Happy Birthday Sega Genesis!

[burningdoom]

Happy birthday Sega Genesis!

On this day in 1989 the Sega Genesis was released in North America.

What was your favorite Genesis game?

Mine was definitely X-Men 2: The Clone Wars. That game and the Sonic games where the reason why I ended up buying a Sega Genesis when already being an SNES owner. The graphics, the sound, the comic accuracy were all awesome. But the gameplay was spot on too, and playing as Magneto was just the icing on the cake.

[sworddude]

Didn't have a genesis release only europe and maybe japan

but for me it's gotto be second samurai. had allot of good memories of this one as a kid and it's imo still one of the better games on the system

also one of the better co op games aswell , great gameplay whacky sega esk sound effects and music. this is the kinda game I think about when people talk genesis/ megadrive.

[kamikazekeeg]

We got a Sega Genesis at some point, I don't remember when or how, but I had that after my NES.  I was bigger on Sonic back then, so I loved like Sonic 2, 3, Knuckles, Spinball, 3D Blast, and a couple others, I never owned tons of games for it...Vectorman...drawing a blank on some others.  Rented a bunch for it so that's how I played stuff like Ristar, Rocket Knight Adventures, and more.  I believe I owned Lion King and Aladdin as that was the system I played those on.

[ssj4yamgeta]

I didn't grow up with the Genesis, but I did pick up a used one and a couple of Sonic games as a teenager. Then later on I got the Genesis Mini when that came out, which is where most of my experience with the platform comes from. It has some really great games, but Monster World IV became an unexpected favorite. It's kind of a Zelda II-style side scrolling RPG with Mario-esque platforming elements. The main dungeons kinda give off Metroid vibes. It actually ended up becoming one of my favorite RPGs.

[djgdave]

My favourite is definitely Sonic 2, but there are some other games I still play today that are very dear to my heart. Dynamite Heady, Shadow Dancer, Strider, Sunset Riders, Mortal Kombat 2, NHLPA 93, Quackshot, Forgotten Worlds, General Chaos, Jungle Strike, Jurassic Park and Streets of Rage 2 from just the top of my head. Sonic 2 will always be the king though (IMO).

[telly]

I just recently picked up the Genesis collection on PS3. This is an area of gaming that I've never experienced before. I've never even played a Sonic game. Really excited to dive into all these games! 

[mrkonasoni]

Pretty standard answer but Sonic 1 and Sonic 3 is the reason why I decided to sided with Sonic as a child until I realized is okay to just love any video game and console, at some point is just made me natural happy beat Sonic 3 constantly.

Contra Hard Corps is one of the reasons, Contra is top 3 franchises for me, the first time I played it I didn't knew games could be that good, honestly, still one of the best games I ever played.

From there, I guess there more games I like, personally I would recommend to watch some of the documentaries about how some classic games like Castle of Illusion starring Mickey Mouse or Street of Rage were made, they certainly include a lot of memorable stuff and will probably inspire you to want to create or something or at least respect the thought process that went when making these games and a lot more for the Sega Genesis/Mega Drive.

Anyway, there more games and development stories I particularly love, but it would be a post too long, you can tell a console is good when even 30 years later people still remember it and still sharing their favorite memories and stories about how the development of the games were for the console, one way or another is the perfect example of a legacy that is still respected up to.this day.