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any game suggestions for the master system and genesis (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
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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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[–] 12 points 5 months ago (4 children)

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
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  • [–] 2 points 5 months 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

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  • [–] 2 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    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.

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  • [–] 2 points 5 months 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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  • [–] 1 point 5 months ago

    Great list. Vectorman was one of my favorites as a kid. Challenging and fun, with great visuals and an amazing soundtrack.

    I didn't have the Streets of Rage games back then, but I played them a few years ago with my roommate after we beat Streets of Rage 4. The old ones absolutely still hold up.

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