Top 20 Sega CD Games

[digitalpress]

If you were "there" when this little add-on was released, you KNOW how big it was. Funny how time has really washed away the significance of the system and quite frankly, there's a LOT of junk on it.

What are your favorites? This is the official Roundtable Top 20! If you vote a game onto the list, you have to choose one to drop and explain why.

For a complete list, see http://www.digitpress.com/lists/segacd.pdf

For pictures of a complete collection, see http://www.digitpress.com/archives/segacd/

Cobra Command
Dark Wizard
Dungeon Explorer
Eternal Champions
Final Fight CD
Flashback
Keio Flying Squadron
Lords of Thunder
Lunar: Eternal Blue
Lunar: The Silver Star
NHL '94
Popful Mail
Road Avenger
Sega Classics 5-in-1
Shining Force CD
Snatcher
Sonic CD
Time Gal
Ultraverse Prime / Microcosm
Vay

[Kroogah]

wha...wha.....WHAAAAAAAT????

NO SNATCHER?????

Drop Eternal Champions and stick SNATCHER on there.

[Sniderman]

Drop Eternal Champions (YASFG - Yet another shitty fighting game) and put in Silpheed - one of the best space shooters I've encountered for any system.

[DDCecil]

Drop Flashback (ASOOS aka As seen on other systems) for Time Gal. Or drop Road Avenger for Time Gal.

[SnowKitty]

Drop Flashback (ASOOS aka As seen on other systems) for Time Gal. Or drop Road Avenger for Time Gal.

flashback sucked ass on the segaCD. its got the shitty FMV cutscenes like the later PC version had > they ruined it with the FMV, the rotoscoped animation cutscenes were infinitely better

[g2000]

I agree with most folks with some of their top 20. Both Lunars,Snatcher,Popfulmail,Dark Wizard,Time gal etc...

Wonder Dog would be in my top 20 SCD games.

[Sniderman]

I gotta give a nod to Corpse Killer. Yes, I know a lot of folks don't like it, but it was the first zombie FMV FPS I can recall. I spent a LOT of time playing that game. Still do.

[Dreamc@sting]

I love the list but being the non-sports game fan that I am - I'd drop NHL 94' and add Silpheed - I pretty much agree with everything else posted here :P theres more than 20 fav's for me personally!

[Arkhan]

Man.... my list is

Lunar 1
Lunar 2
Vay
Dark Wizard
Shining Force CD
Popful Mail
Ecco CD
Shadow of the Beast II
Snatcher
Silpheed
Android Assault
Heimdall
Robo Aleste
Time Gal
Space Adventure
Rise of the Dragon
Dune
Chuck Rock II : Son of Chuck
Cadillacs and Dinosaurs
Flink or Puggsy

[Postermen]

Snatcher is the greatest SCD game of all time, along with Willy Beamish, and the FMV games.

[AllSchoolGamer]

Snatcher is the greatest SCD game of all time, along with Willy Beamish, and the FMV games.

Snatcher for me still has 1 of the best storylines i have ever played

[BHvrd]

Drop Eternal Champions for Snatcher, the Genesis version will do for Eternal Champions.

Drop Flashback for Timegal. Flashback is great, but ditto to statement above "Genesis version will do."

I think that Mickey Mania, and Sega 5-in-1 should be replaced also, but not sure with what at this time. I think all games should be representative of Sega CD though, and not just slightly upgraded Genesis ports.

[Keir]

Since the only reason people want to drop Flashback is that it's done well on other systems why don't we just keep it? Or am I the only one who's noticed that the list only has 17 games on it?

[maxlords]

No Snatcher = sacriledge! Snatcherm at least on my list, is THE best game for that system! Also, you're missing Vay and a couple others. Definitely dump Eternal Champions, Flashback, NHL 94 and Ultraverse Prime/Microcosm.

Add:

Andriod Assault: Revenge of Bariarm
Silpheed
Vay
Snatcher
Robo Aleste
Rise of the Dragon

[Kid Fenris]

By my count, the list is three titles short. I think Snatcher deserves one of those spots, as does Robo Aleste. For the remaining slot, I'd throw in either Silpheed or Android Assault.

[beamish13]

the adventures of willy beamish

[batmanlivesatmyhouse]

The reason I always wanted a Sega CD when I was a kid was because of Dark Wizard. Turn based strategy, improvable armies, anime (for a preteen anime fan in an under-anime'd days of the early 90's, we got our anime fix wherever we could find it! Pretentious subtitle-only anime fans be damned! We only had Project A-ko back in the day... and only subbed!), and four different characters with different styles, I couldn't go wrong. (Though it does have the flaw of not being a turned based strategy game not made by Microprose or Sid Mier...) I finally got a Sega CD (what, ten years later?!) and it's still pretty darned good. Oh, and as a kid, I loved playing World War III. That I can't find (for a *decent* price!) Thank you, Sega!

[TheCrow]

My favorite 20 games would be:

Android Assault: The Revenge of Bari-Arm
Flink
Ground Zero Texas (I'll get slammed for this, but i loved it)
Keio Flying Squadron
Lords of Thunder
Lunar: Eternal Blue
Lunar: Silver Star Story
Mickey Mania
Microcosm
Popful Mail
Rise of the Dragon
Robo Aleste
Silpheed
Snatcher
Sonic CD
Soul Star
Time Gal
Vay
Wild Woody
Willy Beamish, The Adventures of

Flashback was just as good on cartridge
Eternal Champions seemed to play better on cartridge
NHL '94 was just as good on Cartridge

[hurstman]

Snatcher was THE game for Sega Cd....THE only game worth a damn on that waste of money system.

[attilathehun]

To all you jive turkey muthafos crying to have eternal champions removed. Kiss my ass. I traded 4 complete games for it. They were dragons liar, timegal, road avenger and solfeace, and it was well worth it. Eternal Champions in 1995 Game Players Magazine was rated as the goriest game and the best game for the sega cd along with lunar eternal blue. The art is neat on the 3 FMV, but game play sucks shit! Remove Time Gal and Cobra Command off the top 20. FMV sucks and it gave sega cd a bad name!