Writing that post the other day about the Sega Genesis titles got me feeling rather nostalgic. I’ve written about nostalgia recently, along with dedicating a significant portion of last week’s podcast to the topic. Regardless of whether or not nostalgia worked well or not is besides the point. What the point is, is that I ended up searching for a particular PS3 title that could sate my desire to play some Sega games. My brother-in-law picked up a copy of said title a few years ago, and I did play it a bit back then, but realized that I hadn’t really dug deep enough into it. I wanted a copy of my own. The game? Sonic’s Ultimate Genesis Collection.
A collection of almost 50 games, this package was worth it’s original asking price (whatever that may have been), but the $18 I paid for a copy at Gamestop yesterday was even better. Not only does the collection have many of the games I listed in my recent post, it has other titles that I still enjoy but didn’t include. I thought I’d make a list of the games for those of you who are curious, with a small amount of commentary:
- Alex Kidd
- Alien Storm
- Alien Syndrome
- Altered Beast (+ arcade version)
- Beyond Oasis (on my list)
- Bonanza Bros.
- Columns
- Comix Zone
- Congo Bongo
- Decap Attack
- Dr. Robotnik’s Mean Bean Machine
- Dynamite Headdy
- Ecco the Dolphin
- Ecco: Tides of Time
- ESWAT
- Fantasy Zone
- Fatal Labyrinth (on my list)
- Flicky
- Gain Ground
- Golden Axe (on my list)
- Golden Axe 2
- Golden Axe 3
- Golden Axe Warrior
- Kid Chameleon (on my list)
- Phantasy Star
- Phantasy Star II
- Phantasy Star III (on my list)
- Phantasy Star IV (on my list)
- Ristar
- Shining Force (on my list)
- Shining Force II (on my list)
- Shining in the Darkness
- Shinobi (arcade)
- Shinobi III
- Sonic the Hedgehog
- Sonic 2
- Sonic 3 (on my list)
- Sonic & Knuckles (on my list)
- Sonic 3D Blast
- Sonic Spinball
- Space Harrier
- Streets of Rage
- Streets of Rage 2 (on my list)
- Streets of Rage 3
- Super Thunder Blade
- Vectorman
- Vectorman 2
- Zaxxon
There are a lot of good games here, but then there’s a lot of crap too. Some of the games that made this collection I can’t help but ask, why? Others make sense and I owned most of them at one point or another. I have a lot of fond memories of many of the titles, but the ones I absolutely adore made it on to my other list. Last night I didn’t play as much as I would have liked, but I was in the mood for some puzzle-game action, so I played Mean Bean Machine and Columns. The former was a lot harder than I remembered, the latter was still super easy, to the point that I just shut it off because I was at level 50 and didn’t think I’d lose any time soon. I also fired up the first Phantasy Star game because I had never played it before, and it was on of those games that I just don’t see myself ever playing. It is a conversion of a Master System (8-bit) title, so it’s really dated and I just couldn’t handle it. Phantasy Star II (another that I hadn’t played) felt a bit better, but was still annoying. Having played IV the most, and it being the best of the series made the others fall flat. I still need to dive into some of these other games, but now that I own them all, there’s time.
That’s it for today. Been a busy day, I still have podcast editing to do, and I wanted to meet the deadline (which is fast approaching). I have something planned for tomorrow, so hopefully I’ll get it posted earlier in the day. Until then.
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