Okay, so the Miracle Piano Teaching System is this weird, cool relic from the Sega Genesis era—basically a piano tutor disguised as a game. You plug in this chunky MIDI keyboard (yep, it came with one) and suddenly your Genesis is giving you actual piano lessons. Not gonna lie, the first time I tried it, I expected some gimmicky rhythm game, but it’s shockingly legit.

You start with simple note recognition—little falling dots hit the keys, and you’ve gotta match them. Then it ramps up to full songs, from classical to pop, with this digitized voice coaching you along. The graphics are barebones (it’s the Genesis, after all), but the real magic is how it turns practice into something that almost feels like a game. I still remember struggling through "Für Elise" and feeling weirdly proud when the game finally stopped yelling at me for missing notes.

It’s definitely more of a teaching tool than a traditional game, but if you’ve ever wanted to learn piano without the boring drills, this might be the janky, nostalgic way to do it. Just don’t expect flashy combos or high scores—unless you count not making your virtual teacher sigh in disappointment.