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    After the cult success of their 8-bit Master System, Sega decided to give gamers a taste of their arcade capabilities with a 16-bit console. Known worldwide as the Mega Drive but called Genesis in the US, it provided graphics and sound a couple of steps below their popular System 16 arcade cabinets. The Mega Drive/Genesis turned out to be Sega's most successful console.

    Starting a Mega Drive collection.

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    #1  Edited By brndedhero

    Having seen a particularly cheap deal on ebay I ended up getting myself a mega drive. Having been very much a SNES kid in my youth I don't know what I should get for this classic console. So here I turn to you, the Giant Bomb user, what games should I get for my Mega Drive? I already own ; 
    Mega Games 1 (Columns, Super Hang-On and World Cup Italia),  
    Mega Games 2 (Golden Axe, The Revenge of Shinobi and Streets of Rage) 
    Mega Games 3 (Alien Storm, Super Monaco GP and Super Thunder Blade) 
    Road Rash 2 
    Sonic the Hedgehog 
    Sonic the Hedgehog 2 
     
    I also have Desert Strike on it's way to me. So what games should I get?

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    #2  Edited By MysteriousBob

    Oh god, I was planning on starting a blog with this in mind. 
     
    In fact, I do recall making a definitive Mega Drive list on this site before. 
     
    Found it. 
      
    Aladdin
    Alien Soldier 
    Alien Storm 
    Batman (by Sunsoft) 
    The Story of Thor 
    Bonanza Brothers  
    Caslte of Illusion 
    World of Illusion (great co-op)  
    Castlevania Bloodlines 
    Columns 
    Columns III 
    Comix Zone 
    Contra Hard Corp (probably the furtherest thing away from 'easy') 
    Decap Attack  
    Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story (a really unique fighter)
    Dr Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine (aka Pyro Pop) 
    Dynamite Headdy (my second favourite game of all time- I urge everyone to play this) 
    Earthworm Jim 
    Earthworm Jim 2 
    Ecco The Dolphin 
    Ecco- The Tides of Time (again- mindblowingly hard but worth playing) 
    Fatal Labyrinth (really, really simple but I've hooked on it on the 360)  
    Ghouls 'n Ghosts (another hard motherfucker) 
    Golden Axe 
    Golden Axe II 
    Golden Axe III (both sequels are inferior to the original game- but still worth playing)Gunstar Heroes 
    Kid Chameleon 
    Lemmings (better than the SNES version) 
    Lemmings 2: The Tribes 
    Michael Jackson's Moonwalker (don't laugh- its actually a pretty damn good game if you bother to play it) 
    Micky Mania 
    Micro Machines '96 Championship Edition (the one with the track creator) 
    Mortal Kombat (the Megadrive version specifically is my favourite game in the whole series)
    Mortal Kombat II 
    Ultimate Mortal Kombat Trilogy (no thats not a typo- look it up- its better than most 'real MK games) 
    Outrun 
    Pulseman 
    Quackshot 
    Revenge of Shinobi 
    Ristar 
    Road Rash 
    Road Rash 2 
    Road Rash 3: World Tour (go with the latter 2 games if you have the choice)
    Rocket Knight Adventures 
    Shadow Dancer (Shinobi spin-off) 
    Shinobi III- Revenge of the Ninja Master (yeah- I love my full titles) 
    Sonic Spinball 
    Sonic 1 
    Sonic 2 (the first game I ever owned) 
    Sonic 3 and Knuckles (they're rather crap separately but together they make the best Sonic game of all time) 
    Splatterhouse 2 
    Splatterhouse 3 (completely different style of game- if you don't like SH2, still give this one a try and vice-versa) 
    Street Fighter II (not going to name every damn variant- you know what this is) 
    Street Racer (a decent Mario Kart clone with some unique modes)
    Streets of Rage 
    Streets of Rage 2 (my favourite game of all time) 
    Bare Knuckle 3 (the uncensored version of SOR3 with far more balanced difficulty) 
    Sunset Riders (inferior to the SNES/arcade, but still a great game) 
    Super Hang On 
    Super Monaco GP 
    Super Thunder Blade
    The Lion King 
    The Ooze 
    The Punisher (great Capcom beat-em-up) 
    Toejam and Earl (perfect co-op) 
    ToeJam & Earl in Panic on Funkotron 
      
    Still need to add some up to "Zed". 

    I'm going to add to this list and turn it into my first blog.

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    #3  Edited By cloneslayer

    Great, now you reminded me I have to start building my snes collection again.

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    #4  Edited By drac96

    Shining Force I and II

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    #5  Edited By count_zero

    Phantasy Star II & IV (you can safely skip III).

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    #6  Edited By brndedhero
    @MysteriousBob: Wow, that's quite a substantial list. It's gonna take quite a while to work through that one 
     
    @Cloneslayer: I know I'm a terrible influence but I have no regrets! 
     
    @drac96: @Count_Zero: Noted and added to the list 
     
    Thanks guys. If there's anything missing then please keep adding
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    #7  Edited By riffingt0n

    Gunstar Heroes
     
    Edit: I see now that's a duplicate - it was on the same row as the entry above it in the big list
     
    Well anyway, for emphasis.  That game ruled.  (SoR II is amazing as well)

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