I really like the later Wonder boy games, they have an excellent marriage of platformer and RPG elements, in this one you had to find an ocarina and learn to play different tunes for it to open doors (sound familiar?)

Unlike most other Fighters of the time Yu Yu Hakusho didn't try to clone Street Fighter, and went instead for a multi-layered playing field (like Bleach DS). the 4-player mode was also like nothing else out at the time and was great fun.

Is there any 16-bit games out there that can compare to CHC in action and excitement? the game is fast and brutal, and throws set pieces at you like no other game, if it wasn't so difficult it would've definately placed a little higher in the list.

Centy is very much the MD's answer to Zelda - A Link to the Past, it may not be quite as good, but it is still a very impressive, charming RPG. It does also have a lot of ideas of it's own going on too, with it's animal collecting and such.

The Ecco series was not for everyone, you either hated them or adored them, though few could argue that Tides of Time wasn't a beautifully designed and unique game with a brilliant storyline.

The best thing about Gley Lancer I feel is the wealth of options it makes available, you really get to customise your ship to suit your gameplaying style, and it's just one of those games where everything seems to click into place perfectly.

Streets of Rage 2 in my opinion was an ultra refined beat-em-up, it never strayed far from the classic formula but it was just an amazingly well presented and feeling game with a timeless quality about it.

Turrican games don't seem to ever get the respect they deserve, every iteration of the series was a stellar effort and this one was no different, great playability, set-pieces and an excellent new Bionic Commando style grappling hook.

This has to be one of my favourite RPG's on the system, it's a lot of fun and just has an amazing, unique style permeating it.

This game was probably one of the most important (if not the most important) RTS games ever made, it was the originator of the whole Command and Conquer style of games, once you get to grips with the controls you'll find a game just as playable today as it was then.

Take Sonic and then add loads of new interesting and clever ideas and gameplay and you have Pulseman, though probably a deeper experience overrall than Sonic, Pulseman isn't perfect, it has some of the most awful background designs I've ever seen!

Narrowly beat out Dune 2 as the best Strategy game on the system, mainly due to it's uniqueness, and more importantly it's excellent multiplayer, for those who like their strategy games to be fast and furious.

A big improvement over the first (which was no mean feat) great music, a refined engine with pretty well balanced strategy. another great game.

Amazing action, amazing graphics, one impressively fantastic set-piece after another, brilliant music, quite possibly the best 16-bit Shmup out there.

Street Fighter 2 has to be one of the most important and influential games ever made, and there's just something very right about using the MD 6 button pad to play it with.

Sega managed to strike the perfect balance of depth and all out action with this iteration of their classic series, great new abilities, some of the best graphics for the system and impressive set-pieces are the order of the day here.

It's nice to have a change once in a while so I'm glad Landstalker's developers went for an Isometric view, it works really well in the genre and the whole world of the game feels a lot more solid.

The first time I saw Gunstar Heroes I couldn't believe my eyes, never before had I imagined that the MD could pull this level of stuff going on with such impressive graphics and a simultaneous 2-player! It's definately a must have MD game.

The best RPG on the system, great storyline, great presentation, loads of depth, a welcome return to the series' roots.

Bigger and better than all those that came before it Sonic 3 heralded larger, more interesting levels that seamlessly joined on to each other, an improved co-op where Tails could actually do something, a proper running narative, ability to save, loads of set-pieces, completely re-designed graphics and more depth than ever with it's different paths, it's as though Sonic Team had really looked at their previous games and spent a long time improving on every aspect they felt lacking, quite simply one of the greatest games ever made, make sure you play it as intended with Sonic and Knuckles attached too.