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Sega Genesis, along with its controller

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, which was also bundled with many consoles with more than 7.55 million copies sold.

List

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Sega Genesis/Mega Drive games that have sold or shipped at least one million copies
Title Copies sold Release date Developer(s) Publisher(s)
Sonic the Hedgehog 15 million[1][2] June 23, 1991 Sonic Team Sega
Sonic the Hedgehog 2 7.55 million[3][4][5][6][7] November 21, 1992 Sega Technical Institute Sega
6.2 million[a]
  • February 2, 1994
  • October 18, 1994
Mortal Kombat 4.33 million[9] September 13, 1993 Midway Acclaim Entertainment
Disney's Aladdin 4 million[10] October 19, 1993 Virgin Games Sega
John Madden Football '93 3 million[b] December 1992 Electronic Arts Electronic Arts
NHL '94 2.6 million[c] September 1993 Electronic Arts Electronic Arts
Joe Montana Football 2.2 million[d] December 1990 Park Place Productions Sega
Jurassic Park 2.2 million[11] August 10, 1993 BlueSky Software Sega
NBA Jam 1.93 million[12] March 4, 1994 Midway Acclaim Entertainment
Mortal Kombat II 1.78 million[12] September 9, 1994 Midway Acclaim Entertainment
Street Fighter II': Special Champion Edition 1.665 million[13] September 27, 1993 Capcom Capcom
Eternal Champions 1.6 million[14] December 11, 1993 Sega Interactive Development Division Sega
FIFA Soccer 95 1.5 million[15] November 11, 1994 Electronic Arts Electronic Arts
Altered Beast 1.4 million[e] August 14, 1989 Team Shinobi Sega
X-Men 1 million[16][17] March 8, 1993 Western Technologies Inc Sega
Mortal Kombat 3 1.02 million[12] October 13, 1995 Midway
Ms. Pac-Man 1 million[18] July 1991 Midway Manufacturing
NFL '98 1 million[19] May 14, 1997
Sega
NFL Football '94 1 million[16] November 1993 BlueSky Software Sega
Sonic Spinball 1 million[16] November 23, 1993 Sega Technical Institute Sega
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers 1 million[20][21] November 1994 Nova Sega
Streets of Rage 1 million[f] August 1991 Sega Sega
Sonic 3D Blast 1 million[22] November 1996 Sega

Notes

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  1. ↑ Once the Genesis sold 20 million, 31% were for Sonic the Hedgehog 3 and Sonic & Knuckles's game data[8]
  2. ↑ Once the Genesis sold 20 million, 15% were for John Madden Football '93's game data[8]
  3. ↑ Once the Genesis sold 20 million, 13% were for NHL '94's game data[8]
  4. ↑ Once the Genesis sold 20 million, 11% were for Joe Montana Football's game data[8]
  5. ↑ Once the Genesis sold 20 million, 11% were for Joe Montana Football's game data[8]
  6. ↑ Once the Genesis sold 20 million, 5% were for Streets of Rage's game data[8]

See also

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References

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  1. ↑ Sonic the Hedgehog GameTap Retrospective Pt. 3/4. Event occurs at 1:21. Archived from the original on July 21, 2016.
  2. ↑ "Review: Sonic Jam". Sega Saturn Magazine. No. 22. August 1997. p. 68. ISSN 1360-9424.
  3. ↑ "Saturday Night". Saturday Night. Vol. 111, no. 1–5. Consolidated Press Limited. 1996. p. 92. Archived from the original on 2023-02-07. Retrieved 2023-02-07. Sonic 2 has sold 5-million copies in North America alone.
  4. ↑ "Sonic: A brief history". MegaTech. No. 26 (February 1994). United Kingdom: Maverick Magazines. 20 January 1994. p. 24.
  5. ↑ "Top-Selling Video Game Titles In UK — 1993 (All Formats)". Screen Digest. Screen Digest Limited: 110. 1994. Archived from the original on 2023-02-07. Retrieved 2023-02-07. 2   Sonic 2   Sega
    nb sales level at number 5 = 400,000 units
  6. ↑ "Video game sales scale greater heights". Screen Digest. Screen Digest Limited: 271. 1992. Archived from the original on 2023-02-07. Retrieved 2023-02-07. 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.
  7. ↑ "Sonic CD Slips Up" (PDF). Sega Force. No. 16 (April 1993). 4 March 1993. p. 12. Archived (PDF) from the original on 29 March 2016. Retrieved 7 February 2023. 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. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Part of VGHF's Michael Shorrock collection, here's the most owned games by Sega Genesis users in 1994, split by 'Sega Channel user' and 'not Sega Channel user".
  9. ↑ Kent, Steven L. (2000). The First Quarter: A 25-year History of Video Games. BWD Press. p. 372. ISBN 978-0-9704755-0-3. Archived from the original on 2023-01-17. Retrieved 2023-02-07. Acclaim sold approximately 6.5 million Mortal Kombat cartridges. The Genesis version, which included the original arcade fatality moves, outsold the edited-down Super NES version by nearly three-to-one
  10. ↑ Horowitz, Ken (2006-03-28). "Interview: Dr. Stephen Clarke-Willson". Sega-16. Archived from the original on 2014-02-23. Retrieved 2018-05-13.
  11. ↑ "American Jurassic Boxes Clever". Computer and Video Games. No. 143. October 1993. p. 11.
  12. 1 2 3 "US Platinum Videogame Chart". The Magic Box. December 27, 2007. Archived from the original on October 9, 2021. Retrieved August 3, 2008.
  13. ↑ "Million titles" (PDF). Company Profile. Capcom. May 2001. p. 7. Archived (PDF) from the original on 5 November 2021. Retrieved 5 November 2021.
  14. ↑ Horowitz, Ken (2016). "Omega Group". Playing at the Next Level: A History of American Sega Games. McFarland & Company. p. 307. ISBN 9780786499946.
  15. ↑ https://as.com/meristation/noticias/fifa-pudo-ser-el-salvavidas-de-sega-con-un-acuerdo-de-exclusividad-que-fue-cancelado-n/
  16. 1 2 3 "Sega of America in the early 1990s - Sales Year for Sega's Genesis, Game Gear and Sega CD". SEGA Forum. Business Wire. factiva. Archived from the original on 2011-10-08. Retrieved 2010-11-06.
  17. ↑ Iwasaki, Eric. "Part-time Artist / Western Technologies, Inc. / jun. 1990 - may. 1994". LinkedIn. Retrieved July 24, 2024. Company's first dedicated video game artist. Despite working summers-only before Fall 1993, made immediate and significant contributions including pixel-pushed 2D animated sprites appearing within SEGA's million-plus selling X-Men for Genesis. Team's first 3D artist - learned 3D Studio Release 3 on personal time, volunteering rendered elements for Trivial Pursuit titles on SEGA CD and Windows.
  18. ↑ 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.
  19. ↑ "FarSight Studio Games: NFL 98". Archived from the original on 2005-02-10. Retrieved 2011-03-30.
  20. ↑ "Masterpiece Album". Development staff interview with Ryouichi Hasegawa. Sega Corporation. Archived from the original on 2008-03-06. Retrieved 2010-08-31.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  21. ↑ "Masterpiece Album (English translation)". English translation of the development staff interview with Ryouichi Hasegawa as published by Sega.jp. romhacking.net. Archived from the original on 2016-07-29. Retrieved 2010-08-31.
  22. ↑ Horowitz, Ken (2016). "Changing of the Guard". Playing at the Next Level: A History of American Sega Games. McFarland & Company. p. 156. ISBN 9780786499946.
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