*32* Addictive Sega Genesis Games You *MUST* Play!!!

There are a lot of games for the Sega Genesis that make me want to play them over and over again. Games that are so addicting that if I so much as THINK about it I have to drop everything to play! So here are 32 of those games that I personally find addictive!
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Featured Games: Alisia Dragoon, Castle of Illusion starring Mickey Mouse, Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine, Gauntlet 4, Golden Axe, Golden Axe II, Golden Axe III, Growl, Haunting starring Polterguy, KLAX, Mercs, Midnight Resistance, Mortal Kombat II, The Punisher, Rampart, RBI Baseball 4, Road Rash, Road Rash II, Road Rash 3, Robocop vs. Terminator, Splatterhouse 2, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Steel Empire, Street Fighter II: Special Champion Edition, Streets of Rage, Streets of Rage 2, Streets of Rage 3, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Hyperstone Heist, Virtua Racing, World of Illusion, Zombies Ate My Neighbors
Work Log:
Deciding on Games: 30 minutes
Capturing Game Footage: 6 Hours and 15 Minutes
Writing the script: 3 Hours and 50 Minutes
Recording Voice Over: 50 Minutes
Recording B-Roll: 20 Minutes
Video Editing: 7 Hours and 45 Minutes
Rewatch at 2x: 20 Minutes
Creating Thumbnail: 15 Minutes
Upload Video and Prep: 20 Minutes
Total: 20 Hours and 25 Minutes
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[@troyshilanski380]

So picture this. 1992 im in Spain getting outta the navy. I was helod off and just hanging out. My sega was on the ship still. So it pulls into spain and my shipmate packs my sega into a backpack and hurls it off the ship into my arms. Perfect toss perfect catch.

[@GregsGameRoom]

Oh wow, I thought you were gonna say he threw it into the ocean!

[@flamingwoodz]

Do you still have the console?

[@troyshilanski380]

@@flamingwoodz no way back i gave it to a friend as a wedding present. I bought a pentium because well DOOM. And my turbo express somehow never made it to me back home. But ya know im ok with that. If shipmates had fun playing it its all good.

[@troyshilanski380]

@@GregsGameRoom oh geeze no! It was perfect. This guy is 100 pounds wet skinny as a rail and nailed the toss.

[@graymars1097]

​@@troyshilanski380A soldier's, battle tested, working Sega genesis as a wedding gift, from that soldier himself? 😮 Dude that's awesome 😎 wow that's so cool Talk about sentimental value I hope they cherish it 😊

[@CDF56]

Star Control was a great space strategy and combat game. Castlevania Bloodlines was one of my favorites in the series and Ms Pac-Man had tons of crazy mazes.

[@greenmachine5487]

The work log in the description showing the time spent on each task of making this video was very interesting. I enjoyed the breakdown showing what went into making the video.

[@GregsGameRoom]

I appreciate you noticing! Most people don't consider the amount of time it takes to make these!

[@markracer3281]

Some more RPG's and shooter's would have been welcomed!!! Phantasy Star IV, Truxton, Space Invaders 91', Crusader of Centy, Shining Forse, Landstalker, D&D Warriors of the Eternal Sun, Pirates! Gold, The Immortal, M.U.S.H.A., Phelios... Anyway, you get the gist!!! Great vid and lookin' forward to the next one!!!

[@GregsGameRoom]

I get bored easily, RPGs take a lot of commitment! I did beat Landstalker back in the day though.

[@j-biscuitz7370]

Been following the channel since earlier this year and I really enjoy the content. The videos that cover a large amount of games like this are by far my favorite and much appreciated!

[@GregsGameRoom]

Thank you for the kind words! Happy to hear you enjoy them!

[@CokerCulture]

Played a ton of these a lot growing up; got the chance to play Golden Axe with Ty at a convention not too long ago, that was an awesome experience introducing him to that for the first time.

[@GregsGameRoom]

Such a blast playing beat 'em ups with the kids!

[@CokerCulture]

@@GregsGameRoom tons of fun!

[@meetoo594]

Great list although you missed out the thunderforce games and revenge of shinobi.

[@retrojoe85]

The remake of Shadow Dancer deserves a mention too. Still love my Mega Drive (hi from Europe), I got it only in recent times because when I was a kid the console had an outrageous price, so I was forced to keep my Atari 2600! Yes, I have and Everdrive but I still love to buy original games for it when I find those rare times when you can afford something without asking permission to your bank! Just today I was going to buy Gauntlet IV from an online store and...damn, someone already bought it!

[@damin9913]

Shadow dancer is my favorite ninja game

[@Gametester110-qf8vs]

5:00 The Unofficial *(1982)Conan The Barbarian,* movie-tie in series. Golden Axe II is one of my all-time favorite Genesis games! The soundtrack in that one is legendary.

[@pinebarrenpatriot8289]

Sega Genesis is still my favorite game console ever made. I've been buying games like Rolling Thunder 2 and 3, Crue Ball (Motley Crue soundtrack) and a few others I've always wanted before they become unaffordable like most retro stuff

[@GregsGameRoom]

Wish I had gotten them when they were cheap...

[@damin9913]

Mine too I start up the bad boy and start playing streets of rage II😊

[@pinebarrenpatriot8289]

@@damin9913 good choice. I already had Streets of Rage 1 and 2 but part 3 was another bucket-list game I ebayed a few months back. The music may be inferior in part 3 but it's amazing maybe even better than part 2 but the entire SOR Trilogy was perfect. I'm not trying to get every Genesis game but there's at least 3 or 4 titles I want before I buy other console game for my coleco and NES

[@damin9913]

@pinebarrenpatriot8289 the best streets of rage was 2 I be making game genie codes on the Syndicate wars version I own super shiva and super skates

[@pinebarrenpatriot8289]

@@damin9913streets of Rage 3 I still think is one of the best Genesis games but I'll admit the music doesn't match part 1 or 2

[@earthlydescent]

Mercs is one of my favorites! Brilliant game!

[@scollurio]

Really good selection, lots of overlap with my personal list. Especially Alisia Dragoon was a "surprising find" for me!

[@joesshows6793]

4:54 this gauntlet game is crazy good

[@RapideWombaticus]

A great selection of games mate. Thank you for this

[@joesshows6793]

15:50 rampart kicks so much ass. Pitfighter was really good as well

[@Metal-Josh]

My favourite game ever: Sonic 3 & Knuckles. Ever since it come out, I had S&K and I would borrow copies of 3 from friends until I would get it myself. Loved that game. Dunno, it’s gotta be the branching paths. Like Knuckles can’t jump as high as the others so he can’t go where Sonic and Tails can. Also on that note Tails and Sonic can’t smash through rocks the Knuckles can do it really adds to it

[@damin9913]

Sonic 3&knuckles can't be topped its the best sonic game ever created

[@tonybarnes2920]

Glad to see at least 1 game I made on the list. LOL. Great vid!

[@GregsGameRoom]

I couldn't figure out which one it was from your website...

[@tonybarnes2920]

@@GregsGameRoom WOW! You know, NOBODY and I mean NOBODY takes the time to do a simple Google search, whenever I say anything. Most of the time, I get trolls telling me to STFU and never looking me up, then when they do they're still made and still tell me STFU. LOL. Anyway... my site needs to be updated with a lot of games, especially ones I only "worked on" vs. "lead". In this case, I worked on Haunting for a few months, while also creating other things, like Jungle Strike.

[@GregsGameRoom]

@@tonybarnes2920 Oh, nice! Yeah, I saw Jungle Strike and was thinking maybe Road Rash since it was also EA. Haunting is very cool though!

[@tonybarnes2920]

@@GregsGameRoom Road Rash 3DO, yes, but not Genesis... UNLESS you know inside baseball and know that we used 3DO assets to create the sprites for Road Rash 3. ;)

[@zetaciogamer8413]

my favorite console of all time and to think that when I was a child I sold it to get the PS1, it cost me a lot to get one again and have a good catalog

[@DemuDesu]

In Midnight Resistance (11:53), you can duck and shoot forward (or whatever direction) by pressing B then duck. Some parts of the game can be uber hard if you don't use the B button. The control is so strange because the arcade original had a special rotating stick and they tried to imitate that with a controller. It would be great if someone remake the game as a twin stick shooter, which completely solves the weird control problem.

[@GregsGameRoom]

I tried some of the other control methods and one ducked and fired forward. But it still had you press a button to shoot in different directions. Too weird.

[@TheWarmotor]

Another banger, sir! I have a hard time getting into Alisia Dragoon. The attack seems haphazard and I feel like I can't hit what I'm trying to hit sometimes regardless of my input and I take damage that I feel isn't my fault. I want to like that game but it makes me SO MAD.

[@inceptional]

I feel like that about quite a lot of games people keep telling me are great fun to play. I'm not sure they aren't more concerned with some irrelevant technical feat half the time than the actual underlying game and how much fun it genuinely is to play. And I'm not a fan of stuff that's random, especially in relation to controls. Thankfully, I'd say that vast majority of games in this video are good to very good, and a few are even great.

[@GregsGameRoom]

It is kinda all over the place. I think it gets back to keeping your charge up so you can wipe out the whole screen regularly.

[@TheWarmotor]

@@GregsGameRoom That is useful info, thank you :)

[@greensun1334]

9:00 - it's nice to see some real transparency effects (at the main character) on the good old Megadrive! It's the hilight mode and sadly not very often seen, they rather used dithering for shadows and weather effects in most other games where "transparency" occurs.

[@teddybeer6206]

Even though I'm a fan of the franchise, I thank you for not putting Sonic on your list. It shows that there's more to the Genesis\Mega Drive than Sonic The Hedgehog.

[@angryretrogamer7313]

Sega Genesis is one of my favorite consoles of all time, maybe even my #1 favorite. I have more nostalgia for Genesis than any other console. Your list is a really good selection. I'd like to share my favorites. 1. Ghouls n Ghost 2. Herzog Zwei 3. Skitchin 4. Contra Hard Corps 5. Road Rash 2 6. Jungle Strike 7. John Madden 92 8. Sonic 2 9. Street of Rage 2 10. Truxton My list could go on for a hundred but these are my favorites. Every game from your list is good imo except Klax because I never played it before. Thanks for the fun video 🎮🔥

[@pinebarrenpatriot8289]

Why Golden Axe 3 wasn't released in North America near the Genesis peak in 1993 is beyond me. The A-I is much smarter than the first 2 games, new characters, and path choices. GA 3 has become one of my favorite games. I don't know why it always seems to get negative reviews

[@GregsGameRoom]

Don't get me wrong, it's not bad. I like the gameplay. It's just very bland to look at.

[@pinebarrenpatriot8289]

@@GregsGameRoom others don't seem to care for it much either. I admit the magic in part 3 isn't as impressive I'm just surprised it wasn't released in NA. I'm guessing America Sega and Sega of Japan were beefing (again)

[@user-or6yn8pm3c]

Road Rash was the most addictive game on the Genesis. It was simple but so much fun you wouldn't put down your controller.

[@cygnusactual1618]

Comix zone, earth worm Jim, toejam and earl, vectorman, X-men, streets of rage. There are so many others that could have been mentioned.

[@Mike-nf6nf]

Columns is great if you like Tetris.

[@scollurio]

Shining force 2 and Gleylancer are what I miss, otherwise great list! :) MK2 is my all time favorite also! :)

[@NOLADEEJ]

The Road Rash games for sure!!!

[@mattnordsell9760]

Golden Axe 3 was only a Sega Channel game here in the US, it was available physically as well outside of the US, at least Japan.

[@orangeTadpole]

Herzog Zwei would be my pick for this list.

[@joakimkarlsson9942]

If gain ground was in your list and shining force 1 and 2..then you have more or less my list. And no contra hard corp? And gunstar hero?? Damn you miss alot of games.. But atleast you got meanbeanmachine

[@GregsGameRoom]

Gotta save some for Part II.

[@damin9913]

Sega genesis is a very addictive console i still play mortal kombat I & II

[@joesshows6793]

30:32 the clown decoy is the best

[@duhmez]

I am literally playing Phantasy Star 3 on my rel Genesis right now as I clicke donthe video onmy second screen. Having a vbblast huge Nostalgia, this was the first ful priced game I saved up and bought day 1 at launch. I t was $112 ccnaada dfollars at launch including tax. My job was $5 per hour. 22 hours labor to get it. Worth it!

[@thehumbleone1983]

With the Punisher for MD/GEN you have press jump once then press the attack plus jump again I’m pretty sure

[@almeidachannel7121]

Nice Video ! Sub & Big Like ! And Love Retro Genesis Games !

[@christopherwashington2417]

Gunstar heroes Pulseman Vector Musha After burner Mmpr the movie Sf 2 special ce Road rash 2 Sor 2 are my fav addictive sega games.

[@dersandy]

Yeaaaaah !!!

[@brichan1851]

Burning Force… no love. 💔

[@ryanboyer3926]

BattleToads!

[@joesshows6793]

14:59 was there another ‘punisher’ game???

[@GregsGameRoom]

Yeah, the arcade game.

[@TheProgressiveStyle]

clearly the world addictive is missused.

[@inceptional]

So, the $300 Sega CD add-on device that even required its own power supply is "the Genesis"? Is the Super Game Boy "the SNES" then? What about the Master System adapter being "the Genesis" or the Satellaview being "the SNES"? Haven't watched the whole video yet, but are there going to be 32X "Genesis" games on there too? 😲😲😲

[@GregsGameRoom]

It is as far as I’m concerned, obviously.

[@inceptional]

@@GregsGameRoom Indeed. So, why didn't you include any 32X "Genesis" games in this list?

[@SuperSlowdownSNES]

The 32X was a commercial flop. The standard genesis is a fine console that aged far better than the snes, and you know this man!

[@Retro_Troll]

What are you on about now? Geesh mate, you've went bonkers 🤪

[@inceptional]

@@Retro_Troll Grow up.