40-game-mega-drive-compilation

[ParanoiaDragon]

No Custer's Revenge?!?  MADNESS!  This collection, I will NOT buy!

[CrackTiger]

Sega e-mailed me say that this game is in stores now! I checked the official site and it now lists the unlockable titles-

Plus 9 UNLOCKABLE GAMES:

· Golden Axe Warrior (SEGA Master System)
· Phantasy Star (SEGA Master System)
· Alien Syndrome (Arcade)
· Altered Beast (Arcade)
· Congo Bongo (Arcade)
· Fantasy Zone (Arcade)
· Shinobi (Arcade)
· Space Harrier (Arcade)
· Zaxxon (Arcade)

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Golden Axe Warrior is a nice touch. I'm now broke till the end of the week, but I'll still probably rent it first to see what it's like. Although arcade sound tests would be worth buying it for if it's $35 tops here.

Anyone buy this yet?

[Joe Redifer]

I bought it.  It is $29.  No sound tests for arcade games.    Anyway, here are my thoughts:

The game defaults to 4:3 and with the filter off, so that is good.  You can turn it on and off at will and stretch the screen to 16:9 at any time.  You can also adjust the size of the screen minutely in 4:3 mode if need be.  Each game has their own customized border (even the arcade games, though not actual cabinet art) and that is kind of cool.  The emulation for the most part is pretty good, better than Digital Eclipse usually does (which is not surprising since they did not handle this).  However the sound emulation is not completely perfect.  The voices sound scratchier than a real Genesis, maybe a bit more like a bad Genesis 2 or 3.  The music sounds fine from what I can tell.  However some of the louder sounds clip and become pretty much pure static, like when you approach the boss in Altered Beast (arcade version) and he blows up just before he begins fighting.  Instead of the explosion sound, you get bursts of static.  This is pretty rare, though.  Also I noticed that in SHinobi there is an instrument missing in the CONTINUE screen countdown music.  The rest of the game looks and sounds fine.

Now let's talk about Space Harrier.  This is an unlockable arcade game, but you won't want to play it here.  First of all, ALL of the sound and music is at a higher pitch than normal.  "Welcome to the Fantasy Zone " and other vocal samples sounds more like a pre-teen than a man.  Also the control is just like the arcade meaning that when you let go of a dirrection you snap back into the middle.  Unless you are playing on the Saturn with the Mission Stick or the actual arcade, this just won't do and makes it very difficult to control.

Otherwise it is a good collection.  I still need to beat Dr Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine to get the last trophy and that game is hard as hell!  Also, in order to unlock Phantasy Star 1, you need to beat the first boss in Sonic 2 with two players.  WTF?  So you MUST have a second controller.

[esteban]

I bought it.  It is $29.  No sound tests for arcade games.    Anyway, here are my thoughts:

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Now let's talk about Space Harrier.  This is an unlockable arcade game, but you won't want to play it here.  First of all, ALL of the sound and music is at a higher pitch than normal.  "Welcome to the Fantasy Zone " and other vocal samples sounds more like a pre-teen than a man.  Also the control is just like the arcade meaning that when you let go of a dirrection you snap back into the middle.  Unless you are playing on the Saturn with the Mission Stick or the actual arcade, this just won't do and makes it very difficult to control.

Otherwise it is a good collection.  I still need to beat Dr Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine to get the last trophy and that game is hard as hell!  Also, in order to unlock Phantasy Star 1, you need to beat the first boss in Sonic 2 with two players.  WTF?  So you MUST have a second controller.

Hey, I'm assuming you got the Xbox 360 version, correct?

I'm tempted to pick this up, but the lack of Moonwalker (arcade version) is killing me. What  was Sega thinking?

Seriously, though, it's a damn shame that Space Harrier misses the mark. It's not a deal-breaker, though, since I have the SMS cartridge already.

[guyjin]

I'm tempted to pick this up, but the lack of Moonwalker (arcade version) is killing me. What  was Sega thinking?

that Michael Jackson has cooties and they don't want to associate with him anymore.
though he did make that cameo in space channel 5...

[Joe Redifer]

No Moonwalker because that is a licensed title.

And no, I got the PS3 version.  I don't like turning on the Xbox360 ever, because I am afraid it will break.  So I get all of my games on the PS3 which I don't have to fear will die on me.

[esteban]

No Moonwalker because that is a licensed title.

And no, I got the PS3 version.  I don't like turning on the Xbox360 ever, because I am afraid it will break.  So I get all of my games on the PS3 which I don't have to fear will die on me.

Hahaha.  I hear ya

So, have you (or anyone) heard if the Xbox version is pretty much identical (performance-wise) to the PS3 release? I'd get this for my brother, since I owe him.

[Joe Redifer]

I haven't heard anything that makes it stand out from the PS3 version in any way, good or bad.  An article about the compilation is going up today I think at Sega-16, and the site owner (Ken) who wrote it has the Xbox 360 version.