[biggestsonicfan]

Sega Genesis Classics has been announced with a December 7th release date.... which is also the date Super Smash Bros Ultimate launches. An odd day to pick, but even odder still is why Sega feels the need to release such a collection with both Sega AGES and Sega Forever campaigns....

Included games:

Spoiler

Alex Kidd in the Enchanted Castle
Alien Soldier
Alien Storm
Altered Beast
Beyond Oasis
Bio-Hazard Battle
Bonanza Bros.
Columns
Columns III: Revenge of Columns
Comix Zone
Crack Down
Decap Attack
Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine
Dynamite Headdy
ESWAT: City Under Siege
Fatal Labyrinth
Flicky
Gain Ground
Galaxy Force II
Golden Axe
Golden Axe II
Golden Axe III
Gunstar Heroes
Kid Chameleon
Landstalker
Light Crusader
Phantasy Star II
Phantasy Star III: Generations of Doom
Phantasy Star IV: The End of the Millenium
Ristar
Shadow Dancer: The Secret of Shinobi
Shining in the Darkness
Shining Force
Shining Force II
Shinobi III: Return of the Ninja Master
Sonic the Hedgehog
Sonic the Hedgehog 2
Sonic 3D Blast
Sonic Spinball
Space Harrier II
Streets of Rage
Streets of Rage 2
Streets of Rage 3
Super Thunder Blade
Sword of Vermilion
The Revenge of Shinobi
ToeJam & Earl
ToeJam & Earl in Panic on Funkotron
Vectorman
VectorMan 2
Virtua Fighter 2

Discuss...

[saintminya]

It does have a great selection of titles, and it does fit my agenda of making the Switch my master console. So I'll likely be picking it up around launch. _{I'll only have to pay off my remaining 10 or so bucks on Smash that day anyway.}

Loving that it includes the oft-overlooked Phantasy Star 3, which just so happens to be my favorite in the series barring PSO. I also cannot help but notice the lack of Sonic 3 or S&K.

[Retroman]

saintminya, on 31 October 2018 - 07:44 PM, said:

Loving that it includes the oft-overlooked Phantasy Star 3, which just so happens to be my favorite in the series barring PSO. I also cannot help but notice the lack of Sonic 3 or S&K.

Warning - Speculation: Sonic 3 and 3K is being developed by the Mania Team for all platforms

[saintminya]

The thought occured to me as well, and I dearly hope so. Otherwise it is just bizarre, on Steam they split the games and allowed for Knuckles in Sonic 2.

[MainMemory]

Uh, no? On Steam it's just Sonic 3 & Knuckles, the only way to play Sonic 3, Sonic & Knuckles, Knuckles in Sonic 2, and Blue Sphere is by downloading them as mods of one of the other games.

[ICEknight]

biggestsonicfan, on 31 October 2018 - 06:31 PM, said:

even odder still is why Sega feels the need to release such a collection with both Sega AGES and Sega Forever campaigns....

Maybe they're still trying to figure out which of the formulas (free to play with ads, individual releases with extras, bundle with lots of games) works best for them, by having them available at the same time and studying the numbers.

[Covarr]

Why is anybody surprised by the omission of Sonic 3 & Knuckles? There haven't been any new rereleases of this game, emulated or ported, standalone or bundled, in seven years. Did anyone honestly expect that to change?

[saintminya]

Yes, I do expect that to change. Especially since S3K was re-released recently, in this exact format, on Steam, even if I misremembered how it was laid out. I almost always load games from the Mods menu, so I see it all split up.

[JaxTH]

saintminya, on 01 November 2018 - 07:58 PM, said:

Especially since S3K was re-released recently, in this exact format, on Steam

Seven years ago.

[saintminya]

Yet they didn't exclude it from the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis Classics lineup, or exclude it from bundles. If there were actual issues with re-releasing the game, it would have been de-listed when they launched the Classics.

I just think the powers that be look down up the game, while they worship the first sequels (CD and 2).

(Edit) Either that or they struggle with the fact that its two parts of one game, with one part that connected to other games. If they release it the way it is on Steam, it is the complete game, but lacks the option to be Knux in S2 or play blue spheres. And to seperate them...idk how that'd work.

This post has been edited by saintminya: 01 November 2018 - 08:29 PM

[Hukos]

The only good thing about this collection is that it's another collection with Alien Soldier on it. That game is straight up a top 5 bare minimum game not only on the console but that entire generation. It's missing a lot of the obscure gems I like a lot on the machine (particularly in the shooter genre), but those games are never going to appear on any compilation anyways.

[Timaeus]

The games choosing is excellent, its a shock that they will come out into a Nintendo console. I still remember when I beat up Vectorman, Kid Chameleon, Bonanza Bros, etc. If one day I get a Nintendo Switch, I will try getting those. Mega drive for the win.

[ICEknight]

Timaeus, on 10 November 2018 - 03:37 PM, said:

its a shock that they will come out into a Nintendo console.

It's not shocking at all.