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Sonic The Hedgehog 3

• adventure
• Platform

The third main game in the Sonic the Hedgehog series, it was released for the Sega Genesis worldwide in February 1994, and in Japan three months later. It was developed simultaneously with Sonic & Knuckles; as the games were originally developed as a single title until time constraints and cartridge...

Virtual Pinball

• CreationSystem
• Pinball

You also get to choose where objects are placed, the style of music, and the ball speed. The ball is launched by pressing and holding the A button, with the time held determining the power of the launch. Play Mode Menu allows you to play the 29 existing games, go to the blueprint plans, or play one of...

Mortal Kombat 2

• Fighting

500 years ago, Shang Tsung was banished to the Earth Realm. With the aid of Goro he was to unbalance the furies and doom the planet to a chaotic existence. By seizing control of the shaolin tournament he tried to tip the scales of order towards chaos. Only seven warriors survived the battles and Shang...

Mercs

Mercs, originally released as Senjō no Ōkami II , is a 1990 top-down run and gun arcade game developed and published by Capcom for the arcades. The arcade version of the game had up to three players available for play. The controls consist of an eight-directional joystick and two buttons: a Normal...

Judge Dredd

• RolePlaying

Judge Dredd is an action video game for the Super NES, Sega Genesis/Mega Drive, Game Gear and Game Boy originally released in 1995. The game is loosely based on the 1995 film Judge Dredd, which was a spin off from the Judge Dredd strip from 2000AD.

Shining Force

• Strategy
• RolePlaying

"Shining Force: The Legacy of the Gods"), is a 1992 fantasy turn-based tactics role-playing video game for the Mega Drive/Genesis console. The game has been repeatedly re-released: in Sega Smash Pack Volume 1 for the Dreamcast and Sega Smash Pack 2 for Microsoft Windows, in Sonic's Ultimate...

Samurai Shodown

• Action
• Fighting
• Simulation

Despite the name of the series, most of the characters are not samurai in the true sense of the word. The stories in the series take place in 18th-century Japan, during the Sakoku or seclusion period of Japan with great artistic license so that foreign-born characters and fictional monsters can also...

Golden Axe

• Fighting
• HackAndSlash

Golden Axe , which can be used to knock down enemies with a swipe of its tail.

Streets Of Rage

Streets of Rage is trilogy of a beat 'em up video games developed and published by Sega in the first half of the 1990s. The series centers on the efforts of several heroes to rid a troubled city from the rule of a crime syndicate. The dance music-influenced soundtracks of the games, scored by Yuzo Koshiro...

No Escape

• Platform
• Shooter

Based on the 1994 movie of the same name starring Ray Liotta, the player takes control of Liotta's character, Capt. J.T. Robbins, whose only objective of the game is to escape an island. After shooting his commanding officer, Robbins is imprisoned and eventually sent to the island Absolom as a war criminal,...

Gunstar Heroes

• RunAndGun

On February 23, 2006, Gunstar Heroes was released as part of the Gunstar Heroes: Treasure Box Collection for the Playstation 2. In addition to the weapons, the player can engage enemies in close quarters combat. Death to a player requires multiple hits but just one death will issue the option to continue...

Risky Woods

• Platform

The game has a side-scroll view, and a fantasy theme. The ancient monks, who preserve the wisdom of the Lost Lands, have been frozen in stone. Most of Risky Woods involves Rohan running, jumping ledges and fighting monsters while freeing the monks from stone. During the game, a number of other elements...

Crusader Of Centy

• RolePlaying

The story centers on Corona, a boy who has just turned 14 years of age so must inherit his father's sword and fight the monsters that threaten the human race's very existence. The game's hero, Corona, has just turned fourteen at the beginning. Only after beating a huge dragon will the second half of...

Toy Story

• Platform

This game is based on the movie "Toy Story". It sets you as the character of Woody as you jump, swing and drive to the end of each level. Each level contains familiar scenes from the movie. The gameplay consists of the platform\sidescrolling kind. You use Woody's pullstring to defeat enemies like sharks,...

Sonic The Hedgehog 2

• adventure
• Platform

The game is the second main entry in the Sonic the Hedgehog series, and the first to feature Miles "Tails" Prower, a flying two-tailed fox. The staff increased the speed of Sonic the Hedgehog 2 in comparison to its predecessor. It has sold over six million copies, making it the second-best-selling...

Nobunaga's Ambition

• GrandStrategy
• Simulation

As the title suggests, the player is tasked with achieving the ultimate goal of warlord Oda Nobunaga: the conquest and unification of Japan. Games in the franchise have been released on a variety of gaming platforms, including the Nintendo Entertainment System, Game Boy, Mega Drive, 3DO Interactive Multiplayer,...

Rings Of Power

• RolePlaying

Tolkien's Middle-earth legendarium are magical rings created by Sauron or by the Elves of Eregion under Sauron's tutelage. Sauron intended the rings to subvert these races of Middle-earth to his power, since the One Ring was the Ruling Ring that controlled the others. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings...

Earthworm Jim

• Platform
• Shooter

Earthworm Jim is a 1994 run and gun platforming video game developed by Shiny Entertainment, featuring an earthworm named Jim in a robotic suit who battles evil. It was well received by critics, and received a sequel, Earthworm Jim 2, in 1995. The game plays as a 2D sidescrolling platformer with elements...

Twin Cobra

• ShootEmUp
• Vertical

Twin Cobra, released in Japan as Kyukyoku Tiger , is a 1987 helicopter-themed shoot 'em up arcade game developed by Toaplan. The Genesis/Mega Drive version was developed by GRC, published by Treco in Japan and by Sega in North America.

The NewZealand Story

• Platform
• Shooter

The NewZealand Story is a 1988 arcade game developed and published by Taito. The goal of each level is to safely get Tiki through the level, avoiding enemy fire and spikes, and rescue one of his kiwi friends at the end. The game features four main zones, each with four rounds, the fourth round featuring...

Duke Nukem 3D

• Comedy
• Shooter

Play as Duke Nukem in his super macho adventures as he fights aliens from stealing his babes. Duke Nukem 3D was a major part of establishing first person shooters as a major gaming genre, its historical value is very high despite its extremely manly humor and puns. Duke is a parody of many action heroes...

Virtua Fighter 2

• Fighting

It is the sequel to Virtua Fighter and the second game in the Virtua Fighter series. It used Sega's Model 2 arcade hardware to run the game at 60 frames per second at a high resolution with no slowdown . It introduced the use of texture-mapped 3D characters, and motion capture animation technology. The...

ToeJam & Earl

• Action
• DungeonCrawler

ToeJam & Earl's design was heavily influenced by the role-playing video game Rogue, and took from it such features as the random generation of levels and items. ToeJam & Earl was followed by two sequels: ToeJam & Earl in Panic on Funkotron and ToeJam & Earl III: Mission to Earth, released...

Gaiares

• ShootEmUp

It was one of the first 8Mb cartridge games on the Genesis. Gaiares desIGN was different, and features one of the most original and unique weapon power-up systems in the shooters genre to date. Gaiares makes extensive use of parallax scrolling, wave and warping effects across all eight stages, and the...