Genesis games I'll beat a TRILLION more times

The Genesis is my favorite console. Consequentially, it has a ton of my favorite games.
Treasure got their start developing for this, so considering that already easily nets me like 5 games to put on this list and I'm ALREADY blinded by nostalgia, this is gonna end up longer than the other ones. I'm biased! Sue me!

And yes, I'm aware some of these are ports - but they find ways to improve on their arcade originals!

Vectorman
Vectorman
Comix Zone
Comix Zone
Alien Soldier
Alien Soldier
This is the only game that can bust my balls so brutally like that and still have me coming back for more
Ristar
Ristar
Remember when Sonic Team made other games?
Remember when they were good?
Beyond Oasis
Beyond Oasis
It's like Zelda but what if you can beat it in an hour and Link wasn't a bitch ass motherfucker
Mega Man: The Wily Wars
Mega Man: The Wily Wars
Sonic the Hedgehog 3 & Knuckles
Sonic the Hedgehog 3 & Knuckles
YuYu Hakusho: Sunset Fighters
YuYu Hakusho: Sunset Fighters
4 player fighting games almost exclusively being limited to Smash-likes makes me sad. This game pulled it off so well!
Contra: Hard Corps
Contra: Hard Corps
Best Contra!
Dynamite Headdy
Dynamite Headdy
The secret ending feels emotionally charged.
Pulseman
Pulseman
"Water can DESTROY Pulseman! Ehahahaha!"
Monster World IV
Monster World IV
Streets of Rage 3
Streets of Rage 3
Japanese version preferred, but I grew up with the US one obviously.

Still have no idea why they felt a need to change everyone's palette.
Castlevania: Bloodlines
Castlevania: Bloodlines
Best Castlevania.
Battle Mania Daiginjou
Battle Mania Daiginjou
One of the heaviest soundtracks on the system and I'm all for it
Columns III
Columns III
This is one of the greatest boxarts ever conceived by mankind and you know it
Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine
Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine
I wish Scratch and Grounder were canon
McDonald's Treasure Land Adventure
McDonald's Treasure Land Adventure
Gunstar Heroes
Gunstar Heroes
Only game I've ever played where I had the patience to actually finish a 90 minute long section of nothing but bullets
Socket
Socket
High Seas Havoc
High Seas Havoc
Rocket Knight Adventures
Rocket Knight Adventures
I honestly feel like Konami upping their game on the Genesis was because they were getting jealous of Treasure. There's no way that they could just make two of the best entries in their most beloved franchises and an ENTIRE new (and gorgeous) IP without any sort of motive.

Shinobi III: Return of the Ninja Master
Shinobi III: Return of the Ninja Master
I already liked this game the way it was, and then I found out there was a hidden code to play it in 6 button mode.

Why the fuck is that a code? That ties the controls together so incredibly well that I can't go back anymore.

(For those wondering; you go into the options, hold Up + C on controller 2, Mode on controller 1, then exit and press start. Slashing and throwing kunai are on seperate buttons now!)
Ranger X
Ranger X
Not enough games out there where you get to play as a mech riding a motorcycle
Snow Bros.: Nick & Tom
Snow Bros.: Nick & Tom
Streets of Rage 2
Streets of Rage 2
Peak.

Not just peak Genesis, peak everything. Mount fucking Everest.
This is the greatest game ever made. I don't care what anyone says.
Bio-Hazard Battle
Bio-Hazard Battle
Thunder Force IV
Thunder Force IV
Twinkle Tale
Twinkle Tale
Advanced Busterhawk Gleylancer
Advanced Busterhawk Gleylancer
Alisia Dragoon
Alisia Dragoon
Super Fantasy Zone
Super Fantasy Zone
Ms. Pac-Man
Ms. Pac-Man
I really didn't know how much I needed co-op Pac-Man until I got it.
QuackShot Starring Donald Duck
QuackShot Starring Donald Duck
Streets of Rage
Streets of Rage
Sonic the Hedgehog
Sonic the Hedgehog
I'm one of those weirdos that genuinely likes this game more than Sonic 2
Wings of Wor
Wings of Wor
Elemental Master
Elemental Master
I lose sleep every night knowing this game is too obscure for a power metal remix album
Gaiares
Gaiares
M.U.S.H.A.
M.U.S.H.A.
This game is nice. It really is!
But I gotta be real that price tag was ALWAYS fucked up. Technosoft's shmups blow this one out of the water for me, personally.
Decap Attack
Decap Attack
Shadow Dancer: The Secret of Shinobi
Shadow Dancer: The Secret of Shinobi
Michael Jackson's Moonwalker
Michael Jackson's Moonwalker
Thunder Force III
Thunder Force III
Dangerous Seed
Dangerous Seed
DJ Boy
DJ Boy
I ain't even gonna PRETEND this game is good lmao

It just caught me offguard to have an autoscrolling beatemup. It's short and nice to run through if I want to kill about 20 minutes
Midnight Resistance
Midnight Resistance
I'm not even gonna pretend this game's good, but I love the music and like the way they adapted the controls from the arcade original.
The Revenge of Shinobi
The Revenge of Shinobi
Absolutely in love with the fact that this game had 0 awareness of how copyright law works.
Thunder Force II
Thunder Force II
I actually liked the topdown gameplay concept and wish they would've built on it instead of throwing it out entirely.
Vapor Trail
Vapor Trail
Gain Ground
Gain Ground
God this is one of the hardest sells on this list but I absolutely ADORE this game.
Atomic Runner
Atomic Runner

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3 months ago

beating contra hard corps is a herculian task. u desrve a sloppy


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