1. What’s a genesis? I owned some of those games for the mega drive…

   
   Comment by SappYoda — Feb 16, 2009 @ 7:02 pm

2. Genesis? what country is this again?

   List of games included on PS3 edition:-

   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

   list of games on my old PSP Megadrive Collection UMD:-

   Full game list:

   * Alex Kidd In The Enchanted Castle
   * Altered Beast
   * Bonanza Bros.
   * Columns
   * Comix Zone
   * Decap Attach starring Chuck D. Head
   * Ecco the Dolphin
   * Ecco II: The Tides of Time
   * Ecco Jr.
   * Kid Chameleon
   * Flicky
   * Gain Ground
   * Golden Axe
   * Golden Axe II
   * Golden Axe III
   * Phantasy Star II
   * Phantasy Star III: Generations of Doom
   * Phantasy Star IV: The End of the Millenium
   * Ristar
   * Shadow Dancer: The Secret of Shinobi
   * 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

   so what do we get different? :-

   Alien Storm
   Beyond Oasis
   Dr. Robotnik’s MBM
   Dynamite Headdy
   E-SWAT
   Fatal Labyrinth
   Shining in the Darkness
   Shining Force
   Shining Force 2
   Sonic 3D Blast
   Sonic and Knuckles
   Sonic Spinball
   Sonic The Hedgehog 3
   Streets of Rage
   Streets of Rage 2
   Streets of Rage 3
   Super Thunder Blade

   worth the money? i guess seeing as it’s only £25 i guess so.
   works out better than buying some old PSX games from the Store.

   
   Comment by mobiletone — Feb 16, 2009 @ 7:18 pm

3. Golden Axe and Streets of Rage are the only games there that interest me =)

   
   Comment by JohnSketch — Feb 16, 2009 @ 8:33 pm

4. @ Sketchy - to be honest that UMD saved my PSP from being traded in. *heart* Phantasy Star games. will probably buy the PS3 version just to rock them on the big screen. (with their enhanced graphics?)

   
   Comment by mobiletone — Feb 16, 2009 @ 10:06 pm

5. Hmmm… fourth generation titles on a seventh generation console. Form an orderly queue of one around the block.

   I’ve seen this advertised on North American sites for a few months as it was released in that region first (on 10 February 2009), with the European version coming this Friday, and an Australasian release six days thereafter.

   I guess they just ignored the fact that “Genesis” was not used worldwide to reduce costs in marketing it.
   (A bit like when downloadable content costs 6.99 GBP or 6.99 USDs. It just saves time & trees, or something)

   Fair play to SEGA for milking the punters for a relatively cheap amount of cash (try PowerPlayDirect to pay under £23) before the “Homebrew” community beats them to it, but not an essential purchase for me, even if the titles are scaled-up to a 720p screen resolution & it is another batch of Trophies to collect.

   I avoided these titles first time around as my BBC Micro & MS-DOS PC platform could do better, but my partner informs me that they were worth 6 months pay from am early morning paper ’round at the time.

   You can probably buy the best selection on the multiple Plug-and-Play TV games devices that fill up the shelves in Asda at Christmas, or via the Virtual Console on the Wii, or on the dedicated Sega Mega Drive Handheld portable device released last year by Blaze International (and now found in-store in HMV).

   The titles on this console are…

   Alex Kidd in the Enchanted Castle
   Alien Storm
   Altered Beast
   Arrow Flash
   Columns III
   Crack Down
   Decap Attack
   Dr. Robotnik’s Mean Bean Machine
   Ecco The Dolphin
   Ecco Jr.
   ESWAT
   Flicky
   Gain Ground
   Golden Axe
   Jewel Master
   Kid Chameleon
   Shadow Dancer
   Shinobi III
   Sonic & Knuckles
   Sonic Spinball

   Some versions include “Shinobi III” & “Ristar”, in lieu of “Revenge of Shinobi” & “Sonic Spinball”.

   If this new (PS3 & the “other” console) collection floats somebody’s boat then fine, it just stinks & sinks for me.

   I guess the PSP releases “Capcom Classics Collection Remixed” & “Capcom Classics Collection Reloaded” will be next for the PS3; probably via the PlayStation Network (where the SEGA compilation should have been released too).

   The “…Reloaded” title contains a couple of items some of you may find interesting to catch up on before this Friday…

   Street Fighter II
   Street Fighter II: Champion Edition
   Street Fighter II: Hyper Fighting

   BFN,

   fp.

   
   Comment by fanpages — Feb 16, 2009 @ 10:46 pm

6. Mental to release as Genesis since Megadrive was its name in both japan AND europe.

   I am a massive retro fan but i feel like i’ve seen these titles too many times in compilations, HD gfx huh? what does that really mean though? Certainly doesn’t mean enhanced.

   On the plus side its a lot of retro goodies for little money so i’ll probably buy it

   And @ 5, no way was your BBC shifting stuff around as fast as a Megadrive was. I have a few BBC Micro’s and none of them perform like Sega’s 16 bit blackbox …………. imho

   
   Comment by jeegee — Feb 16, 2009 @ 11:57 pm

7. If this was on the PS Store i’d probably buy it at some point but I wouldn’t bother with the disk version.

   
   Comment by Dwarfsmuggler — Feb 17, 2009 @ 12:16 pm

8. No Gunstar Heroes, no Thunderforce games, no thankyou!

   
   Comment by marvzilla — Feb 17, 2009 @ 1:02 pm

9. *forms queue of one*

   @ fp - the PS2 Capcom Classics Collection works fine on PS3

   
   Comment by mobiletone — Feb 17, 2009 @ 7:14 pm

10. 

    Talking of 60Gb PS3 consoles, ‘tone’… my order of a 500GB 2.5″ internal SATA hard drive unit turned up today so I can finally upgrade my big black dust magnet & stop having to remove installation files from my existing Blu-ray games so that I can download videos from the ‘Store(s) each week.

    Wish me luck…

    —

    Do you also have the “Activision Hits: Remixed” compilation for your PSP, or the forerunner on the PS2, “Activision Anthology”?

    Or maybe the “Midway Arcade Treasures” volumes, or even the “Taito Legends” dual set?

    I admire the Companies trying to keep their legacy titles going & introducing them to a new audience on each iteration of the video games consoles, but you’d think there was nothing at all to play developed solely for the current generation.

    But there is a market for it.

    I bet a number of us here wherever we buy a new device that is capable of playing games end up trying to source the same old “Pac-Man” or “Wolfenstein 3D” titles.

    If nobody bought the compilation titles then they’d stop making them [you'd think].

    BFN,

    fp.

    
    Comment by fanpages — Feb 17, 2009 @ 9:44 pm

11. Pre-ordered, gonna play on my street fighter IV fightpad, got Sonic Gems Collection too on G-cube, mainly for Sonic CD, sadly sold my megadrive/mega cd collection last summer

    Just waiting for Gunstar Heroes to appear on Psn/Xbl, bought the wii Vc version in all it’s bordered 50hz glory…

    If Mario all stars and starwing appear on Wii Vc, might finally get rid of my Snes…

    
    Comment by Mr.Monkey — Feb 18, 2009 @ 9:30 am

12. PS. “Sega Mega Drive Console With 15 Games” (and the ability to play your old, dusted-down, cartridges) to be released on 24 April 2009…

    [ http://www.play.com/Gadgets/Gadgets/4-/8922102/-/Product.html ]
    —
    Games included:
    Alex Kid, Alien Storm, Altered Beast, Arrow Flash, Bonanza Bros., Columns, Crack Down, Decap Attack, E Swat, Fatal Labyrinth, Flicky, Gain Ground, Golden Axe, Shadow Dancer, Sonic And Knuckles

    Description
    The Blaze Sega Mega Drive two player console is the ultimate home retro games console, bringing back the glory days of the Sega Mega Drive!

    This stylish 2-player console features 15 Sega-licenced games built-in, including Sonic And Knuckles, Alex Kidd, Golden Axe and many more! As well as these built in games, you can use original Mega Drive and Genesis cartridges from all regions!

    Easy to set up straight out of the box, the Sega Mega Drive Twin Player Console really is the perfect home retro console.
    —

    Time to avoid the spiders in your attic & dig out the box marked “Mega Drive” (you never thought you’d go back to).

    eBay here you come…

    BFN,

    fp.

    
    Comment by fanpages — Mar 15, 2009 @ 12:29 am

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