sega genesis essentials?

[Richter Belmount]

Well I know nothing on the genesis , whats the best games to own I was never big on it , i course least own all the sonics , and gunstar heroes , but my genesis collection is still rather meh.
what are some genesis essentials?

[swlovinist]

6 pack....golden axe, streets of rage, columns, hang on, revenge of shinobi, sonic...one cart!

Herzog Zwei is a great real time strategy game, totally under appreciated

M.U.S.H.A. is choice for shooters, so is lightning force

Ghouls and Ghosts is a great port of the Capcom Arcade game

If you like sports.....then give Mutant League Football a Try!

[MarioAllStar2600]

Caliber .50 is a great all out shooting game. You pretty much just run around and shoot people. Great game.

But the one game you MUST own. Probably the greatest Genises game of all time-

BOOGERMAN

I can not tell you how awsome this game is. I rember back in the day my mom refused to rent it for me and my sister, so we would have my dad do it. LOL

[MegaDrive20XX]

CastleVania: Bloodlines
Ghouls N' Ghosts
Contra: Hard Corps
TMNT: The HyperStone Heist
Streets of Rage 1-2-3
Columns 1 and 3
Thunder Force 2 3 and 4
General Chaos
Double Dragon
Vectorman 1 and 2
Rocket Knight Adventures
Sparkster: Rocket Knight Adventures 2
Street Fighter 2: Special Champion Edition (CE and Hyper Fighting in one cart)
Super SF2
Phantasy Star 4
Shining Force 2
Alex Kidd in the Enchanted Castle
Altered Beast "WISE FWOM YO GWAVE!!"
Space Harrier 2
Samurai Shodown (Excellent port)
Mega Bomberman (Don't you dare leave this out of your collection!!)
Micheal Jackson's Moonwalker (Sure he touched a few children, but it's Micheal Jackson! it's Micheal Jackson! :))
QuackShot: Starring Donald Duck
Castle of Illusion: Starring Mickey Mouse (beautiful platformer)
Tiny Toon Adventures: Buster's Hidden Treasure (Nice job Konami!)
Toe Jam and Earl
Toe Jam and Earl 2: Panic on Funk-O-Tron! (Wooo funky!)
Shinobi 3: Return of the Ninja Master
Shadow Dancer
Revenge of Shinobi
Comix Zone!! (Hell YEAH!)
Rambo 3
Mercs
Blaster Master 2
Kid Chameleon
Crusader of Centy (Awesome Zelda clone)


SEGA!!!!!! :D

[Roganjohn]

gunstar heroes.

[suppafly]

ultimate qix is pretty cool

[-hellvin-]

I didn't really look through the entire posted lists but I'll just throw in my favorites out of the games I own:

Air Buster
Alex Kidd In Enchanted Castle
Alisia Dragoon
Altered Beast
Beyond Oasis
Blaster Master 2
Cadash
Caliber 50
Castle Of Illusion
Columns III
Comix Zone
Contra: Hard Corps
Crue Ball
Dinosaurs For Hire
Earthworm Jim
Ecco Series
Fire Shark
Flashback
Forgotten Worlds
Gauntlet IV
Golden Axe I & II
Grind Stormer
Gunstar Heroes
King's Bounty
Lightening Force
Might & Magic: Gates To Another World
Phelios
Pirates! Gold
Shadow Dancer
Shadowrun
Shinobi III
Sonic Series
Spider Man
Splatterhouse series (I've been trying to find 2 for a LONG time)
Streets Of Rage 2
Taz Mania
TMNT: Hyperstone
Toejam & Earl series (especially the 2nd one)
Turrican
Wings Of Wor
Wiz N Liz
Wonderboy In Monster World

There's a shitload more I'm tracking down atm as well. There's just so many damn good games on this system. It's defenitely my favorite system. Try to track down some of these kick ass games =D.

[Nez]

Michael Jacksons' Moonwalker. Unless of course you've played it on emulation then it ruins the genesis experiance.

[Ed Oscuro]

Certainly adding another vote for Rocket Knight Adventures. Damn that game's awesome. *explodes in a fireball through the nearest stone wall* Plus it's got the famous Konami two-planes trick (in the waterfall stage - remind you of another Konami game? :D )

Ball Jacks...hmm, I'm getting owned all the time, and I've yet to figure this one out.

Blue Almanac...like a more detailed Phantasy Star II, apparently, but there might be some problems with it all the same. Looks great, though.

Dyno Land 2 - hillarious intro; well, mostly hillarious! There's some high tragedy here, too, but you'll forget it soon enough. The game...well...can't comment much about that!

Beyond Oasis - awesome, sort of like Zelda 3 with more moves. The game's style is pretty awesome. It's not quite Zelda, but it's comparable.

Gauntlet IV - quest mode will change your life forever. Capable of causing hallucinations. *shoots off five potions in a row*

[evilmess]

Virtua Racing and then everything they said. :D

If your a Tick Fan then pick that up too. If youre not a tick fan then forget I mentioned it. LOL

[DigitalSpace]

I second Alisia Dragoon. Once I get around to playing my Genesis again I'm going to play through that.

Championship Pro-Am is pretty good as well, although if you've already got RC-Pro Am on the NES, skip it, since it's just a 16-bit update of that (notably, instead of spelling "Nintendo," you spell "Championship").

[Azazel]

It depends on what you like. If you like platformers and shooters there's lots of good titles for the system.

For RPGs other than Phantasy Star 2-4, Shining in the Darkness, Shadowrun, and Beyond Oasis there isn't that much for the system.

If you like stretegy/RPGs Warsong and Shining Force 1 and 2 are good.

[Sniderman]

I *love* this game:
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THE IMMORTAL by Electronic Arts

Great isometric questing game. Lovely music. And gory death scenes. Keep your Mortal Kombats. This game has you cleaving orcs in two - lengthwise! O_O

I'll second Marty's vote for Boogerman. What a wild gross-out platformer. And how about a little love for "The Ooze?"

[Nez]

Cant see the game SNIDE what is it?

[EnemyZero]

There are so many great games on genny, but for starters..there 10 games you must have...in no particular order:

Streets of Rage 2
Shining Force 1 & 2 (we'll count these as one)
Rocket Knight Adventures
Kid Chameleon
Awesome Possum
Shadowrun
Vectorman
Altered Beast
Castle of Illusion: Starring mickey mouse and donald duck
Arcus Odyssey

[AB Positive]

Why has no one mentioned Starflight?


Why has no one mentioned Starflight???

best genny game based on Sci-Fi. It's glorious.

Oh, Sniderman, my fiancee wants to know if you ever got past the spores in "The Immortal". She loves the game to death but can't seem to get past that bit.

-AG

[Sniderman]

Oh, Sniderman, my fiancee wants to know if you ever got past the spores in "The Immortal". She loves the game to death but can't seem to get past that bit.

-AG

Yup, I've won at the game a few times WITHOUT the use of walkthroughs and/or cheats, thankyewverymuch. :D Been awhile since I last played it, so I can't quite remember the context of that scene. And if she thinks that screen is hard. Wait'll she has to float through the sewers on a barrel. One wrong turn, and game ends. Took me months to finally get the timing correct.

[potatobob]

If yuo have a Genesis you need:

Gadget Twins
Genesis 6-Pack
Roger Clemens MVP Baseball

[Crush Crawfish]

These are my personal genesis faves:

Alex Kidd in the Enchanted Castle
Atomic Robo kid
Battletoads
Battletoads & Double Dragon
Bio-Hazard Battle
Castlevania Bloodlines
Chiki Chiki Boys
Double Dragon
Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine
Dynamite Headdy (My all time favorite genesis game)
Fantastic Dizzy
Ghouls 'n Ghosts
Gunstar Heroes
Hellfire
Land Stalker
Lightning Force
Marvel Land
Mega Turrican
Mystic Defender
PAc-man 2
Phantasy Star 4
Ristar
Rocket Knight Adventures
Sagaia
Shadow Dancer
Shining Force
Socket
Sonic & knuckles
Sonic 1-3
Streets of Rage
Syd of Valis
TMNT: Hyperstone Heist
Thunder Force 3
Tiny Toons: Buster's Hidden Treasure
Toejam & Earl 1 & 2
Truxton
Vectorman 1&2
Whip Rush
Wonder Boy in Monster World

That should keep you occupied for a while! :D