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One of the best systems ever!
I have had my Sega Genesis (Generation 2) for about what, 8 years or so? It has been a great system. While I admit the N64 is waay better than the Genesis, there was also quite a gap (for video games) between them. The controls are simple (not like Zelda 64, etc), the graphics are nothing to brag about, but they got the job done. The sound is weak, but what do you expect from an approximately 1989 game system?
Ahh, now we get to the games. While only two players can play simutaneously, Sega created some great games to go with this. Among them are the famous Sonic the Hedgehog, Streets of Rage, Golden Axe, Mega Bomberman (my favorite), and as many as 500 others. True, more games does not mean that the're all good, but you're bound to find SOME good games among 500.
All in all, a great system, and it requires little special treatment besides making sure it is free of dust.
I am very glad I got this game system. It has provided hours of entertainment with little to no violence. Overall, one of the greatest systems ever!

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Sega's shining moment : The Sega Genesis
Genesis was Sega's shining moment. Nobody thought anybody could top the "Big N" (Nintendo), but thanks to a game called "Mortal Kombat", the Genesis was suddenly wanted more than Nintendo's SNES. See, the reason is that Nintendo's "game quality policy" (I call it censorship) prohibited images like blood and graphic violence (read "Sub-Zero ripping out Johnny Cage's spine"), so MK on the SNES was censored (instead of blood, there was sweat, and the fatalities were toned down to the point they resembled the "Friendship" moves from MK2). Well, on the Genesis, thanks to the "DULLARD" code (hit down, up, left, left, A, right, down at the title screen of the Genesis version) you could play MK with the blood and real fatalities. However, there was more to Genesis than Mortal Kombat. Sonic The Hedgehog 1 and Sonic 2 are two of my most favorite titles. Streets Of Rage was considered one of the best side scrolling beat 'em up games ever (Streets Of Rage 2 is even better with awesome graphics), but what makes the Genesis shine IMHO is the Phantasy Star series, one of my most favorite RPG series (Final Fantasy being my most fave...long live Squaresoft). And Sega put some of their late 80s arcade games on Genesis, and they rocked (Shinobi, Altered Beast, Outrun, Golden Axe...they all ruled). The only drawbacks to the Genesis are the limited color pallate (both total and onscreen...it had a color pallate of 512 colors and could only display 64 colors at a time) and its sound chip and sound memory (SNES outdid the Genesis in both colors and sound), but Genesis games could have outstanding music (Yu Hasuko composed the absolutely fabulous music for the Streets Of Rage series...the music from the first Streets Of Rage game is so funky it might make you wanna get down with your bad self).

And if you can, grab a Sega CD and a 32X (both have some fun games).

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Its no Super Nintendo but its still great.
To me Super Nintendo will always be the best 16 bit gaming system mainly because of the superior graphics and sound but I have to admit I lived on Sonic The Hedgehog for most of my life.Unlike the SNES that only had a couple games where you could play as Mario and Luigi the Sega Genesis had tons of Sonic games.It was so cool to watch that series evolve.I think Sonic 3 and Knuckles will always be one of the best games of all time and Vectorman is cool too and lets not forget about Mortal Kombat.That was to me the birth of mature rated gaming.When ever you got sick of playing the clean safe Sonic series and wanted a little blood and guts this is the system you went to for that.