The 30 Best Sega Mega Drive/ Genesis Games Ever Made!

by Marcos Paulo Vilela

Hey whatsup guys OSG here with another 30 best games video and this time it’s the Mega Drive or Genesis for my American

Certainly! The Sega Mega Drive/Genesis had a vast library of games, but here are 30 of the best and most popular titles for the console:

  1. Sonic the Hedgehog 2
  2. Streets of Rage 2
  3. Gunstar Heroes
  4. Shining Force II
  5. Phantasy Star IV
  6. Aladdin
  7. Castlevania: Bloodlines
  8. Earthworm Jim
  9. Sonic the Hedgehog 3
  10. Shinobi III: Return of the Ninja Master
  11. Mortal Kombat II
  12. Vectorman
  13. Golden Axe
  14. Street Fighter II’: Special Champion Edition
  15. ToeJam & Earl
  16. Landstalker
  17. Comix Zone
  18. Mega Man: The Wily Wars
  19. Ecco the Dolphin
  20. Road Rash II
  21. Kid Chameleon
  22. Ristar
  23. The Revenge of Shinobi
  24. Thunder Force III
  25. Contra: Hard Corps
  26. Phantasy Star II
  27. Strider
  28. Rocket Knight Adventures
  29. Eternal Champions
  30. Gunstar Heroes

These games represent a diverse range of genres and showcase some of the best experiences the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis had to offer. Enjoy exploring these classics!

Wisegamer

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50 comments

roberto pruzzo 2022-04-09 - 11:41 am

ghouls and ghosts……..wonder boy……….. virtua racing…………

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Tishawn Lopez 2022-04-14 - 3:18 pm

Damn my childhood right there ….. 🥱

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Tishawn Lopez 2022-04-14 - 3:19 pm

Loved NBA jam 🏀

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PLAY THE GAMES 2022-04-18 - 3:04 pm

Minha lista seria:

1 – Sonic 3 & Knuckles

2 – X- Men 2: Clone Wars

3 – Street Of Rage

4 – Then Revange of Shinobi

5 – Golden Axe

6 – Thunder Force 3

7 – Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3

8 – Doom Troper

9 – Castlevania: Bloodlines

10 – Alien Soldier

11 – Earthworm Jim

12 – Comix Zone

13 – Sunset Raiders

14 – Ghouls´n Ghost

15 – Final Fighter

16 – World of ilusion

17 – Raiden Traid

18 – Top Gear 2

19 – Aladdin

20 – Flashback

21 – Toki

22 – Toy Stori

23 – Chakan

24 – Quackshot

25 – altered Beast

26 – Kid Chamilion

27 – Alex kidd

28 – Victorman

29 – Toejam & Earl

30 – Decap Atack

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MrMarkerickson 2022-04-19 - 5:56 pm

I would have replaced 4 of these with "Gain Ground," "Chakan the Forever Man," "Kid Chameleon," and "Landstalker."

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joebar52 2022-04-23 - 2:58 pm

No altered beast 😢

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OB three 2022-04-27 - 1:20 am

There’s a very good hack where you can play as Magneto in the X-Men game. Check it out if you haven’t already. He’s so op it’s a ton of fun

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Jordan S 2022-04-27 - 3:51 am

Excellent list, my friend.

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asim shah 2022-04-28 - 7:37 am

You missed vector man and toy story

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ArcaneAzmadi 2022-05-05 - 4:56 am

…sorry, did you call both Shining Force games an "action-adventure game"?

Honestly, I'd contest your assertion that the Mega Drive's graphics were a huge step up over the Master System's. The Master System was actually remarkably powerful for an 8-bit console, often much better-looking than games on the NES, and some of its games (like the port of Sonic the Hedgehog) looked amazingly good. On the other hand, the Mega Drive wasn't exactly cutting edge- the SNES walked all over it in terms of graphical detail (the Mega Drive's advantage was more in its performance). Seriously though, have you ever compared Phantasy Star I on the Master System with Phantasy Star II on the Mega Drive? The original is much better-looking! Like, it actually has backgrounds for the battles rather than just a blank blue grid!

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MAGACOP 2022-05-25 - 9:39 am

Your list order shows you definitely prefer Beat-em ups to RPGs.
🤣

Phantasy Star 2 and 4 were amazing.
Landstalker has the second highest replay value on Sega.
Aladdin was a joke of a game.
Road Rash was ok but Super Hang-On>>>>>>

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MAGACOP 2022-05-25 - 9:44 am

As an arcade purist there’s no way I could enjoy Super Street fighter 2.
It’s too damn slow.

Mortal Kombat was nice though

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MAGACOP 2022-05-25 - 9:57 am

1-Shining Force 2
2-Landstalker
3-Shining Force
4-Phantasy Star 4
5-Sonic 3
6-Streets of Rage 2
7-Sonic 2
8-Gunstar Heroes
9-Madden 93
10-Flashback

Wow it is hard to even make a Top 10.
So many greats

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Michael 92 2022-05-25 - 5:17 pm

Alien Storm is one of my favourites along with altered beast. Just playing those with my older brothers and mostly failing at them are some great memories for me

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DJ NAKI 2022-06-01 - 5:11 pm

Thunderforce IV ? 🙂

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Nelson Pereira 2022-06-02 - 12:42 pm

how about fifa games ?

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Shivan Mohyaddin 2022-06-03 - 9:46 pm

8:30 GOLDEN AXE !!! FINALLY FOUND THE NAME 😍😍😍😍

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RETROCENGO 2022-06-07 - 7:29 am

Whatta great list, well done OSG😊🕹

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Gabriele Squaratti 2022-06-16 - 2:10 pm

i love my md.

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CG gamer 2022-06-25 - 3:12 am

I like virtua cop 2 when I'm 3 Year old I play on my PC window xp.

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marwan hussien 2022-06-25 - 5:38 pm

I watched the whole video .. and I strongly missed my favorate game … golden axe 3 ….

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rambo 2022-07-29 - 12:09 pm

Nice

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Serkan Tüzünalper 2022-08-02 - 2:14 pm

I hate shit Sonic games

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Markus Werner 2022-08-03 - 9:34 am

Thunder Force IV is missing 🙂

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mrc 2022-08-07 - 1:38 am

nice list

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APEXYUM 2022-08-11 - 4:36 am

And flashback? Altered the beast? Wolverine adamantium rage?

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Gamer_Time 2022-08-27 - 2:08 pm

One game I feel is kind of underrated is D&D Warriors of the Eternal Sun. I loved that game growing up. Was so terrible at it but I wish that the setting would be turned into ttrpg

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shaolinskunks88 2022-08-29 - 1:19 pm

Oh i like most if the games here ide swap some for castle and world of illusion, dynamite headdy, puggsy, smurfs. These are my top top nostalgia.

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BaleshNTP 2022-09-02 - 7:15 am

Gotta say, the Road Rash 2 sound track seems a little too upbeat for a game whose main purpose is to punch people off their motorcycles at high speeds

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NextOrb love Gaming 2022-09-13 - 5:31 pm

Whete is dune .mega-lomania 😭

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LoRd-PuLsE 2022-10-02 - 7:47 pm

no classic sonic ur uneducated

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PahaLukki 2022-10-08 - 10:35 am

Streets of Rage 2 is the best. I agree.

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DEVIL4POSTER 2022-10-18 - 9:17 am

What a list 😀

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SIU_LONDON 2022-10-19 - 12:38 pm

What’s the name of the game in the thumb nail omg

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Jak carn 2022-11-07 - 8:30 pm

Comix zone kills them all for me it's just so sweet and awsome

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Wayne Larbalestier 2022-11-12 - 7:10 pm

Desert strike has to be included but it is not for some strange reason. Great game spent hours on it

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Didar Hussain 2022-11-13 - 5:26 pm

did you seriously forget altered beast!??

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Ivana Sukjadic 2022-12-19 - 4:50 pm

You should have given some more information per game. You rush through them so quick and don't really say anything of substance.

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Martin Nevey 2022-12-31 - 1:15 am

Alisia dragoon anyone?…..Great game

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Ironside 2023-01-01 - 1:14 pm

Omg, none of of the splatterhouse games made it onto your list,

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Ralf Van Bogaert 2023-02-09 - 8:10 am

Where's Alien Soldier?

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Aaron Ruggles 2023-02-17 - 11:43 pm

toejam and earl was an OG stoner epic

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Victoria Jane 2023-03-07 - 3:14 pm

Great list, but my favourite was Mega Bomberman and I'm sad it wasnt mentioned!

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kirbo8076 2023-03-17 - 9:09 am

Have you played castle of illusion staring Mickey mouse yet? It deserves to be in here

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mysterious knight 2023-03-22 - 11:23 am

Mortal kombat 3 ultimate

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L. Lazman 2023-04-06 - 10:25 pm

Pit Fighter, Alisia Dragoon, the Super Monacos, Pitfall, Strider, Battletoads, Taz, Out of This World and Terminator are absolutely DOPE too!

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Miljörör för Språkpartiet 2023-04-14 - 1:22 pm

Sidescrollers upon sidescrollers. I thought (and distantly remember) there were some pseudo-3d titles actually worth playing…

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Elvis Morales 2023-04-19 - 4:29 pm

Pretty good list. I'll put series as one, like the Sonics, SOR, Golden Axes, Shinobis, etc. That way you can put other games people may not know about.

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Kevin 2023-05-13 - 6:33 pm

Bring back memories great list but 2 bad u didnt include Strider
Or vextorman was really good, or the desert strike series

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Adrian Conor 2023-05-15 - 8:13 pm

Im surprised that ultimate mortal kombat 3 is not here

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