lord-spencer.blogspot.com/2026/03/gene... www.pillowfort.social/posts/7364321
Genesis REVIEWS: Sonic the Hedgehog 2:
Without Sonic, there wouldn't have been a 16-bit console war. In a time when iconic cartoon characters managed the most sales, Sega needed t...
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Check out my review of #Sonic the Hedgehog on the #Sega #Genesis as part of my Top 100 Genesis games review Odyssey. This is the game that introduced a worthy competitor to Mario and gave the Genesis a fighting chance in the war #Blutoid #Retrogaming lord-spencer.blogspot.com/2026/03/gene...
Genesis REVIEWS: Sonic the Hedgehog
Few games are as defined by their main competition as Sonic the Hedgehog . Here is a game that was not formed naturally, but deliberately de...
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Check out my review of #Traysia II on the #Sega #Genesis as part of my Top 100 Genesis games review Odyssey. This is a rather mediocre JRPG that could have been something better w/ better balancing #Blutoid #Retrogaming lord-spencer.blogspot.com/2026/02/gene... www.pillowfort.social/posts/7314409
Genesis REVIEWS: Traysia
Sometimes, a game can have all the right ingredients behind it, and yet still manage to be a complete disappointment simply because the prog...
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Check out my review of #PhantasyStar II on the #Sega #Genesis as part of my Top 100 Genesis games review Odyssey. I think that this game aged terribly and is one of the least fun JRPGs I ever played #Blutoid #Retrogaming lord-spencer.blogspot.com/2026/02/gene... www.pillowfort.social/posts/7304248
Genesis REVIEWS: Phantasy Star II
The Phantasy Star series is nearly as old as the Dragon Quest and Final Fantasy RPG series, and while it is held in high regard, it never...
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