Electronic Gaming Monthly's Top 17 Treasure Games

Of all the iconic game studios to come out of the 1990s, Treasure has always been one of my favorites. Formed by a team of talented programmers who had previously worked at Konami, the Tokyo-based developer broke onto the scene with the 16-bit classic Gunstar Heroes and used its success to create some of the greatest shoot ‘em ups, brawlers and whatever the heck Stretch Panic is. All this talk about Treasure made me wonder what Electronic Gaming Monthly thought of this legendary studio. Did they have a favorite Treasure game?

As it turns out, EGM reviewed a total of 17 games developed by Treasure between 1989 and 2009. This includes all of the 16-bit classics, the weird oddities and even a game starring Ronald McDonald. This is rare company that can say they worked on everything from Astro Boy to Wario World. Unfortunately, Electronic Gaming Monthly didn’t review any of the games that didn’t make it out of Japan until years later, like Radiant Silvergun and Alien Soldier. So, while it’s disappointing that we’ll never know what EGM thought of Dragon Drive, I think you’ll agree that we have a great list full of amazing games. What we’re going to do today is countdown the best and worst Treasure games using Electronic Gaming Monthly’s own words and scores. There’s no editorializing here, we’re just going to focus on what the critics said back when these games first came out. I sure hope you like boss battles, because this is what happens when EGM Ranks Treasure.

0:00 – Introduction
1:47 – Commercial: Wario World
2:03 – Stretch Panic (PlayStation 2)
2:53 – Light Crusader (Genesis)
3:30 – Silpheed: The Lost Planet (PlayStation 2)
4:19 – Wario World (GameCube)
5:03 – Advance Guardian Heroes (Game Boy Advance)
5:44 – McDonald’s Treasure Land Adventure (Genesis)
6:05 – Bangai-O (Dreamcast)
6:47 – Dynamite Headdy (Game Gear)
7:18 – Commercial: Dynamite Headdy
7:52 – Dynamite Headdy (Genesis)
8:19 – Gunstar Super Heroes (Game Boy Advance)
9:05 – Gradius V (PlayStation 2)
9:46 – Mischief Makers (Nintendo 64)
10:19 – Silhouette Mirage (PlayStation)
10:56 – Guardian Heroes (Saturn)
11:34 – Ikaruga (GameCube)
12:24 – Astro Boy: Omega Factor (Game Boy Advance)
13:10 – Gunstar Heroes (Genesis)
13:52 – Commercial: Mischief Makers
14:24 – Question of the Day

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