Genesis What Sega Genesis games would you consider MUST PLAY?

[thanonyx thanonyx]

Boogerman is a strange phenomenon that cannot be described, only experienced.

 

[diet_orange]

Boogerman is a strange phenomenon that cannot be described, only experienced.

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I feel like it unfairly gets the middle finger from so many because of it being the poster child for gross out humor, but it's actually a decent little platformer. Also the soundtrack is pretty great

 

[Coon]

The 5 most expensive and rarest Sega Mega Drive games at a glance!
5th place - Daze Before Christmas.
4th place - Mega Man: The Wily Wars.
3rd place - The Death and Return of Superman.
2nd place - Fatal Fury 2.
1st place - Lakers vs. Celtics and the NBA Playoffs.

 

[Toast Rider]

Rocket Knight Adventures for sure. One of the best mascot platformers of the era.

 

[RETRO-VETRO RETRO-VETRO]

Sonic 3 for sure and Dynamite Headdy.

 

[Segadude113]

obscure recommendation of the day: Trampoline Terror

 

[PhrawzT]

Toejam & Earl

Streets of Rage 2

Road Rash

 

[pingugaming]

these are some of my "must play" games
herzog zwei, rocket knight adventures, phantasy star 4, alien soldier, gunstar heroes, thunder force 4, castlevania bloodlines, musha aleste

 

[Lowpoly Kenshiro]

I will go with "Ranger X", "Sword Of Vermillion", "Flicky", "Gargoyles" and "Fatal Labyrinth"

 

[DjQuick2008]

 

[diet_orange]

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I wonder if the popularity of both this and MUSHA had something to do with Mark from Classic Game Room

 

[thanonyx thanonyx]

I wonder if the popularity of both this and MUSHA had something to do with Mark from Classic Game Room

A TURBO VOLCANO!

 

[diet_orange]

A TURBO VOLCANO!

And let me be real for a moment: I love Mark. His CGR content and sense of humor completely enriched my life. If it weren't for him, I wouldn't have discovered Death Duel, even though it's Janky as hell

 

[NovumVeritas]

I would say Quackshot, Castle of Illusion, Contra Hard Corps (Probotector), Castlevania Bloodlines, Story of Thor and Tiny Toon's.

 

[ThunderBoy]

I would say Quackshot, Castle of Illusion, Contra Hard Corps (Probotector), Castlevania Bloodlines, Story of Thor and Tiny Toon's.

Hell yeah.
Especially Tiny Toon Adventures.

People tend to forget about it when recommending Mega Drive / Genesis games.
It's a damn good game.

 

[NovumVeritas]

Hell yeah.
Especially Tiny Toon Adventures.

People tend to forget about it when recommending Mega Drive / Genesis games.
It's a damn good game.

Agreed. As a kid it was very challenging for me, but the music was pretty cool and the game was rather light-hearted, a shame we never got much games with the tiny toon folks.

 

[diet_orange]

Hell yeah.
Especially Tiny Toon Adventures.

People tend to forget about it when recommending Mega Drive / Genesis games.
It's a damn good game.

I'll be honest, I probably played more of the NES Tiny Toons games then I have the Genesis one. It's fun and colorful for what it is though. Speaking of, I always thought Acme All-Stars was a neat twist on the sports game

Rented it from Blockbuster when I was super young, but didn't really remember much about it

 

[resketreke]

I don't think I can contribute with anything new after so many good suggestions, so I'll say 2 of my favourite: Gunstar Heroes and Shinobi III. I think both games have aged well and are still very playable, especially Shinobi III for me takes the top spot. Its gameplay is fluent and doesn't feel clunky by today's standards IMHO.

 

[groundbeef]

Beyond Oasis
Streets of Rage (all 3)
Gaiares
Thunder Force 3 & 4
Kid Chameleon
Gunstar Heroes
Castlevania Bloodlines
Strider
Shadow Dancer
Shinobi III
Granada
Gleylancer
FIFA
NHL Hockey
Rocket Knight
Sparkster
Sub Terrania
Ranger X
Sonic the Hedgehog (all)
Golden Axe (all 3)
Comix Zone
Vectorman 1 & 2
Flink
Flashback
Eliminate Down
Ghouls n Ghosts
Aladdin
Crusader of Centy
Mega Turrican
Ecco the Dolphin
Contra Hardcorps
Truxton
Fire Shark
Raiden Trad
Phelios
Columns
Alien Soldier
Alien Storm

 

[DjQuick2008]

I wonder if the popularity of both this and MUSHA had something to do with Mark from Classic Game Room

who is this classic game room guy he seems to get a lot of stick lol

 

[Waffles's iconWaffles]

International Super Star Soccer Deluxe.

Lethal Enforcers II.

Sol-Deace.

 

[DjQuick2008]

Anything on this

 

[diet_orange]

who is this classic game room guy he seems to get a lot of stick lol

 

[DjQuick2008]

Thanks ill get to know his videos now

 

[diet_orange]

Thanks ill get to know his videos now

He recently started doing "compendium" videos of his older reviews too. Dude absolutely gushes over the Genesis