To complement his speed, Sonic was treated to a number of incredible level designs filled with bright colors, eye-popping loops, and multiple paths. Not only did Sonic make Mario games look sluggish with help of Blast Processing, but he helped Sega establish their cutting-edge attitude that helped them gain a strong fan-based during the 16-bit era.īeing a faster version of Mario wasn’t enough to make Sonic stand out.
The blue blur was the killer app against Mario and the Mushroom Kingdom.
Without Sonic the Hedgehog, it is hard to tell how successful the Genesis would have been in Sega’s fight against Nintendo.
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| Sega Genesis / MegaDrive | Sega CD | Sega 32X | Sonic The Hedgehog Series Regardless, I hope you enjoy this piece and I look forward to hearing your memories of the Genesis in the comments section below. There are a number of otherwise worthy titles, that I had to stick in the honorable mentions list in order to keep this article from going on forever. In this installment of the Games That Defined Series, I actually had a tough time narrowing down the list of titles to feature. It all turned out well, however, as gamers of the 1990’s were treated to many excellent games due to intense competition. Sega reached its peak with the Genesis and Nintendo actually had to work overtime to win its market share back during the 16-bit era. and wanted something faster, flashier, and with “attitude”. At that point, I had enough of Super Mario Bros. As the Genesis established itself as the most cutting-edge console and the home of games that were more geared for kids as they entered their teens, I increasingly fell into Sega’s target market. Yes, that was exactly what Sega wanted me and many other kids my age to think. I could help but be in awe of the screenshots of games that looked like something I would only see in the arcades. However, I can still remember the fall of of 1989 when the Sega Genesis (known as the MegaDrive outside of the USA) and its initial library of games had a multi-page layout in the JCPenney’s Christmas Wishbook. Games That Defined the Sega Genesis / MegaDriveĪs a child of the 80’s, the NES and all the great games it brought to the 8-bit generation littered my elementary school days with many fond memories.
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