Streets of Rage 2 (1993)
ToeJam & Earl in Panic on Funkotron (1993)
Vectorman (1995)
More Retro Gaming Goodness
Today's video game companies wish they could make a console as cool as the Sega Genesis. Sega might not make hardware any more, but nothing can take away the achievement of this legendary machine. During an era when a multi-platform game on the PlayStation 5 is nearly indistinguishable in graphics and sound from the same game on Xbox Series X/S or PC, it's hard to remember a time when each console offered its own dramatically different technological fingerprint that made its games feel aesthetically unique. This rang especially true with 1989's Sega Genesis, a 16-bit console that distinguished itself with a speedy CPU, a 512-color palette, and a deep and raspy FM sound chip.