Great Atmosphere, faster gameplay, gore and brilliant set-pieces make this one of my absolute favourite Castlevania games, the differences between the two characters was also pronounced enougth to give varying play experiences too.

Another great iteration in the classic RPG series, who says the Mega Drive doesn't have any RPG's?

After making The Revenge of Shinobi Sega went back to their roots with Shadow Dancer, making it much more of a sequel to the original game than any of the others, and as such SD is a much different experience to any of the other MD games. It's much more action based, and has a more arcadey feel to it, having a dog to help you was also a very nice touch too.

Puyo Puyo was one of the really stand out Tetris style games that came out. when brought to the Mega Drive they decided to make it into a part of the Sonic series and add it's characters and such.

Great run and gun game with a totally unique look of it's own, the game simply plays excellently and the variety of different types of levels really help to keep the game interesting.

Sega did a wonderful job converting Capcom's classic to the MD, and as such the game became one of the MD's early release classics, I always liked how all the levels have a different thing going on, with varied gameplay styles.

Perfect Puzzle/Platformer hybrid, you get 3 dwarves each with varying abilities and weaknesses and the ability to swap them on the fly, the levels are built around working out which of the 3 best suits each obstacle ahead and using him accordingly.

Big fantastic set-pieces, highly polished gameplay, impressive bosses and a great power-up system (which is kinda' like Thunder Force but upgradeable) a classic shmup in every sense

This was the big one, the game which cemented the MD as a force to be reckoned with, without Sonic who knows what would've happened, people seem to forget just how unique, imaginative and generally perculier an experience this was when it originally came out.

Blue Sky did a good job of converting the pen and paper original to the MD, creating a system that worked well within the constrants of the console as well as conveying the original feel and style which made it a classic, if you like your RPG's to be complicated and in depth this is heartily recommended.

Treasure do it again, another classic run and gun game, this time squarely aimed at the hardcore fans, they give you all the options, controls and weapons you could dream of then throw you into the deep end.

Kid Chameleon may have been blatantly inspired by the Mario series but manages to have a style and personality of it's own, gone are the happy plains of the mushroom kingdom to be replaced by a bleak dog eat dog world, the makers seemed to take a different direction to Miyamoto too, focusing more on expanding Mario 3's different suits (which were pretty much forgotten about for Mario World)

Great, playable and well presented platformer, the main difference here is that you get a rocket pack added to your inventory which helps to give RKA a feel of it's own, The shmup stages were classic Konami too.

Ranger X is a very original shooter, you get to play as a car or split into two sections both of which you still get control over (so long as you have a 6 button controller) the graphics are phenominal and you wonder how the colour variety could be possible for the old MD.

MUSHA is a graphically impressive, intense shooter that's part of the series of games made by compile (aleste, zanac, gun nac) another notable thing about it is the fact that it has multiple endings.

Earthworm Jim was an amazing amalgamation of refined run and gun gameplay, comedy and general brilliant presentation, originally a MD game it became so successful that it got ported to every other machine and even got it's own cartoon series.

One of the first truly 3D racing games out there Virtua Racing really wowed everyone the first time they saw it, the game does miss out on some of the greatness of the arcade original but enough is left intact for it to be a great game in it's own right.

This was probably my favourite game in the series, MK had managed to find it's feet by this time and build upon the original, and it is in my opinion the fairest and most balanced game of the series.

I think this is my favourite racing game on the Mega Drive, it's fast and furious and the ability to hit other riders off there bikes really gives a bit of an adrenaline rush.

An updated version of an ultimate classic game, Pirates is just timeless in every way, it's basically an action adventure style game where you sale about becoming more renowned as you progress.