Play Slime World (Japan) Online

Game Overview

Slime World on the Genesis is actually a port of the Atari Lynx cult classic—which is kinda wild, because the Lynx version was way ahead of its time. You’re this little dude (Todd, apparently) crawling through massive, goo-filled caves, and half the fun is just figuring out what the heck you’re even supposed to do. Shoot slime blobs, avoid weird acid pits, and if you’re lucky, rope in some friends for the chaotic 8-player mode (which, let’s be real, was borderline miraculous for 1990).

The levels are huge and weirdly open-ended—you’ll backtrack, get lost, and probably drown in purple goo a few times before it clicks. Not gonna lie, the controls take some getting used to, but there’s something weirdly satisfying about how janky and ambitious it all feels. Definitely one of those "had to be there" Genesis oddities.