Before we begin here is a brief preemptive FAQ:
Q: “What makes a game eligible?”
A: Any game developed by Sega on Sega hardware.
Q: “What constitutes Sega hardware?”
A: Hardware developed / sold by Sega. This includes their primary consoles, obviously, but also their arcade hardware and mini-consoles. So for example, Virtua Fighter 5: Final Showdown would count for this list because it was an arcade release, but Virtua Fighter 5 R.E.V.O. World Stage would not. It seems kinda arbitrary, but it’s necessary to keep the list from spiraling out of control.
Q: “Where is <game>??”
A: Either I haven’t played enough of it or it just didn’t make my personal top-100.
Q: “Why does Sonic Chaos say Game Gear? I played it on Master System!”
A. The platforms listed here are the ones I played the game on. I don’t want to vouch for versions of games I haven’t played!
Q: “What’s the formula for determining where a game is ranked?”
A: There isn’t one. It’s literally just how I feel about the game.
Q: “I stopped reading after <game> was above/below <game>.”
A: Cool, that’s not a question.
Q: “You just put <game> at <number> to get clicks.”
A: Again, not a question. But this site is not monetized in any way; I actually pay to keep it running so these hypothetical “clicks” mean nothing to me (also, I put the entire list in one post to avoid clicks; sorry if it loads like shit).
Q: “Will this list change?”
A: Inevitably. It changed significantly at least a dozen times in the week I took to write it. I plan to revisit it sometime next year, but we’ll see.
OK, with all that out of the way,
the list begins with Chaos.
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