I can remember spending countless hours with a friend playing the game, getting more enjoyment from having the experience with a friend than playing solo. What really sets Streets of Rage 2 apart was just how good of a game it was to play with two players. It, and the boss theme from the original game, are one of the best tracks in gaming during the 16-bit era. Seriously, take a moment and look up the Boss Theme from Streets of Rage 2. Everything about Streets of Rage 2 was better than the original game, including the music. Streets of Rage 2 had more levels, more moves, and more characters than the original game. Streets of Rage 2 did what any good sequel should do: take what made the first game good and expand on it. Probably one of my all time favorite side-scrolling beat-em-up games. Even if you’re not a fan of the movie, check out Aladdin on Genesis. The flying carpet section of the game could be a little challenging, but overall, Aladdin was a terrific experience.
The levels were huge and given a ton of details that people who saw the movie would immediately recognize. Disney’s own animators worked with Sega and Virgin Games to recreate the locations and characters from the movie, so what you got was a game that looked just like the movie. Again, some will try to say that the SNES version of Aladdin was just as good, but again, they are completely wrong. However, Aladdin on Genesis wasn’t just a great movie tie-in game, it was a great game in general. Movie tie-in games on NES, SNES, and Genesis were normally pretty awful. For the most part, you would be completely correct. I know what you’re thinking: “A movie tie-in game? Those are terrible!”. However, the first Mortal Kombat was so different from other fighting games and such an awesome experience to have at home, that I argue that the original game is the best. It also introduced Friendships and Babalities. Sure, it did have have more character variety and gameplay variety. Some will argue that the second Mortal Kombat game was better. The Genesis version of the game was just like the arcade version, which meant you could save yourself time and money and invite your friends to your house to play the game.
Its gameplay was solid, the diversity in characters was great, and yeah…you could rip someone’s heart out at the end of a match.
Mortal Kombat was an incredibly fun game to play at the arcades in the 90s.
Nintendo took an odd route with Mortal Kombat, choosing to censor a lot of the game because they wanted to do “what was best for the children.” Sega chose to give you the full Mortal Kombat experience, and that’s why most people went with the Genesis version. There will be people who will try to tell you that the Super Nintendo version of Mortal Kombat is really good and equal to the Genesis version. Most people in the 90s bought the Genesis because of Sonic, after all. However, if you’re starting off a best Genesis game list, or if you’re looking to find what game you should experience first on Genesis, Sonic 2 has to be your first stop. To be fair, all the Genesis Sonic games had awesome music. Plus, let’s not forget the amazing music Sonic 2 had I’m literally humming the Chemical Plant Zone theme as I’m writing this. It has refined gameplay elements, new additions like the spin dash, and a companion throughout the game in Tails. Sonic the Hedgehog was a great experience and showed what the Genesis could do. It was all about going as fast as possible through a level. Mario was a slow experience meant to encourage you to take your time and explore. The original Sonic game was really good, and when it came out in 1991, it was unlike all other platformers. In my opinion, Sonic 2 is the best Sonic the Hedgehog game. Keep in mind that the games are appearing in random order, so the number they are placed at doesn’t mean that’s where I think they deserve to be on everyone’s list. Sadly, some great games that only saw Japanese or European releases don’t count on this list. To be clear, games on this list had to have released on the Genesis in the U.S. Our list here is, in my opinion, the 10 best Sega Genesis games.
during the early 90s, the extremely common and hard fought arguments were over who was better: Nintendo or Sega.ĭuring its lifecycle, the Genesis produced some really amazing games that have stood the test of time. In fact, if you were a video game player in the U.S. The Genesis (or Mega Drive as it’s known in Japan and Europe) was truly a groundbreaking console, and its massive success in the United States turned Sega from a joke trying to compete against Nintendo to Nintendo’s biggest rival. This past week marked the 29th anniversary of the launch of the Sega Genesis in North America.