Streets of Rage

Streets of Rage

With Final Fight setting the arcade on fire naturally most were anxious for a home port.  Unfortunately for Sega owners the SNES would receive the exclusive for a number of years.  Not one to let their fans down Sega would...
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After Burner

After Burner

It’s surprising but as early as the mid-80s I was aware of console exclusives.  I owned a NES but somehow knew that Sega didn’t make games for Nintendo and vice versa.  This indisputable fact made the presence of the unlicensed...
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ESWAT: City Under Siege

ESWAT: City Under Siege

Developer: Sega    Publisher: Sega    Release: 10/90   Genre: Action I really liked ESWAT in the arcade but unfortunately never had the chance to play it much because of distance. So when news of a Sega Genesis version of the game...
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Shadowrun

Shadowrun

Developer: BlueSky Software    Publisher: Sega    Release: 03/94   Genre: Action RPG Words cannot express how much I love the Shadowrun universe and cyberpunk in general.  I have never had the chance to play the pen & paper game but have...
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Light Crusader

Light Crusader

Developer: Treasure     Publisher: Sega     Released: 1995     Genre: Action Rpg Throughout Treasure’s long and storied history they have created many a legendary action and shooting game.  They have only occasionally dabbled in other genres.  ...
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Revenge of Shinobi

Revenge of Shinobi

Developer: Sega    Publisher: Sega    Release: 12/89   Genre: Action The Revenge of Shinobi was probably one of the first killer apps for the Sega Genesis. That is a bold statement but completely true. In the early years of the system’s...
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Wonder Boy in Monster World

Wonder Boy in Monster World

The Wonder Boy games started out as slightly unique platformers at the genre’s beginning but it wouldn’t be long before the series would explore other genres.  Wonder Boy III: Monster Lair was a weird shooter/platformer hybrid that wasn’t successful...
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Castle of Illusion starring Mickey Mouse

Castle of Illusion starring Mickey Mouse

Capcom usually gets the majority of the praise when the discussing Disney licensed titles.  And rightfully so I might add.  At a time where LJN and Ocean basically treated any license they bought like garbage Capcom showed that if you...
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King Colossus: Tougi Ou

King Colossus: Tougi Ou

While it’s a fact that the Genesis is missing the breadth and depth of the SNES’s RPG library I must say that Sega did a pretty good job overall of at least providing awesome games in the genre for their...
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