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[HappehLemons]

1. Sonic 2
2. Sonic
3. Rocket Knight Adventures
4. Light Crusader
5. Dynamite Headdy
6. Sonic 3 & Knuckles
7. Vector Man
8. Revenge of Shinobi
10. Tiny Toon Adventures - Acme All Stars
9. Yu Yu Hakusho

 

[Rapscallion]

1. Sonic The Hedgehog 2
2. Sonic 3 and Knuckles
3. Mickey Mouse: Castle of Illusion
4. Sonic The Hedgehog
5. Donald Duck: Quackshot
6. Mickey Mouse: World of Illusion
7. Altered Beast
8. Revenge of Shinobi
9. Golden Axe
10. Michael Jackson Moonwalker

Honorable Mentions: Outrun, Outrunners, Super Hang-on, Vectorman, Echo, Columns, Comix Zone

 

[RedToad64]

1. ToeJam & Earl
2. Gunstar Heroes
3. Monster World IV
4. Dynamite Headdy
5. Alien Soldier
6. Shining in the Darkness
7. Light Crusader
8. Comix Zone
9. Sonic the Hedgehog 2
10. Sonic 3 & Knuckles

 

[Rydeen]

(While all of these games are definitely in my top 10, the actual order can change from day to day depending on my mood.)

1. Shinobi III
2. Chiki Chiki Boys
3. Vectorman
4. Wonder Boy 3 in Monster World
5. Shadow Dancer
6. Ristar
7. MUSHA
8. Earthworm Jim
9. Comix Zone
10. Landstalker

 

[Dicer]

1. Ristar
2. Sonic the Hedgehog
3. Phantasy Star IV
4. Earthworm Jim
5. Revenge of Shinobi
6. Shining Force
7. Streets of Rage 2
8. Wings of Wor
9. Comix Zone
10. Rocket Knight Adventures

 

[VARIA]

1. Castlevania Bloodlines
2. Contra Hardcorps
3. Shining Force 2
4. Sonic 2
5. Streets of Rage 2
6. Virtua Racing
7. Shinobi 3
8. Road Rash 2
9. TMNT: Hyperstone Heist
10. AfterBurner 2

 

[30yearsofhurt]

1. EA Hockey
2. Sonic the Hedgehog
3. Columns
4. Streets of Rage
5. Sonic the Hedgehog 2
6. Desert Strike
7. Road Rash
8. Jordan vs Bird
9.
10.

 

[FC Bayern]

1. Shining Force 2
2. Phantasy Star 4
3. NHL 94
4. Shining Force 1
5. Phantasy Star 3
6. Landstalker
7. Soliel (Crusader of Centy)
8. Wonderboy in Monster World (IV?)
9. NBA Jam
10. Street Fighter 2

Phantasy Star 2, Shining in the Darkness, Lord of Vermillion, Golden Axe, Streets of Rage, Road Rash 2, World cup Italia 90', Chiki Chiki Boys, Sonic 2, Phantasy Star 1 (J), TNMT Hyperstone Heist, Alex Kidd in miracle world, Columns, Mortal Kombat 2, Mortal Kombat 3

They're all barely missing out

 

[Spman2099]

I have a hard time understanding why any of my top five wouldn't make every top ten list here. All of them are amazing games.

1. Phantasy Star IV
2. Gunstar Heroes
3. Castlevania: Bloodlines
4. Shining Force 2
5. Contra Hardcorps
6. Genghis Khan 2: Clan Of The Grey Wolf
7. Shinobi 2
8. Land Stalker
9. Panoramic Cotton
10. Monster World IV
*bumped* Streets of Rage 2

*edit* I forgot about Monster World IV

 

[Nairume]

1) Gunstar Heroes
2) Sonic 2
3) Phantasy Star IV
4) Streets of Rage 2
5) Shining Force 2
6) Sonic 3 & Knuckles
7) Wonderboy in Monster World
8) Golden Axe
9) Crusaders of Centy
10) Shinobi III

 

[canedaddy]

This is based mostly on my enjoyment of the games at the time (I'm old)...

1. NHL '95
2. Pirates! Gold
3. Mortal Kombat
4. Tecmo Super Bowl
5. Golden Axe
6. NFL Football ‘94 Starring Joe Montana
7. Gunstar Heroes
8. Jerry Glanville’s Pigskin Footbrawl
9. Outrun
10. Sonic the Hedgehog

 

[Puru]

1. Landstalker
2. Rocket Knight Adventure
3. Thunder Force IV
4. Soleil/Ragnacenty
5. Wonderboy in monster world
6. Ristar
7. Ecco The Dolphin
8. Gunstar Heroes
9. Sonic 3 & Knuckles
10. ToeJam and Earl 1

 

[Vitacat]

Huh, haven't played Genesis for years since selling all my Genesis stuff (sometimes regret it, as I had a pristine collection of games). But this is fun...

1) Gunstar Heroes
2) Landstalker
3) Sonic 2
4) Shinobi 3
5) Revenge of Shinobi
6) Phantasy Star IV
7) MUSHA
8) Lightening Force
9) Rocket Knight Adventures
10) Dynamite Headdy

I could think of many more, and the numbering is slightly arbitrary. But hey, those are 10 good ones that I enjoyed a lot back then.

 

[Piston Hyundai]

1. Sonic 3 & Knuckles
2. Contra Hard Corps
3. Streets of Rage 2
4. Sonic 2
5. Ristar
6. Revenge of Shinobi
7. Rocket Knight Adventures
8. NHL 94
9. Animaniacs
10. Comix Zone

 

[Morrigan Stark]

1. EA Hockey
2. Sonic the Hedgehog
3. Columns
4. Streets of Rage
5. Sonic the Hedgehog 2
6. Desert Strike
7. Road Rash
8. Jordan vs Bird
9.
10.

I can't explain it but this list pisses me off...

 

[Serge84]

1. Sonic 3 & Knuckles
2. Gunstar Heroes
3. Comix Zone
4. Ecco The Dolphin 2
5. Beyond Oasis
6. Phantasy Star IV
7. Shining Force 2
8. Road Rash 2
9. Streets of Rage 2
10. Jungle Strike

 

[Reticent Rhino]

Unfortunately a lot of my experience at the time was limited based on the video store's rental selection. There are still some huge gaps I need to fill someday.

1. Sonic the Hedgehog 2
2. Gunstar Heroes
3. Dynamite Headdy
4. Sonic 3 and Knuckles
5. Streets of Rage 2
6. Aladdin
7. Shinobi III
8. Earthworm Jim
9. Ecco the Dolphin: The Tides of Time
10. Phantom 2040 ; Those branching story paths and progression blew my mind.

Honorable mentions: Sonic Spinball (it came with the system, so I played a ton of this as it was one of the only games I owned for a long time), The Adventures of Batman and Robin (I liked the Joker and Two-Face sections but everything after that was too damn hard; I even bought a turbo controller for this, but I only ever beat it bc of codes), High Seas Havoc (played this so much the game froze), Golden Axe, Vectorman,

 

[z1ggy]

1 - Sonic 2
2 - Thunder Force IV
3 - Streets of Rage 2
4 - Flashback
5 - Gunstar Heroes
6 - Shinobi III
7- Comix Zone
8 - Mortal Kombat II
9 - Contra Hard Cops
10 - Castlevania Bloodlines

So many amazing games, i miss you SEGA Genesis

 

[ViewtifulJC]

1. Sonic 3 & Knuckles
2. Castlevania Bloodlines
3. Contra Hard Corps
4. Rocket Knight Adventures
5. Streets of Rage 2
6. Revenge of Shinobi
7. Shining Force 2
8. Thunder Force IV
9. Dynamite Headdy
10. Comix Zone

What a console!

 

[Gono]

1. Sonic The Hedgehog
2. Streets Of Rage 2 (aka Bare Knuckle 2)
3. Musha Aleste
4. Alien Soldier
5. Yu Yu Hakusho Makyou Touitsusen
6. Sonic 3 & Knuckles
7. Thunderforce IV (aka Lightening Force)
8. Contra Hardcorps
9. Shinobi III
10. Gunstar Heroes

 

[JeanAlesi]

1. Streets of Rage
2. Streets of Rage 2
3. Sonic the Hedgehog
4. Sonic the Hedgehog 2
5. Sports Talk Baseball
6. NHL 94
7. Bare Knuckle 3
8. Aero Blasters
9. Phantasy Star IV
10. Shadow Dancer

 

[DealWithIt]

Everybody not listing PSIV is WRONG

1. Phantasy Star IV
2. Wonderboy in Monster World
3. Shining Force 2
4. Shining in the Darkness
5. Shining Force
6. Crusader of Centy
7. Strider
8. Sonic 2
9. Altered Beast
10. Chameleon Kid

 

[Morrigan Stark]

Everybody not listing PSIV is WRONG

Spoiler

I agree 100%, great list btw

 

[SnowTeeth]

1. Gunstar Heroes
2. Streets Of Rage 2
3. Micro Machines 2
4. Shining Force 2
5. Sonic 3 & Knuckles
6. Ecco the Dolphin 2
7. Comix Zone
8. Road Rash 2
9. The Story Of Thor
10. Virtua Racing

 

[Gono]

9. Street Fighter II: Champion Edition; I'm weird and like it better then SNES Turbo as I prefer the music.

Well.. lol actually not that weird, plenty people prefer it over the Snes SF Turbo, which has some stages lacking details, frames animations and stuff.. like less people on Guile's Stage, no moon on Ryu's one, no chain hanging from the right of Zangief's Stage, and so on. And the music/fx sounds like they were recorded inside of a cave or something.

 

[dtcm83]

1. Sonic 3 + Knuckles
2. Streets of Rage 2
3. Gunstar Heroes
4. Sonic 2
5. Vectorman
6. Earthworm Jim
7. Mortal Kombat 2
8. Aladdin
9. Sonic 1
10. Streets of Rage 1

...there's another 10 or so of honorable mentions. Genesis had quite a few great games.

 

[SatelliteOfLove]

This is going to be difficult; this is before I was critical/appreciative of game design.

 

[Unicorn]

1. Sonic the Hedgehog 2
2. Road Rash 2
3. Gunstar Heroes
4. Comix Zone
5. Mutant League Football
6. Pirates! Gold
7. Mortal Kombat II
8. X-Men
9. NBA Jam
10. Vector Man

 

[TriAceJP]

1. Streets of Rage 2
2. Sonic the Hedgehog
3. Phantasy Star IV
4. Rocket Knight Adventures
5. Comix Zone
6. Ristar
7. Landstalker
8. Wonder Boy in Monster World
9. Crusader of Centy
10. Beyond Oasis

 

[Gunstarheroes]

1. Gunstar Heroes
2. Sonic 2
3. Phantasy Star IV
4. Castlevania: Bloodlines
5. Streets Of Rage 2
6. Comix Zone
7.Shining Force 2
8. Sonic 3 And Knuckles
9. Strider
10. Quackshot

 

[Bolivar687]

Comix Zone
Sonic 3 & Knuckles
Shining Force II
NHL 94
NBA Jam TE
Pirates! Gold
Shadow run
Toe Jam & Earl
Streets of Rage II
Columns

Does ranking matter!?

 

[mosaic]

My list contains no RPG's -- it's not that I hate them, I just don't consider them a preferred genre and I'd rather not list any game I'm not absolutely in love with.

Streets of Rage 2
Gunstar Heroes
M.U.S.H.A.
Street Fighter 2 CE*
Sonic the Hedgehog 2
Lightening Force
Dragon's Fury
Shinobi III
Mega Bomberman
Eliminate Down

The asterisk next to SF2 CE is because playing the game on my Retron 5 with the clear audio patch installed has further solidified my love for this version of the game. I always preferred it in Gameplay, but with the fixed audio I can now play it with the speakers loud and not want to dig my eardrums out. One day, I want to find someone that can make me a reprohack of that version so I can play it on my Genesis.

Also, honorable mention to Contra Hard Corps, but every time I feel like playing it I just grab Gunstar Heroes instead...

 

[Ninhead]

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Honorable Mentions:
Michael Jackson's Moonwalker
Joe Montana Sports Talk Football
Sonic the Hedgehog II
X-Men
X-Men II: Clone Wars

 

[IAmRandom31]

I find it downright stunning I'm the only one who has mentioned Dune or Populous.

 

[mr_chun]

Streets of Rage 2
Toejam & Earl
Gunstar Heroes
Sonic & Knuckles
Castlevania Bloodlines
Mega Bomberman
Mortal Kombat 3
Vectorman
NBA Hangtime
Lotus 2 RECS

 

[ALLseeingEYE]

Strider
Valis III
Road Rash
Shinobi III
Comix Zone
Beyond Oasis
Phantasy Star IV
Gunstar Heroes
Sonic 3
Streets of Rage 2


Honorable Mentions:

Gaires
Ranger X
Aladdin
ToeJam & Earl
NHL '94

 

[Voysa Reezun]

1. Sonic the Hedgehog 2
2. Ristar
3. Comix Zone
4. Sonic the Hedgehog
5. Streets of Rage 2
6. Sonic the Hedgehog 3
7. Shining Force
8. Road Rash II
9. NHL '94
10. Burning Force

Honorable Mentions:

Aladdin
Madden '93
NBA Live '95
Mortal Kombat
Vectorman

 

[Windforce]

The asterisk next to SF2 CE is because playing the game on my Retron 5 with the clear audio patch installed has further solidified my love for this version of the game. I always preferred it in Gameplay, but with the fixed audio I can now play it with the speakers loud and not want to dig my eardrums out. One day, I want to find someone that can make me a reprohack of that version so I can play it on my Genesis.

Oh man thanks for mentioning that. I google'd for SF2CE patch and found this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-iE5GJNkOqs

Of course I've already downloaded them all! It's by Stephane Dallongeville, isn't that the Gens emulator author?

I absolutely love the Genesis ROM hacking scene to improve/mod those awesome games.

 

[A Black Falcon]

I made a Genesis top 15 recently, so this should fit well. I really wish all 15 could count on the list though, numbers 11 to 15 are amazing games which deserve it!

1. Sonic 3 & Knuckles
2. Sonic the Hedgehog 2
3. Sonic the Hedgehog
4. Mega Turrican
5. Outrun 2019
6. Aladdin
7. Adventures of Batman & Robin
8. Landstalker: The Treasures of King Nole
9. Streets of Rage 2
10. Lightening Force: Quest for the Darkstar

Honorable Mentions:

11. Shadow Dancer: The Secret of Shinobi
12. Ranger-X
13. Contra: Hard Corps
14. Vectorman
15. Golden Axe

This is probably about right, but I really want to put Golden Axe above Streets of Rage 2; yeah, objectively SoR2 is far more advanced, but I have always really loved Golden Axe; it's one of my favorite arcade games, and the Genesis version is great. I love Golden Axe, it really is top 10 material... but more than 10 games for the Genesis are (and more than 15 are too!), so it's hard to choose which to include.

 

[Qwark]

1. Shining Force 2
2. Shining Force 1
3. Sonic the Hedgehog 2
4. Gunstar Heroes
5. Sonic 3 & Knuckles
6. Flicky
7. Altered Beast
8. Comix Zone
9. Phantasy Star 2
10. Ristar

 

[IrishNinja]

godamn, some of ya'll here have great taste! wonderboy in monster world, fatal labyrinth, quackshot, even nba jam...gotta revise my list soon

 

[Eblo]

1. Sonic 3 & Knuckles
2. Sonic 2
3. Sonic 1
4. Comix Zone
5. Ristar
6. Panorama Cotton
7. X-Men
8. Jurassic Park
9. Altered Beast
10. Golden Axe II

 

[Yoshi]

1. Sonic 2 ; one of the best games ever made. Truly perfect pacing, fantastic level design, great mechanics
2. Sonic 3 ; not quite a s good as Sonic 2, but still an all-time classic
3. Sonic & Knuckles ; basically a level pack to Sonic 3. A good level pack.
4. Sonic ; it had not found the right formula for level design yet and was a bit to precision platformy, but other than that a really great start into the series
5. Soleil ; nice Zelda clone. Something not many teams could get right in the past.
6. Shining Force
7. Shining Force 2
8. Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine
9. Quackshot
10. Rock 'N' Roll Racing

 

[mightyradish]

I played most of the multiplats on the SNES, but here are my favorites of the Genesis/Mega Drive versions I played.

1. Shadowrun
2. Alien Soldier
3. Ecco: The Tides of Time
4. Micro Machines Turbo Tournament '96
5. Sonic The Hedgehog 3 & Knuckles
5. Ecco The Dolphin
6. NBA Jam: Tournament Edition
7. Sonic the Hedgehog 2
8. Toe-Jam and Earl
9. Golden Axe
10. Phantasy Star 4

 

[SparksterMeta0]

Gunstar Heroes
Contra: Hard Corps
Sonic The Hedgehog 3
Rocket Knight Adventures
Tiny Toon Adventures: Buster’s Hidden Treasure
Vector Man
Dynamite Headdy
Mcdonalds Treasure Land Adventure
Mega Bomberman
Mortal Kombat (Better than the SNES version imo; and it's not [just] because of the blood code)

 

[KevinCow]

I need to go back and play some Genesis games to make a real top 10 list, but here's my preliminary list, which I may or may not come back and add to:

1) Sonic 3 & Knuckles
2) Sonic the Hedgehog 2
3) Sonic the Hedgehog
4) Ristar
5) Beyond Oasis
6) Vectorman

 

[Red Arremer]

Do they have to be in order of preference? Or just 10? If so, then:

1. Ristar
2. Phantasy Star IV
3. Sonic 2
4. Sonic 3 & Knuckles
5. Kid Chameleon
6. Shining Force 2
7. Streets of Rage 2
8. X-Men 2: Clone Wars
9. Castlevania Bloodlines
10. Alien Soldier

Edit: exchanged bio-hazard battle with CV bloodlines. Sorry. :C

 

[Deleted member 126221]

Wow, so many games I need to try from this thread...

Here's my list from someone still somewhat unfamiliar with the Genesis classics.

1. Sonic 2
2. Gunstar Heroes
3. Sonic 3 & Knuckles
4. Shinobi 3
5. Ristar
6. Bonanza Bros
7. Dynamite Headdy
8. Contra: Hard Corps
9. Desert Strike
10. Uuuuh... Toy Story?

I struggle to remember even 10 Genesis games I liked... I really need to discover more of these games: Streets of Rage 2-3, Wonder Boy, Beyond Oasis, Rocket Knight, Shining Force...

 

[AmyS]

Phantasy Star 2
Sonic 2
Phantasy Star 4
Thunder Force 4
Revenge of Shinobi
Streets of Rage 2
Herzog Zwei
Ghouls 'n Ghosts
NHL '94
Golden Axe

 

[batfax]

I'm really bad at deciding favorites so mine is literally in the order that I thought of them.

1. Phantasy Star IV
2. Shining Force 2
3. Gunstar Heroes
4. Sonic 2
5. Uncharted Waters: New Horizons
6. Castlevania Bloodlines
7. Comix Zone
8. Crusader of Centy
9. Ghouls 'n' Ghosts
10. Streets of Rage 2

Honorable mentions:
Sonic 3 & Knuckles
Aladdin
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Hyperstone Heist
Tiny Toon Adventures: Buster’s Hidden Treasure
Shinobi III