Bought a Genesis... Any game suggestions?

[Izod1337]

Gotta say thank you to everyone who posted their suggestions thus far! There were many titles that I never even heard of like True Lies, Midnight Resistance, Shadow Dancer, Tinhead.

I initially bought the Genesis collection on PS3 some years ago and absolutely loved the majority of the games on it which held me back from buying a Genesis. But of course I knew there would be fantastic games that I and friends would miss out on.

I'll definitely look into buying an Everdrive first before delving totally into getting the og carts due to me really going after Saturn and Wii U games at the moment. Do everdrives need an SD card to function? I don't know much about it.

Also the Powerbase Converter FM is meant to be a replacement for the official one by Sega? I recall that the official one cannot work on Model 2 (which I have).

[johnnykonami]

What?!?

TFII is way underrated and Space Harrier II is great fun too.

The only stinker in that group is Last Battle.

True, TF2 is a great game, and Space Harrier II is pretty good also.  Last Battle was really cool to me back then, so I'll happily wear my nostalgia goggles.  I remember being impressed by the large, cool looking sprites, and the music is also so engrained that I can recall it even now.  I should go get a copy, it's probably dirt cheap.

[nopepper]

Gotta say thank you to everyone who posted their suggestions thus far! There were many titles that I never even heard of like True Lies, Midnight Resistance, Shadow Dancer, Tinhead.

I initially bought the Genesis collection on PS3 some years ago and absolutely loved the majority of the games on it which held me back from buying a Genesis. But of course I knew there would be fantastic games that I and friends would miss out on.

I'll definitely look into buying an Everdrive first before delving totally into getting the og carts due to me really going after Saturn and Wii U games at the moment. Do everdrives need an SD card to function? I don't know much about it.

Also the Powerbase Converter FM is meant to be a replacement for the official one by Sega? I recall that the official one cannot work on Model 2 (which I have).

Mega Everdrives use MicroSD cards, so you can have all games in the cart. You can also play Master System games from the Mega Everdrive, so you don't need the OEM power base or that FM version (unless you really want FM sound).

IMO, the Genesis/MD is essential in any gamer's arsenal, right alongside the PCE, SNES and NES.

[nopepper]

True, TF2 is a great game, and Space Harrier II is pretty good also.  Last Battle was really cool to me back then, so I'll happily wear my nostalgia goggles.  I remember being impressed by the large, cool looking sprites, and the music is also so engrained that I can recall it even now.  I should go get a copy, it's probably dirt cheap.

My nostalgia for Last Battle is only negative, as my brother and I bought it when it came out, just based on looking at the screenshots. Getting a bad game with my own money when I was 15 was devastating and unfortunately, this was one of them. No matter how much I tried, I could not find redeeming qualities, as even the cool music started to grate on me after dealing with its stiff controls and horrible level design for hours.

f*ck Last Battle.

To the OP, don't even put it in your Everdrive.

[touko]

you also have :
 gleylancer
Street of rage 3
golden axe
soleil(a zelda like)
the futur water melon's BTU, paprium 

Ps: how someone can appreciate eliminate down and its jigsaw sounds ?? 

[Gypsy]

you also have :
 gleylancer
Street of rage 3
golden axe
soleil(a zelda like)
the futur water melon's BTU, paprium 

Ps: how someone can appreciate eliminate down and and its jigsaw sounds ?? 

Gleylancer is good, but it's an everdrive type unless he's looking to drop serious coin.

[SignOfZeta]

Let's see...Genesis suggestions...

My favorites are probably Trespass and Nursery Cryme, should be obtainable for less than $10 in decent shape. Foxtrot is good, IMO, but not as good as people say it is. For a change of pace try Spot the Pigeon.

[GaijinD]

I'm having a hard time coming up with anything someone else hasn't already suggested, but I will say Cool Spot is a totally decent game, which you wouldn't expect considering it's based on the 7Up spot. Also, if you do go the EverDrive route, Treasure made a four-player Yu Yu Hakusho fighter that's really good. They revisited the engine for their Bleach fighters on DS, and it was clearly an influence on Guardian Heroes.

[captainzoli]

Mutant League Football
Outrun
Pirates Gold

[deubeul]

Did someone mention Strider?

[Zero_Gamer]

Let's see...Genesis suggestions...

My favorites are probably Trespass and Nursery Cryme, should be obtainable for less than $10 in decent shape. Foxtrot is good, IMO, but not as good as people say it is. For a change of pace try Spot the Pigeon.

You strike me as a James Pond kinda guy.

[cr8zykuban0]

Any streets of rage game, lost vikings, combat cars, bio hazard battle, vector man 1 and 2, and outrun 2049

[glazball]

No shortage of great games on the Genesis!  I'll second these games, absolutely must-have:
Altered Beast
Castlevania: Bloodlines
Chiki Chiki Boys
Contra: Hard Corps
Ghouls & Ghosts
Golden Axe
Gunstar Heroes
Herzog Zwei
Outrun
Revenge of Shinobi
Shadow Dancer
Streets of Rage (any)
Strider
Vectorman 1 and 2
Wonder Boy in Monster World

Haven't seen these mentioned yet:
Castle of Illusion
Earthworm Jim
Forgotten Worlds
Rolling Thunder 2 and 3
Splatterhouse 2 and 3
Truxton

[Serega81]

Phantasy Star IV - amazing RPG, way ahead of its time

Gargoyles - the cartoon adaptation, fun platformer with great character animations

[Flare65]

Thunderforce III is one of my most favorite side shooters of all time.  Well worth picking up.

Many of the titles mentioned here can get quite expensive.  I'll echo what others have said here and recommend an Everdrive to play all these games.  It will give you the most bang for the buck....