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Wherein G&T selects and ranks the best games ever released for the Sega Genesis / MD
Sixfortyfive
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Edit Sept 2 - results posted on site
http://www.sixfortyfive.com/genesis/
What started out as a quest to list all of the Genesis / Mega Drive games I've wanted to play but haven't got around to yet culminated into a bigger internet project of sorts. Here's the deal: I want you to go here and vote on your favorite games for the Gen/MD. Most of you have seen this sort of thing before. It's a best game poll set up in the same manner as previous GOTY polls that have been posted here. Think of it as a slightly more sophisticated "tell me how to spend my money" thread.
For those who don't know how this works: you're allowed to pick and rank as many games as you want from a given list, and the script will assign points to each game according to how you rank them. Your favorite game gets 21 points, 2nd favorite gets 20, and so on. All games you rank below 20th get 1 point each. Results will be displayed according to this point system along with standard first-past-the-post and instant runoff results and more. Polls in this format usually yield very good results, so I wanted to try one myself. If nothing else, I suppose this could serve as a general Virtual Console recommendation thread for the games that apply.
There are mechanisms in place to prevent cheating. If you vote more than once, all of your votes will be deleted.
I'll keep this up for about a week and then make the results public.
Also, let me know if there's any errors in the game list. I tried to make sure I didn't miss anything or get anything wrong but at 900+ titles I wouldn't be surprised if a few mistakes slipped in. I won't be posting full results until it's closed, but feel free to discuss your votes if you want.
http://www.sixfortyfive.com/genesis/
What started out as a quest to list all of the Genesis / Mega Drive games I've wanted to play but haven't got around to yet culminated into a bigger internet project of sorts. Here's the deal: I want you to go here and vote on your favorite games for the Gen/MD. Most of you have seen this sort of thing before. It's a best game poll set up in the same manner as previous GOTY polls that have been posted here. Think of it as a slightly more sophisticated "tell me how to spend my money" thread.
For those who don't know how this works: you're allowed to pick and rank as many games as you want from a given list, and the script will assign points to each game according to how you rank them. Your favorite game gets 21 points, 2nd favorite gets 20, and so on. All games you rank below 20th get 1 point each. Results will be displayed according to this point system along with standard first-past-the-post and instant runoff results and more. Polls in this format usually yield very good results, so I wanted to try one myself. If nothing else, I suppose this could serve as a general Virtual Console recommendation thread for the games that apply.
There are mechanisms in place to prevent cheating. If you vote more than once, all of your votes will be deleted.
I'll keep this up for about a week and then make the results public.
Also, let me know if there's any errors in the game list. I tried to make sure I didn't miss anything or get anything wrong but at 900+ titles I wouldn't be surprised if a few mistakes slipped in. I won't be posting full results until it's closed, but feel free to discuss your votes if you want.
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It was a bit large, but what could we expect.
My list probably isn't really definitive... It was hard to nail down the top 20 in a SPECIFIC order.
OH Hell! I forgot Home Alone, dammit I loved that game.
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Nintendo does what segon't.
Underdog? Are you sure about that?
Any way.
Thunderforce series
Herzog Zwei
Etc etc. Seems like these games have been coming up more frequently around here. That's a good thing.
I'm pretty sure the Genesis sold better than the SNES up until Donkey Country was released, then the SNES took over.
I still have my original Sega CD, 32X and[/] Nomad. Since I have the arcade sticks for my Dreamcast, I bust that out every so often to play MVC2 and other 2d fighters. I loved Sega's hardware. Except for the Sega CD and 32X. lolz.
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More than most online sites anyway.
Some of us are pretty old.
Glad somebody saved me the trouble of bumping this thread.
Not even close. In fact, it's arguably even tougher.
I still played it to death when it came out.
Anyway, my starter was the NES, but when I got a Genesis, I was pretty much converted for life. I got the SNES not long after, but when the Sega CD came out, and then the Saturn, I didn't look back to Nintendo until the Dreamcast died.
Ironically, I thought of the Gamecube as the new DC in a way; lots of underappreciated cult classics.
M.U.S.H.A. still tops my list. Not just my favorite Genesis game, but probably my favorite shmup ever.
The intro was mind-blowing for its time.
I'm filling out your list now and am reminded what awesome licensed games the MD had. Aladdin, Mickey, the Lion King - movie games shouldn't be that good.
Where did you get this list from? I'm pretty sure it's missing some games I have. "Shane Wayne Cricket" should be "Warne"; and only Shinobi III seems to be listed.
The list was pulled mostly from sega-16.com with some edits. As for Shinobi: Shinobi III, Shadow Dancer, and Revenge of Shinobi are accounted for.
I don't think this top 5 can be bettered on any other console:
I listed about 45. There were a few dozen other games that I had played but felt that they either didn't hold up very well or I didn't remember enough about them to give them a solid vote.
[*]#1: Phantasy Star 4
[*]#2: Gunstar Heroes
Seriously, Phantasy Star 4 is one of the most underrated games ever released. A combination of a mixed pedigree (e.g. PS2 was strictly for sadists, and PS3 was for people who hate gaming) and a horribly expensive cart certainly didn't help it gain in popularity, but I'd put it in the company of Chrono Trigger and FF4 & 6. It's that good. Easily one of the best games of the 16-bit era, on any console.
I suppose the Genesis wasn't much of an underdog compared to the NES, but looking back on it now, there was/is so much more general love for Nintendo, whereas I was never allowed to have a Nintendo as a kid, by my family's orders. I wonder if the Sega love would still abide to the same extent as Nintendo had the Dreamcast fared somewhat better.
I'm really pleased with the Sega stuff coming out on Virtual Console, its the biggest selling point for the Wii for me.
This man speaks the truth. That game is timeless. Looking back, I'm not even sure what it was; the music, the storyline, the characters, it just all clicked in the right way. Oh, and the Land Rover: blowing the shit out of critters in a giant tank never hurt, and it made travel between towns a good bit more fun. Totally number one on my list as well.
There needs to be more Landstalker love.
(For those of you unfamiliar with the name, this is the equivalent of Nintendo not localizing Seiken Densetsu III.)
for shame