Ten Genesis games you may have missed
Ten picks from the catalogue a little off the beaten path, and why each one still plays today
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Phantasy Star IV: The End of the Millennium 1993
On Motavia, where a catastrophe has turned the land back into desert, the hunters Alys Brangwin and Chaz Ashley investigate the biomonsters spreading across the planet.
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Shining Force II 1993
Bowie leads the Shining Force across Parmecia after a broken seal frees the demon king Zeon, gathering allies to seal him away again.
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Landstalker 1992
In this isometric action role playing game, Nigel, a treasure hunter, goes after the legendary treasure of King Nole with Friday, a wood nymph, beside him all the way.
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Herzog Zwei 1989
A transforming mech flies over the battlefield, buying ground units and airlifting them where they are needed, in one of the early real time strategy games.
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ToeJam & Earl 1991
Two alien rappers, ToeJam and Earl, crash on an Earth of floating islands generated afresh each game and gather the ten pieces of their ship, to a funk soundtrack.
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Micro Machines 2: Turbo Tournament 1994
Miniature powerboats, helicopters and cars race around bathrooms and pool tables seen from above, past household obstacles. The J-Cart lets up to eight people play without a multitap.
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Rocket Knight Adventures 1993
Sparkster, an opossum knight with a rocket pack, takes on an army of evil pigs to rescue a princess, charging his rockets to blast in eight directions and bounce off walls.
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Ristar 1995
A cartoon star with stretchy arms grabs enemies and pulls himself in to headbutt them, on a trip across the planets of the Valdi system to free its people from King Greedy.
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Disney's The Jungle Book 1994
Mowgli makes his way through side scrolling levels based on the 1967 Disney film, in a platformer released on many systems, from the Genesis and Super Nintendo to the Game Boy and MS-DOS. Because the systems differed, so do the levels of each version.
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Kid Chameleon 1992
A platformer with more than a hundred levels in which the Kid goes into a virtual reality game to rescue other players trapped there by a rogue computer.
