Okay, so Dungeons & Dragons on the Genesis is one of those old-school RPGs that somehow nails the tabletop feel without drowning you in menus. You start by picking a party—fighter, cleric, elf, the usual suspects—and immediately get thrown into this grid-based dungeon where every shadow might hide a mimic or a pit trap. The combat’s turn-based but snappy, and the spellcasting actually makes you think twice before burning that last fireball.

What surprised me? The dungeons aren’t just hallways with random skeletons. There’s proper puzzles, hidden switches, even NPCs who’ll straight-up betray you if you trust them too much. Graphics are peak 16-bit—chunky sprites, moody lighting—and the music’s got that Sega synth vibe that somehow makes fighting a gelatinous cube feel epic.

Fair warning: it’s brutal if you rush in. Forgot to buy torches once and spent 10 minutes fumbling in the dark before a ghoul party wiped my team. Still, when you finally crack a dungeon’s secrets or land a crit on a dragon? Pure serotonin. This is the kind of game where you lose track of time and suddenly it’s 2 AM.