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. 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, with 6 million copies sold.

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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 24, 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]		 February 2, 1994
NBA Jam at least 1.93 million in the US[6] March 4, 1994
Mortal Kombat II at least 1.78 million in the US[6] September 9, 1994
Street Fighter II: Special Champion Edition 1.65 million[7] September 27, 1993
Altered Beast at least 1.4 million in the US (bundled with the Genesis / Mega Drive hardware)[8] August 14, 1989
Mortal Kombat 3 1.02 million in the US[6] October 13, 1995
Jurassic Park more than 1 million[9] August 10, 1993
Ms. Pac-Man more than 1 million in the US[10] July 1991
NFL '98 more than 1 million in the US[11] May 14, 1997
NFL Football '94 more than 1 million[9] November 1993
Sonic Spinball more than 1 million[9] November 23, 1993
X-Men more than 1 million[9] March 8, 1993
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers 1 million in the US[12][13] November 1994

See also

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.
  6. "US Platinum Videogame Chart". The Magic Box. December 27, 2007. Retrieved August 3, 2008.
  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.
  9. "BUSINESS WIRE: SALES YEAR FOR SEGA'S GENESIS, GAME GEAR AND SEGA CD". Accessed via factiva. Business Wire. Archived from the original on 2011-10-08. Retrieved 2010-11-06.
  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.
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