Why the Sega Mega Drive is essential for any retro video games collector – Reader’s Feature
A reader explains why he thinks every fan of retro video games should own a Mega Drive, whether it’s an original or one of the new mini-consoles.
The Mega Drive is Sega’s most iconic games console, that ensured they would go on to become one of the biggest corporations of the early 90s. The Mega Drive would see hundreds of the best games and series of the era, including Golden Axe, Streets Of Rage, Road Rash, Strike series (Desert, Jungle, and Urban), Mortal Kombat, Street Fighter, Sonic The Hedgehog, FIFA, Double Dragon, Bubsy, and ToeJam & Earl.
It also had personal favourites such as Home Alone, Gain Ground, Cyborg Justice, Dynamite Heady, Rystar, Rolling Thunder 2, World And Castle Of Illusion, Terminator 2, James Pond, and The Aquatic Games.
The Mega Drive also had many other games that made it an amazing games console to own and a great way to reduce stress and be entertained. The Mega Drive had various upgrades available for it, including the Mega-CD and 32X add-ons. This ensured that dozens more games would be released on each system, creating a massive library, including new titles such as Night Trap, Snatcher, Final Fight, Primal Rage, and Cosmic Carnage.
If you were lucky enough to own these you could combine all three to form the 32X CD system and have access to a games library in the hundreds. The console’s popularity lasted a good while, until Sony’s PlayStation became successful after the release of the Sega Saturn, which sadly let its predecessors down.
While Sega also released the Dreamcast this sadly didn’t last long, thanks to the release of the PlayStation 2. Although Sega then exited the home console business, the Mega Drive has left a long-lasting legacy where new and old players continue to enjoy the
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