The NES had Megaman. The genesis had
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The dark souls of the megadrive.
dark souls wishes it was this hard...
....that first fake ending was the biggest middle finger to gamers ever.
"Oh, you beat the game? Hahaha.... no you didn't! Keep fighting pleb!"
....Then when you get to the real ending, it turns out, it's just a never-ending clock because Chakan has a never-ending battle against evil! This game has the biggest "F U!" ending(s) of all time, and even with cheats it's just not a game I would ever play again.
Though to be fair, this game and Splatterhouse really set the Genesis apart from every other game back then. They were true action-horror titles with an atmosphere and aesthetic no game today has ever come close to imitating.
At least they attempted to be poetically cruel about it.
Memory is hazy but for those who are curious, Chakan dueled Death himself to win immortality. He was granted this, but at the stipulation that he could never die so long as evil existed. After eons of fighting, he's ready to die so he's now trying to purge evil on earth, by hand I guess.
At the end of the game, he's defeated evil on earth. Death shows up and says he meant ALL evil, and points to the night sky. There are countless worlds to purge, and we're not even sure he can reach any of them.