The tiny development team at Johnson Voorsanger Productions managed to prove them wrong, and created the sleeper-hit title of the console. The bounce of the ball. The roar of the crowd. The spittle of the whistle. When Sensi lined up on Mega Drive consoles in March , it was a footballing triumph: none could match its 60 frames per second animations, the pitch-wide view and customisable teams.
We're going to stick out our necks and say Hard Corps is the pinnacle of the Contra series, such was the frequency of its lavish boss battles, animated in stunning style. The multi-path choice system also blew our nineties minds. Best fact: See that wolf guy in the screen shot?
He's called Brad Fang - a cyborg with a gatling gun for an arm. He is the best video game character ever. Ways to play: Mega Drive Mini. Long before Dead Island or Dead Rising had us running amok with a spade amidst a sea of brain nibblers, this gem of a game had us fleeing for our lives.
As either Zeke and Julie, players were tasked with saving their neighbours from the undead, using weapons that ranged from tomatoes to bazookas. There were 55 levels, with an impressive array of strategies for taking out the zombies. If a Mega Drive game deserved a remake, this would get our vote. Best fact: In , word swept the darker corners of the web that a film adaptation was in the works, with screenwriter John Darko Insidious linked to the project. It's still yet to reach production.
A platforming hero who never got the same level of fame as Mario or Sonic, Sparkster was a rocketeering opossum it's a marsupial, look it up , who must destroy a powerful ship known as the Pig Star, and its evil emperor intent on destroying the kingdom.
Sort of like Star Wars, but with animals. Best fact: Despite Rocket Knight Adventures gaining high praise from critics - with many drawing comparisons to Sega's famed hedgehog - the game and its two sequels never found mainstream success. If you're a keen retro gamer with an interest in platformers, we urge you to dig up this lost gem.
No, they never worked out how to spell 'fantasy', but that didn't stop this JRPG the J stands for Japan from being any less excellent. A turn-based battler, the story took place on the once-lush world of Motavia, now crumbling and filled with biomonsters. As Chaz Ashley, you set out to kill bugs, build a team of badasses and take down the sinister character known as Zio. It was massive, with a storyline that meandered all over the place in satisfying style. You can find it on Steam even now.
The Mega Drive was spoilt for platform titles; while Sonic stood out as a console-shifting triumph, there were many other fine examples of "jumping on things and running about a lot", like Kid Chameleon. As the titular hero, you went about in search of flags - often running into teleporters that could sling you into different levels, forcing you to find a new path through the game. Masks would give you different powers and abilities to take on increasingly difficult foe hence the 'Chameleon' title.
Best fact: Wish you could relive this nineties classic? It's available on PC for 79p. The only excuse you have for not having played Battletoads is being born after it was originally a NES game, before receiving a superb Mega Drive port in The scrolling brawler adventure starred three battle-hardened toads Rash, Zitz, and Pimple , tasked with rescuing Princess Angelica after she's kidnapped by the Dark Queen.
The game was hard as nails, with the Mega Drive version proving only a smidgen easier due to players getting a larger number of lives - which made the hoverbike sequence of the game nearly manageable. ShortList is supported by you, our amazing readers. When you click through the links on our site and make a purchase we may earn a commission.
Learn more. By Holly Pyne. Relive your childhood days with one of the best retro consoles 40 classic games. Sega Mega Drive Mini. The easiest way to dip back into these games is with a Mega Drive Mini, one of the very best retro mini consoles to date.
Best Mega Drive games. Sonic the Hedgehog 2 Buy the cart at Amazon. Release date: Forget Pes or Fifa, the nineties witnessed a far more polarising fanboy war over a hedgehog and Italian plumber. Thanks for voting. Release date: Yes, Streets of Rage was good - really good. Golden Axe Buy the cart at Amazon. Release date: And you thought Dark Souls was hard. Aladdin Buy the cart at Amazon. Release date: The best "video game based on a movie"? If your answer isn't Aladdin, it's wrong. Release date: We're not proud to admit it, but much of what we knew about the Gulf War as a kid was owed largely to this game.
The Revenge of Shinobi Buy the cart at Amazon. Release date: Set three years after the original title, The Revenge had a simple storyline: the ninja badguys have reformed, changing their name from Zeed to Neo Zeed nice , killing our hero's master and nicking his bride nasty.
Micro Machines Buy the cart at Amazon. Release date: "We want to make a racing game about Micro Machines. Are you sure? There are more sneaky references in here than in Gex: Enter the Gecko! Critics were a little hesitant about two outer-space rappers at first, but they quickly fell in love with the game and praised the fact that you could play as both characters in multiplayer mode. The beats, the humour, the plotline, and the funky alien characters themselves cemented ToeJam and Earl as one of the Best Sega Mega Drive games of the s.
How many of our readers can remember firing up the Barn Blaster for the first time and killing every enemy on the screen?
Earthworm Jim 2 just felt like a more solid game to me compared to the original, although they are still both two of the best Sega Mega Drive games ever made, without a doubt! Sonic the Hedgehog 3 takes the 13th spot in this list of the best Sega Mega Drive games of all time! The sequel to the epic Sonic the Hedgehog 2 was always going to have a lot to live up to, but in true Sonic style, the little blue peril knocked it out of the park!
He really comes into his own in this game rather than just being a sidekick. Throw in 3D levels and the epic pinball stages, and this could well be one of the greatest Sega Mega Drive games ever made…. What a game though, and one of the best for kicking back with your mates on a Saturday afternoon after watching WWF on Sky 1. Battling against the residents of Planet Bomber in the Jammin Jungle while riding around on the back of bomb-slinging Kangaroo….
This was the first time we saw the white-headed Bomberman as the main star of the show, the character that would later be referred to as Bomberman and go onto star in one of the best N64 games of all time, Bomberman And Sega really knew what they were doing when it came to naming the levels on Mega Bomberman too. Next up on our list of the best Sega Mega Drive games is a title that sees the most unlikeliest of heroes taking centre stage; Taz in Escape from Mars.
Commonly referred to as the Grandaddy of Spin by no-one else other than me , Taz the Tasmanian Devil was sending enemies into a whirlwind frenzy long before Crash Bandicoot came onto the scene. This is another game based on a cartoon character that I grew up with, and the plot was almost as mad as Taz himself! After first escaping and then, for some reason, returning, he decides to get his own back on Marvin.
Spin, breathe fire, and spit rocks at the various enemies on both Earth and Mars as you make your way through the different levels in search of the final boss or that much-sought-after exit sign. Probotector is up next in our list of the best Sega Mega Drive games, and what a title it is! You might know it as Contra: Hard Corps in the US, and this spin-off of the Contra series went on to become a classic stand-alone title that is still played by gamers all over the world today.
Your task, should you chose to accept it, is to put an end to Colonel Bahamut and the terrorists in his army, recovering the alien cell he plans to use to improve his weapon arsenal in the process.
This is some Neo-style action right here! Remember when I said that I used to watch wrestling every Saturday afternoon with my mates? WWF Raw was one of the Best SEGA Mega Drive Games for button-mashing, multiplayer madness, and having the ability to control some of my all-time-favourite wrestlers was the icing on the steel-cage cake.
In a similar vein to playing Mortal Kombat or Street Fighter, you had to have the brain of a mathematician to remember all of the special moves, signature moves, and move sets for your favourite players. Seeing a bit character tombstone an opponent into the floor of the ring still makes me feel like the ultimate fighter, and being able to use moves that were new to the franchise like the show-stopping DDT for the first time was something else entirely.
Ok, own up; who else found the first two Shinobi Games pretty damn difficult when they first came out? Coincidentally, that is how I tackle most of the Retro Dodo requests that Brandon throws at me…. The moves were a lot more sophisticated too in a Ninja sort-of-way , and the overall gameplay was smoother.
Joe Musashi must once again face the evil Neo Zeed awesome name in this fast-paced Samurai game. Using Ninjitsu techniques to work his way through the different levels, Joe must mentally and physically prepare himself for a showdown with the Shadow Master at the end of the game. The 2D gameplay really worked in this title as it is set out exactly like a comic book. You get everything from the small labels telling you specific city names through to the individual speech bubbles for the various characters.
You play as an artist named Sketch who finds himself trapped in his own comic by an evil villain. Streets Of Rage II : same streets, twice as much rage!
Everything you loved about Streets of Rage but bigger, badder, and bolder. The camera is closer to the action, the players all have much better moves, and the game feels like an updated, polished version of the original. So, calling the police car in to defeat all of the cronies around you was fun on the original version, but working together to pull off special moves is far more exciting than just calling in the boys in blue!
Just look at those denim wearing thugs causing trouble in your town! Blaze and Axel are back again, though this time they have to defeat MR X and save their friend and original fighter Adam from his clutches. Donald Duck is a character that is much more at home feeling angry about everything rather than trying to save the day, but he sure knows how to put up a good fight in his debut Mega Drive title.
I know that this might be hard to believe in a world filled with 4K TVs and next-gen gaming, but these graphics were incredible for the time. The clouds, the mountains, the brick column on which Donald and Pete are about to do battle on in the picture above; they were all heralded by gamers and critics far and wide as being superb and a fine example of bit gaming.
Sure, the controls are a little bit fiddly, but the storyline itself is fantastic and filled with the kind of capers that make Donald Duck such a funny and energetic character.
Primal Rage. Prince of Persia. Pro Quarterback. Pro Striker Final Stage. Psycho Pinball. Punisher, The. Puyo Puyo Tsuu. Race Drivin'. Radical Rex. Rainbow Islands Extra. Rambo III. Ransei no Hasha. Rastan Saga II. RBI Baseball 3. RBI Baseball 4. RBI Baseball ' Red Zone. Rent A Hero. Revolution X featuring Aerosmith. Richard Scarry's Busytown. Rings of Power. Rise of the Robots. Road Blasters. Road Rash. Road Rash II. Road Rash 3. RoboCop 3. RoboCop versus The Terminator.
Rock N' Roll Racing. Rocket Knight Adventures. Rolling Thunder 2. Rolling Thunder 3. Rolo to the Rescue Zou! Rescue Daisakusen JP. Saint Sword. Sampras Tennis Sangokushi Retsuden: Ransei no Eiyuu-tachi. San San Requires Mega Modem. Saturday Night Slam Masters. Schtroumpfs, Les: Autour du Monde.
Scooby-Doo Mystery. SeaQuest DSV. Second Samurai, The. Sensible Soccer: European Champions. Sesame Street: Counting Cafe. Shadow of the Beast II. Shanghai II: Dragon's Eye. Shaq Fu. Shougi no Hoshi. Shove It! Shura no Mon. Side Pocket. Simpsons, The: Bart vs. Simpsons, The: Bart's Nightmare. Skeleton Krew. Slap Fight MD. Smurfs, The Several localized European releases.
Snake Rattle 'n' Roll. Snow Bros. Socket Time Dominator 1st JP. Sonic the Hedgehog. Sonic the Hedgehog 2. Sonic the Hedgehog 3 Sonic 3 EU. Space Harrier II. Spider-Man Marvel Comics. Spiritual Warfare Unlicensed. Spirou Robbedoes NL. Splatterhouse 2. Splatterhouse 3. Spot Goes To Hollywood. Star Control. Star Cruiser.
Steel Talons. Street Racer. Street Smart. Strider Strider Hiryuu JP. Summer Challenge. Sunset Riders. Super Battleship. Super Battletank: War in the Gulf. Super Daisenryaku. Super Fantasy Zone. Super Hang-On. Super High Impact. Super Hydlide. Super Kick Off. Super Monaco GP. Super Off Road. Super Skidmarks. Super Smash TV. Super Thunder Blade. Super Volleyball. Surging Aura.
Sword of Sodan. Sword of Vermilion Vermilion JP. T2: Terminator 2: Judgement Day. T2: The Arcade Game. Taikou Risshiden. TaleSpin Disney's. Task Force Harrier EX. Taz in Escape from Mars. Tecmo Super Baseball. Tecmo Super Bowl. Tecmo Super Hockey. Tel Tel Mahjong. Tel Tel Stadium. Terminator, The.
Test Drive 2: The Duel. Theme Park. Thunderbolt 2 Unlicensed. Thunder Force II. Thunder Force III. Thunder Fox. Thunder Pro Wrestling Retsuden.
Tick, The. Time Killers. Tintin in Tibet. Tom to Jerry JP. Tony La Russa Baseball. Top Gear 2. Top Pro Golf. Total Football. Toughman Contest. Toxic Crusaders. Toy Story. Trampoline Terror. Traysia Minato no Traysia JP. Triple Play Triple Play Gold Edition.
True Lies. Truxton Tatsujin JP. Turbo Outrun. Twin Hawk Daisenpuu JP. Twinkle Tale. Two Tribes: Populous II. Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3. Ultimate Qix Volfied JP. Ultimate Soccer. Undead Line. Universal Soldier. Unnecessary Roughness ' Uzu Keobukseon. Valis III. Vectorman 2. Virtua Fighter 2. Virtua Racing. Virtual Bart. Virtual Pinball. Vixen VR Troopers. Wacky Worlds Creativity Studio.
Waialae no Kiseki. Wani Wani World JP. Warlock Beware the Ultimate Evil of. Warsong Langrisser JP. Wayne's World. Whac-a-Critter Mallet Legend's Unlicensed. Wheel of Fortune. Winter Challenge. Winter Olympics: Lillehammer Wolverine: Adamantium Rage.
World Championship Soccer 2. World Class Leaderboard Golf. World Cup USA World Heroes. World Series Baseball. World Series Baseball ' Wrestle War. WWF Raw. WWF Royal Rumble. Xenon 2 Megablast. X-Men 2: Clone Wars. Yogi Bear: Cartoon Capers. Yuu Yuu Hakusho Gaiden.
Zan: Yasha Enbukyoku. Zany Golf. Zero the Kamikaze Squirrel. Zero Tolerance. Zero Wing. Aworg: Hero In The Sky. Hyper Marbles. Kiss Shot. Medal City. Laszlo Olah. Paddle Fighter. Putter Golf. Pyramid Magic. Pyramid Magic II. Pyramid Magic III.
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