The Final Days of the Sega Genesis

For those curious, the music at the opening title is from Midnight Resistance for the Genesis. It's called Kao Kao Kao. The music in the closing section is Theme of Simon from Castlevania Bloodlines. And I can't believe I need to write this, but this was a look at the final officially licensed games at retail. Of course it doesn't cover the indie and unlicensed releases since. I mean the entire setup and tone made that abundantly clear, but I'll say it again for those that are somehow still confused.

I really appreciate the hard working mother comment. My mother bought me a genesis, Sega CD, PS1, N64, and Dreamcast. Now that I’m a parent I understand fully how much she sacrificed to do all of that. She’s been gone over a year now and it’s the little things I think about and smile.

The final days of Genesis here in Brazil have not yet arrived.

SEGA and Nintendo: "Okay, boys, let's go out with a bang!" Majesco: "Nah. Frogger."

I still have my original Genesis that I got for Christmas 1989. Still works fine.

I started gaming on the Genesis in 1999/2000. Still in my top 3 consoles ever!!!

The final days is when I got the Genesis. Back then toy stores were trying to get rid of them, so we got a model 2 Genesis for $40.

The final days are one of the best times to get a console. Tons of great games, games on discount, and some of the best games come out at the end, since developers have figured out the hardware really good, and since tons of people own the console towards the end, publishers know they can make some money with good sales. Of course, however, there is always shovelware towards the end.

I remember 1996 end of year holidays I made a new friend who also owned a Mega Drive and just got Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3. Together with 2 of my other friends we all sat and played it. I had played it before but my new friends passion for the game and determination to master it was infectious and suddenly we were all hooked. We arranged a sleep over at one of the other friends house which his parents allowed after I said we can camp out the back so we don't disturb their peace. I brought over my parents 8 man dome tent plus my Mega Drive, TV and also rented another copy of UMK3. With an esky, 2 cartons of coke the 4 of us sat up playing until the sun started to rise. After few hours sleep we all separated to go home in the morning for a proper meal, grab some extra snacks, then returned for round 2. The first night we played a lot of 2 on 2 and 8 player tournament mode. The 2nd night we focused on learning to master chain combos and special moves for 2 chosen characters. As a result for a brief moment of my life I was actually really good at Mortal Kombat. Easily crushing other casual players and MK fans. Only those 3 childhood friends who I shared that experience were a challenge. But those skills didn't transfer so well to the other consoles. The control pads weren't as good as Sega's 6 button controller, that was made for fighting games.

The Genesis was my first console and inducted me into the ever expanding universe of gaming.

Hi ! I'm born in 1985 and sega/nitendo was part of my childhood. Thanks for your works on the sega side ! It is very impressive how much deep you can dig in the subject to create video with quality and interesting content.

Hell yes! The Lost World is awesome. Last Genesis game my dad and I ever got. I was always playing the Saturn version and he would always play this one. Never understood until I discovered those boss battle sequences. So much more fun than the 32 bit version.

Not only is it wild to think these games came out the same year as Symphony of the Night and Final Fantasy VII, but also only one year before the Dreamcast's Japanese launch

The final days of the Megadrive hasn't arrived yet. I'm still playing mine from time to time.

Genuinely impressed with those Jurassic World graphics

I deeply regret getting rid of my Genesis after getting a Saturn. In those days, I didn’t foresee myself getting a sense of nostalgia. In 1998, with the Saturn on its last legs, I felt the need to switch to PlayStation and give my Saturn away. It wouldn’t be until April 1999 when I threw a hissy fit over a PlayStation game I rented one weekend that I decided I wanted my Genesis back. I got it back, but by that point, the person I gave it to only had 2 games left: Sonic 2 and Sonic 3. I had to re-buy all my other games over many years!

I remember being really sad when blockbuster narrowed down the genesis titles to a couple and then finally none

Jurassic Park lost world was the kind of game that shows what can be done when you re coding down to the metal.

From what I've heard, Virtua Fighter 2 for the Genesis sold really well and it's on the mini because of that.

There's a Director's Cut of Sonic 3D Blast where one of the devs from the og team fixed many of the issues the original game had. Worth checking out.