Mega Drive games suited for a six year old

[Ryo Saeba]

My nephew's birthday is in a few months and I'm planning to give him my old Mega Drive (PAL, so no US or JP recommandations pls) with a few games.

As he's not in school yet and therefore not fluent in reading, text-heavy games like RPGs aren't a good idea for the start.
The games shouldn't be too brutal or gritty either of course and, although not a must, the games should have a multiplayer mode, cause then he could play with friends (social aspect shouldn't come short).
At last they shouldn't be too expensive (like Gunstar Heroes).

I already have Virtua Racing and Sonic 2 in mind, but what else could be a good idea?

[chaoticjelly]

Aladdin
Castle of Illusion
World of Illusion
Toy Story


Just off the top of my head - guaranteed not to corrupt his impressionable mind

[MonkeyJuggleDX]

Sensible Soccer!

[chaoticjelly]

Fifa 95, 96, 97 and 98!

[On The Edge of Insanity]

Micro Machines for multiplayer madness and definitely co-sign Sensible Soccer

[On The Edge of Insanity]

And no FIFA! Don't want this impressionable mind turned towards EA Sports games!

[eastyy]

rolo to the rescue

[Ryo Saeba]

And no FIFA! Don't want this impressionable mind turned towards EA Sports games!

Yeah, I've to take care of that ^^

But thx Superfamifreak and TEoI for the mention of Sensible Soccer, I totally forgot about it (silly me).

@eastyy: Never heard of that oO

Aladdin
Castle of Illusion
World of Illusion
Toy Story


Just off the top of my head - guaranteed not to corrupt his impressionable mind

Yeah, that would fit, though it smells a little too disney for me, I'd rather love to show him something he doesn't see everyday, like the wonders of japanise animation, but I do remember Aladin being one of the best platformers for the system, so I'll look into that.
Does anyone of those by chance offer a multiplayer option?

[Swallow]

Toe Jam & Earl is good fun in co-op, I seem to remember. Another mention for Aladdin, to be fair it's more Arabian Nights than Disney presentation

[Nembot]

Splatterhouse 2?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/SEGA-MEGADRIVE-SPLATTERHOUSE-2-PAL-COMPLETE_W0QQitemZ170119985925QQcmdZViewItem

[Ryo Saeba]

Splatterhouse 2?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/SEGA-MEGADRIVE...QQcmdZViewItem

Ah yeah, and not to forget Lethal Enforcers and Mortal Kombat ^_-

[cutmymilk]

James Pond!

How about some platformers like Bubsy the Bobcat. You can get the Dizzy games for it, which may help his problem solving skills. I had a double kart back in the day with Dizzy and Cosmic Spacehead, which I remember playing a lot.

The Mega Games compilations are cheap and have classic games on. So getting some of those would be a great start as well.

[wheelaa]

Sonic 2 should be a buy, great 2 player fun.

You can also get Gunstar on the classics collection for a bit less I think.

[Kieran76]

Flicky?

[samanosuke]

Tiny Toon Adventures?