Sega Genesis turns 29... Happy Birthday!! MY 5 Favorite Games

**29 Years of Sega Genesis: A Nostalgic Look**

As we celebrate 29 years since the release of Sonic Mania, I'm reminded of the countless hours I spent playing classic Sega games on my Genesis console. It's a nostalgic trip down memory lane that brings back fond memories of childhood gaming.

Let's start with the original Sonic game (1991), which holds a special place in my heart as my all-time favorite Genesis title. There's something about the speed, the music, and the challenge that makes it still enjoyable today. In fact, I've replayed this game more times than I can count, even recently.

The Genesis was an incredible machine for sports games, and NHL '94 (1993) stands out as a particular highlight. The graphics were impressive for its time, and the gameplay was fast-paced and exciting. I'm not sure what's going on with that "knock someone's head off" thing, but it's definitely a memorable aspect of this game.

NHL '94 was released in 1993, the same year as NHL '93, which is often confused with being the sequel. However, the original NHL '93 was an excellent game that laid the groundwork for its better-known successor.

The Genesis also had some amazing games on offer beyond sports titles. Sonic the Hedgehog (1991), my number one choice, remains a favorite among many gamers. Its blend of speed, music, and challenge makes it an unforgettable experience.

As we celebrate 29 years since the release of Sonic Mania, I'm reminded that the Genesis produced a ton of amazing sonic games over the years, including Sonic 2 (1992), Sonic Spinball (1993), and more. These games have stood the test of time and continue to be enjoyed by gamers today.

So, what better way to celebrate this milestone than with a video showcasing some of these classic Sega titles? Let's take a trip down memory lane and revisit the good old days of Genesis gaming!

---

As we near the end of our celebration, I'd like to give you a gift that complements this nostalgic journey perfectly. Introducing... Sonic Mania! This game is an excellent representation of what made the original Sonic games so great. Play it on your Genesis, or better yet, get the collector's edition and enjoy all the perks that come with it.

Thank you for joining me on this trip down memory lane. If you enjoyed our Sega Genesis content, please like, subscribe, share, and tell all your friends about us!

---

That concludes our 29-year journey through the world of Sega Genesis gaming. It's been an absolute blast revisiting some classic titles and sharing them with you.

Remember, when you buy Sonic Mania collector's edition, you get a ton of goodies along with it, including a statue, gold ring, and more! Don't miss out on this amazing opportunity to celebrate the past and future of Sonic gaming.

Until next time, happy gaming!

WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enyoung Bobby angles has a problem he needs to earn the respect of his peers so he gets the special Sega Genesis fighting system it comes with sweets of Rage - he saves $40 he gets four moves he gets more control now okay yeah and you know something this is my original Genesis it's not as nice as it used to be but I mean I played the heck out of this thing but it still works yeah how many Nintendo's can you say that - happy birthday Sega Genesis on this day on this day 29 years ago the Genesis was born the best gaming console of an era it destroyed yeah and and 29:29 you know you see that you see you see I even talks like I talk and that's not mine I'm not moving my lips like that look yeah yeah I can't talk at the same time it's talking though yeah Genesis happy birthday Genesis happy birthday Sega Genesis 29 29 years because it's the Genesis 29th birthday I thought that we would do 8 my 5 video games that were my 5 when I was growing up you know like 29 years ago what yeah you weren't even thought of yeah you were just nothing you're like dust dust we'll see you were dust dust the Genesis is older than you okay crazy now you're gonna make me look old I'm not old yeah stop it so guys sit back relax we're gonna show you the top five games that I loved oh and I almost forgot I bought the Genesis a birthday gift what I did you know I bought the Genesis a birthday gift oh thank you I did right cuz it's his birthday so stay tuned to the end so you see his gift right back absolutely Sega Genesis gotta be spider-man definitely spriter go with strider spider-man just to have minions of the games games games sega genesis systems app games sold separately available at these fine stores okay guys so we're back and we're gonna do a rundown of my five maybe even hayley like some of these games yeah maybe i am sure you played some so let's check out number five altered beast yeah altered beast now this was a game i played tons of and basically you were this muscle-bound whatever guy and you would pick up like I like power-ups as you are fighting and you would change into this beast and then you had like these powers we could fire stuff and everything this was just a great game so you know what let's show them a video Oh so now you check that out my number five is pretty solid right that was a good game and the game still kind of holds up the graphics aren't as good I fell in love with that game because of the master system so I played it on the math system and it wasn't as good and then when the Genesis did it I was like oh my god now we got the power that was deserved so number four kid chameleon see kid chameleon is a really good game you played this game right yeah so in this game you're a kid and I guess they call it chameleon because you can change into a whole bunch of different things yeah and it's a real cool side scroller it's just a great game so you know what I really want these guys to check out while you people at home watch this video now that was a great video it's a great video game so it's a lot of fun but what's my number three desert strike now I've always been a fan of helicopter games and this helicopter things been going on since I was little all right and I love to helicopters playing GI Joe and stuff like that helicopters were always what I liked so when games scale with helicopters animals like sold slope and desert strike is this an amazing game I got all three of them there's urban strike our jungle strike tenders urban strike desert strike is the first one and they were just great I don't even think they made a bad one so you know what guys why don't we show them a video we're getting down to it number two do that's French dear hey Canadians number two us Canadians well we like our hockey and the Genesis was no stranger to sports games in fact it embraced sports games and it was like the best machine to play them on so what would my number two be any John 94 this game was a breakthrough the graphics everything about this was just amazing it was just a great game I'm not sure if you get the knock someone's head off in this one really got to figure that out it's one of them I just can't figure it out I thought it was 94 but this was the one I played the most and I loved it and don't get me wrong it was actually a really cool and on the Super NES back then too but it was nothing like NHL 94 so what are we gonna do we're gonna see a video here's the sequel to the number worn hockey game on Sega now you can slap one time or shut create an entirely new level offensive strategy for more real is to feel there are now new offensive and defensive commands see fans pound the glass and hats hit the ice after a hat-trick don't be a hockey puck try NHL 94 from Electronic Arts that was an incredible game it's probably the best Pocky game I ever played in fact I loved playing that game more than I liked playing the games on the newer systems mainly because it was fun now the new machines I hit the joystick the wrong way and the pucks gone to my net for crying out loud so Haley okay all-time favorite sonic bad you cannot love a Genesis without having a sonic title in your mane and I picked Sonic original as the number one Genesis game that I've played of all time because it actually is the game I played the most of all time even today we still play this game Haley still plays this game it is a lot of fun you cannot beat sonic in fact nobody can catch up so ninth end up bringing out Mario cuz Sonic's gonna beat him in a race so anyway guys I almost forgot we bought the Genesis birthday gift but you know what let's check out the video hey buddy 29 how you feelin pretty great pretty good what it's got a different voice now oh must be that 16-bit blast proccesing ha ha but I bought you a gift I did I bought you I don't know oh my god this is so exciting so 29 years of playing sonic and sonic 2 sonic 3 Sonic Spinball and so on just sonic games just never end and this console produced a ton of them so what could I get you buddy that would be the mark of the 29 years hmm well of course I bought you Sonic mania bro me a plus so sonic mania plus I know I know it just goes hand in hand buddy and I now can play it on a newer console I don't have to use you oh sorry about that so anyway guys I'm gonna put a little teaser here on this video but thank you for enjoying 29 years of the Sega Genesis and her lips are not moving somehow I think that she's talking for the Genesis No no no snot so nobody guys please like subscribe share and please tell all your friends about us and enjoy sega now when you buy sonic mania collector's edition you get the sonic mania collector's edition statue absolutely free alone on a Friday night no problem sonic mania collector's edition handles stubborn skeins it even comes with a gold ring for that special someone in your life she said yes Congrats you too but wait it comes with a game to to get Sonic mania just log on to the world wide web download and play Sonic mania collector's edition easily holds any tackle box made from a space-age polymer cardboard 4 years of family fun Sonic mania is humanely raised free-range and organic and chefs love it too we look at that sizzle buy the sonic MIDI a collector's edition for the ultimate celebration of past and future Sonic mania collector's edition available now for a limited time only egg cancel sonyoung Bobby angles has a problem he needs to earn the respect of his peers so he gets the special Sega Genesis fighting system it comes with sweets of Rage - he saves $40 he gets four moves he gets more control now okay yeah and you know something this is my original Genesis it's not as nice as it used to be but I mean I played the heck out of this thing but it still works yeah how many Nintendo's can you say that - happy birthday Sega Genesis on this day on this day 29 years ago the Genesis was born the best gaming console of an era it destroyed yeah and and 29:29 you know you see that you see you see I even talks like I talk and that's not mine I'm not moving my lips like that look yeah yeah I can't talk at the same time it's talking though yeah Genesis happy birthday Genesis happy birthday Sega Genesis 29 29 years because it's the Genesis 29th birthday I thought that we would do 8 my 5 video games that were my 5 when I was growing up you know like 29 years ago what yeah you weren't even thought of yeah you were just nothing you're like dust dust we'll see you were dust dust the Genesis is older than you okay crazy now you're gonna make me look old I'm not old yeah stop it so guys sit back relax we're gonna show you the top five games that I loved oh and I almost forgot I bought the Genesis a birthday gift what I did you know I bought the Genesis a birthday gift oh thank you I did right cuz it's his birthday so stay tuned to the end so you see his gift right back absolutely Sega Genesis gotta be spider-man definitely spriter go with strider spider-man just to have minions of the games games games sega genesis systems app games sold separately available at these fine stores okay guys so we're back and we're gonna do a rundown of my five maybe even hayley like some of these games yeah maybe i am sure you played some so let's check out number five altered beast yeah altered beast now this was a game i played tons of and basically you were this muscle-bound whatever guy and you would pick up like I like power-ups as you are fighting and you would change into this beast and then you had like these powers we could fire stuff and everything this was just a great game so you know what let's show them a video Oh so now you check that out my number five is pretty solid right that was a good game and the game still kind of holds up the graphics aren't as good I fell in love with that game because of the master system so I played it on the math system and it wasn't as good and then when the Genesis did it I was like oh my god now we got the power that was deserved so number four kid chameleon see kid chameleon is a really good game you played this game right yeah so in this game you're a kid and I guess they call it chameleon because you can change into a whole bunch of different things yeah and it's a real cool side scroller it's just a great game so you know what I really want these guys to check out while you people at home watch this video now that was a great video it's a great video game so it's a lot of fun but what's my number three desert strike now I've always been a fan of helicopter games and this helicopter things been going on since I was little all right and I love to helicopters playing GI Joe and stuff like that helicopters were always what I liked so when games scale with helicopters animals like sold slope and desert strike is this an amazing game I got all three of them there's urban strike our jungle strike tenders urban strike desert strike is the first one and they were just great I don't even think they made a bad one so you know what guys why don't we show them a video we're getting down to it number two do that's French dear hey Canadians number two us Canadians well we like our hockey and the Genesis was no stranger to sports games in fact it embraced sports games and it was like the best machine to play them on so what would my number two be any John 94 this game was a breakthrough the graphics everything about this was just amazing it was just a great game I'm not sure if you get the knock someone's head off in this one really got to figure that out it's one of them I just can't figure it out I thought it was 94 but this was the one I played the most and I loved it and don't get me wrong it was actually a really cool and on the Super NES back then too but it was nothing like NHL 94 so what are we gonna do we're gonna see a video here's the sequel to the number worn hockey game on Sega now you can slap one time or shut create an entirely new level offensive strategy for more real is to feel there are now new offensive and defensive commands see fans pound the glass and hats hit the ice after a hat-trick don't be a hockey puck try NHL 94 from Electronic Arts that was an incredible game it's probably the best Pocky game I ever played in fact I loved playing that game more than I liked playing the games on the newer systems mainly because it was fun now the new machines I hit the joystick the wrong way and the pucks gone to my net for crying out loud so Haley okay all-time favorite sonic bad you cannot love a Genesis without having a sonic title in your mane and I picked Sonic original as the number one Genesis game that I've played of all time because it actually is the game I played the most of all time even today we still play this game Haley still plays this game it is a lot of fun you cannot beat sonic in fact nobody can catch up so ninth end up bringing out Mario cuz Sonic's gonna beat him in a race so anyway guys I almost forgot we bought the Genesis birthday gift but you know what let's check out the video hey buddy 29 how you feelin pretty great pretty good what it's got a different voice now oh must be that 16-bit blast proccesing ha ha but I bought you a gift I did I bought you I don't know oh my god this is so exciting so 29 years of playing sonic and sonic 2 sonic 3 Sonic Spinball and so on just sonic games just never end and this console produced a ton of them so what could I get you buddy that would be the mark of the 29 years hmm well of course I bought you Sonic mania bro me a plus so sonic mania plus I know I know it just goes hand in hand buddy and I now can play it on a newer console I don't have to use you oh sorry about that so anyway guys I'm gonna put a little teaser here on this video but thank you for enjoying 29 years of the Sega Genesis and her lips are not moving somehow I think that she's talking for the Genesis No no no snot so nobody guys please like subscribe share and please tell all your friends about us and enjoy sega now when you buy sonic mania collector's edition you get the sonic mania collector's edition statue absolutely free alone on a Friday night no problem sonic mania collector's edition handles stubborn skeins it even comes with a gold ring for that special someone in your life she said yes Congrats you too but wait it comes with a game to to get Sonic mania just log on to the world wide web download and play Sonic mania collector's edition easily holds any tackle box made from a space-age polymer cardboard 4 years of family fun Sonic mania is humanely raised free-range and organic and chefs love it too we look at that sizzle buy the sonic MIDI a collector's edition for the ultimate celebration of past and future Sonic mania collector's edition available now for a limited time only egg cancel son