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[[Take That|Genesis Does What Nintendon't.]]|[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v{{=}}k7nsBoqJ6s8 Classic advertisement for the Sega Genesis]}}
After failing to make a real dent against the [[NES]]<ref>At least in North America and Japan; the [[Sega Master System]] [[Germans Love David Hasselhoff|did well in Europe and South America]] </ref>, [[Sega]] decided just to top them. If [[Nintendo]] was dragging their feet to a 16-bit system (the arcade standard at the time), then Sega would beat them to the punch with a console based on its System 16 arcade board.
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* ''[[Castle of Illusion]]''
* ''[[Castlevania Bloodlines]]''
* ''[[Chakan: The
* ''[[RC Pro-Am|Championship Pro-Am]]''
* ''[[Comix Zone]]''
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* ''[[Cyborg Justice]]''
* ''[[Dark Castle]]''
* ''[[
* ''[[Desert Strike]]''
* ''[[Donald in Maui Mallard]]''
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* ''[[Langrisser]]'' (AKA ''Warsong'')
** ''Langrisser II''
* ''[[Lemmings]]'' (the Genesis version famously includes [https://web.archive.org/web/20130127124157/http://www.deveria.com/alexis/lemmings/lemmings/gen/gencodes.html 100 unique levels])
* ''[[Light Crusader]]''
* ''[[The Lion King (Video Game)|The Lion King]]''
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* ''[[Thunder Force]] II-IV''
* ''[[Fire Pro Wrestling|Thunder Pro Wrestling Retsuden]]''
* ''[[ToeJam &
* ''[[Toy Story (franchise)|Toy Story]]''
* ''[[Turrican]]''
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* ''[[Zool]]''
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* [[Big Word Shout]]: "SEGA!" in the ads.
* [[Blatant Lies]]: The whole "Blast Processing" marketing was just hyping up the fact that the Genesis had a faster processor than the SNES.
* [[Fandom Rivalry]]: Bringing up the [[Console Wars]] between [[Super Nintendo]] and Sega Genesis can cause [[Internet Backdraft]] ''even today''.
* [[Fan Nickname]]: A Sega Genesis with every possible add-on (A Power Base Converter, Sega CD, a 32X, a lock-on Sonic&Knuckles cartridge with Sonic 2 or 3 hooked in, possibly [[No Kill Like Overkill|if you're feeling incredibly bold]] a Game Genie (as seen here: https://web.archive.org/web/20131102212704/http://unrealitymag.com/index.php/2010/05/03/behold-the-sega-tower-of-power/ )) has been called the "Tower of Babel."
* [[Getting Crap Past the Radar]]: One of the 32x commercials had a genesis [[Does This Remind You of Anything?|laying on a bed as the 32x came down]]. "Alright, bay-bay..."
** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xHmGaKs0Do "Can we see that again?"]
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