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[TronNerd82]

Personally, my favorite is the ol' Sega Saturn.

 

[cireza]

My favorite SEGA console is the Game Gear

Especially nowadays with the improved screen, you can enjoy the library of excellent games. A lot of great Japanese games have been fan-translated as well.

 

[RCX]

Put megadrive in the voting options. None of this "Genesis" nonsense!!

 

[struggler_guts]

Genesis is the only right answer

 

[Plies]

The Saturn because I don't like playing with Uranus.

 

[El Muerto]

 

[RayBoy]

Genesis / Mega Drive

 

[Plies]

My favorite SEGA console is the Game Gear

Especially nowadays with the improved screen, you can enjoy the library of excellent games. A lot of great Japanese games have been fan-translated as well.

I need to get a GG before people start to catch on.

 

[cireza]

I need to get a GG before people start to catch on.

You can always emulate it and try some games before investing in a retro hardware.

 

[Plies]

You can always emulate it and try some games before investing in a retro hardware.

Oh yeah, but emulation is not as good as having OG hardware, especially with handhelds.

Edit - DuckStation might be the exception.

 

[The Cockatrice]

Genesis ofc. Not even a contest lol

 

[RetroGamingUK]

My ranking

1. MegaDrive
2. Dreamcast
3. Master System
4. Saturn

Many Americans here won't understand how great the Master System was in Europe, it enjoyed a long life and had many great MegaDrive ports.

 

[Hudo]

Can't decide between Mega Drive and Saturn.

Mega Drive had Streets of Rage 2, Shining Force II, Phantasy Star IV and Contra: Hard Corps.
Saturn had Elevator Action Returns, Burning Rangers, Panzer Dragoon Saga and Sakura Wars.

 

[RetroGamingUK]

Can't decide between Mega Drive and Saturn.

Mega Drive had Streets of Rage 2, Shining Force II, Phantasy Star IV and Contra: Hard Corps.
Saturn had Elevator Action Returns, Burning Rangers, Panzer Dragoon Saga and Sakura Wars.

MegaDrive had 4 excellent Sonic games.

Saturn had none.

 

[digoutyoursoul]

Dreamcast

 

[Syphon Filter]

Probably Dreamcast but Genesis is close.

 

[keefged4]

Megadrive, But Dreamcast is a baw hair away from the top spot.

 

[Danny Dudekisser]

Dreamcast for me. At one point, I thought the Saturn might overtake it (I got into Saturn and shmups way after the Dreamcast's lifespan), but that didn't end up sticking. Dreamcast had a huge variety of games that have aged remarkably well. The biggest thing for me, though, is that you can argue that the overwhelming majority of those games - even if they got ported - are still best on the Dreamcast for one reason or another. Arcade ports would frequently have a lot of extra content when they came to the Dreamcast. PS2/360/whatever ports tended to screw up visual effects or lighting or just felt off compared to the DC original. So despite developers' best efforts, it remains a system with a ton of games that you totally should be playing on there.

Big fan.

 

[Nintendo's Witch]

Mega drive

 

[Mattyp]

Megadrive the only answer that isn't listed by Op so no vote.

 

[RetroGamingUK]

My favorite SEGA console is the Game Gear

Especially nowadays with the improved screen, you can enjoy the library of excellent games. A lot of great Japanese games have been fan-translated as well.

A portable GameGear in 1990.

If not for the battery life it could have been a huge hit.

Much preferred it to the piece of shit GameBoy (though I liked Color)

 

[NeverYouMind]

Feels like déjà vu, but... Genesis.

It is strange to have Sega Genesis, Sega CD, and Sega 32x as separate entities considering they form the one and only TOWER OF POWER!!!

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The base console is still home to many amazing games.

*Beyond Oasis, Langrisser II, Monster World IV

*Earthworm Jim, Gunstar Heroes, QuackShot

*Alien Storm, Urban Strike, Zero Tolerance

https://www.neogaf.com/threads/which-was-sega-s-best-console.1684713/

Add to that beat em ups, racers, and fighting games:

*Bare Knuckle II, Comix Zone, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Hyperstone Heist

* Outrun 2019, Lotus II RECS, Virtua Racing Deluxe

*Mortal Kombat 2 32X, WWF Wrestlemania: The Arcade Game 32X, Virtua Fighter 32X

 

[BennyBlanco]

Hard to choose between Genesis and Dreamcast. In the end I chose Genesis for having a ton of great games, but Dreamcast had higher highs for me personally.

 

[EverydayBeast]

So many memories after memories, battles going down with mortal kombat, hanging out playing sonic but also lesser games like pitfall and zombie ate my neighbors, turtles in time deserve respect.

 

[willothedog]

MegaDrive, Thunder Force III/IV were boss.

 

[ForAcademicPurposes]

MegaDrive 4me

• Sonic
• Comix Zone
• Revenge of Shinobi
• Streets of Rage
• Gunstar Heroes
• Mickey Mania
• Castle of Illusion

The list goes on...

 

[TintoConCasera]

The Sega Saturn! Lots of cool games:

Panzer Dragoon
Shining Force III
Shining The Holy Ark
Grandia
Virtua Cop
The House of the Dead
Sega Rally
Radiant Silvergun
Guardian Heroes

I prefer the Saturn, although I have to admit I still have a lot of games pending on the Mega Drive, and I never owned a Dreamcast.

 

[NeverYouMind]

Many Americans here won't understand how great the Master System was in Europe, it enjoyed a long life and had many great MegaDrive ports.

I love some of the games on the Master System! Some ports are even more entertaining than Genesis ones.

 

[StreetsofBeige]

 

[deriks]

Blast processing, bitches

But the Dreamcast is the close second of the closest second

 

[Midway-AGNC-]

Genesis and that's not even a contest.

 

[reinking]

The Sega Nomad gets no love. It was awesome!

 

[kunonabi]

Dreamcast. Favorite console of all time so it's an easy choice.

 

[Geometric-Crusher]

Sega's best console will be released.

 

[RedC]

I loved my Sega Genesis, along with the 32X and Sega CD, but my favorite was the Dreamcast by far, especially because of the almost perfect arcade ports you could play at home.

 

[hououinkyouma00]

The Sega Nomad gets no love. It was awesome!

I don't know why but this made me randomly think of the video where Keith Apicary wore a Nomad pouch in one of his old videos.