House of the Dead

House of the Dead

Developer: Tantalus    Publisher: Sega    Release: 03/31/98    Genre: Action Sega built up a stellar track record of great Saturn ports of their arcade games. Considering the Saturn’s messy hardware that they were able to near perfectly replicate games like Virtua...
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Wonder Boy III: Monster Lair

Wonder Boy III: Monster Lair

Developer: Westone    Publisher: Sega    Release: 1991   Genre: Action As much as I find the Wonder Boy lineage and naming scheme confusing as hell I have always appreciated the series ability to change at the drop of a dime. Wonder...
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Fatal Labyrinth

Fatal Labyrinth

Developer: Sega    Publisher: Sega    Release: 1991   Genre: RPG Peruse a list of Sega Genesis Rpgs and chances are Fatal Labyrinth is missing. As an early Genesis title it is somewhat forgotten within the genre. It is understandable; roguelike...
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Ghostbusters

Ghostbusters

Developer: Sega    Publisher: Sega    Released:    Genre: Action The Ghostbusters license did not have a good go of it in America. While the original computer version of David Crane’s title was a legitimately good game most of the subsequent ports w...
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Gain Ground

Gain Ground

Developer: Sega     Publisher: Renovation     Released: January 2, 1991    Genre: Action Of all of Sega’s many arcade ports to the Genesis I avoided Gain Ground for no reason. Call it bias or a misunderstanding but one look at screenshots...
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Mystaria: The Realms of Lore

Mystaria: The Realms of Lore

Developer: Micro Cabin     Publisher: Sega     Released: 1996    Genre: Strategy RPG The start of the 32-bit generation was rough for RPG fans. After receiving classic after classic in the final years of the SNES and Genesis fans suffered an...
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Disney’s Ariel the Little Mermaid

Disney’s Ariel the Little Mermaid

Developer: Blue Sky Software     Publisher: Sega     Released: 1992    Genre: Action As much as we associate Capcom with the Disney license Sega has as much of an illustrious history with the House of the Mouse as well. Many of...
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Virtua Cop

Virtua Cop

Developer: AM2     Publisher: Sega     Released: 12/95     Genre: Action I’ve always appreciated light gun games from afar. At home the peripherals were usually not supported that well to make it worth the purchase. In the arcade they usually cost...
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Flicky

Flicky

Developer: Sega    Publisher: Sega     Released: 1991     Genre: Action I admit to being ignorant to most of Sega’s early arcade history. For myself Sega did not exist until I played the Master System and Hang-On in 1989. While most...
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G-Loc Air Battle

G-Loc Air Battle

Developer: Probe    Publisher: Sega     Released: 1992     Genre: Action G-Loc was one of Sega’s most interesting arcade units. The R-360 cabinet would rotate in every direction and even do a full 360 to simulate the onscreen action. It is...
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