Topic: Your Top 10 Favorite Genesis/Mega Drive Games

Sonic 3 & Knuckles (I consider them one game)
Gunstar Heroes
Rocket Knight Adventures
Shinobi III
Contra Hard Corps
Streets Of Rage 3
Ranger-X
Monster World IV
Rolling Thunder 3
Ristar

Love the Genesis/Megadrive.

Lets see:

1. Sonic 3 & Knuckles
2. (Knuckles in) Sonic 2 - The original version is certainly better, but the lock-on version doesn't deserve its own entry.
3. TMNT: The Hyperstone Heist
4. Streets of Rage 2
5. Aladdin
6. Streets of Rage 3
7. NBA Jam (Tournament Edition) - I'm not going to bother seperating the two versions.
8. Tiny Toon Adventures: Acme All-Stars
9. Taz in Escape from Mars
10. Sonic Spinball
Honorable Mentions: Sonic 1, Gargoyles, TMNT: Tournament Fighters, Vectorman, Ristar, Earthworm Jim, Streets of Rage 1, Golden Axe II, Risk

Yeah, I like a lot of liscened Genesis games. A lot of licensed games were actually good back then.

MEGA DRIVE/GENESIS

Phantasy Star 4
Phantasy Star 2
Soleil
Shining Force
Shining Force 2
NHL95
Ristar
Gunstar Heroes
Flashback
Story Of Thor

MASTER SYSTEM

Phantasy Star
Psycho Fox
Fantasy Zone
Double Dragon
Wonderboy: In Monsterland
Hang On
Ghostbusters
California Games
Alex kidd: In Miracle World
R-Type

Holy crap! Somebody listed Monster World IV and Ranger X besides me! And I forgot about Contra Hard Corps! Damn, too many great games to list!

Yeah, I almost put in El Viento as well. The Genesis is really one of the best game systems.

i love these threads. yay.

10. Altered Beast!!!!!!!!!!!
9. Dynamite Heady
8. X-Men 2
7. Earthworm Jim 2
6. Sonic The Hedgehog
5. Toe Jam & Earl
4. Alien Soldier
3. Flashback
2. Comix Zone
1. Gunstar Heroes

EDIT: wow, I somehow forgot Mortal Kombat. sorry Altered Beast, you've been replaced by an equally awesome/crappy game.

Wow, I forgot about Dynamite Headdy, Alien Soldier, and Comix Zone. Also, Altered Beast, Earthworm Jim 2, X-Men 2, and Sonic 1 were a surprise.

1. Sor 2
2. Sonic 2
3. Ghouls N Ghosts
4. Gunstar Heroes
5. Thunderforce 4
6. SF2 SCE
7. Landstalker
8. Strider
9. Rocket Knight Adventures
10. Golden Axe

In no specific order:

Sonic 3 & Knuckles
Sonic 2
Shinobi 3
Streets of Rage 2
Golden Axe
Ghouls & Ghosts
Phantasy Star 4
Road Rash 3
Urban Strike
Cosmic Spacehead

Master System list:

Golden Axe Warrior
Phantasy Star
Sonic 2
Alex Kidd in Miracle World
Shinobi
Ghouls & Ghosts
Wonderboy 2
Wonderboy 3
Lucky Dime Caper
Castle of Illusion

• Golden Axe
• Warsong
• ToeJam & Earl
• Altered Beast
• Valis 3
• Phantasy Star 4
• Ecco the Dolphin
• Sonic and Knuckles
• Shadow Dancer
• Castle of Illusion

Nice to see some more unusual picks. Valis 3, Warsong, and Shadow Dancer don't get enough love.

There is a serious lack of Castlevania & Contra in this thread...

My list:
11. NHL '94 (had to include it)
10. Taz-Mania
9. Gunstar Heroes
8. Contra: Hard Corps
7. Aladdin
6. Ristar
5. Vectorman
4. Castlevania: Bloodlines
3. Sonic the Hedgehog 2
2. Streets of Rage 2
1. Sonic the Hedgehog (yeah, I prefer it over all the other Sonics)

I haven't played nearly enough Genesis games, but here are 10 that stood out:

• Ristar
• Darius II
• Forgotten Worlds
• Castlevania Bloodlines
• Gunstar Heroes
• Shining Force
• Shining Force 2
• Contra
• Phelios
• Lightning Force

One thing I love about the Genesis (and TG16) is that there are so many shmups available for the system.

I really should've added Gunstar Heroes the first time around (how could I have forgotten such an awesome game?).

SPOILER

The only gripe I have with it is that the ending wasn't good (it left me grasping for questions like, "Did we win? Did we lose? What happened after that?"). The moment the final event happens, the credits start rolling, with no explanation whatsoever of what happened after that.

END SPOILER

Glad that Ristar the Shooting Star is getting some love, as it's a great and underrated game.

Again, no particular order here:

• Streets of Rage 2
• Castlevania: Bloodlines
• Sonic 1
• Shadowrun
• General Chaos
• Mutant League Football
• Shinobi III
• Splatterhouse 3
• Rock & Roll Racing (I know the SNES version is better, but this is the one I remember)
• Shadow Dancer

Hmm, ok - again no specific order and based upon those that made an impact at the time and that I still enjoy to play on the Megadrive...

1. Sonic (the first one)
2. Streets of Rage
3. The Terminator
4. Ristar
5. Zero Tolerance (an odd choice I know, but impressed me at the time)
6. Golden Axe
7. Alien 3
8. Revenge of Shinobi
9. Strider
10. Road Rash 2

There are many other games I would really like to play (such as the above mentioned Bloodlines and Shadowrun), but not got around to yet...

1. Sonic & Knuckles
2. Sonic 3
3. Dynamite Headdy
4. Pulseman
5. Ristar
6. Gunstar Heroes
7. Rocket Knight Adventures
8. Castlevania Bloodlines
9. Vectorman
10. Flicky

1 - Trouble Shooter Vintage (Battle Mania 2)
2 - Sonic The Hedgehog 2
3 - Comix Zone
4 - Streets of Rage 2
5 - Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine
6 - Micro Machines 2 - Turbo Tournament
7 - Rocket Knight Adventures
8 - Contra: Hard Corps
9 - Toejam & Earl
10 - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle - The Hyperstone Heist