Videogame Canon: Sega Genesis

JuntMonkey · #1 09-23-2006, 07:15 PM

- Sonic the Hedgehog
- NBA Live '95
- Madden (which one?)
- Phantasy Star 2

That's all I know, I didn't own a Genesis until 1999. Genesis was big for sports, so there might be more of them that should go here. I can't think of any other non-sports games that should.

Yeti · #2 09-23-2006, 07:20 PM

Genesis threw me for a minute there.

NBA Live '95 was unreal, I played it non-stop for years. Sonic 2 was great, Micro Machines 2 Tournament Edition was great, WWF Royal Rumble was great. Good times.

RunDownHouse · #3 09-23-2006, 07:21 PM

'94 NHL

EDIT: This is really the pinnacle of Genesis for me. I guess Sonic or Echo or something screams, "Genesis!" to most people since Sonic was supposed to be their signature franchise and I remember Echo being a big deal, but for me it doesn't get better than NHL '94.

I also really liked Shadowrun, I thought that game was incredible.

Yeti · #4 09-23-2006, 07:21 PM

RDH,

Also great.

ajohnson16 · #5 09-23-2006, 07:24 PM

In addition to WWF Royal Rumble, WWF Raw. More wrestlers and a couple of new moves. No Million Dollar Man though.

Sonic 1-2, not a big fan fo 3 but I could see why people would mention it.

MKI-III were solid games.

Joe Montana '94, I want to say, was pretty fun.

NBA Jam + TE were also very solid.

JuntMonkey · #6 09-23-2006, 07:32 PM

Definition of "canon" from Wikipedia:

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The Western canon is a canon of books, music and art (and specifically one with very loose boundaries) that is thought by many to have been highly influential in shaping Western culture. It is a list of the greatest works with significant literary and artistic merit. The selection of a canon is important to the theory of educational perennialism and the development of high culture.

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As you can see, this narrows the field down a bit. Games like Sonic 2 or WWF games do not make the cut. Only highly original, influential, and truly great games are "canon".

ed8383 · #7 09-23-2006, 07:41 PM

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MKI-III were solid games.

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mk 3 a good game? that is when the franchise started going downhill.

runner4life7 · #8 09-23-2006, 07:23 PM

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'94 NHL

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agreed, altough i think i had it for super nintendo fwiw.

Yeti · #9 09-23-2006, 07:24 PM

Fifa 95 was good. Pressing C after you scored to hear the GOOOOAAALLLLL! ruled.

Freakin · #10 09-23-2006, 07:21 PM

Mortal Combat brought blood & guts into every kids living room.