Depends on what you're looking for. Phantasy Star 4 is an excellent JRPG. Crusader of Centy/Soleil, Landstalker and Beyond Oasis are good Zelda-ish games. Gunstar Heroes and Contra Hard Corps are excellent run'n gun games.

Comix Zone is a cult classic and hard as fuck. Kid Chameleon is also worth trying, though do so with lots of patience. For beat'em up, Streets of Rage

An interesting side note: a lot of the games that are on the SNES and on the Mega Drive/Genesis are different mainly due to Nintendo contracts: "You won't release the same game on competing platforms". This led to several similar but different games, especially from Konami

PS: Also check out dreamcast games, it has the best version of Soul Reaver and Dead or Alive 2.

PPS: Shadowrun on the Genesis is VASTLY superior to the SNES game.

[–] CileTheSane@lemmy.ca 1 points 10 months ago

That is a good starting list, thank you. I will check those out.

[–] gibmiser@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

I agree with the guy who said Gunstar Heros and Contra. Also for a crazy weird sidescroller with humor and good music try Earthworm Jim.