Sega Genesis Collection
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| Developer(s) | Digital Eclipse |
| Publisher(s) | Sega |
| Platform(s) | PlayStation 2 PlayStation Portable |
| Release date | NA November 16, 2006 EU February 2, 2007 AUS February 8, 2007 |
| Genre(s) | Compilation (various) |
| Mode(s) | Single player, multiplayer |
| Rating(s) | ESRB: Teen PEGI: 12+ CERO: A (Except VF2 & Shinobi 3) |
Sega Genesis Collection (known in Europe and Australia as Sega Mega Drive Collection ) is a video game compilation for the PlayStation 2 and PSP. It includes 28 Sega Mega Drive/Genesis games from a variety of genres, as well as 5 classic Sega arcade games.
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[edit] List of games
- Alex Kidd in the Enchanted Castle
- Altered Beast (Genesis/Mega Drive and Arcade versions)
- Bonanza Bros.
- Columns
- Comix Zone
- Decap Attack
- Ecco the Dolphin
- Ecco: The Tides of Time
- Ecco Jr.
- Flicky
- Gain Ground
- Golden Axe
- Golden Axe II
- Golden Axe III
- Kid Chameleon
- Phantasy Star II
- Phantasy Star III: Generations of Doom
- Phantasy Star IV: The End of the Millennium
- Ristar
- Shadow Dancer: The Secret of Shinobi (unavailable in the PAL version)
- Shinobi III: Return of the Ninja Master
- Sonic The Hedgehog
- Sonic The Hedgehog 2
- Super Thunder Blade
- Sword of Vermilion
- Vectorman
- Vectorman 2
- Virtua Fighter 2 (Genesis/MegaDrive version)
[edit] Extras
This collection also features more than 35 minutes of unlockable interviews from SEGA of Japan, a "museum" with facts about the games, strategy tips for each game and a set of unlockable arcade games. The PS2's unlockable arcade titles are: Altered Beast (arcade version), Future Spy, Tac/Scan, Zaxxon, and Zektor. The PSP's unlockables are: Astro Blaster, Congo Bongo, Eliminator, Space Fury, and Super Zaxxon.
[edit] Reaction
- Game Informer - 8.75/10
- GameSpot - 8.2/10
- GameSpy - 4/5
- GameZone - 9/10
- IGN - 8.6/10
- Deeko - 8/10
- AceGameZ - 9/10
- GameShark - A/A+
- GameTrailers - 8.8/10
- Amped IGO - 9/10
- Cheat CC - 4.5/5
- X-Play - 4/5
- Gamereactor - 8/10 (Sweden)
- Level - 9/10 (Sweden)
- Mansized - 4/5
The game won the award and Reader's Choice for Best Compilation Game on Gamespot's "Best and Worst" 2006.
[edit] Notes
The European version does not include Shadow Dancer. However, it does fix previous speed problems concerning Sonic the Hedgehog which plagued the game's original PAL Mega Drive incarnation and most home console emulations of the game.
This is the first time Golden Axe III is released in Europe and Australia and the second in North America, as it was briefly available in the U.S. on Sega Channel's Tele-Genesis.
This collection marks the first appearance of the two Vectorman games on the PS2 in North America, since Sonic Gems Collection has remained unreleased Stateside on the console, with the exception of the GameCube version.
According to ToeJam & Earl Productions, they were going to include ToeJam and Earl and its sequel, ToeJam & Earl in Panic on Funkotron as well, but Sega wasn't very fond of the series, so they included Sonic the Hedgehog and its first sequel, Sonic the Hedgehog 2 as well as Flicky, Ristar, and Comix Zone instead, to make up for the emulation issues of the Playstation 2 version of Sonic Mega Collection Plus which failed. The reason is listed on the bottom of this section.
It is of note that the Streets of Rage trilogy is also absent from this collection in the wake of its removal from Western versions of Sonic Gems Collection.
Although mentioned in passing, the collection does not include the first Genesis Shinobi game, The Revenge of Shinobi, possibly due to copyright issues surrounding the inclusion of Spider-Man as a boss character at the end of Stage 6.
Similarly, this collection is the first release of some Genesis titles, especially Phantasy Star IV, on a non-Sega console, as it has only been seen twice before -- on its native Genesis, and in the Phantasy Star Collection on the Sega Saturn (available only in Japan).
Whilst for the most part emulation of the games themselves have no defects, some people have noticed that sound emulation in some games is not exactly the same as their Genesis incarnations. This compilation was developed by Digital Eclipse, whose more recent compilations have become known for emulation problems. Regularly noted examples are the "Spindash" sound in Sonic the Hedgehog 2 fading out in a peculiar way, sound effects in Sonic the Hedgehog and "Columns" sounding slightly off, the special stage victory theme in the Sonic games missing, as well as no change in tempo when obtaining Power Sneakers in either game, wrong/missing death screams in Golden Axe and the sequel, a bizarre sounding Star Handle noise in Ristar and the "Victory Theme" in Phantasy Star IV not stopping the battle music. It should also be noted that Golden Axe 3 suffers badly from poor sound emulation compared to all the other games, and a few games had minor graphical modifications, such as in Sonic the Hedgehog when the screen sometimes flashes when Sonic is underwater and in Phantasy Star IV: The End of the Millennium when the screen sometimes flashes when a character was poisoned.
[edit] External links
- Sega Mega Drive Collection
- Sega Genesis Collection at Sega.com
- 1up.com story
- Sega Genesis Collection at MobyGames
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