SEGA Mega Drive: Ultimate Collection (PS3) [UK IMPORT] Reviews

Sega Mega Drive Ultimate Collection known in the US as Sonic's Ultimate Genesis Collection brings 40 Mega Drive games on both PS3 and XBOX 360 along with 9 games which are mostly arcade games while I think 2 are Master System Games.

Now finally they got something right with this collection it's been ages but Streets of Rage is here all 3 of them which was one of the main reasons I bought this for it's classic music specially SoR 2 I just love it. All the Sonic games are featured from Sonic 1, 2, 3, 3D, Sonic & Knuckles, Sonic Spinball, Dr Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine (which is just Puyo Puyo a game I have never quite liked) something that is missing is the lock on feature Sonic 3 with Knuckles has been taken out of the game which is a shame. It's great to see Comix Zone back it's still hard but it's still one hell of a good game (One thing I have to had Comix Zone had a problem for no reason the game crashed on level 1 emulation problem I think and I can tell you it wasn't my PS3 that crashed the game).

Many other titles are on here again the likes of the boring Ecco the Dolphin I could just never get into that game, Vectorman (I don't call this a classic at all), Gain Ground (I like the game but it's repeated again), Alex Kidd in Enchanted Castle (I didn't really think much of this one as Miracle World back on the Master System).

The game did need Gunstar Heroes a lot of people will agree with me on that one kind of makes me wonder why Dynamite Headdy is one the collection Gunstar Heroes was developed by Treasure as well and it's not on here. Dynamite Headdy is a classic game and I am glad it is here I still own the cartridge and I still think it's a great game even to this very day. What did annoy me though is Space Harrier 2 is missing that game is a classic and I thought Super Hang On should have been on here the music was awesome in that game.

The collection is full of RPG games to name one of them Shinning Force 1 & 2 are on the collection personally I am not a big RPG fan though I did like Final Fantasy 7 and 8. All the Phantasy Star games are here from Master System to the Mega Drive the problem is to unlock Phantasy Star you need to beat the boss in Sonic 2 with 2 players which is a pathetic way to unlock the game as if you don't have 2 controllers then you can't unlock it.

Space Harrier the arcade game is featured on this collection but the problem is the music doesn't sound right it hasn't been emulated that good kind of makes me think why didn't they use the 32X version. Shinobi the arcade game is also on the collection I have yet to unlock the game and also Fantasy Zone which is not that bad.

The trophy's in this game are easy certain ones will require you to collect so many coins or beat Stage 1 of Streets of Rage with all 3 characters they are easy to get.

The Sega Mega Drive Ultimate Collection doesn't have artwork of the games of the Mega Drive and only features the Genesis artwork as well as only having the US versions of game. This can be noticed as The Story of Thor is named as it's US name Beyond Oasis same goes for Sonic 3D: Flickies' Island as it was known here but in the US it is called Sonic 3D Blast. The interviews are the same from the last collection so no change at all.

Overall this game is worth buying as your getting 49 games altogether for the price of £24.99 I still own my Sega Mega Drive but it still doesn't stop me buying this collection. Some games are not all that good while others are classics it would have been nice to add some online for Streets of Rage or even Sonic 2. The last thing I have to add if you haven't played your Genesis or Mega Drive in a long time this will bring back the best times that Sega brought us unlike most of the bad games Sega are publishing/developing now.