What Genre was Sega Best at?

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What Genre was Sega Best at?

Racing (Outrun, Virtua Racing, Daytona USA, Sega Rally...)
8
13%
Fighting (Eternal Champions, Virtua Fighter, Fighting Vipers...)
2
3%
Beat-Em-Up (Golden Axe, Streets of Rage, Comix Zone, DieHard)
7
12%
Light Gun (Virtua Cop, House of the Dead, Confidential Mission..)
4
7%
2D Platforming (Shinobi, Sonic, Vectorman, Ristar, Astal...)
20
33%
3D Platforming (Burning Rangers, Sonic Adventure, JSR...)
2
3%
RPG's (Phantasy Star, Shining Force, PDS, Skies of Arcadia...)
4
7%
Adventure (Wonderboy, Oasis, Shenmue, HeadHunter, Yakuza..)
0
No votes
On-Rails Shooting (Space Harrier, Panzer Dragoon, Rez...)
6
10%
Other (TJ&E, Ecco, NiGHTS, Crazy Taxi, SC5, Samba, SMBall...)
7
12%
 
Total votes: 60

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Yeah, I really should have put in puzzle games. That's a shame, because I can't change it now. I should have consolidated 2D and 3D platformers into one.

And about Sega not trying FPS, they had a game for the Dreamcast called Outtrigger. It's similar to Quake III: Arena, but you can switch to a third person perspective. I haven't played much of it, but alot of people consider it the best arena FPS on the Dreamcast.
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Original_Name wrote:And about Sega not trying FPS, they had a game for the Dreamcast called Outtrigger. It's similar to Quake III: Arena, but you can switch to a third person perspective. I haven't played much of it, but alot of people consider it the best arena FPS on the Dreamcast.
I don't recall that many arena FPS's on the Dreamcast to begin with. Red Alarm is the best arcade flight game on the Virtual Boy, but that doesn't say much.
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MrPopo wrote:
Original_Name wrote:And about Sega not trying FPS, they had a game for the Dreamcast called Outtrigger. It's similar to Quake III: Arena, but you can switch to a third person perspective. I haven't played much of it, but alot of people consider it the best arena FPS on the Dreamcast.
I don't recall that many arena FPS's on the Dreamcast to begin with. Red Alarm is the best arcade flight game on the Virtual Boy, but that doesn't say much.
Quake III: Arena and Unreal Tournament. Pretty rough competition for the time. I mean, there weren't a ton, but those were huge hits back in the day.
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Other... Sega is legendary for taking what we know about games and slapping us silly with it.
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