20 BEST Sega Genesis Games of All Time
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- The Sega Genesis holds a special place in the hearts of many gamers, and with good reason. One of the most successful fourth-generation video game consoles, Sega’s 16-bit platform boasted a wide range of terrific titles. The Genesis’ library was so good that the console even briefly outsold the SNES at the height of the “Console Wars” waged between Sega and Nintendo throughout the 90s.
There’s a beautiful sense of agelessness to the Genesis that not many other platforms can boast. I remember playing a lot of these to death as a youth, and even though many, many years have passed since then, these games are still so easy to pick up and play today. The chiptunes are still earworms, while the visuals are still beautiful, even when compared to how much sweat beads we can see shining off Kratos’ armpits these days.
So, if you can get your hands on a Genesis there’s plenty of fun to be had. The only problem is figuring out which of the console’s 800+ titles to start with. That’s where this list of the best Sega Genesis games of all time comes in handy. Every entry is so good, you’ll even buy into Sega’s infamous “Genesis does what Nintendon't” marketing slogan.
00:00 Intro
01:45 20. Toejam & Earl
02:44 19. Dr Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine
03:40 18. Herzog Zwei
04:41 17. Castlevania: Bloodlines
05:38 16. Gunstar Heroes
06:34 15. Golden Axe
07:26 14. Contra: Hard Corps
08:27 13. Vectorman
09:32 12. Ecco the Dolphin
10:33 11. Desert Strike
11:28 10. NBA Jam
12:32 9. Shadowrun
13:23 8. Beyond Oasis
14:20 7. Flashback
15:15 6. Shinobi 3
16:25 5. Mortal Kombat 2
17:15 4. Phantasy Star 4
18:07 3. Street Fighter 2 Dash
19:01 2. Streets of Rage 2
19:56 1. Sonic the Hedgehog 3
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THE BEST SONIC GAMES: th-cam.com/video/Q_wIpSwgAPM/w-d-xo.html
1) Comix zone, 2) Earthworm jim, 3) Spider-Man Maximum carnage.
X-Men 2 Clone Wars, Zombies Ate My Neighbor, Stimpys Invention, Beavis and Butthead, Primal Rage, Street Fighter Championship edition. God i love my Genesis
Rocket Knight Adventures and Thunder Force 4 have to be included in any best Mega Drive list!
No shmup in a "best of" Mega Drive list is a true travesty.
DUDE! Rocket Knight is one of the best platformers I've ever played. Had the original cart as a kid. It was a surprise gift, which I had ZERO excitement in. I turned it on and could not believe how good it was. It was also the first game I beat on an emulator in the 2000. I had a Monorail with barely any RAM or processing power, but if I put it in a window about 2x3 inches on my screen, it ran very well. Truly a gem.
@@m.f.m.8290remember it’s his list so we can’t hold that against him.
I actually put Sonic 2 even above 3&K, but I know there's a big divide in opinions there
It's debatable but Sonic 2 is a game really drags on without the save battery. It's a huge upside with Sonic 3 &K that you could just kind of pick up where you left off.
Shining Force 1 and Especially 2 are Missing on this Great List Sadly
Streets of rage 2,Golden axe 3 or 2, sonic 2, spiderman seperation anxiety, ninja turtles, mortal kombat 2, ultimate mk3, shinobi 3, batman returns
The Phil Collins association is what makes the console cool though...
Anyone got a sledgehammer?
Sonic 3 is so good it’s almost unbelievable. Also I am now excited to pick up this Beyond Oasis game. Never heard of it til now. Sounds like something i need to add to my collection!
Beyond Oasis is fantastic
I remember watching an old episode of the Xfiles, and they were in an arcade and I remember hearing that Sonic music. The amount of Nostalgia I felt lol.
Streets of Rage 2 is the best Mega Drive game hands down followed by Sonic 3 and Knuckles.
Followed by Sonic 2 and Streets of Rage 1.
As a Sega “Mega -Drive” kid from back in the day, I’m not sure how to feel about your list. That said, I don’t hate it, but you missed some heavy hitters like, Mickey’s Castle of Illusion, QuackShot, WonderBoy in Monster World, Chiki Chiki Boys, Rocket Knight Adventures, NHL 94, TMNT: Hyperstone Heist, Landstalker, ESwat and RoboCop Vs Terminator and where the heck is Earthworm Jim?… It’s your list I guess, and it’s always good to see the Mega-Drive get some love, keep the video’s coming.
Quackshot is criminally understand
Used to play NHL94 all the time with my brother. And I had forgotten about the Micky game, I used to love it!
Shadowrun on the Genesis was great! Another goofy sports game to check out: Mutant League Hockey.
Shadowrun on the genesis is my absolute favorite game of all time. I play through it every other year. I just wish it had a better modding scene.
MLH was amazing! It kind of plays rough but it's so fun! I'm literally a hockey historian (not kidding!) So when I see the parody names in the game, I actually know what players they're spose to be lol! And of course the teams! Cause they of course used the rosters from 93-94 or so I believe, it's been a minute. But for someone like me that's 1 of the most charming things of the game. But the weapons are just as good :)
@@MoneyHoneyBunny I forgot the parodies of the then current player names!
Those were Epic! The teams were parodies too for the most part. Who needs Jaromir Jagr when you got Jamina Dagr!@@stashmerkin9576
Bro, are you freaking serious? No Earth Worm Jim 2 and Comix Zone, and Rock-n-Roll racing? I can not take you seriously, you get dis.
Every Top games is very personal, depends on players' tastes and on the fact we played to the games in 90's or not. Nostalgia makes things very subjective. For me the best Genesis games are :
- Quackshot
- Revenge of shinobi
- Ghouls'n Ghost
- Strider
- Streets of rage
- Out run
- Batman
- Eswat
- Sonic
- Castle of Illusion
- Ea Hockey...
Because they blowed my mind when I came to NES to those games. And I especially play the early Genesis titles.
Latest games I can recommend with more objectivity is for example Contra the hard corps. I discovered this game in 2020 only, due to covid and lock down and this game is a hidden gem I like without any kind of nostalgia.
The Mega Drive is the console I find where people’s top list of games tend to be so varied. On every other console people tend to have a lot of same games up there, but the Mega Drive has so many varied games and unique genres that everyone’s lists are usually wildly different.
You could say that all you want but he picked some very mediocre games in lieu of some absolute, undeniable classics.
@@SeveredLegs hence it being a subject list of people’s favourites…
The list had a lot of classics on it. But if I came up to you and said, "The best 10 movies of all time are Lawrence of Arabia, Caddyshack 2, Braveheart, Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd, The Dark Knight, Police Academy: Mission to Moscow, The Godfather, 3 Ninjas, Gone With the Wind, and Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves." you would rightfully think I was being unserious, or that my opinion was dumb/pointless. @@Tarquin23
@@SeveredLegs I would respect your film list, but the very nature of these videos is people posting their top games of all time on a largely subjective basis, because if they didn’t every list would have one of 30 games on it consistently
This is exactly why I bought both mini genesis systems. Just to have access to most of these games with a few more gems. If you ask me the Genesis and Neo geo mini nailed it as far as selection of games
In no particular order some of my all time Favorite saga games include sonic two sonic three Outlander Animaniacs Jurassic park Road rash two Jungle book Lion king moonwalker
Man outlander is a gem bro..
Hmmm, can include some shooters in the list? I love the Thunder Force series. :)
I always liked earth worm Jim
Sonic 3 and Knuckles if combining games together is the Best Sonic Game
Love this video, we will feature it in our next Retro Gaming Newsletter - congratulations (link in bio).
Anyone remember mutant league football? That was one of my favorites!
Lot's of great games for this console. Some other great titles, that could also be in my top 20, are Thunder Force IV, Road Rash II, Dragon's Fury, Castle of Illusion, Atomic Runner, Alien Soldier, Golden Axe III, Musha, Yu Yu Hakusho: Makyo Toitsusen, Dune: The Battle for Arrakis, Zero Tolerance, NHL 94, the first Streets of Rage as well, and maybe a few modern home brews like Tänzer, Xeno Crisis and Astebros. There's loads of other, longer games i haven't played enough to list, but seem pretty good, like Starflight, Pirates! Gold, Star Control, King Colossus, Shining Force II and Dungeons & Dragons: Warriors of the Eternal Sun. Lot's of great shooters also, and beat 'em ups. Great console overall, especially for the time.
Rocket Knight Adventures seems to have a strong fan base, almost like Donkey Kong Country has. Still, i don't care much for the both of them, except for the great soundtrack by David Wise.
Great list.i 1000% agree with the top 3.
Is it just me or does he pronounce three as free
The only game I'm disappointed didnt make it to the list is Road Rash 2. That game was just pure fun. Maybe Aladdin too.
I would also for sure put Sonic 2 (and 1) and Streets of Rage 1 in there, but I'm assuming we are sticking to one entry per series.
Been waiting for this!
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No NHL 94 is beyond disappointing. EA Sports games were at their peak on Genesis.
There wasn't one sports game on the list. He can't possibly like any sports games.
@@larrym5120 NBA Jam was on there.
@@Twigg4075 I damn missed it. I was trying to do 2 things at once while watching the video.
I've only played NHL 94 on the SNES so I wouldn't know how good it was on the Genesis, although I'd imagine it wouldn't be much different and NHL 94 was a damn good game. I loved it and still play it now from time to time, I rmbr it was the first to have one timers lol cuz NHL 93 didn't have it. Great game for sure.
@@VanMichael21 it was pretty much identical to the Genesis version. We used to have tournaments in the barracks. Some guys had SNES and some had Genesis. I remember it playing the same but that was 30 years ago. Still a great game to play.
The first Shinobi, Sonic 2, and Batman are on the podium.
As a 42 year old I still own the Megadrive and was a great fan. My list would be totally different than this one and a bit like this:
1. Streets of rage 2
2. Aladdin
3. Castle of illusion
4. NHL 94
5. Mortal Kombat 3
6. Sonic 2
7. NBA Jam
8. Micromachines 3
9. Streetfighter 2
10. Street racer
11. Contra hard corps
12. World of illusion
13. Streets of rage 3.
14. The Lion king
15. Fifa 94
16. Quackshot
17. TMNT heiperstone heist
18. Gunstar heroes
19. Rock n roll racing
20. Golden Axe 2
21. Earth Worm Jim
22. Comic Zone
23. Shinobi 3
24. Road Rash 2
25. Sonic pinball
Love the doorbell at the end lol
an easter egg!
I’m shocked that Castlevania blood lines & Gunstar heroes didn’t make the top 10.
Side not I would add landstalker , MMPR the movie game & Megaman the wily wars here
Can’t wait to play some of these games on my miyo mini plus such a great portable emulator
Good list. I'd add Sparkster, Alien Soldier, Ristar, Shining Force, Comix Zone, Thunder Force 4 to this list.
My favorite Sega mwgadrive game (among the ones I had) was Phelios. We played it even more than sonic.
Just finished another playthrough of Beyond Oasis. Indeed the most underrated gem of Genesis. Any more similar games, plz? Already know about Zelda, Alundra and Landstalker
...Gain Ground. So glad to see Vectorman though. Best game on the system (with Ristar)
Id add Jurassic Park, (rampage edition too) comixzone, maximum carnage, earthworm jim and primal rage even though its on other consoles,but good list overall 👍
Ecco: the tides of time
I appreciate the nod to the original Ecco the Dolphin, but the sequel took everything great and made it better, while eliminating a few flaws.
Ecco 2 was great, one of my favorite Sega games ever, and i never understand why it never makes these lists.
The soundtrack was awesome, too! The theme still makes it into my head, every now and then!
Edit: also the wootwoot-whoopwhoop of the echolocate is a weird favorite sound effect of mine.
Agree on Tides. Especially great on Sega CD. one of my favorite games ever.
Bg3 Husband simulator! Bwahahah!!! Nice one mate!
Shining Force series will always be on my top 5!
my top 3 favorites werent mentioned #3- Crue Ball (motley crue pinball), #2- Smash TV, #1- Rock'N'Roll Racing
P.S., these never make anyones lists.. Road Rash II is probably tied with Sonic & Sonic 2 for #4th place.
The worst part of the console wars was definitely when Pac got killed.
Love all these lists. Its always funny reading the comments, everyone always seems to disagree. Makes sense though, how can you be please everyone in the gaming world?
Nice Video ! Sub & Big Like ! And Love Retro Genesis Game !
Making a top 20 is ridiculously hard for the Megadrive.
I'd definitely have:
- Thunderforce 4
- Rocket Knight Adventures
- Landstalker
- Shining Force 2
- Road Rash
- Earthworm Jim
- NHL 94
...and ditch:
- NBA Jam TE
- Shadow Run
- Mean Bean Machine
- Herzog Zwei
- Toejam and Earl
- Vectorman
- Golden Axe
Sonic 2 over Sonic 3 for me too
Possibly Jungle Strike over Desert Strike too
Comix Zone, Alien Soldier, Dynamite Headdy, MUSHA, Aladdin, Robocop vs. Terminator, Pirates Gold, Castle/World of Illusion...so many games that can't crack a top 20!
Second comment time. I think a lot of people still don’t understand how big of a deal Sonic was. Nintendo was a GIANT. untouchable really. And Sega released Sonic the Hedgehog and completely leveled the playing field. With one game. And a damn good game. I love Sega. I wish their old games weren’t so expensive 😢
Pretty great expanse of the GENESIS ( 😉) But you forgot Road Rash
I think NHL '94 has to be in any 16 bit best-of list. Still heavily played today. Also, Road Rash, Comix Zone, Landstalker and TMNT HH could very well be in there. I won't day you're wrong, though, as I haven't play every game on the list.
Countdown ends and immediately clips two of my all time faves Elemental Master and Ghouls and Ghosts!
Great list, The SoR OST throughout was perfect
THANK YOU!!! Sonic 3 (& Knuckles) is the best Sonic game, not 2. 2 is great, quite awesome, but 3 exceeds that
Maybe Pirates and Rocket Knight?
Missing NHL 94, FIFA, EARTHWORM JIM, LION KING
As a person who grew up in the US with it being called Genesis, I always thought the name Mega Drive was way, WAY cooler.
No mega turrican, thunder force 4 or chuck rock,what up with that dude?
what about Comix Zone or Alien Soldier?
Yeah glad you pointed out Shadowrun but the omission of Starflight is disapointing.
Mami is always on top
Toe jam n earl was awesome for us. Kin to zombies ate my neighbors
Street Fighter 2 is the best mega drive game followed by Streets of Rage 2, I never even bought Sonic 3 platform games were played out by then
Contra hard corps
Streets of Rage 3
Street fighter 2 hyper champion edition
Vectorman 1&2
Shining force 2
M.U.S.H.A.
NHL 94
Sonic spinball
Comix zone
Road rash 3
Kid Chameleon
Desert strike
Sonic & knuckles
wasn't "Out of this World" the sequel to "Flashback" ?
Love my Geny! Got my first real job as a kid just to get mine.
Im curious to see this list. Because some people neglect certain games just because they didnt like the genre, specifically sports games. NHL 94 is absolutely top 20, that game alone for Genesis determines the quality of any best of list for me! I mean, people STILL play NHL 94 today, even online. I can't think of any other genesis games like that besides the Sonic games. You could replace games that honestly, sucked ass on this list like Flashback? FLASHBACK? Shadowrun is boring at times, but a decent lengthy game, not top 20 though. Herzog I've never played but I wouldnt put it over some of the great platformers left out of this list!! NBA Jam TE is great but, Saturn has the arcade port, genesis version was mid by comparison.
Dude,,, with games like NHL 94 and possibly the best non Sonic game on Genesis, Comix Zone, not even on here, this list is ok at best And how is only 1 of the core Sonic games here? Sonic 2 is the best game on the console. If you add Sonic 3 AND Knuckles, yes, that's the best game on the console. Yes we all know it was meant to be released as one game, but it wasn't. Single cartridge? Sonic 2 is the best game. Sonic 1 2 3 and Knuckles all should be on this list, with the latter 3 being the literal top 3 games on genesis. But I give this list a C- for trying to at least give variety!
Next: Sega Dreamcast
How is shining force 1&2 not on here
BOOGERMAN !!! is the greatest saga game !
Missing Virtua Fighter 2
the lost world n batman robin
Two words: Light Crusader
No Earthworm Jim!!!???
What's the heck! Where is Sonic 2?
I accepted you calling a SNES a S-N-E-S but this was the last straw 😅
What is the game at 1:20?
It's rolling thunder 2, fun game. Especially with two people.
What about Thunder Force 4?
Sega Kid 💙
Why put Multiplatform-Titles on a Genesis list? 🤔
Nice to see Herzog Zwei. Any list like this is always going to be divisive.
Sega genesis is the best retro console that is ever made
How is it even possible to make a best of list, without even mentioning Shining Force? 😢
No Aladdin?
Coming from a snes player, i think genesis games felt so stiff
Road Rash
My top 20
I can’t..!!
it’s too many games.!!
A top 20 Will leave out way too many games and cause world war
Super Nintendo can have a top 10 or 20 because the top games on snes is definitive to the system .
But the genesis lybrary was just too vast with games that had such an impact on the run for top games ..! It’s not fair 😢
1. Sonic 3 & knuckles
2. Streets of rage 2
3. Shinobi 3
4. Shinning force 2
5. Phantasy star 4
6.road rash 2
7.super street fighter 2
8.ultimate mortal Kombat 3
9.thunder force 4
10.castlevania bloodlines
11. Herzog zwei
12.scoobie doo mysteries
13. Ristar
14.contra hard corpse
15.x-men 2 clone wars
16.rocket knight adventure
17.beyind oasis
18.comix zone
19.vectorman
20.alien soldier
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21.gunstar heroes
22.nhl94
23.crusaders of centy
24.pulseman
25.dymate heady
26.monster hunter 4
27.eath worm jim 2
28.world greatest heavyweights
29.colums 3
30.mega turrican
31.virtua racing
32.batman and robin
33.fireshark
34.jungle strike
35.poltergiest
36.pirates gold
37. Golden axe 2
38.mech warrior
39.true lies
40. Bomber man
41.Jurassic park
42.lion king
43.jungle book
44.Aladdin
45. Too numerous to mention 😭
Shinobi is free??
Shinobi 3 is the best ninja game on sega genesis❤
How is gain ground not here
What a mess... what are all those games doing ahead of Castlevania Bloodlines? 😮
This list is proof that this person didn't actually place Sega in any serious sense. Some of these games, as a lifelong gamer, I've never even played. And we're to believe they're better than Aladdin?
Genesis? Mega drive? Power peagaus!!!
Laughs in yugoslavian!!🤟🏻💯🇲🇪😂
Iike watching these Sega videos because...they're good. Plus Sega doesn't do or did what Nintendo done did.
MEGA DRIVE
I think you mis spelt Sonice 2 :)
Liked your choices in former videos, but this time I almost completely disagree. Where's Aladdin? Should be the clear no. 1. Where's Wonderboy? Where's Comix Zone? Where's Shadow of the Beast (best version imho)? Why do you prioritize Street Fighter or Streets of Rage which haven't aged well? I'm a bit sad...
I respect your own choices but Streets of Rage will rage on forever
Streets of Rage hasn't aged well? What?
Good mega drive games are becoming impossible to buy because of the skyrocketed prices. Like, till 5 years ago nobody cared...
also it is megadrive even in japan, genesis is for poor americans lol.
MUSHA
Genesis... behave man ;)
Bean machine but no Strider?
1) Sonic The Hedgehog 2
2) Comix Zone
3) NHL 94 OR NHL 95
4) Spiderman Maximum Carnage
5) Earthworm Jim 2 or Earthworm Jim 3
Somehow, all of these games did not make the top 20?
Miss landstalker.... The better zelda!
I get it, everyone has other favs. I personally like only Phantasy Star 4 from your list. if have to chose a Top 10, it would look like this:
10. Sparkster, 09 Sonic 1, 08 Phantasy Star 3, 07 Ghostbusters (sily but charming), 06 Thunder Force 4, 05 Hellfire, 04 Langrisser 2, 03 Mega Turrican, 02 Shining Force, 01 Phantasy Star 4
Castlevania is boring in my opinion, toe jam and earl too, Desert Strike plays ruff, Dr robotnick nah i dont like puzzle games. Flashback is never a classic in my opinion, Sonic 3 missed the mark for me. Streets of Rage is only good if you have a friend at hand to play with you. Nothing that keeps you engaged if played alone
Castlevania boring? Huh?