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any game suggestions for the master system and genesis (self.retrogaming)
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i want to get more into the sega consoles with not only the sonic games ive already played in a few master system games like alex kidd however i am not familiar much with the SMS and almost totally blind about the genesis apart for the sonic games disney games any suggestion for games for those systems?

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[-] Zarxrax@lemmy.world 13 points 4 days ago

I'm not familiar with the master system, but the Genesis has a fair number of good games. I think it unfortunately doesn't hold up as well as it's competitor the SNES though, because Sega went hard on licensed properties and sports titles, and a lot of those games just aren't particularly relevant these days, and there were a lot of cross platform games that were just better on the SNES.

But a few that I think are worth mentioning:

  • The adventures of Batman and Robin
  • Contra hard corps
  • gunstar heroes
  • vectorman 1 & 2
  • Ghostbusters
  • streets of rage 2
  • comix zone
  • Toejam and Earl 1 & 2 (the sequel is a very different game)
  • zombies ate my neighbors
  • road rash 2
  • earthworm Jim 1 & 2
  • Castlevania bloodlines
  • Shinobi III
  • Rocket Knight adventures
  • Mickey mouse Castle of illusion
[-] bluesquid0741b@aussie.zone 2 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

That's a great list! I disagree with SNES holding up better though. For RPGs yes, but anything else you better go Sega.

I want to suggest some more great Mega drive games:

Haunting starring Polterguy

General Chaos

Mutant League Football

Subterrania

Desert Strike, Jungle Strike

Ranger X

Flink

Shining Force 1 and 2

Flashback

Skeleton Krew

Shadowrun

Wonderboy n Monster World

Skitchin

Phantasy Star 4

All the Ecco games, even Ecco Jr which is just very relaxing to sit and play through

[-] Hammerjack@lemmy.zip 2 points 4 days ago

This is an awesome list and I just want to add a couple more. The SNES and Genesis each had a Shadowrun game but they're totally unrelated. I think the Genesis version is better. Same with Pirates of Dark Water (I loved this show). The SNES and Genesis versions are completely different and I prefer the Genesis game.

Other than that, I really like Elemental Master. It's a vertical shoot 'em up but you play as a mage, always walking up. So it's kinda like the NES game Gun.Smoke if that means anything to you.

[-] thingsiplay@lemmy.ml 2 points 4 days ago

Also have a look at Battle Mania: Daiginjo for Genesis / Mega Drive. A side scrolling shmup where you control anime girls. It's Japanese, but you actually don't need to understand. Otherwise there should be translations available.

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