Sega Genesis Collection for PS2 and PSP on the way |
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The PS2 or PSP don't have their own Virtual console Wii-Style or Xbox Live Arcade to download games from, but the availability of retro games for the PSP has just taken a leap with the announcement of Sega Genesis Collection for both the PS2 and the PSP. This is another one of those popular re-release packages that will contain 30 classic titles from your youth in one pack.
As 1UP correctly stated, "the collection is not only a terrific snapshot of what gaming was 15 years ago, but an opportunity for a whole new generation of gamers to experience the titles that once defined Sega as one of gaming's most revered publishers". These are some of the games that I grew up with, and I can't wait to play them again!
Some of the younger gamers out there may not remember some of the games, but will recognise popular franchises such as Sonic the Hedgehog, Glodex Axe, Columns and Ecco the Dolphin - the game which I could never complete. Sega have said that the games will be reproduced (or to use a word which is slightly more fitting, 'ported') with "the utmost accuracy to the originals as possible" by developer Backbone Entertainment. Also, the PSP version will allow wireless multiplayer for several of the games, giving 2.7+ firmware PSP owners the chance to see what they are missing out on with wonderful emulators like DGEN.
Sega Genesis Collection will be available this fall. Here's the full list of titles: Alex Kidd - The Enchanted Castle, Altered Beast, Bonanza Bros, Columns, Comix Zone, Decap Attack, Ecco the Dolphin, Ecco: The Tides of Time, Ecco Jr, Eternal Champions, Flicky, Gain Ground, Golden Axe, Golden Axe II, Golden Axe III, Phantasy Star II, Phantasy Star III, Phantasy Star IV, Ristar, Shadow Dancer: Secret of Shinobi, Shinobi III, Sonic The Hedgehog, Sonic The Hedgehog 2, Super Thunderblade, Sword of Vermillion, Vectorman, Vectorman 2, Virtua Fighter 2.
I must admit, I don't know half of them; but for the other half, it's probably the best UMD purchase you'd make.
Via 1UP
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More games.
Make new games, stop bringing up old ones. We got emulators for that!
This has been reported on already and I saw this article on Kotaku on few hours ago.
that's craaaap!! Where the hell is Streets of Rage... & Street Fighter?!?
They could easily get a couple a 100 onto a UMD. Emulation FTW!
I don't see Shining Force. Huge fail.
Maybe cuz street fighter isnt a sega franchise
needs to be there, or I'm not buying
//not that I buy anyway
I'm still buying this for PSP I always wanted sonic on it + Phantasy star. However I'm disapointed that Sonic 3 and Sonic & Knuckles were not annouced very sad.
no sonic 3, sonic and knuckles... shame they couldn't get street fighter 2, streets of rage, or road rash either... i think i'll stick to dgen if i want to play genesis games
just another crappy release that reminds me why I don't buy new games :(
I'll keep using emulators...
Buy a game or else PSP will sink as fast as Dreamcast did. I am sure McDonalds can use some help.
/bows
this maybe suprise for u 2 but street fighter are actually capcom games O.o omg shocking isnt it and also not all people that have psp can use emulators so this probly will be awesome for those that never use emulator and still want some classic games.
Ecco 1, Jr
Altered Beast
Golden Axe 1, 2, 3
Phantasy Stars 2, 3, 4
Virtua Fighter 2
These are great games (better than Capcom collection), and of course like some of you said, it's a pity that Streets of Rage 1, 2, 3 (Especially 2) is not in the list.
Sonic 3 should be in there!!! Oh well, Sonic Mega Collection should be available for the PSP, I hope. I'm going to buy this, it's way better than the Capcom collection IMO. Yes, there are emulators, but I bet this comes with special features for each game.
Why are they pushing it so hard like it WAS something good? It was but for Sega SATURN and ARCADE. Not the Genesis, I wish they'd stop putting Virtua Fighter 2 on Genesis collection. Come out with a Saturn hits and include Virtua Fighter 2 on that instead!
This is possibly one of Sony's 'brilliant' ideas to combat emulators.
I own the games I emulate, but that wouldn't stop me from buying the legit collection. As good as some emulators are, I prefer the real thing (except when they screw it up).
That is actually a pretty tight list of titles. Namco should look at that be be 100% ashamed of their "Namco Collections"
So it doens't have EVERY Sega game you want. You're getting a helluva lot more than most developers would opt for
Maybe it is a Sony response to homebrewed emulators, or perhaps they reason that many people want a PSP to play emulated games on, and it may not be possible to do that on newer PSPs, so this is Sony's solution.
But if that is Sony's response to homebrew, then I will respond back to Sony by downloading all those games and playing then on DGEN for PSP. 1.5 forever!
Seriously, though, I almost feel sorry for Sony when they depend on the sell of games to make profits in the PSP department. Just kidding! If the PSP dies I will just wait for Microsoft to make an Xbox portable which would be better and hopefully have better homebrew support (hackable or open).
The reason they dont include alot of games on there is because they will probably come out with volume 2
Where are Virtual Fighter, Road Rage and Splatterhouse
Where's Warsong, Streets of Rage, and Shining Force? This is bogus. Plus, it should be for the DS, because the PSP already has these games emulated! What more do we need?
Honestly Phantasy Star 2/4 and both Sonics woulda sold the UMD for me. Thankfully I have PSPGenesis for those titles tho... but my brothers can stick to this collection!
hi,
the Genesis is the Megadrive. Psp updates should carry both names. Its only called the Genesis in USA and Canada. Not Europe, Asia and Japan.
Still, I hope we this over in Europe (and UK) cos the megadrive was the first console i ever owned.
If you could load Roms from MEM stick it would be perfect. But that probably wouldn't happen, would it.
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They could always release this and for the PSP version, they could possibly add downloadable games which get downloaded on the memory stick, and show up on the games list when you play that UMD.
Likewise Shame Sonic 3 or Knuckles arn't on there, but they should have also added Phantasy Star one onto that collection. And Knuckles Chaotix, even though that was 32X.
one thing about sega which i find annoying is that they've rereleased sonic 1,2 etc so many times on so many platforms which is great but everyone has played them,
i don't know why they don't rerelease some of their quality saturn games most notably panzer dragoon saga, best game sega ever made and one of the best games period.
decap attack what a great game used to be one of my favourites and has one of the best game endings ever
Where is Toejam and Earl?
Streets of Rage?? They were one of their best titles! Ever!
Why does this site have non-gamers reporting gaming news? This fool admits not knowing half of those Genesis games listed, and not being able to even finish Sonic 1 or "Glodex Axe" (it's Golden Axe you moron!).
That's just pitiful.
This site sucks. Fast with news, yes. Innacurate and inept, YES.
he said that he couldn't complete echo the dolphin not sonic1 or golden axe,
lol i' remeber playing echo the dolphin and didn't complete it, i'm sure i could have done but i thought it was proper boring
30 games?! Thats excellent!
Great choice too. Argue for your favourite games not being in all you want, but that UMD is gonna last a while. Surprised Sony is allowing it, theres always annoyance with stuff like this that it'd stop people buying more full price games as they are too busy with cheap ones.
ill stick to emulating all these roms on DGEN with my 1.5 firmware, thx
Isn't sonic coming to the 360 also. That guys doing more now than he did when he first came out. But, how about a new adventure, the first one was great but after you finish it on all the systems, it gets old.
Ecco was cool. My ex-wife beat that game. b*tch!
it´s a pretty neat game list but they should release a shenmue version for psp