Fatal Labyrinth

I've been saving this one. Nearly every game on my Chinese knock-off Sega Genesis has been a side-scrolling "start at A, get to B" experience. Platformers, shooters, beat-em-ups - I've played them all and I'm sick to death of the experience. Here, instead, we have an actual dungeon crawler. It's a really primitive one - this ain't Diablo - but it was different enough from everything else I've played at this point that its novelty alone was refreshing. Maybe I've just got Stockholm Syndrome at this point, but I actually kind of liked this game. It can't even charitably be called an RPG, but it did contain a dash of "RPG elements" like hit points and equipment upgrades. Now, the gameplay was kind of confusing and generally shitty, so I won't get carried away and say that I enjoyed my time with Fatal Labyrinth, but, fuck, at least it was something different from everything else I've seen on the Genesis to date.

Ecco: The Tides of Time

Ecco the Dolphin

Arrow Flash

Golden Axe

Alien Storm

Virtua Fighter 2

Fatal Labyrinth

Shinobi III: Return of the Ninja Master

Streets of Rage 3

Gain Ground

Streets of Rage 2

Golden Axe II

Kid Chameleon

DecapAttack

Comix Zone

Vectorman 2

Vectorman

ESWAT: City Under Siege

Streets of Rage

Chakan: The Forever Man

Alex Kidd in the Enchanted Castle

Eternal Champions

The Ooze

Jewel Master

Shadow Dancer

Columns III

Columns

Crack Down

Golden Axe III

Altered Beast

Bonanza Brothers