the Genesis is home to the best "i have no idea what this game is about, but the name is cool" purchase i ever made as a child, Lightening Force. still shocked that as an uninformed child wading through a sea of shit at Toys'r'us i was able to somehow randomly pick a good game.
and even owning both Genesis and SNES as a kid, i have more childhood memories of playing Genesis. NHL '95, Road Rash, Streets of Rage, Sonic 2, Toejam and Earl...i just seemed to rent better Genesis games as a child. in my later years, i've enjoyed SNES more, due to going back and playing games i moronically didn't play as a kid like Super Metroid (yeah, i know...what the fuck was i doing?) but the Genesis is where i spent more time vegging with as a kid.
i played so much Genesis, i beat Sonic Spinball. sheesh.
and look at forward thinking SEGA...releasing games in plastic cases back in the 16 bit days...bless you SEGA, you helped me keep my old games in good condition. and a pox on all the Genesis games in used game stores without cases. they were heavy duty plastic kids?! what the fuck were you doing throwing them away?!
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