You guys left Truxton off of your genesis space shooter list.
Sega really hurt themselves after the genesis by keeping a bunch of the better games exclusive to japan. I loved my genesis. I had started gaming with the nes and then the SNES but once I got a genesis I had turned into a full on sega fanboy.
My dissapointment with the SEGA CD was epic. I still have it and all 5 games I have for it.
I had a Saturn briefly. Sold it to a friend for 200$ when I found out the 3rd Eternal Champions game was cancelled.