Truthfact: in Europe and Japan, the first book of the Bible is called Mega Drive.
Great console, so many great memories. Revenge of Shinobi, Castle/World of Illusion, Phantasy Star II, Shining Force I and II, El Viento, Arcus Odyssey, Exile, Warsong, Kid Chameleon, Ghouls'n Ghosts, Rings of Power, Starflight, NHL and all these awesome EA games with the yellow chip.
Jesus, I forgot Streets of fucking Rage. That Koshiro sound.
My list mainly had game series sad to say, didn't bother to check when the MD/Genesis originally released, then again I always assumed it released in 1990/91 ^^;
...but FINALLY SOMEONE NOTICED IT!
Mind elaborating about the dude with the glasses and the funky hairdo though?
Anyways the Genesis was THE console of my childhood before the PSX.
I played Sonic 2, World of Illusion and TMNT on it and me and brother had a blast playing them, some great memories...
Quarter of a century. God damn! Gives me those "looooooooooong ago" vibes that I used to get when some one brought up Atari to me when I was kid.
I wish I could say that I got the most out of the system when I was a kid, but all I had was a handful of games. First of all I had a model 2 and I was pretty convinced that the giant model 1 was a different system entirely. LOL! I had Growl which was surprisingly pretty fun for me. I had the Batman and Robin game which me and my neighbor used to try to beat to no avail... pretty sure that was a shitty game iirc. Sonic Spin Ball was not bad and kept me busy with something to play.
The lion King made my x-mas! My aunt got it for me. She liked the movie and I was completely obsessed by it. So when the game was actually good, I was as happy as a pig in the mud.
I was also anticipating Jurrassic park, but it ended in disappointment since I would always get stuck at the T-Rex part.
I was also lucky enough to have the best the system had IMO in Sonic 2, 3, and Knuckles. Those were the games I could waste entire days on -- particularly S3&K. I spent
sooooo much time on them! Locking S3 onto S&K blew my mind back then. Plus, music like this was forever ingrained into my mind.
I had another neighbor with an SNES. All he had were a bunch of Mario games... yeah Sonic suited me just fine [Oblivious to something called Super Metroid, but that's how it was].
Happy 25th SEGA Genesis! Ain't no console as rad as you and you brought some of that radness into my grade school life.
Never had a Mega Drive, just the good ol' American Genesis. Bought with my own money and bundled with that devil-worshiping (lol) Altered Beast! It was just the step up from 8-bit that I was craving.
I soaked up Thunder Force II, World Championship Soccer, Ghouls 'n Ghosts, Forgotten Worlds, and Revenge of Shinobi like nobody's business. Amazing times. Such amazing times.
25 Years since it's release deserves a mention of my 25 favorite Genesis games of all time. I highly recommend people trying the games on this list. All of these games stand the test of time as enjoyable games to this day.
Games are listed in not order of how much I like them, but just selected from memory at the time of writing.
12) Phantasy Star IV: End of the Millenium
One of the most memorable Console RPGs I've played, with a story and characters I had emotional attachment too. With a spell combination system that predates Chrono Trigger
24) El Viento
Created by Wolf Team and published in the US by Renovation. With haphazard action and iffy level design, but the fast pace and overall craziness make this one of Wolf Team's better titles. It was also one of the earliest games containing a soundtrack from Motoi Sakuraba, in fact Wolf Team itself became the foundations that birthed tri-Ace once after they disbanded from Namco / Telenet Japan. http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/earnestevans/earnestevans.htm http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mHSZKXeJvws
If you own any of these games on the Virtual Console or decide to use emulation to enjoy them. Check them out. Or even better yet, track down an old Mega Drive or Genesis console and some of these carts and enjoyed them the way I did for the first time.
Still love the Mega Drive, currently sitting in the attic but not for long. So many great games for the MD. Story of Thor (Beyond Oasis) stands out along with Spiderman: Enter the Kingpin. Probably my most frequently played game over the last 20 years. Every time I get a new phone or system, this is the game I try and emulate first.
I don't have a genesis at the moment although I plan on hunting for a wondermega when I head to Japan next year but are there any good Japanese exclusive Wii VC releases? The only consoles I have with me are my Wii U, a Japanese Wii, and my 3DS so pickings are fairly slim for me.
Pal MD and pal Dreamcast are the two nicest looking consoles ever, I say pal DC because the blue swirl works better IMO.
I plan to buy a new megadrive this winter, my old model 1 was broken a long time ago and it's replacement, a model 2, has lost all it's wires and i'm not a fan of that model either.
I was 7 (8?) and went to Vigo, Spain with my parents (I'm from Oporto, Portugal) and while my mum, my sister and I went through this big department store my dad said he was going to the car and bought Mega Drive and hide it in the car's trunk.
1 ou 2 months later, xmas eve, me and my sis got a Mega Drive!!!! Bundled with Sonic, Italy 90, Super Hang On and Columns!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
When I opened the box on Xmas morning (why didn't I open it on Xmas eve beats me), i got super sad cause i though they only bundled Sonic and Columns!!!!!! (did i cry? probably). After a while i realised they put the 3 games into one cartridge!!!! The 4 games were there!!! Happy times!!
