Sonic's Ultimate Genesis Collection

[Llama Gibbz]

When i first seen the "sonic" name in this title,i thought it was just another "sonic" collection.
Its actually a tasty meal of "Sega'" developed titles. :o

For the price it looks like your getting a lot here though. (around $30)
That's a lot better than the $8 a pop on the the Wii's VC store.

Improved graphics with support for 720p.

Feb.10 for the 360 and PS3.
A PC port would of been nice though.
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Games included
· Alex Kidd in the Enchanted Castle
· Alien Storm
· Altered Beast
· Beyond Oasis
· Bonanza Bros.
· Columns
· Comix Zone
· Decap Attack starring Chuck D. Head
· Dr. Robotnik's MBM
· Dynamite Headdy
· Ecco the Dolphin
· Ecco II: The Tides of Time
· E-SWAT
· Fatal Labyrinth
· Flicky
· Gain Ground
· Golden Axe I
· 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
· Shining in the Darkness
· Shining Force
· Shining Force 2
· Shinobi III: Return of the Ninja Master
· Sonic 3D Blast
· Sonic and Knuckles
· Sonic Spinball
· Sonic the Hedgehog
· Sonic the Hedgehog 2
· Sonic the Hedgehog 3
· Streets of Rage
· Streets of Rage 2
· Streets of Rage 3
· Super Thunder Blade
· Vectorman
· Vectorman 2


UNLOCKABLE GAMES:

· Golden Axe Warrior (SEGA Master System)
· Phantasy Star (SEGA Master System)
· Alien Syndrome (Arcade)
· Altered Beast (Arcade)
· Congo Bongo (Arcade)
· Fantasy Zone (Arcade)
· Shinobi (Arcade)
· Space Harrier (Arcade)
· Zaxxon (Arcade)


Not bad,although these would of made it even more complete
Sonic CD
Why doesn't sega ever include this in there collection titles?
It was developed and published by sega,there cant be a rights issue.

Toejam and Earl series
Shadow Dancer: The Secret of Shinobi
Sword of Vermilion
OutRun
Virtua Racing
Hang On
After Burner 1 and 2

Plus all the stuff developed and published by treasure back then. :D

[Logan XII]

They released Sonic CD on Sonic Gems Collection for the PS2 and Gamecube.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonic_Gems_Collection

[Taril]

Yea if Sonic CD were on this release id buy it for sure. Otherwise im not so sure.
If i have extra cash maybe.

[Water12356]

Yea I got the sega genesis collection for PS2.. sadly I havent played it that much.

[Superczar]

Aw man, no Zero Tolerance! :(

(Or NHL94 for that matter... But this would be worth getting for the 360 I think)

[Superczar]

Ack double post! Damn backup...

[Llama Gibbz]

Aw man, no Zero Tolerance! :(


Zero Tolerance was the first FPS i played.

[KaiserSoze]

So bought.

[Steve]

I still have most of the carts... so no buy for me :o Also, no flashback so suck it! :p

[Llama Gibbz]

They couldn't add non sega published/developed games on there,for rights issues.

Would of been nice to see more on there from the AM2 arcade development team on there though.

[Steve]

They couldn't add non sega published/developed games on there,for rights issues.


No Flashback no buy :tinyted:

[Yenji]

Even though there are only a handful of games in that list I would like to play again I would pay 30 bucks for it. It's quite the collection

[Ras]

Wish it had Revenge of Shinobi, even though I still have the cart. I have a lot of these, but I'll keep it in mind in order to have an easy way to play the Streets of Rage games.

[Nimoy]

Vectorman rules.

[Monkey Butler]

Most important question: are Sonic 2/3/Knuckles linkable?

[Steve]

Most important question: are Sonic 2/3/Knuckles linkable?

Good question :)

[Crosma]

Improved graphics with support for 720p.

The graphics just look like they've been run through 2xSai or something similar. It's highly debatable whether that's a good thing.

[Llama Gibbz]

Just played a bit of it.

You can play in 4:3 with borders or widescreen.
Both options let you scale the image to what ever size you want.
Widescreen actually stretches the and distorts the sprites though.
The smoothing effect can be toggled on and off.

You shouldnt have a problem finding a option that suits you.

Each game also has a history brief and box/cart art.
You can save anywhere midgame in all titles.

[Delta]

It's a nice collection, for sure.

But other than box art and history, most of this stuff can already be played in emulators... which is essentially what this collection is. A glorified emulator with a collection of ROMs and some little bonus extras. The "improved graphics" are just a scale filter that emulators have as well; it's not like they actually remade graphics for every single game in the collection.

However, it's really nice if you want an easy way to play on a big TV. I'll give it that. ;)

[Duke's New Chainsaw]

My family lurved Sonic Spinball.