SEGA Mega Drive and Genesis Classics

Pls Sega, bring back this game again, I really love your classic games💔

Внутри этой коллекции собраны практически все культовые франшизы Sega. Сдвиг в прошлое для тех, кто хочет одним кликом получить доступ к огромной библиотеке классики, не заморачиваясь с эмуляторами. Дополнения можно получить не очень легальным способом, но это и плюс, так как разработчик снял игру с продажи.

Pirating games is okay... Don't be scared little viewer reading this review.. You can't buy this anymore anyway so install that Sega Genesis emulator, pick your rom of choice and lock in little one.

I have owned this for years, I decided to re download it recently only to find there is only 3 games in the library. literally the about this game section says over 50 titles, LIES.

What a shame this was delisted. It was an awesome collection and the presentation is great, with workshop support that allows a lot of options.

I bought it and played some of the games that I had but had not gotten to a lot of them yet when they disappeared. I didnt mind buying the game and would have been ok with DLC packs. But no way in HE double hockey sticks I would ever pay a subscription to play these games. I mostly just keep them for nostalgia and a fun little walk back through time. Not paying monthly for old games, they are stupid for even thinking its a good idea and will waste their efforts at sucking pennies out of old gamers.

I started reviewing all these games when I first got this pack, over ten years ago. Little by little I've been working through it when I'm bored. Apparently this got delisted since then and controller support got super buggy. Oh well. Alex Kidd in the Enchanted Castle: You have to take some pity for poor Alex. He's Sega's Oswald the Lucky Rabbit. Then again this game is not the best. Alien Soldier: In all seriousness don't get this one. The rom's sound is bugged horribly and they never fixed it. Alien Storm: AKA the better version of Golden Axe nobody ever talks about. You really have to see the end credits to believe them. Altered Beast: You could be forgiven for thinking this console port stripped a ton of stuff away but nope the arcade version is just as crappy. Beyond Oasis: Link to the Past with fighter combos? Yes please! This game is GORGEOUS. Bio-Hazard Battle: A shmup where all the players and enemies are different flatworms. What kind of drugs inspired this I wonder. Bonanza Bros: Sort of a proto-Monaco thing going on here. Columns: Probably the lamest color-matching game I've ever played. Columns III: It's the same. Damn. Game. Lord knows why they didn't include Columns II if this is what counts for a sequel. Comix Zone: Pioneered cramming a game with crappy exposition. I can only assume the word bubbles took up most of the cart because this game is about 30 minutes long. Crack Down: Name another game where you kill the final boss while it's still being built. Questionable theology at the end. Decap Attack: Between this and SMB2 does Japan just think we have a problem with turbans? Don't answer that. For what it's worth get the original Japanese version in the workshop and compare. They both have their charm but at least our version has a lifebar. Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine: Damn level 5 is impossible. How many levels are there? *Five minutes later* Okay so I'm not beating this. And they used Puyo Puyo music in the credits! They didn't think anyone would get that far. Dynamite Headdy: I think Treasure is the story of a studio of really talented artists that came upon a crashed semi truck full of pixie sticks. Ecco 1 + 2: There are several glaring problems that keep this from being a good game but the aesthetics are some of the best in gaming and I'm not even exagerating. I would mess around in the opening level for hours as a kid. Ecco jr: ...and here this game fixes most of the problems I have with the main series, but the aesthetics are worse and it treats it like a sesame street game for babbies! Ecco jr's gameplay with mainline's plot/graphics/music would have been a fantastic game. E-SWAT: Now this game is interesting. Sort of a Castlevania 1, Contra mashup. Hard as nails. Good for a masochist. Eternal Champions: This game looks so good! And that's the extent of my critique, because I'm crap at fighting games. But damn! This is 90s as all hell and I want a remaster. Points for including Lemeza. Fatal Labyrinth: ...Nobody told me Necrodancer was based on an obscure Genesis title. Flicky: I love adorable little games like this. And if flickies can become part of sonic canon why not ristar cmon blizzard Gain Ground: This game is GARBAGE. Someone should have told the devs how many sprites the Genesis can handle before slowdown occurs. Galaxy Force 2: I like how if you have the chill edition mod you can just set the controller down and become hero of the galaxy. Overambitious console port. Golden Axe 1,2,3: By 3 you could tell it was becoming Streets of Rage, Conan Edition. And good thing too, the first two weren't very good. But japanese conan is an aesthetic that should come back. Gunstar Heroes: The story of a game console pushed past its breaking point. The pixie sticks hadn't run out yet. Kid Chameleon: Plays like an Amiga platformer. Which is to say it's functional, but man, enough time had not passed yet for people to actually take lessons from Mario huh. Landstalker: This is just adorable and I want a modern remaster. But was the letterboxing a hardware limitation or were they just trying to emulate PC Engine looks? Grab a walkthrough for the crappier moments and settle in, this is a long one. Light Crusader: Oh hey it's been like seven years since I was last in this. This game seems fine. Phantasy Star II-IV: I never seen *anyone* talking about these. I can't say I'm willing to grind through them but the plot looks interesting. I want remakes! Ristar: Goes without saying, a standout of this pack. Shadow Dancer: Actually feasible to complete! Lovely little bit of 90s. Shining in the Darkness: Wizardry with the charm cranked up to 11. I love how adorable everything looks. Shining Force: I want a remake of these games so badly! Just a few quality of life improvements would make this something I could get into. Shining Force 2: That town music lives in my brain forever. Shinobi III: Legendary music and still playable today. One of the better things in this collection for sure. Sonic: I literally played this game before I learned how to read so I'm not qualified to review this one. Sonic 2: It had the final level where it never gives you a single ring and the special stages were to difficult for me when I was five so I didn't like this one as much. Sonic 3&K: Now I played the *hell* out of this one. Again, I can't be objective here. Sonic 3D: It's hard to communicate just how bad it feels to control Sonic here. It's not *awful*, but none of my Sonic skills are transferrable. Sonic Spinball: Coming back and finally finishing that last level out of spite was right up there with purchasing a house in my adult transition markers. Space Harrier: I die in three seconds! Good arcade port. Streets of Rage: My memory is hazy but this one felt the clunkiest of the three. Streets of Rage II: This is the one people remember! It's quite good. Streets of Rage III: Less fondly remembered characters, and a timer mechanic they don't tell you is there! Super Thunder Blade: Slowing it down makes that kind of Space Harrier gameplay more playable, but still not terribly fun. Sword of Vermillion: Great music! I'm not sitting through 8 hours with that interface and message speed though. The Revenge of Shinobi: I'm... not sure I understand the controls. Toejam and Earl: These guys are so Nickelodeon-coded... has there ever been a cartoon? Vectorman: THE GOAT. Every other game in this collection can burn, give me Vectorman forever. Virtua Fighter 2: A crazy port, all things considered. Wonder Boy: I know i said at the beginning that you have to feel sorry for Alex Kidd, but I wrote that ten years ago. Alex Kidd is a dork and Wonder Boy should have been the early mascot. And with that, I'm done. Once upon a time Sega thought it was a good idea to put fifty of their old console titles up for a buck apiece. And the ROMs were in poor condition, and several of the games were trashy, but it was still leaps and bounds ahead of what other big japanese companies were doing to preserve their legacy. Now in 2026, Namco and Capcom and SNK and even Konami are doing waaaay better than Sega in that regard. Shame on Sega.