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any game suggestions for the master system and genesis (lemmy.blahaj.zone)

submitted 1 day ago by thiscat@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/retrogaming@lemmy.world

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i want to get more into the sega consoles with not only the sonic games ive already played in a few master system games like alex kidd however i am not familiar much with the SMS and almost totally blind about the genesis apart for the sonic games disney games any suggestion for games for those systems?

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[–] Zarxrax@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I'm not familiar with the master system, but the Genesis has a fair number of good games. I think it unfortunately doesn't hold up as well as it's competitor the SNES though, because Sega went hard on licensed properties and sports titles, and a lot of those games just aren't particularly relevant these days, and there were a lot of cross platform games that were just better on the SNES.

But a few that I think are worth mentioning:

The adventures of Batman and Robin
Contra hard corps
gunstar heroes
vectorman 1 & 2
Ghostbusters
streets of rage 2
comix zone
Toejam and Earl 1 & 2 (the sequel is a very different game)
zombies ate my neighbors
road rash 2
earthworm Jim 1 & 2
Castlevania bloodlines
Shinobi III
Rocket Knight adventures
Mickey mouse Castle of illusion

[–] bluesquid0741b@aussie.zone 1 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago)

That's a great list! I disagree with SNES holding up better though. For RPGs yes, but anything else you better go Sega.

I want to suggest some more great Mega drive games:

Haunting starring Polterguy

General Chaos

Mutant League Football

Subterrania

Desert Strike, Jungle Strike

Ranger X

Flink

Shining Force 1 and 2

Flashback

Skeleton Krew

Shadowrun

Wonderboy n Monster World

Skitchin

Phantasy Star 4

All the Ecco games, even Ecco Jr which is just very relaxing to sit and play through

[–] Hammerjack@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

This is an awesome list and I just want to add a couple more. The SNES and Genesis each had a Shadowrun game but they're totally unrelated. I think the Genesis version is better. Same with Pirates of Dark Water (I loved this show). The SNES and Genesis versions are completely different and I prefer the Genesis game.

Other than that, I really like Elemental Master. It's a vertical shoot 'em up but you play as a mage, always walking up. So it's kinda like the NES game Gun.Smoke if that means anything to you.

[–] thingsiplay@lemmy.ml 2 points 23 hours ago

Also have a look at Battle Mania: Daiginjo for Genesis / Mega Drive. A side scrolling shmup where you control anime girls. It's Japanese, but you actually don't need to understand. Otherwise there should be translations available.