Best Sega genesis games

[munchiaz]

Since i just did the group buy for the Megaever drive, what better time than now to have a discussion about some of the best Sega genesis games . Discuss favorites, gems, hell even talk about the games that should be avoided. I'll start.

One of my favorite games for the genesis is Street of rage 2. Streets of rage was one of my first memories with the console, playing it at my cousins house.  I remember my mom saying " this game is stupid, all you do is walk forward and beat people up"

A few years after that, my upstairs neighbor had a genesis, and had a copy of streets of rage 2. I was hooked after that point, and borrowed a genesis from a friend to play that game. I then discovered great games like splatterhouse 3 (still scares me to this day) comic zone, and sonic.

[wildfruit]

Streets of rage 2+1
Thunder force 4
Sonic1
Soleil
Hyperstone heist
Robocop vs,terminator

[jtucci31]

Never was big on the Genesis but i do like Vectorman a lot. That's about it. I'll get recommendations from this thread, then come back to this thread and say what i enjoy

[turbokon]

A few of my friends had the genesis while I had the turbografx growing up.  There are some genesis games I liked when I'm not obeying.  These come to mind:

Streets of Rage 1 & 2
Shinobi III
Sonic
TMNT
Arrow Flash

[PCEngineHell]

I can just list what I own and you can pick and choose from that list.

Mortal Kombat 3
Double Dragon
Kid Chameleon
EXO Squad
Gouketsuji Ichizoku
Golden Axe II
Darius II
Phelios
Thunderforce III
Air Diver
Wrestle War
Pit Fighter
Time Killers
Samurai Shodown
King of the Monsters
Tatsujin
Arcus Odyssey
Toki going ape spit
Battletoads
Flashback
Valis III
Ghouls n Ghost
Task Force Harrier EX
Bare Knuckle II (SOR II is for pussies)
Two Crude Dudes
Robocop vs Terminator
Sonic Spinball
Columns III
Ys III
Beyond Oasis (so awesome I own 2 copies)
Garfield: Caught in the Act (something about this one is bizarrely sinister, I cant put my finger on it)
Target Earth
Junction
Atomic Robo-Kid
Traysia
Bimini Run
Roadblasters
Genesis 6 pak
Sonic 3
Vectorman
El Viento
Tyrants
Eswat
Championship Pro Am
Bonanza Brothers
Shadow Dancer
TMNT Hyperstone Heist
Deadly Moves
Mercs
Thunderforce 2
Caliber 50
Gain Ground
Puyo Puyo
Mortal Kombat
Gauntlet 4
Strider Hiryu (only pussies play the easier American version)
Super Street Fighter 2
Altered Beast
Shining in the Darkness
Shining Force 2
Pac-Attack
Aero the Acro-Bat
World of Illusion

You can just pick and choose from that list. A few I have are just what others would consider  average or some just hate, but since you are just running roms its not life or death. I still need to pick up Shinobi 3, Lightning Force, Gunstar Heroes, and a few others to round my collection off. Right now though I am working on Sega CD and 32x stuff, which is a discussion for another day....

[xcrement5x]

Sonic titles are obviously a staple, but they are cheap to own. Jurassic Park also looks really good given the time they had, but isn't hard to find.

Some favorites of mine that are pricier and good to play on the flashcart:
Alisia Dragoon
El Viento
Trouble Shooter 1 & 2
Arrow Flash
Gaires
Twinkle Tale
Panorama Cotton
Gley Lancer
Alien Soldier

A lot of the JP titles have fan patches for translations.  There are some big name RPGs that have been translated too, like Langrisser II and Nadia.

[munchiaz]

Yeah i really want to get into Langrisser

[csgx1]

A few that haven't been mentioned and some of my personal favs:
Granada
Castlevania Bloodlines
Contra Hard Corps
Wings of Wor
Rocket Knight Adventures
Grind Stormer
Elemental Master

[PukeSter]

Not a big genesis fan, and I don't own many of it's games. I'm not even much of a Sonic fan.

That said, I really do enjoy these.

Strider
Chiki Chiki Boys
Wonder Boy Monster World
Sonic CD (does this count?)
Rolling Thunder 2
Castlevania Bloodlines

[seieienbu]

Gunstar Heroes is my favorite Genesis game.  Popful Mail's my favorite Sega CD, and Knuckles Chaotix is my favorite 32X game.

[bob]

I had a good 2 week run with my genny a few months ago. I started to realize how poorly the games have aged in general. That said, i keep going back to...

Dick Tracy
NHL 94
Castle of Illusion

One game i desperatley want to reaccquire is Might and Magic

[synbiosfan]

A lot of the good ones have been mentioned so I'll add Silpheed & Shining Force CD.

[PCEngineHell]

I had a good 2 week run with my genny a few months ago. I started to realize how poorly the games have aged in general. That said, i keep going back to...

Dick Tracy
NHL 94
Castle of Illusion

One game i desperatley want to reaccquire is Might and Magic

Just curious, which ones do you feel aged poorly? Going back over a few I have found myself thinking the same thing about the Genesis version of The Terminator, Lethal Enforcers, and a few others.

[geise]

I would have a huge list, but you guys got quite a few taken care of already.  Here's some more.
Magical Troll Ruuto-kun　(まじかるタルるートくん)
Pulseman
McDonald's Treasure Land Adventure
Sword of Vermillion
Dynamite Headdy
Sagaia/Darius II
Dahna 女神誕生
Ristar
M.U.S.H.A. Aleste
Earthworm Jim 1&2
Verytex
Monster World IV
Decap Attack
The Adventures of Batman & Robin
Last Battle/Hokuto no Ken: Shin Seikimatsu Kyuuseishu Densetsu
Landstalker
Mega Turrican
Alien Storm

[Tatsujin]

honest answer? NON!






NOT



sure go with le shewties and action platformers (R'n'G):

Thunder Force 2~4 (imo being TF3 the best)
Musha aleste
Aero Blasters
Alien Soldier     
Atomic Robo-Kid
Bio Ship Paladin
Contra HC
Clemental Master 
Eliminate Down
Gunstar Heros
SAME!x3 (Fire Shark)
Gayares
Gley Lancer   
Gynoug
Hellfire
Darius 2   
Tatsujin
Zero Wing
Midnight Resistance

and:

Mickey Mouse CoI
Kujakuō 2 - Mystic Defender
Bare Knuckle 1 & 2 (not 3)
Sonic 1 (best sonic evar)
Alien Storm
Vampire Killer
The Super Shinobi 1 & 2

[Tatsujin]

here's the FEKA I have

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[roflmao]

Lot's of goodies already listed.

I'll second (or third, fourth, whatever):
Castle of Illusion
Gain Ground
Golden Axe
Gunstar Heroes
Lightening Force (yes, the game is mis-spelled)
Streets of Rage 1 & 2
Thunderforce III
Vectorman
Wings of Wor
Wonder Boy in Monster World

I didn't see these listed already but I wasn't really paying attention.
Beyond Oasis
Final Zone (I like it, may not be everyone's cup o' tea)
Forgotten Worlds
Hellfire
Revenge of Shinobi
Sol-Deace (hard as nails but has lot's of neat graphical things going on)
Sunset Riders
Steel Empire (Fun steam-punky shootie)
Virtua Racing (I don't know if this would run on one of those everdrives, but it's pretty impressive to see all that 3d on the Genesis)

Twin Cobra isn't nearly as good as Kyukyoku Tiger on the PCE, but it has a pretty boss soundtrack.

Dragon's Revenge is Tengen's miserable attempt to make a sequel of Devil's Crush/Crash.  It's pretty bad, but probably worth checking out if you're into Devil's Crush (and who isn't?)

I've also put way too much time into Flicky. 

[pulstar]

To add to the list I would say:

Phantasy Star 2 & Phantasy Star 4
Ranger-X (Ex-Ranza)
Arrow Flash
Golden Axe
Rocket Knight Adventure
Bio Hazard Battle
Gynoug

Lot's more but those are just off the top of my head that was listed in the thread (or I couldn't see from the glance I had )

[TR0N]

I can think of two trouble shooter and it's sequel battle mania II.
MD Longplay - Trouble Shooter
Mega Drive Longplay [187] Battle Mania: Daiginjou

[Tatsujin]

like the mouse wheel engines ^^

[SplatterTrigger]

Musha Aleste
Contra HC
Cotton
Gleylancer
Thunderforce 3&4
Alisia Dragoon
Alien Soldier
El Viento
Tatsujin
Gunstar Heroes
Strider
Twinkle Tale

[munchiaz]

awesome suggestions guys. I have played many of these already and agree with you guys. It will be nice to try out some of the SRPGs on the console, and some of the shmups that were only released in Japan.

[pulstar]

awesome suggestions guys. I have played many of these already and agree with you guys. It will be nice to try out some of the SRPGs on the console, and some of the shmups that were only released in Japan.

Langrisser is one of the best SRPGs every created. It's called Warsong in the US and was the only one in the series ever released officially in English.

[munchiaz]

awesome suggestions guys. I have played many of these already and agree with you guys. It will be nice to try out some of the SRPGs on the console, and some of the shmups that were only released in Japan.

Langrisser is one of the best SRPGs every created. It's called Warsong in the US and was the only one in the series ever released officially in English.

There are 2 on the genesis right, and then a few more on the saturn as well correct?

[geise]

awesome suggestions guys. I have played many of these already and agree with you guys. It will be nice to try out some of the SRPGs on the console, and some of the shmups that were only released in Japan.

Langrisser is one of the best SRPGs every created. It's called Warsong in the US and was the only one in the series ever released officially in English.

Seriously go for Shining Force 1 and 2 then.  Not as in depth as Warsong or Dark Wizard, but I like them a lot more.

[ToyMachine78]

Golden Axe 1&2
Streets of Rage(any)
Phantasy Star 2
Castlevania Bloodlines
Contra Hard Corp
Toe Jam & Earl
Strider
Super Ghouls and Ghosts
Shinobi(any)
Earthworm Jim
Castle of Illusion
Xmen 2

[TheClash603]

Don't think I saw it on anyone's list, but my gf and I enjoy playing Haunting: Starring Polterguy together.

Just played Hyperstone Heist with my friend the other day and had a blast too.

Also, can't forget the overlays in Road Prosecutor

[bob]

i applaud anybody that can withstand 30 mins of dark castle

[Tatsujin]

Super Ghouls and Ghosts

but of coursche!

[ToyMachine78]

i applaud anybody that can withstand 30 mins of dark castle

Ugh.... dark castle is deplorable!

[CGQuarterly]

Without reading anyone else's posts and thereby tainting the jury, here are my favorites:

Sonic The Hedgehog 1 and 2 - Sonic was the first game I had because it was the pack-in when I got my system.  I used to hate Sonic 2 until I realized that you can disable Tails in the options menu.

Streets of Rage II - Might be my all-time favorite video game.

Bare Knuckle III Fan-Translation - Sooo much better than Streets of Rage 3. 

Golden Axe - Also one of the first Genesis games I ever played.  I also remember playing the arcade cab at a Round Table Pizza BitD.

Ghouls N' Ghosts - Needs no explanation.

Kid Chameleon - Neat platform game, but is LOOOONG as fuck and has no save option.

Ayrton Senna's Super Monaco GP II - Because Ayrton Senna.

Columns - I used to just look down on it as a Tetris rip-off but it's actually a cool game.  Neat atmosphere, too.

Joe Montana Football - Arcade-style play.  Really easy (like Tecmo Bowl) so you can run the score up like a mofo.

Comix Zone - Beat-em-up with an interesting premise and cool graphics.

Buck Rogers: Countdown to Doomsday - Really cool (and fairly short) American-style RPG (mostly conforms to D&D rules.)

Starflight - Hard to explain, except to say that it's awesome.

Batman - Side-scrolling action game.

Madden 93 & 94 - The two best Madden games.  "John Madden Football" is also cool to check out because it was the first Madden game made for a home console.

Street Fighter II Championship Edition - Needs no introduction.

Fire Shark - Vertically-scrolling shooter.

Phelios - Vertically-scrolling shooter with an ancient Greek theme.

NBA Live 95 - My all-time favorite basketball game (though I prefer to play it on SNES).

NHL Hockey (All of them) - I like the first 4 for different reasons, but they are all fun.  After that, they were all the same game with roster updates, but still fun.

PGA Tour Golf I, II, III, and European Tour - Some of the best golf sims ever made.  NHL 96 is the only shitty one on the Genesis.

Insector X  - Insect-based shooter.

Virtua Racing - Choppy and dated, but impressive technologically for it's time.

Turrican - I fucking love this game.  Unfortunately it is impossibly hard and is more fun to play with cheat codes.  But the levels are so fun to explore that it's still worth it.

Truxton - Classic vertically-scrolling shooter.

Altered Beast - The first pack-in game.  Aged very poorly, but if you can put yourself into the mindset of someone who has been playing nothing but 8-bit games and just bought a Genesis at launch, you can appreciate the huge step forward, technologically.

Thunder Force II - Another launch game.  Levels switch between horizontal scrolling and 360 degree scrolling.  Best Genesis game available on launch day, by far.

Saturday Night Slam Masters - Cartoony arcade-style wrestling at its best. 

Crue Ball - Pinball with digitized Motley Crue music.  Fucking awesome.

Championship Pro-Am - Sequel to R.C. Pro-Am series on the NES.  Same gameplay with better graphics and sound.

Virtual Pinball - Make your own pinball tables, much like Pinball Construction Set.  Was developed by the same guy (Bill Budge.)

Sunset Riders - Port of a classic Konami arcade beat-em-up.

[VestCunt]

I collected the entire Genesis set!

[PCEngineHell]

I collected the entire Genesis set!

Set of what?

[TR0N]

awesome suggestions guys. I have played many of these already and agree with you guys. It will be nice to try out some of the SRPGs on the console, and some of the shmups that were only released in Japan.

Langrisser is one of the best SRPGs every created. It's called Warsong in the US and was the only one in the series ever released officially in English.

There are 2 on the genesis right, and then a few more on the saturn as well correct?

Yes there's two warsong and langrisser II which does have a fan translation.

[pulstar]

awesome suggestions guys. I have played many of these already and agree with you guys. It will be nice to try out some of the SRPGs on the console, and some of the shmups that were only released in Japan.

Langrisser is one of the best SRPGs every created. It's called Warsong in the US and was the only one in the series ever released officially in English.

There are 2 on the genesis right, and then a few more on the saturn as well correct?

Yep, 2 on the Megadrive/Genesis, 3 on the Saturn/PSX (Langrisser 4 on PSX has a fan translation as well), a bastard child on the Dreamcast and a pretty good one on the Wonderswan. There is also a remake of 1 & 2 on the Saturn and PSX.

There is also Der Langrisser on the SNES and PC-FX which is a re-telling of Langrisser 2 but with multiple routes and a few other things added.

[seieienbu]

imo, the best thing about the Genesis is that asshole hipsters and collectors haven't driven the prices stupidly high yet.

[CGQuarterly]

imo, the best thing about the Genesis is that asshole hipsters and collectors haven't driven the prices stupidly high yet.

Fucking QFT.

[synbiosfan]

imo, the best thing about the Genesis is that asshole hipsters and collectors haven't driven the prices stupidly high yet.

I just sold a copy of MUSHA with a sunfaded case and a phone number written on the back of the maual for $175 so it's stating to happen.

[munchiaz]

imo, the best thing about the Genesis is that asshole hipsters and collectors haven't driven the prices stupidly high yet.

I just sold a copy of MUSHA with a sunfaded case and a phone number written on the back of the maual for $175 so it's stating to happen.

First World Problems

[CrackTiger]

Monster World III
Monster World IV
Phantasy Star
Phantasy Star IV
Shining Force
Shining Force II
Shining in the Darkness
Beyond Oasis
Surging Aura
Langrisser II
Crusader of Centy
Madou Monogatari
Dragon Slayer
Valis III
Super Fantasy Zone
Snow Bros
Panarama Cotton
Thunder Force IV
Wings of Wor
Shinobi III
Puyo Puyo Tsu

[synbiosfan]

First World Problems

Medical bills

America has fantastic doctors but it's expensive with co-pays, deductibles, etc. I've sold quite a few things to stay ahead.

You're right, it is a First World Problem so it could be worse...still sucks though

I'm just glad my love of gaming is able to help me out when needed.

[VestCunt]

Set of what?

All of the games!

[bob]

MUSHA has been up there for a while now...so probably not the best example to use when saying "its starting"

but i do agree most genny games still havent climbed to silly levels.
and one thing thats good about them is that the packaging has helped keep them somewhat preserved over the years, so its not hard to find complete copies.  just way too many dolts cut the hang tabs off them. 

i usually buy loose genny carts now anyway and thats even cheaper.  very few do i want complete.
i dread the day when genny carts cost 10 times their worth like NES now.

and Prof:  i need to go back and refresh which ones i played to make that statement, or it may have just been a general feeling.

[Bernie]

I enjoyed a lot of the games.  Sonic 1 being one of my faves, alone with MM2 and Faery Tale Adventures.  I bought Dark Castle relying solely on the box art.....back then companies could screw you over like that....boy did I get screwed on that one....

[seieienbu]

Can somebody explain why Musha's so price-y?  It looks like a pretty okay top down shooter but nothing spectacular.  Just a low print run?

[synbiosfan]

just way too many dolts cut the hang tabs off them. 

Why, why why!

[xcrement5x]

Can somebody explain why Musha's so price-y?  It looks like a pretty okay top down shooter but nothing spectacular.  Just a low print run?

General consensus is that it's a good game, an earlier shooter with a smaller print run, and ever since a couple YouTube folks reviewed several years ago the price has been spiking upward.  Kind of a victim of its own popularity causing it to continually rise like Magical Chase. I'd like to own it, but I doubt I will ever pay the asking price now, thankfully I already have a fair number of Genesis games I like, the Mega Everdrive will probably keep me busy for awhile now.

[Nando]

Genesis DOES!

QuackShot - did anyone mention that one yet?

Taz-mania is also a fun platformer. Decent challenge at times.

Kid Chameleon

[PCEngineHell]

Musha was fine and all, but Spriggan and Robo-Aleste were in general, just better.

[IrishNinja]

damn, professorprofessorson was pretty thorough, i just wanna emphasize my unying love for Strider, Rolling Thunder 2, Zombies Ate My Neighbors, MUSHA, and Wonder Boy in Monster World.