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  1. 09-01-2010, 09:30 PM #1
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    Default Best Game by Year

    According to this list hot linked below, what are your favorite games by release year:

    http://www.sega-16.com/master_list.p...ay=ASC&search=

    1989 Altered Beast
    1990 Dynamite Duke
    1991 Gain Ground
    1992 Deadly Moves
    1993 Pac-Attack
    1994 Zero Tolerance
    1995 Phantom 2040
    1996 Virtua Fighter 2
    1997 Jurassic Park: The Lost World
    1998 Duke Nukem 3D

    After that, only one game listed for the remaining years so no contest.
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    1989 Forgotten Worlds
    1990 Revenge of Shinobi
    1991 Toejam & Earl
    1992 Super Fantasy Zone
    1993 Rocket Knight Adventures
    1994 Panorama Cotton
    1995 Alien Soldier
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    via http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...ga_Drive_games

    1989: Revenge of Shinobi
    1990: Castle of Illusion
    1991: Wonderboy in Monsterworld
    1992: Shining Force / Thunder Force IV
    1993: Streets of Rage 2
    1994: Bare Knuckle III / Monsterworld IV
    1995: Pengo (although Surging Aura might be a good candidate as well)
    1996: Beggar Prince
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    Then we set about developing killer games.

    - Hayao Nakayama, Mega Drive Collected Works (p. 17)
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    1989:Revenge of Shinobi
    1990:Granada
    1991:Shadow Dancer
    1992:Lightening Force: Quest for the Darkstar
    1993:Shinobi III: Return of the Ninja Master/Battle Mania Daiginjou
    1994:Streets of Rage 3/Contra: Hard Corps
    1995:The Adventures of Batman & Robin/Alien Soldier

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    1989 Revenge of Shinobi
    1990 Dynamite Duke
    1991 Sonic 1
    1992 Sonic 2
    1993 MK1
    1994 Sonic 3&K/Super Street Fighter 2


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    1988 Altered beast
    1989 Golden axe
    1990 Musha Aleste
    1991 Sonic
    1992 Sonic 2
    1993 Gunstar heroes
    1994 Virtua racing
    1995 Alien soldier
    1996 Toy story
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    1988 - Space Harrier II
    1989 - Revenge of Shinobi
    1990 - MUSHA
    1991 - Shining in the Darkness
    1992 - Sonic the Hedgehog 2
    1993 - Phantasy Star IV
    1994 - Bare Knuckle III
    1995 - Alien Soldier
    1996 - Elitserien 96
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    Quote Originally Posted by Christuserloeser View Post
    via http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...ga_Drive_games

    1989: Revenge of Shinobi
    1990: Castle of Illusion
    1991: Wonderboy in Monsterworld
    1992: Shining Force / Thunder Force IV
    1993: Streets of Rage 2
    1994: Bare Knuckle III / Monsterworld IV
    1995: Pengo (although Surging Aura might be a good candidate as well)
    1996: Beggar Prince
    I think he was going by US/WW release dates... except Duke 3D wasn't ever WW.

    However, if you go by JP dates (or JP dates plus other dates if not released in Japan or released earlier in other regions), you should start with 1988.

    But in the case of Shinobi, it was released in the US and Japan in late 1989 it seems, but not WW/Europe until 1990. (would have made a great pack-in/bundle option for christmas of '89... not to mention Castle of Illusion the following year -but we've discussed this before -and the latter would have been Kalinske/Nakayma's decision not Katz's)
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    its true I was going by US dates for the US games, for the other games I used the Jap dates.
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    The best game of 1988 would be Altered Beast. I didn't list it because it's not really a favorite of mine. I'd list Alex Kidd but it wasn't released until early 1989.

    And yeah, a Castle of Illusion pack-in would have sold like hot cakes.
    The Mega Drive was far inferior to the NES in terms of diffusion rate and sales in the Japanese market, though there were ardent Sega users. But in the US and Europe, we knew Sega could challenge Nintendo. We aimed at dominating those markets, hiring experienced staff for our overseas department in Japan, and revitalising Sega of America and the ailing Virgin group in Europe.

    Then we set about developing killer games.

    - Hayao Nakayama, Mega Drive Collected Works (p. 17)
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    Going off that list of release dates—

    1989: Revenge of Shinobi (still a great action game)
    1990: Phantasy Star II (my favorite of the series)
    1991: Golden Axe II (again, my favorite of the series)
    1992: Kid Chameleon (I loved this game due to the variety and length)
    1993: Streets of Rage 2 (my favorite beat-em-up of all time)
    1994: Earthworm Jim (the only title on my list that isn't 1st party. I hate to be cliché, but it was a breath of fresh air when it was released)
    1995: Ristar (selection is starting to get lean. A good platformer)
    1996: VectorMan 2 (I'm not a huge VectorMan fan, but this was the best of the small number of titles released in '96)
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    Interesting thread.

    1989: Awkward Beast
    1990: Fire Shark
    1991: Golden Axe 2/Out of This World
    1992: Alisia Dragoon
    1993: Gunstar Heroes
    1994: Contra Hard Corps/Bare Knuckle 3
    1995: Vectorman
    1996: Earthworm Jim 2
    1997: Lost World: Jurassic Park
    1998: Frogger
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    I'm doing each year in threes, because that's more fun.

    1989: Ghouls N Hosts, Herzog Zwei, Revenge of Shinobi
    1990: Shadow Dancer, Strider, Super Monaco GP
    1991: Batman (Sunsoft), ToeJam & Earl, Streets of Rage
    1992: Road Rash 2, Sonic 2, TMNT Hyperstone Heist
    1993: Gunstar Heroes, (Ranger X be here) Shining Force, Streets or Rage 2
    1994: Contra Hardcorps, Phantasy Star IV, Sonic 3 & Knuckles
    1995: Beyond Oasis, WeaponLord, X-Men 2: Clone Wars
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    1989: Golden Axe
    1990: Strider
    1991: Batman: The video game, Road Blasters
    1992: Captain America and the Avengers, Sonic the Hedgehog 2
    1993: Ecco the Dolphin, Ren and Stimpy Show: Stimpys Invention
    1994: Mortal Kombat II
    1995: Comix Zone, Mortal Kombat III, Vectorman
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    The Definitive List:

    1989: Ghouls N' Ghosts
    1990: Castle of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse
    1991: Sonic the Hedgehog
    1992: TMNT: The Hyperstone Heist
    1993: Streets of Rage 2
    1994: Sonic the Hedgehog 3 & Knuckles
    1995: Comix Zone
    1996: Vectorman 2
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