Did you know that since making his first appearance on the Sega Megadrive in 1991, Sonic the Hedgehog has gone on to star in over 90 games? The spiky little guy has made an appearance on the Xbox, Dreamcast, Saturn, Game Gear, PC - and even several of Nintendo's consoles - but he's never been able to match the quality of his debut on the little black 16-Bit box all those years ago!

Maxxpower2000 has painstakingly captured every single game released on the console - bringing back many happy memories.

Here, however, are the remaining five of my most cherished titles.

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Not too well known but undoubtedly, one of the greatest strategy games ever, Herzog Zwei had attracted a cult following over the years. I came across this one entirely by accident. Similar in style to Dune II, you had to race about the place to develop a base and spawn an awesome array of weapons. Split screen multiplayer was ace.

Quackshot, starring Donald Duck, was a worthy successor to Mickey Mouse's Castle of Illusion - both gorgeous looking, colourful and fun. Disney's friendly little fellas were perfectly captured on Sega's machine. A great game.

Spy thriller, Rolling Thunder 2, took you on a side-scrolling multi platform journey. Combining James Bond and Shinobi, it looked pretty impressive back then and boasted a great mutliplayer option. Walk along, shoot a few agents, leap up to the balcony above and kill a few more. A simplistic but fun formula.

Desert Strike was amazing when it came out in 1992 and remained at the top of the charts for ages. Plotwise, it was remarkably similar to a real-life Gulf War conflict... defeat a crazed dictator blah, blah, blah... the first of its kind, EA's masterpiece was brilliant!

Battle Squadron wasn't a particularly well-known game but became one of my most played cartridges. Similar to all those other vertically scrolling shooters (1942, Flying Shark, Banshee etc), it was full of space ships, awesome guns and explosions. Co-op was excellent... it was damn hard though.

Well there we have it... Sega's Megadrive in all its glory.

Have I forgotten any other greats? Leave a comment...