Best Japanese Imports to start with

[Mista_Ed]

Definitely rainbow islands.. And also magical flying hat turbo adventure... Great platformer, similar to psycho fox on master system

[EPSYLON EAGLE]

TWINKLE TALE

[Hidden_Darkness]

pulseman
rockman megaworld

[OverDrone]

that are worth picking up and aren't crazy expensive like Alien Soldier or Pengo?

Pulseman, Rockman MW and Twinkle Tale are wallet -meltingly expensive, guys

[maxi]

Definitely rainbow islands.. And also magical flying hat turbo adventure... Great platformer, similar to psycho fox on master system

The only way I would recommend Magical Hat no Buttobi over Decap Attack is if you are a really hardcore fan of it plus Psycho Fox and Kid Kool. DA improved the gameplay and also is a lot cheaper.

[Bones Justice]

Dragon Ball Z Buyuu Retsuden is a good fighting game. Quite cheap too. It got released in France and Spain as well, but the Japanese version is a lot easier to track down.

YU YU HAKUSHO MAKYOU TOITSUSEN= One of the best fighting games for the 16 BITS!!!

DRAGON BALL Z BUYU RETSUDEN+Turbo Cheat= Very fun game

I agree with these guys, both of these games are great. They also happen to be the first two import games that I got for Megadrive. Everything else seemed downhill from there.

Others that I enjoyed:

Dodgeball Danpei
F1 Circus MD
Fist of the North Star (exploding heads!)

I think I read somewhere that the Japanese version of Virtua Racing has a battery to save your high scores.

[cleeg]

I think I read somewhere that the Japanese version of Virtua Racing has a battery to save your high scores.

You did, it has!

[OverDrone]

That's the Japanese 32X Virtua Racing that has the memory backup, not the vanilla MD release. Unless I'm missing something (I own the NTSCJ MD game).

[SEGA.GENESIS1989]

Pulseman, Rockman MW and Twinkle Tale are wallet -meltingly expensive, guys

And not worth the commanding price ... The prices are barftastic!

I would have recommended Sailor Moon but the current asking price is $100 ... not worth it!

Erm ... What about New Zealand Story? If you can get it under $35, I would say yes.

Puyo Puyo & Puyo Puyo 2 are relatively cheap but I would only recommend these titles if you like puzzle like games.

Rainbow Islands Extra is a fun title but I`m sorry ... it isn`t worth 80 bones!

DAHNA Megami Tanjo .. an interesting title but $100 for an okay to mediocre title? If i paid $100 for this title, I would be pissed!

Mamono Hunter Yohko: Makai Kara no Tenkosei is a nice platformer. One of the hidden gems on the Mega Drive. You can get it cheap if you are patient.

Dangerous Seed is a good shooter that is relatively cheap to obtain.

Darwin 4081 is not a great title but if your looking for a shooter to add to your collection, I would pick up this game. I enjoy playing this game once in a while.

If you are a fan of Golden Axe, I`d consider purchasing Golden Axe III. It offers a good enough challenge to warrant your attention. Still ... it`s current value is hovering around $50.

[Diablo Griffin]

I would have recommended Sailor Moon but the current asking price is $100 ... not worth it!

I bought a complete boxed copy of this game on Amazon last year for roughly $63 counting shipping. Before that, I would search for the game on eBay, and it was ALWAYS over $200, so I was overjoyed to finally find it on Amazon. However, the current asking price on Amazon is $90, so it's a shame that this decent import can't be had on the cheap (for import standards, anyway). What would your ideal price be?

[l_oliveira]

Pulseman, Rockman MW and Twinkle Tale are wallet -meltingly expensive, guys

Panorama Cotton, Gleylancer and Alisia Dragoon (to add to the pocket melting list)