My roomate just bought a Sega Genesis and the 32x add-on and we were wondering what games we should get for the console. So far he has Sonic 2 and... that is it. We like pretty much every type of game so any and all suggestions are welcome and thank you ahead of time.

Ok...not everyone should reply at once...sheesh!

Here is all you need -

fighting games - Streets of rage 2,3, Eternal champions, Golden Axe, Punisher, Mortal Kombat 2
platformers - sonic1,2,3-knuckles
Shooters - Gunstar Heroes, Contra Hard Corps, Vectorman 1 or 2
Sports - NHL93 or 94
Adventure games - Strider, Chakan, Castlevania Bloodlines,
Action RPGs - Landstalker (must play for zelda fans), Light Crusader
RPGS - Shinig force 2, Phantasy star 2,4


You can jsut watch these 2 vids and most of these are on the list.
http://www.gametrailers.com/player/38166.html
http://www.gametrailers.com/player/40042.html

Beyond Oasis
Comix Zone
Contra: Hard Corps
Dynamite Heady
Golden Axe II
Gunstar Heroes
Herzog Zwei
Lightening (sic) Force
M.U.S.H.A.
Mortal Kombat
Mutant League Football / Hockey
Phantasy Star IV
Ranger-X
The Revenge of Shinobi
Shinobi III: Return of the Ninja Master
Streets of Rage 1-3 (especially part 2)
Thunder Force II-IV
Toejam and Earl
Vectorman 1 & 2

One warning though, Vectorman and Shinobi are very difficult.

Toejam and Earl.

bouzane has a decent bit of the good ones.

Kings Bounty, Toe Jam & Earl, Shining Force, Phantasy Star, Kings Bounty and Herzog Zwei can't be stated enough :)

That's fine. I'm pretty old school when it comes to games so I enjoy difficult games and I'm starting to bring my roomate around on them to. I forgot I had Toe Jam & Earl on my VC. I need to get back to that game.

In addition to what bouzane posted (minus Golden Axe 2, Thunder Force 2 and Vectorman 2, none of which, I think, measure up to their sequels/prequels):

*Alisia Dragoon
*Blackthorne (32X)
*Castle of Illusion
*Castlevania Bloodlines
*Dragon's Fury (pinball a.k.a. Devil's Crush on the TG-16)
*Earthworm Jim
*Ecco the Dolphin and Tides of Time
*Ghouls 'N' Ghosts
*Landstalker
*Master of Monsters
*McDonald's Treasureland Adventure (stupidly easy, but quite fun)
*Rocket Knight Adventures
*Shadowrun (epic action RPG that doesn't get nearly enough respect)
*Shadow Squadron (32X)
*Shining Force I & II
*Sonic 3 & Knuckles
*Strider
*Wonder Boy in Monster World

Some others that aren't tip-top, but worth checking into if you can get 'em cheap:

*Atomic Runner
*Batman
*Chakan (very hard)
*Cool Spot
*Crusader of Centy (Zelda-a-like but not as well-designed)
*Decap Attack
*Elemental Master
*Gaiares
*Mazin Saga
*Mega Bomberman (if you plan to play with more than 2 people)
*Mega Turrican
*Mercs (actually better than the arcade)
*Quackshot
*Red Zone (technical showcase and hard as hell)
*Shadow Dancer (as hard as hell)
*Sparkster
*Splatterhouse 3 (a bit mindless but quite difficult if you want to get the good ending)
*Starflight
*Sub-Terrania (very difficult)
*Spiderman vs. The Kingpin (better on SegaCD but a great example, lo those many years ago, of how to do a licensed/superhero game)
*Targer Earth (hard as hell)

A lot of good suggestions here. I remember playing the snes counterparts to a lot of these games.

Let's see if we can't get some more replies now. Anything else that we should look into?

hmm, best ones mentioned, Boxing is a really fun game, Flicky is simple fun too.