Disney’s Aladdin

Disney’s Aladdin

Developer: Virgin    Publisher: Sega    Release: 11/93   Genre: Platformer It really is incredible just how much Aladdin dominated 1992. The movie is one Disney’s greatest achievements and the subsequent video games were all fantastic. The Genesis version of Aladdin...
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Quackshot starring Donald Duck

Quackshot starring Donald Duck

Developer: Sega    Publisher: Sega    Release: 1991   Genre: Platformer Looking back its kind of surprising how adventurous Sega were with the Disney license. While Capcom and Virgin churned out unambitious platformers Sega were not afraid to take risks...
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Undead Line

Undead Line

Developer: PAL SOFT     Publisher: T&E Soft     Released: 12/20/91     Genre: Shooter I really liked Twinkle Tale, a little known Genesis import that suffered from a low print run. This brilliant game housed excellent art direction and gameplay ...
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Crack Down

Crack Down

Developer: Hot-B    Publisher: Sage’s Creation    Release: 1991    Genre: Action Over the years what I’ve come to appreciate most about the Genesis library is its large range of arcade ports. More specifically Sega arcade ports. I do not think ...
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Gley Lancer

Gley Lancer

Developer: NCS   Publisher: Masaya   Release: 07/17/92   Genre: Shooter I do not envy the developers of the legions of shooters in the 90s. After Gradius and R-Type revolutionized the genre everyone else was left picking up the scraps....
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Altered Beast

Altered Beast

Developer: Team Shinobi   Publisher: Sega    Release: 08/14/89   Genre: Beat em up Once upon a time new video game systems came with two controllers and a game. That is a pretty foreign concept to the younger gamers out there...
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Snatcher

Snatcher

Developer: Konami    Publisher: Konami    Released: 1994   Genre: Adventure It is interesting to look at the landscape of the visual novel market now.  If you are a fan of the genre there are more games than you can play in...
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Golden Axe II

Golden Axe II

Developer: Sega   Publisher: Sega    Release: 1991    Genre: Beat em up Among the early Sega Genesis launch lineup Golden Axe has probably held up the best. Altered Beast was the flagship title but outside of its presentation the game...
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Castlevania: Bloodlines

Castlevania: Bloodlines

Developer: Konami     Publisher: Konami     Released: 03/17/94     Genre: Platformer Konami were one of the last major publishers to come to the Genesis but did so in grand fashion. Aside from new IP like Rocket Knight Adventures they also produced...
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Trouble Shooter

Trouble Shooter

Developer: Vik Tokai   Publisher: Vik Tokai    Released: 1991    Genre: Shooter I really miss publishers like Vic Tokai. Like a Jaleco or Kemco they never had that breakout hit that gamers associate with their name. Everyone reveres the bigger publisher...
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