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I knew Driver was a special game when it was released, since everyone talked about it with such reverence in the playground. Male kids in my part of the world are pre-inclined to love driving games, and everyone could see that Driver was mechanically heads and shoulders above the rest. More impressive, it was rumored that the game had multiple open cities that you could freely drive around. To my surprise, I realized that most people who played it (including myself) couldn't get over the opening tutorial stage, since it demanded near-perfect driving performance to clear. Nearly 25 years later, I managed to finish the tutorial stage for the first time and experienced the game as it was meant to be played. #13: Driver:- Year: 1999. Genre: Driving, Action. Publisher: GT Interactive. Developer: Reflections Interactive.  

In a parallel world, Chrono Cross could have been, with some tweaks, a perfect masterpiece. Maybe, provided more production time (it was completed in less than 2 years) or a more focused vision, it would have been able to reach that pedestal along with its revered SNES predecessor, Chrono Trigger . However, in this world, we see all the elements of a brilliant game, but with enough blemishes not to reach that pedestal. While the brilliant elements of the game may have contributed to its legendary status and near-perfect scores by the critics of the day, playing the game today reveals gaps in potential. While the game's story, characters, and oh god, the music, are undoubtedly great, the game lacks the almost-perfect pacing of Trigger . #14: Chrono Cross:- Year: 2000. Genre: JRPG. Publisher: Square. Developer: Square.  

When you read those memes making fun of early 90's game translations, all those grammatical disasters and unintentional comedy gold, it is games like Alien Soldier that are usually featured. Starting with a grand story that crumbles with the slightest knowledge of grammar and sentence structure, Alien Soldier nevertheless manages to be a grand game in its own right. The chaos in its opening story can never be put to order, but if you can master the chaos in its gameplay, then this can be a deep and fulfilling classic shooter. 34: Alien Soldier:- Year: 1995. Genre: Shooter. Publisher: Sega. Developer: Treasure.

Most games that were released in both the Genesis and the SNES were similar in terms of surface, but clearly better on one console. With Bloodlines , we have a Castlevania game that is very different from Super Castlevania IV on the SNES, but is just as good. In Bloodlines , we have the rare example of a franchise delivering a very good game in both parties on the 16-bit generation. 38: Castlevania: Bloodlines:- Year: 1994. Genre: Action Platformer. Publisher: Konami. Developer: Konami.

The first thing I thought when I started playing QuackShot , a game starring Donald Duck and using the same title font as DuckTales , was whether the game would actually be as good as the NES DuckTales game. It turned out that QuackShot could have been better, but it unfortunately lacked the ambition to be anything more than a technically good licensed platformer. 40: QuackShot: Year: 1991. Genre: Platformer. Publisher: Sega. Developer: Sega.   

In this report of the top 50-41 Genesis games according to Retro Sanctuary , I have reviewed two games, and both are considered part of important Sega franchises. With the first  Shinobi  game released on the console and the first TRPG  Shining  game, this is enough to raise the pedigree of these 10 games. Furthermore, there are some important, critically acclaimed games such as  Flashback  and  Populous,  as well as the usual mix of platformers that range from the good to the mundane. Finally, we can say that the majority of the games on the list deserve a place on it. With that being said, here is a quick report on each game on this list. Please enjoy:- 50- Dynamite Heady (1994):  Genre: Platformer. Publisher: Sega; Developer: Treasure. I made the mistake of looking at the honestly ridiculous graphics, and the concept of a puppet with a detachable exploding head, and assuming this is another meddling Genesis Platformer. I ignored the impec...