Absolute Best Sega Genesis Games
This is an absolute list. For franchises, only the best game will be on here.
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- DirectorMasaharu YoshiiSega Genesis version of Sonic the Hedgehog 2. Sonic teams up with Miles "Tails" Prower to stop Dr. Robotnik from taking over the world with his new space fortress, the Death Egg.
- DirectorNoriyoshi ÔbaMr. X kidnaps Adam and sends gang punks into the streets. Axel and Blaze, along with Adam's brother Skate and Axel's friend, set out once again to stomp Mr. X and his baddies into the ground.
- The reborn Elizabeth Bartley seeks the resurrection of Count Dracula. John Morris, armed with the fabled "Vampire Killer" whip, and Eric Lecarde, wielding the "Alucard Spear", travel to various European countries to hunt Bartley down.
- DirectorNobuya NakazatoFive years after the events of Contra III: The Alien Wars, an elite commando unit known as the "Unified Military Special Mobile Task Force K-X", or the "Contra Hard Corps", are sent to take on the ongoing crime and illegal activities in the city following the war. An unknown hacker infiltrates the city's security system and all the unmanned robots wreak havoc. As the Hard Corps' mission goes deeper, the culprit is revealed to be Colonel Bahamut, a hero from the Alien Wars who is now a terrorist planning to overthrow the Government with the use of the Alien Cell.
- DirectorTakeshi MatsuhashiThird, and final, Shinobi game released on the Genesis featuring Joe Musashi once again taking on the evil Zeed empire.
- DirectorTakayuki HironoMusha Aleste: Fullmetal Fighter Ellinor is a vertically scrolling shooter where you take the role of a flying mecha pilot who must destroy a large super intelligent computer threatening planet Earth.
- DirectorYasuhiro TaguchiShugo TakahashiAccording to legend, the Dark Dragon will return to the world of Rune 1,000 years after being banished to an alternate dimension. He will defy the powers of the Light and lead the powers of Darkness into a bitter war for complete control of each kingdom! Of course, this prophecy was long ago and many have forgotten it. Had it not been recorded in the Great Book of Ancient Lore, housed within the royal library of Guardiana, it would have probably been lost in the passage of time. Now the once peaceful kingdom of Runefaust has been assaulting the surrounding kingdoms of Rune! Word has it that King Ramladu is being influenced by a dark presence: the great wizard Darksol.
- DirectorNobuya NakazatoA steampunk-ish adventure starring Sparkster, an Opossum Knight with a jet-pack.
- The Gunstar family are the protectors of the planet Gunstar 9, After many years of peace, vicious dictator Colonel Red kidnapped the Gunstar twins' older brother and used mind control to make him his slave.
- The Thunder Force saga continues in this video-game in which you must help to protect several planets from total destruction at the hands of a mad alien race looking to conquer the universe.
- DirectorRieko KodamaKiyoshi TakeuchiTohru YoshidaChaz Ashley is a hunter who lives on a planet once was green that's now a desert. He has to deal with the biomonster problem. Later he has to stop Zio the magician who wants to destroy the world and restore the computer systems.
- DirectorDavid PerryStarsDoug TenNapelAfter a spacesuit falls on Jim, it mutates him into an earthworm hero thus Earthworm Jim is born. He must now defeat the evil Queen Slug-for-a-butt and rescue her sister, Princess What's Her Name.
- DirectorRich KarppMark LorenzenFuturistic video-game with a Terminator/Matrix-style plot.
- DirectorKevin McGrathStarsScott CronceSequel to the outlaw motorcycle racing game with new courses, faster bikes and a split-screen 2-player mode.
- DirectorGreg JohnsonIsometric adventure starring 2 hip aliens on a mission to repair their spaceship.
- DirectorYutaka HirataYoshitaka ShimizuWonder Boy In Monster World is the third game in the Monster World spin-off series.
- DirectorTakeshi NiimuraAkira NishinoStarsEriko HanadaA stellar system invaded by evil aliens must be saved by the child of its star.
- StarsJonathan FreemanScott WeingerSega Genesis/Mega Drive version of the Aladdin game made by Virgin Games USA. Loosely based on the film Aladdin (1992), Aladdin must defeat the evil sorcerer Jafar and win the heart of Princess Jasmine.
- Three heroes try to overthrow the evil rule of Death-Adder, who kidnapped and imprisoned the King and his daughter and stole the legendary Golden Axe.
- Blood-soaked sequel to Splatterhouse with Rick Taylor returning to the West Mansion.
- DirectorEmiko YamamotoStarsWayne AllwineRussi TaylorVideogame produced by Sega for MegaDrive consoles.
- DirectorKen SugimoriSatoshi TajiriIt is the 21st century. Doc Yoshiyama, a well-known scientist, has created the world's most advanced Artificial Intelligence, C-Life, making her self-aware and feeling. Eventually, he fell in love with C-Life and uploaded himself into his computer core, combining his DNA with her program core. As a result, Pulseman, a half-human and half C-Life was born. However, Yoshiyama, having lived in the computer world was so long, has since corrupted him and has renamed himself Doc Waruyama. Upon his return to the human world, he forms Galaxy Gang, a criminal organization posing as a video game company and spreading waves of cyber-terrorism around the planet. With the help of former Galaxy Gang member turned girlfriend Beatrice, Pulseman must now fight against his own father and the Galaxy Gang to save the world.
- DirectorEd AnnunziataEcco must save all of the world's sea-life from a futuristic threat.
- Columns of three different symbols such as very differently-colored jewels appear, one at a time, at the top of the well and fall to the bottom, landing either on the floor or on top of previously-fallen columns. Whilst a column is falling, the player can move it left and right, and can also cycle the positions of the symbols within it. If, after a column has fallen, there are three or more of the same symbols connected in a straight line horizontally, vertically, or diagonally, those symbols disappear. The pile of columns then settles under gravity. If this causes three or more other symbols to become aligned, they also disappear and the pile settles again.
- Alisia Dragoon is a fast-paced 2D side-scrolling action game released exclusively for the Sega Genesis, Players take control of Alisia, a young woman who is on a quest to avenge her father and save the world.