List of best-selling Sega Genesis games

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.

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Sega Genesis, along with its controller

List

Sega Genesis/Mega Drive games that have sold or shipped at least one million copies

Title	Copies sold	Release date
Sonic the Hedgehog	15 million (bundled with the Genesis / Mega Drive hardware)[1][2]	June 23, 1991
Sonic the Hedgehog 2	6 million[3][2]	November 20, 1992
Disney's Aladdin	4 million[4]	November 11, 1993
Sonic the Hedgehog 3 and Sonic & Knuckles	4 million[5][2] (Sonic & Knuckles: 1.24 million in the US[6] Sonic 3: 1.02 million in the US)[6]	January 23, 1994
NBA Jam	at least 1.93 million in the US[6]	January 1, 1993
Mortal Kombat II	at least 1.78 million in the US[6]	September 13, 1993
Street Fighter II: Special Champion Edition	1.65 million[7]	January 23, 1994
Altered Beast	at least 1.4 million in the US (bundled with the Genesis / Mega Drive hardware)[8]	August 1988
Mortal Kombat 3	1.02 million in the US[6]	January 1, 1995
Jurassic Park	more than 1 million[9]	1993
Ms. Pac-Man	more than 1 million in the US[10]	1993
NFL '98	more than 1 million in the US[11]	1998
NFL Football '94	more than 1 million[9]	1994
Sonic Spinball	more than 1 million[9]	1993
X-Men	more than 1 million[9]	1993
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers	1 million in the US[12][13]	1994

See also

• List of video games considered the best
• List of best-selling video games
• Lists of best-selling video games by platform
• List of best-selling video game franchises
• List of highest-grossing video game franchises
• List of video games by player count
• List of best-selling Nintendo Entertainment System video games
• List of best-selling Super Nintendo Entertainment System video games
• List of best-selling Game Boy video games

References

1. Sonic the Hedgehog GameTap Retrospective Pt. 3/4. Event occurs at 1:21. Archived from the original on July 21, 2016.
2. 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. Boutros, Daniel (2006-08-04). "Sonic the Hedgehog 2". A Detailed Cross-Examination of Yesterday and Today's Best-Selling Platform Games. Gamasutra. p. 5. Retrieved 2006-12-08.
4. Horowitz, Ken (2006-03-28). "Interview: Dr. Stephen Clarke-Willson". Sega-16. Retrieved 2018-05-13.
5. Sonic the Hedgehog GameTap Retrospective Pt. 4/4. Event occurs at 1:39.
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7. "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.
8. Shapiro, Eben (1991-06-01). "Nintendo Goal: Bigger-Game Hunters". The New York Times. Retrieved 2011-01-16.
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10. 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. Retrieved 2010-09-27.
11. "FarSight Studio Games: NFL 98". Archived from the original on 2005-02-10. Retrieved 2011-03-30.
12. "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)
13. "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.