Update.

I didn't have much time to play around with the Megadrive and Everdrive I obtained last year, due to being a full time dad and the flooding and moving house issues. Anyway, now I finally had some time to sit down and play around with it and... I'm fairly underwhelmed and disappointed.

I remember back in the day Megadrive owners going on and on about how great their system was, with arguments between then and SNES owners. Looking on as an Amiga owner, and later SNES owner, I always wondered how good the system really was and what I had missed out on, hence finally getting hold of one. But I've tried quite a few games and nothing has really grabbed me. Yes Sonic is good but I actually played and completed that in the past and own the HD remake on the PC, so that was nothing new. Everything else seems a bit too boring, simplistic or not that good. Maybe I just haven't tried the best games yet.. I will have to find a Top 10 recommendations list and go through it.

I would definitely say the SNES was a lot better and I'm glad I purchased one of these back at the time. Nintendo first party games are still brilliant on the SNES, as are loads of third party games. I just don't see the Megadrive on par with that.

I do however still need to try out the Sega RPGs such as Phantasy Star so I still have some to look forward to.

Any other games to recommend?

I also still don't like the MD controller compared to the SNES one.