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Chronological order by release year

By Kyle07

I've sorted all Sega Genesis / Mega Drive games by release year, to create for me a little structure in which order I should play all these games. I created this list already on Friday, 28. December 2012. So I asked myself, why I haven't published this yet with the world?

Please note: So I don't own them. For Ecco 1 & 2 I've added the release date of the SEGA CD and Win95 release date, just for information. The soundtracks there are really good, try to get this versions if you can.

For arcade ports I posted also the year of the arcade version and the homeconsole release. However. I've listed these games always by the year of the arcade version release.

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Sega Genesis / Mega Drive Steam Game-List:

The games are listed within the (old) game launcher in following order. There is no alphabetical or chronological order. Even the same game series are seperated from each other (for example the Sonic series)

Altered Beast (1988)
Comix Zone (1995)
Crack Down (1990)
Ecco the Dolphin (1992) [Sega CD Version (1993), PC Win95 Version (1995)]
Gain Ground (1988/1991)
Golden Axe (1989)
Shadow Dancer: The Secret of Shinobi (1990)
Shinobi III: Return of the Ninja Master (1993)
Sonic 3D Blast (1996)
Space Harrier II (1988)
Vectorman (1995)
Alex Kidd in the Enchanted Castle (1989)
Bonanza Bros. (1990/1991)
Columns (1990)
Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine (1993)
Ecco Jr. (1995)
Eternal Champions (1993)
Galaxy Force II (1988/1991)
Kid Chameleon (1992)
Ristar (1995)
Sonic Spinball (1993)
Super Thunder Blade (1988)
Alien Storm (1990/1991)
Bio-Hazard Battle (1992)
Columns III (1993/1994)
Ecco: The Tides of Time (1994) [Sega CD Version (1994)]
ESWAT: City under Siege (1990)
Golden Axe II (1991)
Sonic the Hedgehog (1991)
Sword of Vermilion (1990)
Virtua Fighter 2 (1995/1996)
Alien Soldier (1995)
Gunstar Heroes (1993)
Landstalker: The Treasures of King Nole (1993)
Light Crusader (1995)
Shining Force (1993)
Shining Force II (1994)
Shining in the Darkness (1991)
Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (1992)
Sonic 3 & Knuckles (1994)
Streets of Rage (1991)
Streets of Rage 2 (1992)
Wonder Boy III: Monster Lair (1990)
Toejam & Earl (1991)
Toejam & Earl in panic on Funkotron (1993)
Beyond Oasis (1995)
Dynamite Headdy (1994)
Golden Axe III (1993)
Phantasy Star II (1989)
Phantasy Star III: Generations of Doom (1991)
Phantasy Star IV: The End of the Millenium (1994)
Streets of Rage 3 (1994)
The Revenge of Shinobi (1989)
Vectorman 2 (1996)
Wonder Boy in Monster World (1989/1991)

Update on 19-Jul-2021: As some games are banned in Germany, I was not aware of following games:

Flicky (1991) - Thanks to "The Fiend" in the comment section!
Decap Attack (1991)
Fatal Labyrinth (1990 in Japan, 1991 in NA & EU)

Chronologic List by Release Year:

1988:

Altered Beast (1988)
Gain Ground (1988/1991)
Space Harrier II (1988)
Galaxy Force II (1988/1991)
Super Thunder Blade (1988)

1989:

Golden Axe (1989)
Alex Kidd in the Enchanted Castle (1989)
Phantasy Star II (1989)
The Revenge of Shinobi (1989)
Wonder Boy in Monster World (1989/1991)

1990:

Crack Down (1990)
Shadow Dancer: The Secret of Shinobi (1990)
Bonanza Bros. (1990/1991)
Columns (1990)
Alien Storm (1990/1991)
ESWAT: City under Siege (1990)
Sword of Vermilion (1990)
Wonder Boy III: Monster Lair (1990)
Fatal Labyrinth (1990 in Japan, 1991 in NA & EU)

1991:

Golden Axe II (1991)
Sonic the Hedgehog (1991)
Shining in the Darkness (1991)
Streets of Rage (1991)
Toejam & Earl (1991)
Phantasy Star III: Generations of Doom (1991)
Flicky (1991)
Decap Attack (1991)
Fatal Labyrinth (1990 in Japan, 1991 in NA & EU)

1992:

Ecco the Dolphin (1992) [Sega CD Version (1993), PC Win95 Version (1995)]
Kid Chameleon (1992)
Bio-Hazard Battle (1992)
Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (1992)
Streets of Rage 2 (1992)

1993:

Shinobi III: Return of the Ninja Master (1993)
Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine (1993)
Eternal Champions (1993)
Sonic Spinball (1993)
Columns III (1993/1994)
Gunstar Heroes (1993)
Landstalker: The Treasures of King Nole (1993)
Shining Force (1993)
Toejam & Earl in panic on Funkotron (1993)
Golden Axe III (1993)

1994:

Ecco: The Tides of Time (1994) [Sega CD Version (1994)]
Shining Force II (1994)
Sonic 3 & Knuckles (1994)
Dynamite Headdy (1994)
Phantasy Star IV: The End of the Millenium (1994)
Streets of Rage 3 (1994)

1995:

Comix Zone (1995)
Vectorman (1995)
Ecco Jr. (1995)
Ristar (1995)
Virtua Fighter 2 (1995/1996)
Alien Soldier (1995)
Light Crusader (1995)
Beyond Oasis (1995)

1996:

Sonic 3D Blast (1996)
Vectorman 2 (1996)

11 Comments

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Kyle07 [author] 13 Dec, 2024 @ 10:09am

Thanks :)

Gequi 14 Nov, 2024 @ 1:41pm

Great work !

✠ Tsapluuna ✠ 22 Oct, 2021 @ 2:26pm

I like to play games in chronological order. Thank you for this!

The Fiend 21 Jul, 2021 @ 5:07am

I appreciate the responses/more info. Censorship is always interesting as it is so subjective and arbitrary.

/^^\461|[ 834|| 19 Jul, 2021 @ 11:23am

I have a German copy of Resident Evil 4 which is also censored in a lot of ways. I remember that EU version of last of us also got something similar. It is really strange indeed though at some of these missing games. I'm not complaining to you by the way, it is interesting actually to know something like that, even when it is re-released as a special collection they are still not available over there apparently

Kyle07 [author] 19 Jul, 2021 @ 10:59am

To be honest I never heard of the game and yes, as I live in Germany, some SEGA games are banned. I included some banned games on this list, because I was aware of these games back then.

I have included it now. Thanks for the hint. :)

Lol I don't know why sth like Flicky would be banned. Maybe because it showed some harm. But these times are gone, where games get banned or heavily censored in Germany.

The Fiend 19 Jul, 2021 @ 4:42am

That's what I'm wondering... it's pretty laughable, especially considering there are more controversial games that are on this list of released titles, e.g. Bonanza Bros, Streets of Rage, Eternal Champions etc.
Guess it just wasn't considered to be potentially financially profitable enough or something similar?

/^^\461|[ 834|| 19 Jul, 2021 @ 4:02am

Why would a game like Flicky be banned from Germany?

The Fiend 17 Jul, 2021 @ 4:05am

I don't see Flicky. Am disappoint.

OneStepBeyond 23 Oct, 2020 @ 8:20am

Very cool!

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