List of best-selling Sega Genesis games

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This is a list of Sega Genesis/Mega Drive video games that have sold or shipped at least one million copies, sorted in order of copies sold. The best-selling title is Sonic the Hedgehog, first released in North America on June 23, 1991. Due to being bundled with the console, it sold 15 million copies. The second best-selling game is its sequel, 1992's Sonic the Hedgehog 2, with 6 million copies sold.

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Sega Genesis/Mega Drive games that have sold or shipped at least one million copies
Title Copies sold Regional breakdown Release date
Sonic the Hedgehog 15 million (bundled with the Genesis / Mega Drive hardware)[1][2][3] June 23, 1991
Sonic the Hedgehog 2 More than 6 million worldwide[4][2] North America: 5 million as of 1996[5]
United Kingdom: 750,000 in first week as of November 1992[6]
Japan: 400,000 as of March 1993[7]
France, Germany, Spain, Austria: 750,000 pre-orders as of 1992[8]
November 24, 1992
Disney's Aladdin 4 million[9] November 11, 1993
Sonic the Hedgehog 3 and Sonic & Knuckles 4 million[10][2] Sonic & Knuckles: 1.24 million in the US[11]
Sonic 3: 1.02 million in the US[11]
February 2, 1994
NBA Jam At least 1.93 million in the US[11] March 4, 1994
Mortal Kombat II At least 1.78 million in the US[11] September 9, 1994
Street Fighter II: Special Champion Edition 1.65 million[12] September 27, 1993
Altered Beast At least 1.4 million in the US (bundled with the Genesis / Mega Drive hardware)[13] August 14, 1989
Mortal Kombat 3 1.02 million in the US[11] October 13, 1995
Jurassic Park More than 1 million[14] August 10, 1993
Ms. Pac-Man More than 1 million in the US[15] July 1991
NFL '98 More than 1 million in the US[16] May 14, 1997
NFL Football '94 More than 1 million[14] November 1993
Sonic Spinball More than 1 million[14] November 23, 1993
X-Men More than 1 million[14] March 8, 1993
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers 1 million in the US[17][18] November 1994

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References[]

  1. ^ Sonic the Hedgehog GameTap Retrospective Pt. 3/4. Event occurs at 1:21. Archived from the original on July 21, 2016.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c Sonic the Hedgehog GameTap Retrospective (Alternative Compilation Upload). Event occurs at 12:40 (Sonic 1), 14:39 (Sonic 2), 18:40 (Sonic 3/Sonic & Knuckles).
  3. ^ "Review: Sonic Jam". Sega Saturn Magazine. No. 22. August 1997. p. 68. ISSN 1360-9424.
  4. ^ Boutros, Daniel (2006-08-04). "Sonic the Hedgehog 2". A Detailed Cross-Examination of Yesterday and Today's Best-Selling Platform Games. Gamasutra. p. 2. Retrieved 17 February 2021.
  5. ^ "Saturday Night". Saturday Night. Vol. 111 no. 1–5. Consolidated Press Limited. 1996. p. 92. Sonic 2 has sold 5-million copies in North America alone.
  6. ^ "Can Mega Drive Street Fighter 2 Live Up To All The Hype?" (PDF). Mega. No. 10 (July 1993). 17 June 1993. p. 22.
  7. ^ "Sonic CD Slips Up" (PDF). Sega Force. No. 16 (April 1993). 4 March 1993. p. 12. In other news, Sonic 2's enormous overseas success has surprisingly not been matched in Japan. (...) Sega officially claims to have sold 400,000 units.
  8. ^ "Video game sales scale greater heights". Screen Digest. Screen Digest Limited: 271. 1992. Initial orders for Sonic The Hedgehog 2 game from Sega suggest it will become best-selling European title to date. First orders from UK, France, Germany, Spain and Austria totalled 1.5m units—0.75m in UK alone, worth £25m at retail.
  9. ^ Horowitz, Ken (2006-03-28). "Interview: Dr. Stephen Clarke-Willson". Sega-16. Retrieved 2018-05-13.
  10. ^ Sonic the Hedgehog GameTap Retrospective Pt. 4/4. Event occurs at 1:39.
  11. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e "US Platinum Videogame Chart". The Magic Box. December 27, 2007. Retrieved August 3, 2008.
  12. ^ "ミリオンセールスタイトル一覧". カプコン. 2013-06-30. Retrieved 2013-10-26.
  13. ^ Shapiro, Eben (1991-06-01). "Nintendo Goal: Bigger-Game Hunters". The New York Times. Retrieved 2011-01-16.
  14. ^ Jump up to: a b c d "BUSINESS WIRE: SALES YEAR FOR SEGA'S GENESIS, GAME GEAR AND SEGA CD". Accessed via factiva. Business Wire. Archived from the original on 2011-10-08. Retrieved 2010-11-06.
  15. ^ Cifaldi, Frank. "Retronauts Episode 91: A Tengen Family Reunion". Frank Cifaldi talks to rebellious NES game developers Franz Lanzinger (Toobin', Ms. Pac-Man), Steve Woita (Super Sprint, Police Academy) and Mark Morris (Hard Drivin', 007: License to Kill) about the old days. 1Up.com. Archived from the original on 2012-10-16. Retrieved 2010-09-27.
  16. ^ "FarSight Studio Games: NFL 98". Archived from the original on 2005-02-10. Retrieved 2011-03-30.
  17. ^ "Masterpiece Album". Development staff interview with Ryouichi Hasegawa. Sega Corporation. Archived from the original on 2008-03-06. Retrieved 2010-08-31.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  18. ^ "Masterpiece Album (English translation)". English translation of the development staff interview with Ryouichi Hasegawa as published by Sega.jp. romhacking.net. Retrieved 2010-08-31.
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