Series with a title on every Sega platform?

Well I will try my luck at this, let's see...

Phantasy Star (series) was on Master System, Mega Drive, Saturn and Dreamcast.

Virtua Fighter (series) was also on Master System, Mega Drive, Saturn and Dreamcast.

WWF (series) was also on Master System, Mega Drive, Saturn and Dreamcast.

Now here's a silly one.
Fist of the North Star is *technically* on all four systems. It has games on Master System, Mega Drive and Saturn. On Dreamcast, no such release officially exists, but apparently SEGA made an arcade game that was unofficially ported to DC lol.

 

New here but joined specifically to add to this thread.

Thought if a couple of series that are surprisingly prolific across many Sega platforms (although sadly not all platforms such as Pico, SG-1000 etc as per the original question)

The series in question are:
Fatal Fury
Samurai Shodown

Game Gear: Fatal Fury Special
Master System: not officially but GG2SMS hack/port
Megadrive: Fatal Fury & Fatal Fury 2
Mega CD: Fatal Fury Special
32X: no game
Saturn: Fatal Fury Real Bout & Real Bout Special
Dreamcast: Garou: Mark of the Wolves

then for Samurai Shodown:

Game Gear: Samurai Shodown
Master System: no but maybe GG version ported?
Megadrive: Samurai Shodown
Mega CD: Samurai Shodown (different port to Megadrive version)
32X: no game
Saturn: Samurai Shodown III & Samurai Shodown IV
Dreamcast: not officially but Samurai Shodown VI ran on Atomiswave in the arcades & has been unofficially ported to Dreamcast.

I am sure there are a few other series that span an impressive range of hardware generations. Will get my thinking cap on.

 

Star Wars almost works

SG-1000 - Space Mountain (unlicensed Star Wars clone)
Master System - Star Wars
Game Gear - Star Wars, Return of the Jedi
Mega Drive - Super Star Wars (unreleased)
Mega CD - Rebel Assault
32X - Star Wars Arcade
Saturn - Rebel Strike (unreleased)
Dreamcast - Episode 1 Pod Racer


Star Trek also up there

SC-3000 - Enterprise Escape (unlicensed)
Game Gear - TNG: Advanced Holodeck Tutorial, Generations: Beyond the Nexus
Mega Drive - TNG: Echoes from the Past, DS9: Crossroads of Time
Mega CD - TNG: Echoes from the Past (unreleased)
32X - Starfleet Academy Starship Bridge Simulator
Dreamcast - New Worlds (unreleased)


Pac-Man

SG-1000 - Pacar (Sega clone)
SC-3000 - Munchman (unlicensed clone)
Master System - Ms. Pac-Man, Pac-Mania
Game Gear - Pac-Man, Ms. Pac-Man, Pac-Attack
Mega Drive - Ms. Pac-Man, Pac-Mania, Pac-Attack, Pac-Man 2: The New Adventures
Saturn - Pac-World (unreleased)
Dreamcast - Ms. Pac-Man Maze Madness, Namco Museum
VMU - PAC-it (official), Mini Pac-Man (unofficial)

 

Hard mode: Can we work in the Laseractive/Mega LD?

"Reika "Time Gal" Kirishima is a major character in the Shikigami No Shiro series. She first appeared in Shikigami no Shiro III, but was originally from the laserdisc arcade game known as Time Gal."

Mega CD - Time Gal
Laseractive Mega LD - Time Gal
Saturn - Time Gal & Ninja Hayate
Dreamcast - Shikigami No Shiro II

I think that's probably as good as it will get...

"Road Blaster is a Spiritual Successor to Cobra Command and in honor thereof the LX-3FX chopper makes a cameo in stages 2 and 5. The director of both games, Yoshihisa Kishimoto, went on to work on Double Dragon I. Repeating the vehicle cameo, the red car from Road Blaster is stationed in the garage of the Lee Brothers and has done so each game following."

So Cobra Command, Road Avenger and Double Dragon are all part of the same universe.

Master System - Double Dragon
Game Gear - Double Dragon
Mega Drive - Double Dragon, Double Dragon II, Double Dragon 3
Mega CD - Road Avenger/Blaster, Cobra Command/Thunder Storm
Laseractive Mega LD - Road Blaster/Road Prosecutor
Saturn - Thunder Storm & Road Blaster

Impossible mode: What about the Mega CD 32-X

"Alien Trilogy is an unreleased Mega-CD[1] and Mega-CD 32X[2] game based on the Alien franchise. Developed by Probe Entertainment[3] and scheduled to be published by Acclaim Entertainment in November 1994[4], the project was eventually moved to the Saturn[5] where it was released as Alien Trilogy in August 1996.[6]"

Master System - Alien 3
Game Gear - Alien 3
Mega Drive - Alien 3
Mega-CD - Alien Trilogy (unreleased)
Mega-CD 32X - Alien Trilogy (unreleased)
Saturn - Alien Trilogy
Dreamcast - Alien Resurrection (unreleased)

and there were Aliens franchise games on the MSX, that possibly could have been ported to the SG-1000 (maybe?). There's like 100s of Korean and Taiwanese bootlegs

 

Thought of another that almost works (later releases are part of the series rather than the same game) but a decent representation across hardware generations:

NBA Jam

Game Gear: NBA Jam
Master System: playable prototype discovered
Megadrive: NBA Jam & NBA Jam: Tournament Edition & NBA Hangtime
Mega CD: NBA Jam
32X: NBA Jam: Tournament Edition
Saturn: NBA Jam: Tournament Edition & NBA Jam: Extreme
Dreamcast: NBA Showtime: NBA on NBC & NBA Hoopz

 

https://segaretro.org/Alien_Trilogy_(Mega-CD,_Mega-CD_32X)
It was probably more marketing spin than anything concrete
https://web.archive.org/web/20230916070329/https://www.gamesthatwerent.com/2012/02/alien-trilogy/

Here's a fun fact. Q*Bert was only on the SG-1000 and the Dreamcast, with no games on any systems in between. Might be the widest gap between games in the same franchise (if Q*Bert is considered a franchise)

 

Thought of another couple of series that span many of the hardware generations. One has been mentioned in the thread already - Hang-On but the other has t I don’t think - Golden Axe

Hang-On series:

SG-1000: Hang-On II
Mk3: Hang-On
Master System: Hang-On on both Card and Cartridge, also packaged with Safari Hunt or Astro Warrior and also built in to some models. Alongside this there was also GP Rider which was a kind of spin off.
Game Gear: GP Rider (plus Master System games playable via adaptor)
Megadrive: Super Hang-On
Mega CD: N/A
32X: No but Hang-On bike makes Easter Egg appearance in AfterBurner Complete
Saturn: Hang-On GP95
Dreamcast: Hang-On playable in both ShenMue & ShenMue 2. Also included in Yu Suzuki GameWorks Vol1

Golden Axe:

Master System: Golden Axe & Golden Axe Warrior
Game Gear: Ax Battler
Megadrive: Golden Axe, Golden Axe II, Golden Axe III
Mega CD: Golden Axe (included in Arcade Classics)
32X: No game
Saturn: Golden Axe: The Duel
Dreamcast: Golden Axe (included - with terrible sound emulation - in Sega Smash Pack Vol 1)

 

Super Dimension/Macross/Robotech kind of hits all the mainline systems

SG-1000 - Orguss (aka Super Dimension Century Orguss)
Master System - Transbot/Astro Flash (spiritual successor to Orguss)
Mega Drive - Arrow Flash (spiritual successor to Transbot)
Saturn - Macross: Do You Remember Love?
Dreamcast - Macross M3

 

This is a good one as the Colecovision Star Wars games has been hacked to run on SG-1000 and both of those unreleased games have prototypes released, so this is the first series I've seen posted which is actually playable on every Sega system today.

 

Are these all the top candidates?

Sonic (all, arguably)

SG-1000 - Flicky (sort of counts)
Master System - Sonic 1, 2, Chaos, ...
Game Gear - Sonic 1, 2, Chaos, Triple Trouble, ...
Mega Drive - Sonic 1, 2, 3, & Knuckles, 3D, ...
Mega CD - Sonic CD
32X - Knuckles Chaotix
Pico - Sonic's Gameworld
Saturn - Sonic Jam, 3D, R
Dreamcast - Sonic Adventure 1, 2
VMU - Chao Adventure 1, 2


Star Wars (all, except Pico, arguably)

SG-1000 - Star Wars (unofficial port)
Master System - Star Wars
Game Gear - Star Wars, Return of the Jedi
Mega Drive - Super Star Wars (unreleased)
Mega CD - Rebel Assault
32X - Star Wars Arcade
Pico - none
Saturn - Rebel Strike (unreleased)
Dreamcast - Episode 1 Pod Racer, etc


Ecco (all except SG-1000, arguably)

SG-1000 - none
Master System - Ecco 1, 2
Game Gear - Ecco 1, 2
Mega Drive - Ecco 1, 2, Jnr
Mega CD - Ecco CD
32X - Ecco Cinepak demo (unreleased), Kolibri (spiritual successor)
Pico - Ecco Jnr
Saturn - Ecco tech demo (unreleased)
Dreamcast - Ecco DotF


WWF (all, except Pico, arguably)

SG-1000 - Champion Pro Wrestling (unofficial) - Boxart looks like Hulk Hogan - https://segaretro.org/File:ChampionProwresSpecial_PC8001mkII_JP_Box.jpg
Master System - WWF WrestleMania: Steel Cage Challenge
Game Gear - WWF WrestleMania: Steel Cage Challenge, WWF Raw
Mega Drive - WWF Super WrestleMania, Royal Rumble, Raw, WrestleMania: The Arcade Game
Mega CD - WWF Rage in the Cage
32X - WWF WrestleMania: The Arcade Game, Raw
Pico - none (lol)
Saturn - WWF WrestleMania: The Arcade Game, In Your House
Dreamcast - WWF Attitude, Royal Rumble


Mortal Kombat (all except SG-1000 and Pico)

SG-1000 - none
Master System - MK 1, 2, 3
Game Gear - MK 1, 2, 3
Mega Drive - MK 1, 2, 3, UMK3
Mega CD - MK 1
32X - MK 2
Pico - none (lol)
Saturn - MK2, UMK3, Trilogy
Dreamcast - MK Gold


NBA Jam (all except SG-1000 and Pico)

SG-1000 - none
Master System - NBA Jam (unreleased)
Game Gear - NBA Jam, TE
Mega Drive - NBA Jam, TE
Mega CD - NBA Jam
32X - NBA Jam TE
Pico - none
Saturn - NBA Jam TE, Extreme
Dreamcast - NBA Showtime, Hoopz


After Burner (all except SG-1000 and Pico)

SG-1000 - none
Master System - After Burner / G-LOC
Game Gear - G-LOC
Mega Drive - After Burner II / G-LOC
Mega CD - After Burner III
32X - After Burner Complete
Pico - none
Saturn - Sega Ages After Burner II
Dreamcast - After Burner II (Yu Suzuki Game Works Vol. 1)


Disney Animation (all except SG-1000, arguably)

SG-1000 - none
Master System - Castle of Illusion, Lucky Dime Caper, Aladdin, Lion King, etc
Game Gear - Castle of Illusion, Lucky Dime Caper, Aladdin, Lion King, etc
Mega Drive - Castle of Illusion, Quackshot, Aladdin, Lion King, Mickey Mania, etc
Mega CD - Mickey Mania
32X - Pinocchio (unreleased)
Pico - various Mickey, Donald, Lion King titles, etc
Saturn - Sega Ages I Love Mickey Mouse: Fushigi no Oshiro Daibouken...
Dreamcast - Disney Magical Racing Tour, 102 Dalmations, Quack Attack


Spider-man (all except SG-1000 and Pico, arguably)

SG-1000 - none
Master System - Spider-man vs the Kingpin, Return of the Sinister Six
Game Gear - Spider-man vs the Kingpin, Return of the Sinister Six
Mega Drive - Spider-man vs the Kingpin, Separation Anxiety, Maximum Carnage,
Mega CD - Spider-man vs the Kingpin
32X - Web of Fire
Pico - none
Saturn - Marvel Super Heroes, Marvel Super Heroes vs Street Fighter
Dreamcast - Spider-Man


Hang-On (all except Mega CD and Pico, arguably)

SG-1000 - Hang-On II
Master System - Hang-On, GP Rider
Game Gear - GP Rider
Mega Drive - Super Hang-On
Mega CD - none
32X - appearance in AfterBurner Complete
Pico - none
Saturn - Hang-On GP95
Dreamcast - Yu Suzuki GameWork, ShenMue 1 and 2

 

Stop the presses,

Reika "Time Gal" Kirishima is a playable character in Arkanoid vs Space Invaders (2017)

SG-1000 - Space Invaders
Master System - Super Space Invaders
Game Gear - Super Space Invaders
Mega Drive - Space Invaders 90
Mega CD - Time Gal
Laseractive Mega LD - Time Gal
32X - none
Pico - none
Saturn - Space Invaders, Time Gal
Dreamcast - Space Invaders (unreleased), Shikigami no Shiro II

I thought this was going to be everything other than Pico, but I forgot about the 32X...

 

Time Gal does not appear in Shikigami no Shiro II. As was previously quoted, she's from the third game.

 

Understood, but retroactively she now has a connection to the series, in the same way that she has a retroactive connection to Space Invaders.
<.< >.>
I'm clutching at straws here...

 

Doom goes far, if you count homebrew. There are source ports for Genesis and Dreamcast and official ports for 32X and Saturn.

And since 3D raycasting is possible on the NES, it's likely possible on MS/GG as well, so a port could be done there too

 

If Wolfenstein 3D is in the same "franchise" as Doom, there is already a Master System port


Now we just need to port it to Game Gear and get someone working on Doom for the Mega CD, preferably using some of those special sprite scaling hardware