GENESIS REVIEWS: The List

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In the ancient SNES/Genesis wars, I was clearly on Nintendo's side. Still, I mysteriously owned a Genesis, but I only had three games for it. While I had fun with one of the Sonic games, and with Sonic Pinball, I never could actually get the mysterious third game to work. While I later started playing SNES games, some of which were ported to the PS1 (FF6 and Chrono Trigger), or the GBA, I never played another Sega game beyond those two.


When I finished my SNES reviews series, I realized that the most fun I had was in discovering unknown gems. I knew I would like Super Mario RPG and the Legend of Zelda, but I had no idea about Terranigma. Hence, through my very limited knowledge of the Genesis library, I am more likely to be pleasantly surprised by more games.



Like with SNES reviews series, I am going to use a top 100 list as a basis for my reviews, this time from Retro Sanctuary:

Retro Sanctuary's Top 100 Genesis Games


So, I am going to review games that interest me from that list from 100 to 1. Like with my other review list, I am not going to review:
  • Games I already played (does not apply here).
  • Sports and Racing games; these genres have only gotten better with time.
  • Multiplayer Focused games, so that takes party and fighting games off the mix.
  • Genres and games that don't interest me at all, I am simply terrible at shmups.

Legend:

  • Games in bold are games I am going to review.
  • Games in regular text are ones that I will not review. The reason I am not reviewing the game is in between the brackets. 

 

The List:

  • 100- Zero Wing. (Shmup) 
  • 99- Madden 95'. (Sport)
  • 98- Decap Attack.
  • 97- Cool Spot. (Looks Ridiculous) 
  • 96- Adventures of Batman and Robin. (Beat em' Up)
  • 95- Chiki Chiki Boys. (Has a better port) 
  • 94- Haunting Starring Polterguy.
  • 93- Fifa 95'. (Sport)
  • 92- Super Hang On. (Arcade) 
  • 91- Bubble and Squeak.
  • 90- ESWAT: City Under Siege
  • 89- General Chaos.
  • 88- Sparkster. (Dropped)
  • 87- NBA Jam: Tournament Edition. (Sport)
  • 86- Rolo to the Rescue. (Dropped) 
  • 85- Zero the Kamikaze Squirrel. (Dropped) 
  • 84- Marvel Land. (Dropped)
  • 83- Zombies Ate my Neighbours. (Has a better port) 
  • 82- Sub Terrania. (Shmup) 
  • 81- Splatterhouse 3. (Beat em' Up) 
  • 80- Wiz N' Liz. (Arcade) 
  • 79- Phantasy Star III.
  • 78- NHL 94'. (Sport)
  • 77- Eternal Champions. (Fighting) 
  • 76- Starflight. (Should have played)
  • 75- Golden Axe. (Beat em' Up) 
  • 74- Thunder Force III. (Shmup) 
  • 73- Shining in the Darkness. (Dropped) 
  • 72- Hellfire. (Shmup) 
  • 71- Mercs. (Shmup) 
  • 70- Super Fantasy Zone. (Shmup)
  • 69- Warsong.
  • 68- Castle of Illusion. (Dropped) 
  • 67- Phantasy Star II.
  • 66- Gaiares. (Shmup) 
  • 65- Light Crusader. (Dropped)
  • 64- Jungle Strike. (Has a better port) 
  • 63- Mega Lo Mania. (Has a better port)
  • 62- Toejam and Earl. (Dropped)
  • 61- Sonic the Hedgehog 2.
  • 60- Mega Bomberman. (Multiplayer-Focused)
  • 59- Panic on Funcotron. (Dropped) 
  • 58- Elemental Master. (Shmup)  
  • 57- Shadow Dancer: The Secret of Shinobi.
  • 56- The Addams Family. (Dropped)
  • 55- Hyperstone Heist. (Beat em' Up)
  • 54- Samurai Shodown. (Fighting) 
  • 53- Comix Zone. (Beat em' Up) 
  • 52- Lost Vikings. (Has a better port) 
  • 51- Battle Mania Dai Gin Jou. (Shmup) 
  • 50- Dynamite Headdy. (Should have played) 
  • 49- Tiny Toons. (Dropped) 
  • 48- Revenge of Shinobi.
  • 47- Ranger X. (Shmup)
  • 46- Vectorman. (Dropped)
  • 45- Micro Machines 96'. (Multiplayer-Focused) 
  • 44- Flink. (Dropped)
  • 43- Shining Force.
  • 42- Flashback. (Has a better port)
  • 41- Populous. (Has a better port) 
  • 40- Quackshot.
  • 39- Shadowrun. (Has a better port)
  • 38- Castlevania: Bloodlines.
  • 37- Virtua Racing. (Racing)
  • 36- Puyo Puyo. (Puzzle)
  • 35- Eliminate Down. (Run n' Gun) 
  • 34- Alien Soldier.
  • 33- Lemmings. (Has a better port) 
  • 32- Ghouls 'n Ghosts.
  • 31- Kid Chameleon. (Dropped)
  • 30- Disney's Aladdin.
  • 29- Mortal Kombat 2. (Fighting)
  • 28- Gley Lancer. (Shmup) 
  • 27- Earthworm Jim. (Has a better port) 
  • 26- Pirates Gold. (Has a better port) 
  • 25- Musha. (Shmup) 
  • 24- Crusader of Centy.
  • 23- Road Rash 2. (Racing) 
  • 22- Strider.
  • 21- Mega Turrican. (Run n' Gun)
  • 20- Sonic the Hedgehog.
  • 19- Ecco: The Tides of Time.
  • 18- Pulseman. (Dropped)
  • 17- Rocket Knight Adventures. (Dropped) 
  • 16- Shinobi III: Return of the Ninja Master.
  • 15- Yu Yu Hakusho. (Fighting)
  • 14- Dune II. (Hasa better port) 
  • 13- Streets of Rage 2. (Beat em' Up) 
  • 12- Beyond Oasis.
  • 11- Wonder Boy in Monster World. (Should have played) 
  • 10- Contra: Hard Corps.
  • 9- Herzog Zwei. (Should have played(
  • 8- Shining Force 2.
  • 7- Ristar. (Dropped)
  • 6- Thunder Force IV. (Shmup) 
  • 5- Landstalker.
  • 4- Street Fighter II Champion Edition. (Fighting) 
  • 3- Gunstar Heroes.
  • 2- Phantasy Star IV: The End of the Millennium.
  • 1- Sonic the Hedgehog 3.

Requested Reviews:

  • S1- Alisia Dragoon.
  • S2- Traysia.
  • S3- Cuties Susuki no Ringside Angel.


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