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 enlarge | From: Sega Of America, Inc.
Category: Video Games
List Price: $19.99
Buy New: $17.85
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Avg. Customer Rating:  33 reviews
Sales Rank: 5091
Platform: Playstation2
ESRB: Teen
Media: Video Game
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Age: 12 - 20 years
Operating System: Playstation 2
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.3 x 0.6
MPN: 63111
UPC: 010086631111
EAN: 0010086631111
ASIN: B000HQBZOM
Release Date: November 7, 2006
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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 Excellent Compilation With Minor Flaws February 20, 2007
4 out of 6 found this review helpful
I'm a self-proclaimed Sega junkie. I owned a Sega Genesis for the better part of 10 years and played it every day right up to the very end of its life and I still continued playing during the Dreamcast years and continued to purchase future Sega games and compilations over the years, from the Sega Smash Pack on the Dreamcast to the Gamecube's Sonic Mega Collection (I have yet to obtain the Gems Collection) and now I finally got my hands on one of the games I've looked forward to most in 2006: The Sega Genesis Collection.
It really is like a larger Sega Smash Pack, complete with 28 console games and 5 unlockable arcade emulations. Many of Sega's classic standbys, including Sonic, Altered Beast, Vectorman and Phantasy Star, are on here, along with a few underrated gems, including Comix Zone, Ristar and Columns. There are a few included games that are rather on the junky side, however, and pose the question of the exclusion of such games as Shining Force, Streets of Rage and The Ooze (another underrated classic that was included along with Comix Zone on the PS2 and XBox versions of Sonic Mega Collection). There is also reason to wonder why the original Revenge of Shinobi isn't included, but this may have to do with copyright issues over Spider-Man (yes, Spider-Man) appearing in level 6.
Here's a breakdown of the compilation's better games (no separate ratings):
Altered Beast: A classic arcade game. Simple yet difficult enough to keep you playing for many hours and can be a good time-waster for about 20 or so minutes. Each transformation has its own powerful and unique abilities, with the only one that doesn't make the boss truly easier being the tiger.
Bonanza Bros: Although I have only played the game once so far, the concept is interesting and will have me playing again in the future. You play as one of the two Bros (a second player can play as well as the other) and try to elude security as you steal what you can and make it out alive.
Columns: An underrated puzzle game. I had my doubts at first when it appeared on the Dreamcast copy of Sega Smash Pack, but I was hooked once I got into it. (This is coming from a serious Tetris player as well)
Comix Zone: A difficult platformer cult classic. Death comes easily if you don't watch it, but the difficulty, concept and graphics (especially for the time) are really what drive the game. Also notable with this particular game is the use of more than the standard A, B and C buttons. (the Genesis version requires a controller with X, Y and Z buttons)
Golden Axe 1 & 2: The original is a classic action arcade game, with the second following in its footsteps with better graphics, a new story and a fixed battle system. (The original had some problems that made the game more difficult to play) Also, the original features two more levels than the original arcade version, including a boss stronger than Death Adder.
Phantasy Star II: I have yet to play the others, but I really enjoy this one and STILL have not beaten it. Incredibly difficult, even for an RPG, it's for serious RPG veterans only, in my humble opinion.
Ristar: A very solid game from the Sonic Team that provides a surprisingly high fun factor and replay value where your arms are your weapons, grabbing things and throwing them about.
Sonic The Hedgehog 1 & 2: Fun-filled action with speed with one spiny blue mascot and his two-tailed fox companion. Need I say more?
Vectorman: A very entertaining shooter/action platformer that does follow a story and plays very well. The cheats are very amusing, including things such as spelling out words or blowing up a Sega logo. The second had a similar playing style, but in my opinion lacked in creativity in story and in the menus.
Honorable mentions to Kid Chameleon, Decap Attack and Virtua Fighter 2. They're not THE best material on here, but better than others. (like the sad attempt of Sega to make a good mascot out of Alex Kidd) Note as well that Kid Chameleon has remained a firm staple for certain other Sega compilations as well.
Final Word: Perhaps one of the best old-school compilations on the market (others include, for instance, Namcomuseum) the Sega Genesis Collection is an essential for any game collection. The variety and playability far outstreches the competition and will actually have you coming back for more and more.
****/ 5 Stars for general fun factor and variety, 4 stars for inclusion of bad games rather than much better and more deserving games. \****
 My memories are better February 19, 2007
1 out of 12 found this review helpful
I have been a videogame nut since I got my first NES back when they were new. games like duck hunt, super mario bros., and spy hunter, to name just a few, wasted a good portion of my childhood that i could have been out fishing or developing social skills or any number of, what some people might think of as, more productive activities. Do I regret it or feel like I wasted my childhood? For the most part no as I remember thouroughly enjoying games and, to me, the enjoyment is what was important. I only regret not better developing my social skills as i would now consider myself an antisocial butterfly. To this day i still enjoy video games and i think that is why i am a little jaded about these games. By todays gaming standards the Genesis games are excruciatingly hard, or at least the ones i've played so far. Not only excruciatingly hard but frustratingly cheaply hard. I realize that this comes from how dated the technology behind these games are, but still this is rediculous. For example the first bad guy I fought in Golden Axe, one of my favorite arcade games from the past, killed me over and over again simply because my sword could not reach him while his slighlty shorter club seemed to deal me serious damage simply from the gust of air that it would send in my direction when the club was swung. To make matters worse once his mysterious wind attack (and i am being cynical, it is really just piss poor hit detection) hit my character he would drop to his knees so my adversary could wail on him some more. I had a similar problem with Alex Kidd (which I had never played but remembered a childhood pal raving about it). Every time i would try to jump on a platform Ol' Alex would slide off as if it were made of ice or if the idiot were jumping around on greased roller skates. I have found problems like these in nearly every game I've tried. I know i alreay compared the difficulty of these games to todays games but i think i must clarify that up against modern games most of these games wouldn't be considered hard or challenging, really they would be considered broken. Yet for all my bitching and moaning the collection is not a total waste. The familiar nostalgia was worth the price of admission (20 bucks for 27 games is a steal even if the games do seem broken). And, while i haven't played them all, one or two gems can be found that don't seem broken such as the Shinobies and one great game i had never even heard of called Decap Attack. Decap attack is like Mega Man only if mega man was a mummy with no head, attack eyes in his stomach and a penchant for wearing skulls and tossing them at wacky cartoon like characters. Even though some games are still fun and this collection opens a pipeline of memories remain forewarned that after a few hours with this collection i have been asking myself how videogames ever made it with such random control and hit detection problems.
 Great collection of classic RPG games February 10, 2007
Lots of fun, great collection of games. I was especially pleased with the RPG games included, the Phantasy Star series and Sword of Vermilion. I was never a fan of the Altered Beast, but the arcade version that's included is a little more fun. I'm glad Ecco made it on there as well. This collection disc was the final push I needed to buy a PS2 and I don't regret it. I really hope there's a follow up collection of the same quality.
Classic Genesis 2D Entertainment February 3, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Some of our favorite Sega Genesis games finally rose from the dead onto the Playstation 2. Rather than brining out your old Genesis system and cartridges from storage and hooking wires to the television set, it's refreshing good quality Genesis games are available on one PS2 disc. It's impossible to dislike this lot as the games designers choose not to meddle with the graphics and game play.
Every game offers its original authentic splash as it did on the Genesis console which includes option to use cheats that galvanized the Genesis era. All the Sonic codes are accessible, including level select and Gold Sonic. The fun will be immediate too because it's hard to envision anyone who could get enough Golden Axe, Sonic, Virtua Fighter, and Vectorman. Columns may be the only unapproachable game unless Tetris is your type of puzzle fun.
Moreover, there's plenty of satisfaction as the variation contain action, side-stroller, RPG, shooter, and fighter. That's proof of a jam-pack collection.
In addition to twenty-eight Sega games, another generous three can be easily unlocked by meeting goals in specific levels and to discover how, requirements to unlock them can be found on the Internet, do a quick Google search. However you'll be dissatisfied with the three-bonus games, they appeal more as a novelty than legitimate game play. Sega should have included them without invoking us to meet objectives. Other than that small scuffle, hours will be surrendered playing through this vast collection.
Also there are unlockable video clips and some unravel just by selecting a game off the menu list while others demand skill. There are a bundle of interviews obtainable within the CD package. Even more, arcade mode opens when meeting certain tasks. Such added features boost the desire to play even longer.
Anyone unaware of these oldies who are experimenting something new, it will seem hard to look beyond the ordinary surface, from a graphical standpoint. These days everyone expect realism and none of that exist here. If unsure whether you may be interested, rent before you winch forth $20. For retro players it's an obvious no-brainer, shell out the Thomas Jefferson bill. The price for one game amounts to merely seventy-one cents each. These games are perfect translation to the console and arcade counterpart. The entertainment simply piles up the more you play. True Sega supporters benefit the most from this recent collection. The likelihood of today's gamers enjoying this classic archive is slim, and they'll most likely be amused on what retro players considered pure fun. Back then we were blown away by such gaming technology. It's cool reliving past memories when we did not know better.
If more people knew about this collection, Wii's Virtual Console and Xbox Live Arcade would go extinct January 27, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
It's important to keep in mind that many of these games are now selling for $8 a piece on the Wii's Virtual Console. Also, Sega recently released the first Sonic the Hedgehog game for $20 on the GBA. So you're getting huge value for your money by buying this collection instead.
I never played any of these games before (I was a Nintendo kid), so nostalgia isn't clouding my view. I just like a good game, and I can appreciate gaming history when I see it.
Ths slow platformers I could do without - Alexx Kid, Decap Attack, Ristar - they're just not my thing.
But everything else is just top-notch, whether you're in the mood for a fun, co-op multiplayer game, a hardcore action game, an epic RPG, or just a mesmerizing puzzle game.
On top of all the fantastic games, you're also getting interviews with the developers, pictures of the box art, and little "Did You Know?" facts about each game. The whole thing also runs in Progressive Scan, which is nice (although hardly noticeable, for obvious reasons).
Overall - this is not just a collection for Sega fans, nor just a cheaper way to get all these old classics in one package. It's just a great buy for anybody who loves games, and understands the fact that what makes a game "good" isn't bump-mapping or high-def output.
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