Mega Drive

Genesis/Mega Drive
The Genesis/Mega Drive is long known as the SNES' rival. It's not as powerful in video and audio output as SNES, but a number of games had faster flowing action in terms of processing power (blast processing wasn't all bullshit), AND it offers backwards compatibility with the Master System (with an add-on), and has two other add-ons (32X and CD below)for extra power that does make it arguably stronger than the SNES (well, when the games are done well). Get an early model 1 for cleaner audio, a head-phone jack, and maybe a Game Genie so you can get around the region protection. Also, like other early consoles, the PAL version has lowered frame rate (though with a little know-how, you can modify it to flow as fast as an NTSC).

The List
Out of the 30 or so games, only a small amount are worth getting (Though it never hurts to try the other games; most of which are either bad ports or bad games):