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All Sega Mega Drive / Genesis Games

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North America got Sonic the Hedgehog a full month before Japan did. Sega Mega Drive (1991) — speed as identity, born from an

Sega Mega Drive / Genesis

Sonic the Hedgehog

ソニック・ザ・ヘッジホッグ

Platform / Action · 1991

Sonic the Hedgehog (1991) is the game that gave Sega its identity. Born from an internal contest to find a new mascot, d…

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'Sonic 2sday' — November 24, 1992 — was one of gaming's first global simultaneous launches. Sonic 2 (Mega Drive) also added T

Sega Mega Drive / Genesis

Sonic the Hedgehog 2

ソニック・ザ・ヘッジホッグ2

Platform / Action · 1992

Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (1992) introduced Tails — Miles "Tails" Prower, a two-tailed fox who follows Sonic and can be contr…

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Yuzo Koshiro wrote his own composition software to make the Mega Drive sound like a nightclub. Streets of Rage (Mega Drive, 1

Sega Mega Drive / Genesis

Streets of Rage

ベア・ナックル 怒りの鉄拳

Beat 'em up · 1991

Streets of Rage (1991) — known in Japan as Bare Knuckle — is the beat 'em up that defined what the Mega Drive's FM sound…

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Former Konami staff left and made a game that pushed Mega Drive beyond its limits. Gunstar Heroes (1993) — IGN's best Mega Dr Uncommon

Sega Mega Drive / Genesis

Gunstar Heroes

ガンスターヒーローズ

Run and gun / Action · 1993

Gunstar Heroes (1993) was Treasure's debut game — and it arrived as a technical demonstration of what the Mega Drive cou…

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At ¥8,800, one of the priciest Mega Drive games ever. Phantasy Star IV (1993) concludes a saga begun in 1987 — worth every ye Uncommon

Sega Mega Drive / Genesis

Phantasy Star IV: The End of the Millennium

ファンタシースターIV 千年紀の終わりに

Role-playing game · 1993

Phantasy Star IV: The End of the Millennium (1993) is the conclusion to the original Phantasy Star saga — a science-fant…

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Mega Drive sequel Western players rank above the original. Shining Force II (1993) — bigger overworld, 30+ recruits, the Shin Uncommon

Sega Mega Drive / Genesis

Shining Force II

シャイニング・フォースII 古えの封印

シミュレーションRPG · 1993

Released in Japan on October 1, 1993, Shining Force II built on the tactical RPG formula of its predecessor with a large…

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Compile invented this franchise and went bankrupt. Sega bought the name. Puyo Puyo (1992, Mega Drive) — Japan-only. Abroad it

Sega Mega Drive / Genesis

Puyo Puyo

ぷよぷよ

Puzzle · 1992

Released for the Mega Drive on December 18, 1992, Puyo Puyo became one of Japan's most beloved and enduring puzzle games…

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Technosoft's team were heavy metal fans who engineered the FM chip to sound like electric guitar. Thunder Force IV (1992, Meg Uncommon

Sega Mega Drive / Genesis

Thunder Force IV

サンダーフォースIV

Shoot 'em up ·

Thunder Force IV (1992) is a horizontal shoot 'em up developed and self-published by Technosoft for the Sega Mega Drive,…

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Michael Jackson composed tracks, confirmed by Brad Buxer — name removed from credits before release. Sonic 3 (Mega Drive, 199

Sega Mega Drive / Genesis

Sonic the Hedgehog 3

ソニック・ザ・ヘッジホッグ3

Action Platformer ·

Released in 1994, Sonic the Hedgehog 3 introduced Knuckles the Echidna and a new shield system that fundamentally expand…

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Villain draws new enemies into the panels mid-fight. Comix Zone (1995, Mega Drive) — a beat 'em up literally inside a living Uncommon

Sega Mega Drive / Genesis

Comix Zone

コミックスゾーン

Beat 'em Up · 1995

Released in 1995, Comix Zone placed players inside a comic book, literally. Sketch Turner, a comic artist, is trapped in…

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Starts as peaceful ocean swimming. Then alien time-travel. Ecco the Dolphin (Mega Drive, 1992) never told you where it was go

Sega Mega Drive / Genesis

Ecco the Dolphin

エコー・ザ・ドルフィン

Action Adventure · 1993

Released in 1992, Ecco the Dolphin was unlike anything Sega had published: a game in which you played as a dolphin navig…

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Ristar's concept existed before Sonic did. Sonic Team released it (1995, Mega Drive) the same month as Saturn's launch — and Uncommon

Sega Mega Drive / Genesis

Ristar

リスター・ザ・シューティングスター

Action Platformer · 1995

Released in 1995 near the end of the Mega Drive's commercial life, Ristar was Sonic Team's answer to a simple question: …

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Koshiro was 24 and used a PC-8801 tracker to fake Roland TB-303 filter sweeps the Mega Drive chip could not produce. Bare Knu

Sega Mega Drive / Genesis

Streets of Rage 2

ベア・ナックルII 死闘への鎮魂歌

Beat 'em up / Action · 1993

Streets of Rage 2 — known in Japan as Bare Knuckle II: Requiem for the Raging Battle — is the 1992 Mega Drive beat 'em u…

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Sonic & Knuckles has a working cartridge slot on its top. Plug Sonic 3 in and two incomplete games become one. Mega Drive, 19

Sega Mega Drive / Genesis

Sonic & Knuckles

ソニック&ナックルズ

Platformer / Action · 1994

Sonic & Knuckles is the 1994 Mega Drive platformer developed by Sega Technical Institute, released simultaneously worldw…

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Treasure packed 31 bosses into one hour. No NA cartridge exists — only Sega Channel. Alien Soldier (Mega Drive, 1995), Japan Rare

Sega Mega Drive / Genesis

Alien Soldier

エイリアンソルジャー

Run and gun / Action · 1995

Alien Soldier is the 1995 Mega Drive run-and-gun developed by Treasure and published by Sega — one of the studio's most …

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Michiru Yamane debuted here, three years before Symphony of the Night. Bloodlines (1994, Mega Drive) — the only mainline Cast Uncommon

Sega Mega Drive / Genesis

Castlevania: Bloodlines

ヴァンパイアキラー

Action / Platformer · 1994

Castlevania: Bloodlines — known in Japan as Vampire Killer and in Europe as Castlevania: The New Generation — is the 199…

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Over ¥8,800 at launch and bundled with a hint book — the dungeons were nearly unsolvable without one. Phantasy Star II, Mega Uncommon

Sega Mega Drive / Genesis

Phantasy Star II

ファンタシースターII 還らざる時の終わりに

RPG / Science fiction · 1989

Phantasy Star II is the 1989 Mega Drive RPG developed by Sega — the sequel to the 1987 Master System original — and one …

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Akira Yamaoka composed this before Silent Hill. Contra: Hard Corps (1994, Mega Drive) — five endings, four characters, one-hi Uncommon

Sega Mega Drive / Genesis

Contra: Hard Corps

魂斗羅 ザ・ハードコア

Run and Gun · 1994

Contra: Hard Corps (1994) is the most technically ambitious entry in the Mega Drive's run-and-gun canon — a relentlessly…

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Konami 1993 Mega Drive. Sparkster the opossum knight with a jetpack sword. Tight action platformer and excellent Mega Drive s Uncommon

Sega Mega Drive / Genesis

Rocket Knight Adventures

ロケットナイトアドベンチャーズ

Platform / Action · 1993

Rocket Knight Adventures (1993) is one of the Mega Drive's finest original platformers — a game about a rocket-powered o…

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Two people used a 1980 text roguelike as the blueprint. ToeJam & Earl (Mega Drive, 1991) — alien rappers, random Earth, funk

Sega Mega Drive / Genesis

ToeJam & Earl

トージャム＆アール

Action / Roguelike · 1991

ToeJam & Earl (1991) is one of the most original games on the Mega Drive — a funk-soaked, jazz-inflected roguelike about…

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Disney's Aladdin (1993) for Mega Drive — Virgin Games' platformer using real Disney animation cels. Sword combat, Alan Menken

Sega Mega Drive / Genesis

Disney's Aladdin

アラジン

Platform / Action · 1993

Disney's Aladdin (1993) for Mega Drive is the landmark example of Disney's direct animation partnership with game develo…

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Developed without knowing Fire Emblem existed. Shining Force (1992, Mega Drive) — the grid RPG that defined the tactical genr Uncommon

Sega Mega Drive / Genesis

Shining Force: The Legacy of Great Intention

シャイニング・フォース 神々の遺産

Tactical RPG · 1992

The game that defined tactical RPG gaming in the West, Shining Force arrived on Mega Drive in March 1992 as the second e…

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Despite the name, Vectorman uses zero vector graphics. 23 sprites in calculated unison faked 60fps animation to rival Donkey ▶

Sega Mega Drive / Genesis

Vectorman

ベクターマン

Action Platformer ·

Released in October 1995 as the Sega Genesis approached the end of its commercial life, Vectorman was Sega's direct resp…

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Indiana Jones-inspired Mega Drive RPG where the camera that makes the world beautiful also makes every jump nearly impossible Uncommon

Sega Mega Drive / Genesis

Landstalker: The Treasures of King Nole

ランドストーカー 皇帝の財宝

Isometric Action RPG · 1992

Landstalker is Climax Entertainment's 1992 isometric action RPG for the Mega Drive — a precision platforming adventure i…

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Only Wonder Boy game with a female protagonist — Japan-only for 18 years. Monster World IV (Mega Drive, 1994) by Westone. Ash Rare

Sega Mega Drive / Genesis

Monster World IV

モンスターワールドIV

Action Platformer RPG · 1994

The final chapter of the Wonder Boy / Monster World saga and the only entry to feature a female protagonist, Monster Wor…

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Early versions used Spider-Man, Batman, Godzilla, Terminator as bosses — unlicensed, later patched out. Yuzo Koshiro composed

Sega Mega Drive / Genesis

The Revenge of Shinobi

ザ・スーパー忍

Action-Platform · 1989

Released in December 1989, The Revenge of Shinobi was the first Shinobi game built for the Mega Drive and one of the con…

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Shiny Entertainment's debut, shipped just one year after founding. Earthworm Jim (Mega Drive, 1994) — hand-drawn animation im

Sega Mega Drive / Genesis

Earthworm Jim

アースワームジム

Action-Platform ·

Earthworm Jim arrived on the Mega Drive in August 1994 as one of the most visually distinctive action-platformers of its…

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Japan version has a playable character — Ash — cut from every Western release. Bare Knuckle III (Mega Drive, 1994) has four e ▶

Sega Mega Drive / Genesis

Streets of Rage 3

ベア・ナックルIII

Beat 'em Up · 1994

Streets of Rage 3 (Bare Knuckle III, 1994) is the third and final chapter of Sega's defining beat 'em up trilogy — and i…

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Sega put the arcade on the couch without cutting a thing. Golden Axe (1989, Mega Drive) — swords, magic mounts, and gnomes yo

Sega Mega Drive / Genesis

Golden Axe

ゴールデンアックス

Beat'em up · 1989

Released for the Mega Drive on December 23, 1989, Golden Axe is a Sega beat'em up that became one of the defining titles…

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Yuzo Koshiro composed using only the FM chip — zero PCM samples. Beyond Oasis (1994, Mega Drive) is the purest FM soundtrack Uncommon

Sega Mega Drive / Genesis

Beyond Oasis

ザ・ストーリー・オブ・トア ～光を継ぐ者～

Action RPG · 1994

Released in Japan on December 9, 1994, The Story of Thor (Beyond Oasis in North America) is an action RPG developed by A…

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Yuji Naka — the man who later made Sonic — programmed this port. Ghouls n Ghosts (1989, Mega Drive) — one of the sharpest arc Uncommon

Sega Mega Drive / Genesis

Ghouls 'n Ghosts

大魔界村

Action-platformer · 1989

Released for the Mega Drive on August 3, 1989, Ghouls 'n Ghosts (Daimakaimura) is one of the most celebrated Capcom arca…

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Yu Suzuki drove 200 km/h through four countries and built OutRun around that feeling. Mega Drive (1991) — no opponent, just r

Sega Mega Drive / Genesis

OutRun

アウトラン

Racing · 1991

OutRun (1986 arcade / 1991 Mega Drive) is the racing game Yu Suzuki designed after driving through Europe himself — at 2…

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Tajiri directed, Sugimori designed, Masuda scored — the exact Pokémon team, one year before Pokémon. Pulseman for Mega Drive Uncommon

Sega Mega Drive / Genesis

Pulseman

パルスマン

Action Platformer · 1994

Pulseman, published by Sega for the Mega Drive in July 1994, was developed by Game Freak — the studio best known for Pok…

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Dynamite Headdy

ダイナマイトヘッディー

Action Platformer · 1994

Dynamite Headdy, Treasure's second Mega Drive game following Gunstar Heroes (1993), follows a puppet named Headdy whose …

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60 fps despite extreme bullet density. MUSHA Aleste (Mega Drive, 1990) — samurai mechs with Noh masks. Now one of the most va Uncommon

Sega Mega Drive / Genesis

MUSHA Aleste

MUSHA アレスタ

Vertical Scrolling Shooter · 1990

MUSHA Aleste, released in December 1990, is part of Compile's Aleste shoot-em-up series but stands apart from its predec…

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Sega Mega Drive / Genesis

Thunder Force III

サンダーフォースIII

Scrolling Shooter · 1990

Thunder Force III, released in June 1990, introduced a branching stage-select system — players could choose their order …

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Sega added hidden areas the arcade never had. Strider / Strider Hiryu (Mega Drive, 1990) was one of the first 8-Megabit cartr Uncommon

Sega Mega Drive / Genesis

Strider

ストライダー飛竜

Action Platformer · 1990

Released in Japan in September 1990, Strider for the Mega Drive is a home console port of Capcom's acclaimed 1989 arcade…

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Sega AM7 — not known for platformers — treated Castle of Illusion (1990, Mega Drive) with more care than most studios gave th

Sega Mega Drive / Genesis

Castle of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse

I LOVEミッキーマウス ふしぎのお城大冒険

Action Platformer · 1990

Released in November 1990, Castle of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse was the finest Disney-licensed game the Mega Drive w…

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Sega Mega Drive / Genesis

Light Crusader

ライトクルセイダー

Action RPG · 1995

Released in May 1995, Light Crusader was the final Mega Drive game from Treasure — the studio that had already delivered…

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Sega Mega Drive / Genesis

Sparkster: Rocket Knight Adventures 2

スパークスター ロケットナイトアドベンチャーズ2

Action Platformer · 1994

Released in September 1994, Sparkster: Rocket Knight Adventures 2 is the direct sequel to Rocket Knight Adventures on th…

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Sega Mega Drive / Genesis

World of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck

I LOVE ミッキー&ドナルド ふしぎなマジックボックス

Action Platformer · 1992

Released in December 1992, World of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck was the sequel to Castle of Illusion …

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Yu Suzuki's first major Sega arcade project put players inside a leaning motorcycle cabinet. Super Hang-On (1989, Mega Drive)

Sega Mega Drive / Genesis

Super Hang-On

スーパーハングオン

Racing · 1989

Released in October 1989 as a Mega Drive launch-adjacent title, Super Hang-On brought Sega's beloved 1987 arcade motorcy…

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Herzog Zwei

ヘルツォーク・ツバイ

Real-Time Strategy · 1989

Herzog Zwei (1989) is one of the earliest real-time strategy games in history — and the first to run on a home console. …

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Four people built it in a studio less than a year old. Shining in the Darkness (Mega Drive, 1991) — the first Shining game, a

Sega Mega Drive / Genesis

Shining in the Darkness

シャイニング&ザ・ダクネス

RPG / Dungeon Crawler · 1991

Shining in the Darkness (1991) is the origin of Sega's long-running Shining series — a first-person 3D dungeon RPG devel…

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Gainax designed the art. Game Arts built the code. Alisia Dragoon (Mega Drive, 1992) — auto-targeting lightning, four dragon Uncommon

Sega Mega Drive / Genesis

Alisia Dragoon

アリシアドラグーン

Action Platformer · 1992

Alisia Dragoon (1992) is Game Arts' lightning-wielding action platformer for the Mega Drive — a collaboration between th…

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Sega Mega Drive / Genesis

Bare Knuckle II (Streets of Rage 2)

ベア・ナックルII 死闘への鎮魂歌

Beat 'em up · 1992

Known overseas as Streets of Rage 2, Bare Knuckle II is Sega's 1992 beat 'em up for the Mega Drive, carrying the Japanes…

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Holyfield was undisputed heavyweight champion when this shipped. Sega's Real Deal Boxing (Mega Drive, 1992) — career mode wit

Sega Mega Drive / Genesis

Evander Holyfield's "Real Deal" Boxing

イベンダー・ホリフィールド ボクシング

Sports (Boxing) · 1992

A boxing game built around heavyweight champion Evander Holyfield, released by Sega in 1992. The player creates a fighte…

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Sega Mega Drive / Genesis

Fastest 1

ファステスト・ワン

Racing (Formula One) · 1991

A Formula One racing game developed and published by Human Entertainment, released only in Japan in 1991. It leaned towa…

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North America knew it as Ultimate Qix. Volfied (1991, Mega Drive) — Taito's Qix-successor — had you claiming screen territory

Sega Mega Drive / Genesis

Volfied

ヴォルフィード

Action (Area-claiming / Qix-style) · 1991

A home conversion of Taito's 1989 arcade game, brought to the Mega Drive in Japan in 1991. A successor to Qix, it tasks …

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Sega Mega Drive / Genesis

Super League

スーパーリーグ

Sports (Baseball) · 1989

An early Mega Drive baseball game published by Sega in Japan in 1989. It arrived near the start of the console's life an…

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Warrior of Rome II in the West — in Japan, Koei's Caesar no Yabou II (1992, Mega Drive) had you ruling a province to become E

Sega Mega Drive / Genesis

Caesar no Yabou II (Ambition of Caesar II)

シーザーの野望II

Strategy (Real-time tactics) · 1992

A real-time strategy game developed and published by Micronet for the Mega Drive in Japan in 1992, and the sequel to Cae…

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Grid tactics meets side-scrolling combat mid-battle. Ninja Burai Densetsu (1991, Mega Drive) — topple Nobunaga with ninja and

Sega Mega Drive / Genesis

Ninja Burai Densetsu

忍者武雷伝説

Tactical strategy RPG · 1991

A turn-based tactical strategy game for the Mega Drive, released in Japan in 1991. The player commands a band of ninja a…

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Tetris became 3D — rotate polycubes along all three axes to clear layers. Block Out (1991, Mega Drive) adds the dimension tha

Sega Mega Drive / Genesis

Block Out

ブロックアウト

Puzzle (3D falling-block) · 1991

A puzzle game for the Mega Drive based on the 3D falling-block concept created by California Dreams. Rather than the fla…

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Sega Mega Drive / Genesis

Joe Montana II: Sports Talk Football

ジョー・モンタナ II スポーツトーク フットボール

Sports (American football) · 1992

An American football game for the Mega Drive, the sequel to Sega's original Joe Montana Football, released in Japan in e…

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Sega Mega Drive / Genesis

Sword of Vermilion

ヴァーミリオン

Action role-playing game · 1989

An action role-playing game released in Japan for the Mega Drive in December 1989. It blends several viewpoints—overhead…

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Sega Mega Drive / Genesis

Advanced Daisenryaku: Deutsch Dengeki Sakusen

アドバンスド大戦略 ―ドイツ電撃作戦―

Turn-based strategy (wargame) · 1991

A turn-based military strategy game released by Sega for the Mega Drive in 1991, based on SystemSoft's Daisenryaku warga…

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The Secret of Monkey Island for mega drive (1990) — collector's guide and memories from players worldwide.

Sega Mega Drive / Genesis

The Secret of Monkey Island

モンキーアイランド

adventure video game · 1990

The Secret of Monkey Island is a 1990 adventure video game for the mega drive, developed by Lucasfilm Games, directed by…

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Sonic the Hedgehog CD for mega drive (1993) — collector's guide and memories from players worldwide.

Sega Mega Drive / Genesis

Sonic the Hedgehog CD

ソニック・ザ・ヘッジホッグCD

platform game · 1993

Sonic the Hedgehog CD is a 1993 platform game for the mega drive, developed by Sonic Team, directed by Naoto Ohshima, wi…

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Dune II (Mega Drive, 1992) — Brett Sperry coined 『real-time strategy』 and put the mouse to work. The argument that built a ge

Sega Mega Drive / Genesis

Dune II

Dune II

real-time strategy · 1992

Dune II is a 1992 real-time strategy for the mega drive, developed by Westwood Studios, with music by Frank Klepacki. It…

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Sega Mega Drive / Genesis

FIFA 97

FIFAサッカー97

association football video game · 1996

FIFA 97 is a 1996 association football video game for the mega drive, developed by EA Vancouver. It belongs to the FIFAシ…

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Mortal Kombat II — the Mega Drive release of 1994 by Probe Software for Acclaim Entertainment. Its history, the people behind

Sega Mega Drive / Genesis

Mortal Kombat II

モータルコンバットII

fighting game · 1994

Mortal Kombat II is a Mega Drive game released in 1994, developed by Probe Software, published by Acclaim Entertainment.…

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Sega Mega Drive / Genesis

FIFA: Road to World Cup 98

FIFA: Road to World Cup 98

association football video game · 1997

FIFA: Road to World Cup 98 is a 1997 association football video game for the mega drive, developed by EA Vancouver. It b…

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Mortal Kombat 3 for mega drive (1995) — collector's guide and memories from players worldwide.

Sega Mega Drive / Genesis

Mortal Kombat 3

モータルコンバット3

fighting game · 1995

Mortal Kombat 3 is a 1995 fighting game for the mega drive, developed by Midway Games, with music by Dan Forden. It belo…

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