I never understood why anyone preferred Genesis over SNES. The only cultural impact left by Sega was its marketing strategy. Meanwhile, Nintendo made games that still remain iconic and playable.
To think Shenmue was originally developed with the Saturn in mind also just shows how brilliant Yu Suzuki.
Other great games were, NiGHTS into Dreams, Burning Ranges, Panzer Dragoon series, and the list goes on.. These games now were in the Saturn Era though and I am not saying the Super wasn't a great console. I owned one and had great fun with Donkey Kong and Mario games. The Genesis is the only Sega console I dont own.