Best PCE Sega game?

[lukester]

Quite a surprising amount for our plucky favorite console! Some games were better than others, some ports were better than others. Which comes out on top?

My favorite three are Outrun, WB 3 Dragon Trap, and Fantasy Zone

[Gredler]

Fantasy Zone was the only shooter I had on Turbografx-16 growing up, so of course I am partial

[Punch]

Close match between Harrier, Retfa Renrub and Bonanza Bros. I picked the latter.

[Black Tiger]

Dragon's Curse is the best.

Sega published the System-16 game Cotton.

[Digi.k]

space harrier and wonder boy III monster lair.

Pretty sure SH was the first SEGA game I purchased from my pce while WB3ML sold me on that briefcase...

[lukester]

My bad, added cotton and monster land to the list

[esteban]

My faves back in the day *AND* today:
Wonderboy III: Monster Lair
Space Harrier
Riot Zone (j/k)
Dragon's Curse (I really like the SMS version, otherwise it would be higher on the list).

[Michirin9801]

Dragon's Curse is the best quite easily, but the selection is a lot bigger than I thought, I didn't even know (or remember) that Riot Zone was a Sega game! I haven't played all of these games yet, but from what I've played the 2nd and 3rd have to be Cotton and After Burner II respectively, although I almost picked Outrun as my 3rd place, that was a damn good port, but I prefer it on the Mega Drive, AB2 on the other hand is quite a bit better on the PCE in pretty much every way...

[nopepper]

Dragons Curse by a landslide - it would probably be great even on the 5200 with its horrible controllers
Out Run - I just love how the soundtrack sings through the PCE's sound chip
Gain Ground SX - great game and a great port that always hooks me when I spin it

[Necromancer]

Dragon's Curse, Dynastic Hero, and Riot Zone.

[johnnykonami]

Voted WonderBoy III, V and Riot Zone.  I still wish I had my Riot Zone, loved the music on that game.  But are these really legit Sega choices?  They're all Westone, right?

I love the Super Scaler games but not a fan of the PCE ports.  I have a little bias towards Power Drift and then probably Afterburner is next.

[Necromancer]

Yeah, they're developed by Westone.  Sega was just the publisher.

[lukester]

But are these really legit Sega choices?  They're all Westone, right?

Yes. Companies publish different games all the time.

Bonk, Tengai Makyou, and the Thunder shooters? All developed by Red but are known as Hudson games

[Black Tiger]

Even Sega's teams were only teams of people Sega tried to keep hidden and eventually were allowed to first be credited with their real names, later allowed public tram names and then finally becoming fully independent.

All the big publishers hired Tose to make lots and maybe even most of their first party games, but still took all of the credit.

Nintendo didn't make Donkey Kong and spent years fighting the team who did in court. I'd still count it as "Nintendo" enough in cases like this.

[esteban]

Wait, there is a poll?

I didn't know. Doh!

Relying on my memory, I sadly forgot about...

 

(Thank you, nopepper, for being a fellow GAINGROUNDER)

I know folks might not think the PCE Gain Ground is anything special, but I really enjoy the overall experience. Admittedly, I haven't spent as much time with Genesis/arcade versions.

ALSO: I forgot about Dynastic Hero (necro's post reminded me)!

I think I'll have to visit this page in a browser and see what is in the poll and actually vote.