List of best-selling Sega Genesis games

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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 more than 7.55 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 Developer(s) Publisher(s)
Sonic the Hedgehog 15 million[1][2] June 23, 1991 Sonic Team Sega
Sonic the Hedgehog 2 7.55 million[3][4][5][6][7] November 24, 1992 Sega Technical Institute Sega
 6.2 million[a]
  • February 2, 1994
  • October 18, 1994
Mortal Kombat 4.33 million[9] September 13, 1993 Midway Acclaim Entertainment
Disney's Aladdin 4 million[10] October 19, 1993 Virgin Games Sega
John Madden Football '93 3 million[b] December 1992 Electronic Arts Electronic Arts
NHL '94 2.6 million[c] September 1993 Electronic Arts Electronic Arts
Joe Montana Football 2.2 million[d] December 1990 Park Place Productions Sega
Jurassic Park 2.2 million[11] August 10, 1993 BlueSky Software Sega
NBA Jam 1.93 million[12] March 4, 1994 Midway Acclaim Entertainment
Mortal Kombat II 1.78 million[12] September 9, 1994 Midway Acclaim Entertainment
Street Fighter II': Special Champion Edition 1.665 million[13] September 27, 1993 Capcom Capcom
Eternal Champions 1.6 million[14] December 11, 1993 Sega Interactive Development Division Sega
Altered Beast 1.4 million[15] August 14, 1989 Team Shinobi Sega
Mortal Kombat 3 1.02 million[12] October 13, 1995 Midway
Ms. Pac-Man 1 million[16] July 1991
Midway Manufacturing
NFL '98 1 million[17] May 14, 1997
Sega
NFL Football '94 1 million[18] November 1993 BlueSky Software Sega
Sonic Spinball 1 million[18] November 23, 1993 Sega Technical Institute Sega
X-Men 1 million[18][19] March 8, 1993 Western Technologies Inc Sega
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers 1 million[20][21] November 1994 Nova Sega
Streets of Rage 1 million[e] August 1991 Sega Sega
Sonic 3D Blast 1 million[22] November 1996
Sega
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Notes

  1. [a]
    Once the Genesis sold 20 million, 31% were for Sonic the Hedgehog 3 and Sonic & Knuckles's game data[8]
  2. [b]
    Once the Genesis sold 20 million, 15% were for John Madden Football '93's game data[8]
  3. [c]
    Once the Genesis sold 20 million, 13% were for NHL '94's game data[8]
  4. [d]
    Once the Genesis sold 20 million, 11% were for Joe Montana Football's game data[8]
  5. [e]
    Once the Genesis sold 20 million, 5% were for Streets of Rage's game data[8]

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