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Sega Genesis model 2 (North America)

This is a complete list of all Sega Genesis games.

The Sega Genesis, known as the Mega Drive[1] in regions outside of North America, is a 16-bit video game console that was developed and sold by Sega. First released in Japan on October 29, 1988, in North America on August 14, 1989 and in PAL regions in 1990, the Genesis is Sega's third console and the successor to the Master System. The system supports a library of 880 games created both by Sega and a wide array of third-party publishers and delivered on ROM cartridges.[2] It can also play the complete library of Master System games when the separately sold Power Base Converter is installed. The Sega Genesis also sported numerous peripherals, including the Sega CD and 32X, several network services, and multiple first-party and third-party variations of the console that focused on extending its functionality.[3] The console and its games continue to be popular among fans, collectors, video game music fans, and emulation enthusiasts. Licensed third party re-releases of the console are still being produced,[4] and several indie game developers continue to produce games for it.[5] Many games have also been re-released in compilations for newer consoles and offered for download on various digital distribution services, such as Virtual Console, Xbox Live Arcade, PlayStation Network, and Steam.[6][7][8][9]

The Genesis library was initially modest, but eventually grew to contain games to appeal to all types of players. The initial pack-in title was Altered Beast, which was later replaced with Sonic the Hedgehog.[10] Top sellers included Sonic the Hedgehog, its sequel Sonic the Hedgehog 2, and Disney's Aladdin.[11] During development for the console, Sega Enterprises in Japan focused on developing action games while Sega of America was tasked with developing sports games. A large part of the appeal of the Genesis library during the console's lifetime was the arcade-based experience of its games, as well as more difficult entries such as Ecco the Dolphin and sports games such as Joe Montana Football.[10] Compared to its competition, Sega advertised to an older audience by hosting more mature games, including the uncensored version of Mortal Kombat.[10]

This is an alphabetical list of released games for the Sega Genesis. Titles listed do not include releases for the Sega CD and 32X add-ons. Included in this list are titles not licensed by Sega, including releases in Taiwan by several developers such as Gamtec, as well as releases by Accolade before being licensed following the events of Sega v. Accolade. This list also includes titles developed by unlicensed third-party developers after the discontinuation of the Genesis, such as Pier Solar and the Great Architects.

A few games were only released exclusively on the Sega Channel subscription service, which was active from 1994 to 1998, in the US. This means that, whilst cartridges were officially released for use on PAL and Japanese consoles, they were unavailable physically in the US. While few games were released this way, some of them are considered to be staples in the Genesis library, such as Pulseman and Mega Man: The Wily Wars.

Region code guide
Regions released Region description
JP (Japan) Japanese (NTSC-J) formatted release
NA (North America) North America and other NTSC territories, besides Japan
PAL PAL/SECAM territories: much of Europe, Australia, parts of Asia
BR (Brazil) PAL-M release exclusively in Brazil
KR (South Korea) NTSC-J release exclusively in South Korea
TW (Taiwan) NTSC-J release exclusively in Taiwan

Licensed games

A total of 880[a] licensed game titles are known to have been released for the console:

Sega Meganet titles

Sega Meganet, also known as the Net Work System, was an online service for the Mega Drive in Japan. Utilizing dial-up Internet access, Meganet was Sega's first online multiplayer gaming service, and functioned on a pay to play basis. The system functioned through the use of a peripheral called the Mega Modem and offered several unique titles that could be downloaded, and a few could be played competitively with friends. In addition, it shared technology and equipment with more serious services such as the Mega Anser, used for banking purposes. Though the system was announced for North America under the rebranded name "Tele-Genesis", it was never released for that region.[57]

The Meganet service utilized its own library of titles, independent of the Mega Drive library. Most of these games never received a cartridge release; however, Columns, Flicky, Fatal Labyrinth, and Teddy Boy Blues each later saw cartridge versions. Several Meganet games would also later appear in the Game no Kanzume series, released for the Mega-CD exclusively in Japan. Most games for the service were small, at around 128kB per game, due to the limits of Internet connection speeds at the time.[58] Downloads were estimated to take about five to eight minutes to complete.[57] All of the Meganet games were available through the Sega Game Library, accessed through the Meganet modem. Due to issues with long-distance charges through the use of telephone lines, as well as seconds of lag time between commands, only two games featured competitive play: Tel-Tel Stadium and Tel-Tel Mahjong, with the remainder of the games available for single players via download. Due to Sega's reluctance to commit to releasing the service in North America, third-party developers in that region were unwilling to invest in developing games specifically for Meganet. This resulted in a low number of titles created for the service.[57]

The following list contains all of the titles released for the Meganet service. All titles in this list were released in Japan only.

There were 42 games on the Meganet.

Title[12][13] Developer[12][13] Publisher[12][13] Year[12][13]
16t Sega Sega 1991
Aworg: Hero In The Sky Sega Sega 1991
Columns * Sega Sega 1991
Flicky * Sega Sega 1991
Go Net Aisystem Tokyo Sega 1991
Hyper Marbles Sega Sega 1991
Ikazuse! Koi no Doki Doki Penguin Land MD Sega Sega 1991
Kinetic Connection ① Nei Second Sega Sega 1991
Kinetic Connection ② O Hanaba Take Sega Sega 1991
Kinetic Connection ③ Shirogane Wa Warau Yo Sega Sega 1991
Kinetic Connection ④ Mogura No O Asobi Sega Sega 1991
Kinetic Connection ⑤ Lightning Nei Sega Sega 1991
Kiss Shot Sega Sega 1991
Medal City Sega Sega 1991
Mega Mind Sega Sega 1991
Nikkan Sports Pro Yakyū VAN Sega Sega 1991
Paddle Fighter Sega Sega 1991
Phantasy Star II: Amia's Adventure Sega Sega 1991
Phantasy Star II: Anne's Adventure Sega Sega 1991
Phantasy Star II: Huey's Adventure Sega Sega 1991
Phantasy Star II: Kinds's Adventure Sega Sega 1991
Phantasy Star II: Nei's Adventure Sega Sega 1991
Phantasy Star II: Rudger's Adventure Sega Sega 1991
Phantasy Star II: Shilka's Adventure Sega Sega 1991
Phantasy Star II: Eusis's Adventure Sega Sega 1991
Putter Golf Sega Sega 1991
Pyramid Magic Sega Sega 1991
Pyramid Magic II Sega Sega 1991
Pyramid Magic III Sega Sega 1991
Pyramid Magic Sōshūhen Sega Sega 1991
Pyramid Magic Special Sega Sega 1991
Pyramid Magic Yokokuhen Sega Sega 1991
Riddle Wired Sega Sega 1991
Robot Battler Sega Sega 1991
Sansan White Box Sansan 1994
Shikinjoh Sunsoft Sunsoft 1991
Shi no Meikyuu: Labyrinth of Death * Sega Sega 1991
Sonic Eraser Sega Sega 1991
Taiketsu! Columns Sega Sega 1994
Teddy Boy Blues Sega Sega 1991
Tel-Tel Mahjong * Sunsoft
Chatnoir 		Sunsoft 1990
Tel-Tel Stadium * Sunsoft Sunsoft 1990

" * " determines games that also had a physical release

Compilations

Title[12][13] Developer[12][13] Publisher[12][13] Year[12][13]
10 Super Jogos (BRAZIL) / Mega Games 10 (ASIA) Sega Tec Toy 1997
6-Pak Sega Sega 1995
Classic Collection Sega Sega 1995
The Disney Collection : Castle of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse / QuackShot Starring Donald Duck (PAL) Sega Sega 1996
EA Sports Double Header Park Place Productions Electronic Arts 1993
Mega Games I (PAL) Sega Sega 1992
Mega Games 2 Sega Sega 1995
Mega Games 3 Sega Sega 1995
Mega Games 6 Sega Sega 1995
Mega Games 6 vol. 2 Sega Sega 1995
Mega 6 Vol. 3 Sega Sega 1995
Sega Sports 1 (Europe) Sega Sega 1995
Sonic Compilation (PAL) / Sonic Classics (NA) Sega Sega 1995
Triple Score: 3 Games in 1 (NA) Sega Sega 1993

Unlicensed games

Title(s) Developer(s) Publisher(s) Release date
JP NA PAL Other
Action 52 FarSight Technologies Active Enterprises Unreleased May 1993 Unreleased
Arkagis Revolution Sik Mega Cat StudiosNA
Broke StudioPAL, BEEP,[clarification needed] JP 		August 29, 2020 August 29, 2020 August 29, 2020
Barver Battle Saga: Tài Kong Zhàn Shì
Brave Battle Saga: The Space Soldier 		Chuanpu Technology Chuanpu Technology Unreleased Unreleased Unreleased TW (1996)[59]
Beggar Prince
Xin Qigai Wangzi TW 		C&E, Inc. C&E, Inc.TW
Super Fighter TeamNA 		Unreleased May 22, 2006 Unreleased TW (1996)[60]
Bible Adventures Wisdom Tree Wisdom Tree Unreleased 1994[61] Unreleased
Blow 'em Out Retroscribe Second Dimension Unreleased January 31, 2021 Unreleased
Cascade Epyx Super Fighter Team Unreleased December 24, 2015 Unreleased
Crazy Bus Tom Scripts Ltda Tom Scripts Ltda Unreleased Unreleased Unreleased VE (2004)
Darius Extra Version M2 Strictly LimitedWorld
Columbus CircleJP
 February 25, 2021 December 2021 December 2021
Debtor PSCD Games PSCD Games Unreleased June 19, 2020 Unreleased
Divine Sealing Studio Fazzy CYX 1991 Unreleased Unreleased
Demons Of Asteborg Neofid Technology Neofid Technology Unreleased Unreleased August 2021
Dracula no Shiro Habit Soft Game Impact December 25, 2021 Unreleased Unreleased
Earth Defense
The Earth DefendTW 		AV Artisan Realtec Unreleased 1995 Unreleased TW (1995)
Exodus Wisdom Tree Wisdom Tree Unreleased 1993[61] Unreleased
Funny World & Balloon Boy AV Artisan Realtec Unreleased 1993 Unreleased TW (1993)
Ganso Kyuukyoku Girl 6-nin Adventure Mahjong! Dial Q wo Mawase! Studio Fazzy Studio Fazzy 1992 Unreleased Unreleased
Hercules 2 Chuanpu Technology X Boy Unreleased Unreleased Unreleased TW (1999)
Huan Lè Táo Qì Shǔ: Smart Mouse Chuanpu Technology Chuanpu Technology Unreleased Unreleased Unreleased TW (1992)[59]
Joshua & the Battle of Jericho Wisdom Tree Wisdom Tree Unreleased 1994[61] Unreleased
Legend of Wukong
Wucom LegendTW 		Gamtec Ming TechnologyTW
Super Fighter TeamNA 		Unreleased December 3, 2008 Unreleased TW (1996)[62]
Link Dragon Songtly Jumbo Team Unreleased Unreleased Unreleased TW (1993)[63]
The Lion King II Gamtec X Boy Unreleased Unreleased Unreleased TW (1995 or 1996)
Mad Stalker: Full Metal Forth Opera House Strictly Limited GamesWorld
Columbus CircleJP
 September 17, 2020 February 2022 February 2022
Magic Girl Featuring Ling Ling the Little Witch

Magic GirlTW

Gamtec GamtecTW
Super Fighter TeamNA 		Unreleased December 24, 2015 Unreleased TW (1992)[64]
Mega 3D Noah's Ark Wisdom Tree Piko Interactive Unreleased May 1, 2018 Unreleased
Miniplanets Sik PlayOnRetro Unreleased Unreleased August 29, 2020
Papi Commando Studio Vetea WaterMelon September 9, 2016 September 9, 2016 September 9, 2016
Paprium WaterMelon WaterMelon December 16, 2020 December 16, 2020 December 16, 2020
Pier Solar and the Great Architects[65] WaterMelon WaterMelon December 20, 2010 December 20, 2010 December 20, 2010
Repair-chan no Shuuri Daisakusen Habit Soft Game Impact October 16, 2021 Unreleased Unreleased
Shuǐ Hǔ Fēng Yún Zhuán Never Ending Soft Team Never Ending Soft Team Unreleased Unreleased Unreleased TW (1996)[59]
Spiritual Warfare Wisdom Tree Wisdom Tree Unreleased 1994 Unreleased
Switchblade Core Design Piko Interactive Unreleased April 15, 2019 Unreleased
Squirrel King Gamtec Gamtec Unreleased Unreleased Unreleased TW (1996)[59]
Tanglewood Big Evil Corporation Big Evil Corporation August 14, 2018 August 14, 2018 August 14, 2018
Tänzer Mikael Tillander Mega Cat Studios 2019 2019 2019
Thunderbolt II Sun Green Sun Green Unreleased Unreleased Unreleased TW (1993)[64]
Tom Clown AV Artisan Realtec Unreleased 1993 Unreleased
Under the Shrine of Death[66] kakoeimon kakoeimon May 8, 2023 May 8, 2023 May 8, 2023
Ultracore Digital Illusions CE AB Strictly Limited Unreleased March 2019 March 2019
Whac-a-Critter
Mallet LegendTW 		AV Artisan Realtec Unreleased 1993 Unreleased TW (1993)
Xeno Crisis[67] Bitmap Bureau Bitmap Bureau 2018 2018 2018
Yang Warrior Family Taiwan Sankyo Information Co., Ltd. Taiwan Sankyo Information Co., Ltd. Unreleased Unreleased Unreleased TW (1990)[68]
Zhuo Guǐ Dà Shi: Ghost Hunter Senchi Technology Senchi Technology Unreleased Unreleased Unreleased TW (1994)[69]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ This number is always up to date by this script.

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