My First SEGA Year in Review...

[marlowe221]

Christmas Day will mark the end of my first Sega year. I received a Sega Genesis with several games as a Christmas present last year - the console I always wanted to try after growing up on the SNES side of the console wars back in the day.

It's been a great year with the Genesis!

So far I have:
Shinobi 3
Streets of Rage 2
Sonic 1
Truxton
Thunderforce 2
Starflight
Beyond Oasis
Shadow Dancer
Risk

My favorites so far are Shadow Dancer, Starflight, and Streets of Rage 2. Sadly, the only game I have been able to beat so far is SoR2 (damn that falling rock level in Shinobi 3, damn it to hell). But I am well on my way to beating Shadow Dancer at its default difficulty. I am convinced I will never see the end of Truxton outside of Youtube.

I am still a Sega n00b and there are many, many games I want to try out but I am loving it so far!

Just wanted to share.

[Gunstar Green]

Very nice start. I'm a fan of Starflight too. The Genesis version is great.

[Breetai]

Christmas Day will mark the end of my first Sega year. I received a Sega Genesis with several games as a Christmas present last year - the console I always wanted to try after growing up on the SNES side of the console wars back in the day.

It's been a great year with the Genesis!

So far I have:
Shinobi 3
Streets of Rage 2
Sonic 1
Truxton
Thunderforce 2
Starflight
Beyond Oasis
Shadow Dancer
Risk

My favorites so far are Shadow Dancer, Starflight, and Streets of Rage 2. Sadly, the only game I have been able to beat so far is SoR2 (damn that falling rock level in Shinobi 3, damn it to hell). But I am well on my way to beating Shadow Dancer at its default difficulty. I am convinced I will never see the end of Truxton outside of Youtube.

I am still a Sega n00b and there are many, many games I want to try out but I am loving it so far!

Just wanted to share.

If I might, can I recommend Revenge of Shinobi, Sonic the Hedgehog 2, Ghouls 'n Ghosts, Thunder Force III, Phantasy Star II and Shining Force for your next 6 games? I promise, they will all give you much pleasure. Well, some of them might also give you some pain... but it's the good kind.

[marlowe221]

If I might, can I recommend Revenge of Shinobi, Sonic the Hedgehog 2, Ghouls 'n Ghosts, Thunder Force III, Phantasy Star II and Shining Force for your next 6 games? I promise, they will all give you much pleasure. Well, some of them might also give you some pain... but it's the good kind.

Those are all on my list actually! I have watched some videos of most of those games (as well as others). Based on that I think Shinobi 3 is likely to turn out to be my least favorite Shibobi game....

I also want Phantasy Star 4, Shining Force 2, Rocket Knight Adventures, Golden Axe, and so on and so on. Amazon sellers are my friends!

[marlowe221]

Very nice start. I'm a fan of Starflight too. The Genesis version is great.

The Genesis version is the BEST version, IMHO.

Too bad Star Control 2 never made it to the Genesis.

[jmbarnes101]

I picked up a Genesis towards the start of last year as well and I've been enjoying that as well. I'd suggest the Genesis 6-Pak. Granted all 6 games are able to be gotten elsewhere but it's a great compilation cart. If you like platformers Quackshot has been interesting as well.

[BurningDoom]

Nice little read! Thanks for sharing.

That's a fantastic selection of Genesis games to begin on, too.

[BoneSnapDeez]

I've been getting into the Genesis this year myself... Think I picked up about 20-ish games, it's a great console. Now I'm on the hunt for Phantasy Star IV and Shining Force I & II.

[retrosportsgamer]

These are my favorite kind of threads, I'm glad you could dive into SEGA and enjoy the system. It's a nice amount of games too - not overboard where you couldn't possibly spend enough time with each.

[SteveyMajors]

Looks like it's been a great year for you! Exploring the Genesis' library will keep you busy for years.

Just curious, is your system a Model 1, 2, or 3?