Positives, Neutrals and Negatives Summary:
[+] Some of the best games from the SEGA Genesis era.
[+] Way better value than Wii's Virtual Console releases. About .60 cents a game!
[+] Quick load times and easy save functionality.
[ / ] Why wasn't it called "SEGA's Ultimate Genesis Collection"?
[ - ] "Enhanced" HD smoothing causes too much blurring, especially around text. Leave it on the crisp default pixel mode.
Sonic's Ultimate Genesis Collection is a sweet piece of SEGA's 16-bit Genesis history. If you were too young for that era in gaming, this is a good schooling of how games played during the '90s. Timing was critical, music was minimal (CDs were just starting to be used in that time), and gameplay had to be simple and engaging. Most of these games can be picked up without a glance of the manual. The included game manual itself is slim and black & white and doesn't feature all the games, but you can download a PDF of the games online. For those of you who lived that era of gaming, fond memories will come back as you hear the raspy voice sampling in Golden Axe and catchy soundtracks as in Shinobi. You can hear the techno influences in games like Streets of Rage. It's a little time capsule to the golden 2D era of gaming, and the jagged beginning of the 3D one...
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Eskimo Press: "At first glance Capcom's Arcade Cabinet looks like a must-buy for most old-school gamers -- Section Z, Ghost n' Goblins, Gun Smoke, the list goes on -- but this is not the case at all. It seems as though Capcom are just pissing off their core fans."
Capcom have been real cheapskates these past few years. They used to be one of my favorite developers/publishers. Back in the day I associated them with quality games that gave players a challenge. Now whenever they release a game I always think that I might as well not get that game until a few months, or a year later, because I know they're gonna release a "Super/ultra/deluxe" edition later, with extra content, and usually at a lower price
Man, I too miss the old days when CAPCOM made the classic Resident Evils, Breath of Fires and DMC. At the time I respected them and looked forward to their next game. Now I always look forward to their next blunder...
Im glad you used the word "cheapskate" because if theres one thing that really infuriated me about Capcom was SFxT.
They used the exact same characters from Street Fighter 4 and put them in SFxT and called it a new game, theyc ompletely ignored the fans requests for the different characters from other games and just cut corners. Then they take more copy/paste characters and charge us 20 dollars for it while they are still in the disc...
Oh Capcom you so classy....
anyone who supports & buys Scamcom games deserves whatever BS Scamcom gives them. If you haven't figured it out by now that Scamcom is just plain ripping everyone off with there nickel & diming you never will so just live with being ripped off.
The only way anything will ever change is to not support them. When they lose enough money they will either fix the problem of go out of business. At this point either option works for me.
LOl so much disagrees for you, it means that people like being scammed by Scammcom/Cahscom/Crapcom, those sheeps. Like Hano below.
wow i guess there are a lot of people that like to be scamed by scamcom(excellent name btw), otherwise i really cant see why you have so many disagrees, i for one agree with you,stop buying crapcom games and you wont get screwed over and they may actually gain some common sense.
I can't stand Cashcom. I too used to think they were cool (which they were) in terms of the games they released back in the day. But now, they're jus rediculous... On-Disc DLC, cutting franchises short (Mega Man), oh yea...RE5 and RE6.
I jus don't even bother with them anymore.
Not this again. I appreciate the crusade against Capcom done by some angry geeks.
However, Capcom remained strong in this business because through out their history they produced awesome games and continue to do so.
Sure the disk locked DLC was a dick move, but if you don't like something don't buy it. Some people just whine about anything Capcom related.
You don't think $45USD is too much for 15 mediocre retro 16bit games? Each to their own, I guess.
I have seen people gobble up bad games like Aliens CM and buy COD map packs for insane amounts of money.
I'm saying that anything Capcom does, some people hold torches and forks and talk shit about the company. But it doesn't change the fact they make great games.
So for this deal, you have the option to wait and buy the full pack for 30$ or buy the games you want individually or don't buy the games at all if you think the asking price is too much. That's the best way to send them a message.
However, some people seem to have it in for Capcom sometimes even if the situation doesn't call for such behavior.
@Hano:
So what if Activision does it too? How does one wrong make another right? What the hell kinda void logic...? SMH
thank god team ninja hasn't done that, all the dlc for the wii u version of ninja gaiden razor's edge, all dlc is free, and all the new 25 trial levels, and costumes, and all other extra content on the ps3 and 360 versions, the wii u is going to get all of that content too as a free download. if capcom ever brings tha game to wii u? i will pass, thank you, i love old arcade classics, but not that much. what happened to you capcom? you are all about the money now, how sad,oh well keep it up, and you'll end up like thq!!
PSU.com takes a look at yet another classic gaming anthem, this time from SEGA's retro-tastic brawler, Streets of Rage 3, available as part of Sonic's Ultimate Genesis Collection/Sega Mega Drive Ultimate Collection.
Even though the Genesis eventually lost the 16-bit era to the SNES, it is quite clear that the 1989-1996 timeframe was just a battle, and Sega has undoubetdly gone on to win the war. The Genesis had many AMAZING games, and this collection is just a small sample. You could easily fill 2 more collections with high quality Genesis games that are not included on this or other collections. For Example, Sega's Disney games were all top-notch, although they will probably never be released again because it is doubtful that Sega still owns the rights to them.
The simple fact that this collection not only was released, but has been a top seller for both PS3 and 360 speaks volumes about the greatness of the Sega Genesis. Plus, there have already been Genesis collections made for PS2, PSP, Gamecube, Xbox, and Gameboy Advance, not to mention Wii Virtual Console and Xbox live arcade. Sega's 16-bit games have stood the test of time, while most other 16-bit games have faded into obscurity. The games still look good, even by today's standards, and still play extremely well. The Sega Genesis was truly the pinnacle of 2D gaming.