Although the Sega Genesis (known as the Mega Drive outside of North America) came out all the way back in the late 1980's, there's still quite a few games that still remain exclusive to the console. After doing many, MANY hours of research, here's our complete, definitive list of all of the games that are only available on the Sega Genesis (we'll be counting games that were also released in the arcades as exclusive as long as the Genesis/Mega Drive version is the only home release of the title).
So, what Sega Genesis/Mega Drive games are still exclusives? Quite a few, although it's interesting to note that many of these are either sports games or licensed games. Which makes sense, as there isn't much point in re-releasing an old sports game with outdated rosters, and obviously there are licensing issues that probably make it not worth the trouble to re-release stuff like Bonkers or Animaniacs. Still, it's pretty crazy how many exclusive sports games and licensed games the Genesis had during its lifetime.
Sega Genesis/Mega Drive Exclusive Games Released in North America and/or Europe:
-Titles that were released in Europe but not North America are in italics
-Titles that were released in North America but not Europe are in bold
*Titles that were also released in arcades are noted with an asterisk*
The Adventures of Batman & Robin
Air Diver
Animaniacs
Arcade Classics
Ariel The Little Mermaid
Arnold Palmer Tournament Golf
Arrow Flash
Art Alive!
Asterix and the Great Rescue
Asterix and the Power of the Gods
ATP Tour Championship Tennis
Australian Rugby League
Awesome Possum... Kicks Dr. Machino's Butt
Ayrton Senna's Super Monaco GP II
Ball Jacks
Barney's Hide & Seek Game
Batman
Batman Returns
Beast Wrestler
Beauty & The Beast: Belle's Quest
Beauty & The Beast: Roar of the Beast
Beavis and Butt-Head
Bill Walsh College Football '95
Bimini Run
Blades of Vengeance
Blaster Master 2
Bloodshot (AKA Battle Frenzy)
Body Count
Bonkers
Bulls vs Lakers and the NBA Playoffs
*Caliber .50
Coach K College Basketball
College Football USA 96
College Football's National Championship
College Football's National Championship II
Combat Cars
CrossFire
Crystal's Pony Tale
Double Clutch
Double Dribble: The Playoff Edition
Dragon Ball Z (AKA Dragon Ball Z: Buyū Retsuden & Dragon Ball Z: L'Appel du Destin - France/Spain/Portugal/Japan only)
Dragon's Revenge
Mario Lemieux Hockey
Marsupilami
Mazin Saga: Mutant Fighter
McDonald's Treasure Land Adventure
Menacer 6-Game Cartridge
Michael Jackson's Moonwalker
Mike Ditka Power Football
Muhammad Ali Heavyweight Boxing
Mutant League Hockey
Mystic Defender
NBA Action '94
NBA Action '95: Starring David Robinson
NFL Football '94 Starring Joe Montana
NFL Sports Talk Football '93
NHL All-Star Hockey '95
NHL Hockey
Nightmare Circus
Outback Joey
OutRun 2019 (technically this had a re-release in 2005 as a TV plug-n-play game, but meh, still counts)
*OutRunners
Pat Riley Basketball/Super Real Basketball
Pelé!
Notable Japan-Only/Asia-Only Mega Drive Exclusive Games:
Making a complete list of Japan-only/Asia-only Genesis exclusives is quite the undertaking and there simply isn't a lot of (if any) information available for many games that were only released in Japan/Asia. As such, we've decided to simply go with a list of some of the more notable games released only in Asia that are known to be exclusive.
Games that have received fan translations or are easily playable without knowing Japanese are in bold
Advanced Daisenryaku: Deutsch Dengeki Sakusen (English translation patch available)
Bahamut Senki (English translation patch available)
Battle Golfer Yui (English translation patch available)
Chibi Maruko-chan: Waku Waku Shopping
Chōkyūkai Miracle Nine (difficult to navigate menus but actual gameplay is understandable)
Curse
Cutie Suzuki no Ringside Angel
Dahna: Megami Tanjō (English translation patch available, although easily playable without)
Dangerous Seed
Eliminate Down
Kyūkai Dōchūki
Madō Monogatari I (English translation patch available) (the last official Mega Drive game released in Japan)
Mamono Hunter Yōko: Dai 7 no Keishō
*Master of Weapon
Megapanel
Mystical Fighter
Nakajima Satoru Kanshuu F1 Grand Prix
Nakajima Satoru Kanshū F1 Super License
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