What are some good sega genesis games?

I've been wanting to get into collecting sega genesis games and was wondering what some good games for the system are?

 

Streets of Rage, Sonic, Mercs, Gunstar Heros, Elemental Master, ect.... Just too many to list

 

It gets a lot of flack but I really enjoyed Pac Man 2. Just for its sheer hilarity and really pleasant colors and art style.

 

(why not not waste a post count?! about to make a crater soon...)
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in no particular order:
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biohazard battle
empire of steel
gleylancer
mega swiv
contra III
earthworm jim I and II
thunderforce II, III, and IV
resq
wiz n liz (^^ any psygnosis game for the megadrive was a letdown vs the amiga versions, still good games none the less)
risk woods
crue ball
alien soldier
alien III (better music on the CBM series)
predator
ren and stimpy
boogerman - pick and flick adventure (dirty bastard title if ever there was one)
sonic spinball (and get to trash robotnik's teeth in a bonus level)
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as stated in a response above this, FAR too many belters to list! (and the megadrive/genesis did have a gorgeous selection of parallax shooters of all kinds)
now i'm off to do stuff that's INCREDIBLY stupid. (and perhaps substance fueled?)
have fun! :friendly_wink:

 

mercs, thunder force 4, gleylancer, street of rage 2, sonic 2, shinobi: shadow dancer, Wonder Boy in Monster World, phantasy star IV, Shining in the Darkness , Ranger X, E-swat, Ghostbuster, Castlevania Bloodlines, tiny toon, Quackshot...too many good games on genesis/megadrive

 

Dynamite Headdy, Revenge of Shinobi & Shinobi III, Comix Zone, Aladdin...

 

I will add Ristar. This is a really good platformer made by Sonic Team. It is a beautiful game and has amazing music. It also has some challenging bonus stages.


Racketboy has some good articles on this subject. Their prices are a little out of date, but generally the Genesis prices have remained stable (except Konami games).

Genesis games under $10:
http://www.racketboy.com/retro/sega/genesis/the-best-sega-genesis-games-under-10

Sega CD games under $10:
http://www.racketboy.com/retro/sega/segacd/the-cheapest-sega-cd-games-worth-your-time

Rare and valuable Genesis titles. Generally the terms rare and valuable go together, but there are plenty of rare non-valuable games:
http://www.racketboy.com/retro/sega...nd-most-valuable-sega-genesis-megadrive-games

Shmups on the Genesis (one of my fave genres):
http://www.racketboy.com/retro/sega/genesis/the-sega-genesis-megadrive-shmup-library

 

I recommend getting the 6 Pak, which features Super Hang On, Sonic 1, Columns, Streets of Rage, Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine, and Golden Axe. That is a great starter cart.

 

Try out Sword of Vermillon whenever you get the chance! it's a pretty great game for what it was imo! and yeah it's a RPG genre hybrid & kinda innovating for it's time back in the day.

 

General Chaos

 

Toejam and Earl 1 and 2 if you have someone to play with (especially 1, I love that game)
Road Rash 1 (Genesis version has great music. I don't care so much for the sequels)
Ecco 1 and 2
Lion King
Aladdin
Quackshot
Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine / Puyo Puyo
Sonic 1, 2, 3, CD
Haunting
Ms. Pacman
Taz 1 and 2
Xmen 1 and 2 (Hard games, but still fun)

I'm sure there are some I can't think of right now. ...now I feel like playing all these.

 

Other than the ones already mentioned: Vectorman and Vectorman 2.

 

How about the Shining Force series. A turn base RPG. Kinda neat that you could have up to 15 different people in a party.

=hugh

 

Warsong aka Langrisser and Langrisser II are pretty awesome. Dragon's Fury is another one not mentioned yet.

 

I enjoyed Talmits Adventure, it get's hard as hell but it's a fun game to play, I think it's called Marvel Land in the US.

 

rocket knight adventures (dont bother with the sequal though)

any treasure game

el viento

granada

m u s h a

ristar

any sonic game on the genesis (except 3d blast that one was meh)

castle of illusion staring mickey mouse

world of illusion

shinning force 1 and 2

streets of rage series

golden axe series (yes even 3)

pulseman (if you can find a reproduction cart of it because it was only relesed in japan outside of sega channel)

toe jam and earl (the sequal was meh though)

thunder force IV

 

>Good Genesis Games
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Nah, but seriously. I'd suggest the Street Fighter II ports, alongside Fatal Fury and Samurai Shodown. Also, since it hasn't been mentioned yet due to people being silly, Castlevania Bloodlines.

 

crusader of centy! best action rpg on the system

 

Here are some of my favourites, including quite a few that require the Mega CD or 32X:

Gunstar Heroes
Sonic 3 & Knuckles
Mega Bomberman
Slap Fight MD
Phantasy Star IV
Super Hang-On
Comix Zone
Streets Of Rage
Eternal Champions
Silpheed
Sonic CD
Virtua Fighter
Star Wars Arcade
Virtua Racing Deluxe
Knuckles Chaotix
Kolibri
Darxide
BC Racers
Ecco The Dolphin
Galaxy Force II
Lethal Enforcers

 

kolibri will always be the best hummingbird based shooter XDD