Mega Drive game suggestions

[Sexual Harassment Panda]

So many good games at the time, but there aren't many I would have thought would have aged well.

With that said, Ristar was pretty great. Get Toejam & Earl just for the sfx. Rocket Knight Adventures was great too. Why not try Chuck Rock and Cool Spot whilst you're at it.

Panda out.

 

[Frankster]

Spiderman: maximum carnage (its a beat em up)

I got nothing else for the time being, most other titles I can think off have already been said.

If there's a disney game that hasn't been mentioned yet it would be a safe bet as disney platformers from the 16bit era tended to be awesome.

Ah hang on, no one's mentioned flashback yet! Flashback.

 

[Wintermoot]

Zero Wing
just for the glorious Engrish and dead meme intro

 

[Sougo]

Batman and Robin .... oh hell YEAH. I still play this game. Still haven't managed to finish it.

Mega Turrican (hope I'm spelling it right but sweet game).

Golden Axe 2.

Flashback. Even for its time this game was different, and epic.

Batman and Robin and Golden Axe 2 are even more fun in 2 player mode. Mega Turrican & Flashback are single player.

 

[evilengine]

to name a few I personally own and recommend:
Streets of Rage 1
Vectorman
Coolspot
Pitfall: The Mayan Adventure
Aladdin
The Jungle Book
Quackshot
X-Men 2: Clone Wars
Castlevania: Bloodlines/The New Generation (US/PAL)

I also hear that these are good too, though I don't own them to agree or not
Flashback
Gunstar Heroes
Comix Zone
Rocket Knight Adventures

 

[mirage202]

I'll second the rec. for Desert/Jungle/Urban Strike series. Amazing games, if a little frustrating at times.

General Chaos, also brilliant.
Flashback is a must have.
Definitely get the Mega Games 1/2/3 packs.
Any 007 game for side scrolling spy shooty goodness.

 

[Leon Arslanbekov]

Comix Zone is great.
Nobody has mentioned Mutant Chronicles Doom Troopers, a rare Contra-esque experience.
Also try Dune 2 for brain strain and Zombies Ate My Neighbours for goofiness and frustration.

 

[Technocrat]

Jungle Strike and Urban Strike are AWESOME.

 

[Racecarlock]

Starflight. The game will last you years. It's the best star trek game that isn't actually star trek. You can even land on and explore planets. Yeah, mass effect didn't in fact invent that feature.

 

[Wonko the Sane]

Thanks for all the suggestions people. Just got an really cheap Sega Mega CD too (only ?5!!!) Anything other than Snatcher and Sonic CD worth getting for it?

 

[Owyn_Merrilin]

Starflight. The game will last you years. It's the best star trek game that isn't actually star trek. You can even land on and explore planets. Yeah, mass effect didn't in fact invent that feature.

Far from it; Starflight was a huge influence on Mass Effect. The Mako was based on the lander from Starflight. Definitely a classic game, and worth trying whether you get the Genesis version, the Amiga version, or the IBM version (the latter of which runs in Dosbox and is easy to find on the fansites, although I'm not sure what the legal status is there.)

 

[Owyn_Merrilin]

Thanks for all the suggestions people. Just got an really cheap Sega Mega CD too (only ?5!!!) Anything other than Snatcher and Sonic CD worth getting for it?

Lunar and Lunar II are good if you like JRPGs; Night Trap might be worth getting cheap just for the historical value (that and Mortal Kombat are pretty much the reason the ESRB exists.) Also, I can't vouch for the gameplay, but I hear the best version of Eternal Champions (a Mortal Kombat knockoff that is famous for being gorier while using hand drawn sprites instead of digitized actors) is the Sega CD version.

P.S.: I'm not suggesting you do this, but the Sega CD had even worse copy protection than the Dreamcast did. I hear you can literally burn a disc, pop it in, and play. An interesting fact, if true.