10 Rarest Sega Mega Drive & Genesis Games Ever

The Sega Mega Drive/Genesis is a console we'll never forget. It was a worthy rival to the Super Nintendo - delivering us legendary games and series like Sonic, Golden Axe, Streets of Rage, and Fatal Fury - and sold extremely well in the 90s before stepping down with dignity to make way for the PlayStation in the mid-90s. But it's a mistake to talk about the Genesis like it's dead and buried. The console lives on thanks to a thriving community of collectors - buying and selling Japanese imports that never made it to western markets, great games with inexplicably small print runs, and even games released just a few years ago - lovingly made by home-brew developers and released only in limited quantities. Yes, the Mega Drive is alive and well, host to some of the most sought-after gaming collectibles. Not only are its rarest games valuable collectors' items, but they're actually great fun to play too - overlooked due to circumstances that had nothing to do with their quality. Of course, whether you'd be prepared to pay hundreds of dollars for them is another matter... Here are the rarest games available for the Sega Mega Drive today, whose prices are continuing to rise year-on-year. So if you find yourself in possession of one of these, it might be worth resisting the temptation to slap it straight up onto eBay, as holding out for a few more years could pay dividends in the long run.