Sega unveils Mega Drive Ultimate Collection

  • Posted November 7th, 2008 at 08:01 EDT by Mike Harradence
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SEGA has strapped on its retro boots and unwrapped the first details on its long rumoured Sega Mega Drive Ultimate Collection pack for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.

Due out in early 2009, the compilation features some of the 16-bit consoles most celebrated classics, including Sonic the Hedgehog 2, Streets of Rage, Ecco the Dolphin, in addition to a couple of top picks from the Sega Master System and Arcade platforms.

Gary Knight, European Marketing Director for Sega Europe, commented, "Sega Mega Drive Ultimate Collection is a must-have for any Sega enthusiast,” adding, "Fans will get a chance to relive fond memories from these classic games in HD format."

Pricing details have yet to be confirmed, but we're hoping the publisher will see fit to slap an attractive budget price on the package.

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  1. Odium_Generis_Humani

    • 8:12am GMT - November 7th, 2008

    Wow.  I'm interested in this!  Memories.  I wish they could have posted the whole list.  I'm looking for Space Harrier, After Burner, Herzog Zwei (look that one up!), Shadow Dancer (and any other Shinobi game), plus so much more.  Time to deliver Sega...

  2. rahstar2003 | explosive78

    • 8:13am GMT - November 7th, 2008

    im actually interested in this.

  3. Odium_Generis_Humani

    • 8:29am GMT - November 7th, 2008

    Being able to put them on the PSP would be nice, too.

  4. vibe666

    • 8:33am GMT - November 7th, 2008

    considering you could fit rom rips of the complete back catalogue of every single megadrive game onto a  single dvd, I don't see why it shouldn't be a 100% complete set.  it's not like they could make any money of them any other way, unless they want to make them all individually available on psn and xbl maybe?

  5. Solrac | Solrac7688

    • 9:06am GMT - November 7th, 2008

    They should have the Sonic trilogy including Sonic and Knuckles

  6. lidders | lidders

    • 9:33am GMT - November 7th, 2008

    @3

    There is already a megadrive collection for the PSP.  Turn your PSP into a GameGear!

  7. PS3lady

    • 9:44am GMT - November 7th, 2008

    i want that simpsons arcade game to come on ps3

  8. wufei | Wufenopolis

    • 9:45am GMT - November 7th, 2008

    shining force series and phantasy star series better make it on there.  revenge of shinobi and ghouls and ghosts would be cool too..

  9. C0SM0NECR0

    • 9:53am GMT - November 7th, 2008

    Ghouls and Ghosts is actually Capcom but yeah, that would be sweet.  ;)

  10. Dave-The-Rave | Dave-The-Rave

    • 10:17am GMT - November 7th, 2008

    How is this news? Sega releases a "Mega Collection" every other week !! lol..now if they added trophies that could be interesting, otherwise I still have my copy of mega collection on my PS2

     

    Edit - With the size of Blu-rays now they could fit their entire catalogue onto one

  11. lordAlucard | Sympozium_666

    • 10:46am GMT - November 7th, 2008

    No Mega Drive ultimate Collection is complete without SYRIDER

  12. gingo | gingo

    • 11:30am GMT - November 7th, 2008

    psn id: gingo... this would be a very worthy buy and if sega make the proper choices and put a good price on it, it could be a big seller

  13. *Chris*

    • 11:41am GMT - November 7th, 2008

    Streets of Rage!! Loved that game.

  14. cjb_bjc

    • 12:04pm GMT - November 7th, 2008

    The full list will include:

    • Alex Kidd in the Enchanted Castle
    • Alien Storm
    • Altered Beast
    • Beyond Oasis
    • Bonanza Bros.
    • Columns
    • Comix Zone
    • Decap Attack starring Chuck D. Head
    • Dr. Robotnik's MBM
    • Dynamite Headdy
    • Ecco the Dolphin
    • Ecco II: The Tides of Time
    • E-SWAT
    • Fatal Labyrinth
    • Flicky
    • Gain Ground
    • Golden Axe I
    • Golden Axe II
    • Golden Axe III
    • Kid Chameleon
    • Phantasy Star II
    • Phantasy Star III: Generations of Doom
    • Phantasy Star IV: The End of the Millennium
    • Ristar
    • Shining in the Darkness
    • Shining Force
    • Shining Force 2
    • Shinobi III: Return of the Ninja Master
    • Sonic 3D Blast
    • Sonic and Knuckles
    • Sonic Spinball
    • Sonic The Hedgehog
    • Sonic The Hedgehog 2
    • Sonic The Hedgehog 3
    • Streets of Rage
    • Streets of Rage 2
    • Streets of Rage 3
    • Super Thunder Blade
    • Vectorman
    • Vectorman 2

    Source : http://www.ps3fanboy.com/2008/11/06/sega-mega-drive-ultimate-collection-announced-for-early-2009/

    I love the Sega Mega Drive! I cant wait for this! For once all good titles, no BS!

    Price Tag will be around $29.99 i think could be £29.99 tho, think thats more likely!

  15. C0SM0NECR0

    • 12:12pm GMT - November 7th, 2008

     HOLY COW FECES!!!  SWEET!  That's awesome!  I'm a getting this un definetly.  Hopefully they can shoot for a $9.99 price range.  I think that's reasonable.  

  16. bracomadar | bracomadar

    • 1:09pm GMT - November 7th, 2008

    Michael Jackson's Moonwalker!

  17. mmntech

    • 1:56pm GMT - November 7th, 2008

    I already have the PSP collection. The games here are pretty much the same as 2006's version with only a few more added. I wish Sega would release Sonic CD in one of these compellations for PS in North America. One of the best Sonic games ever IMO.

  18. Tseng VII | TsengVII

    • 2:16pm GMT - November 7th, 2008

    @14 Thanks for the list, that's really interesting :P

  19. shamurai7

    • 2:34pm GMT - November 7th, 2008

    yep already got this for the PSP....its called sega collection.    awesome psp title!   they added a few more to this version but with the blu ray capacity i was hoping for a complete sega collection of all sega games. Its a shame it will only need half a gig on a 50 gig disc for all these games.

  20. rexdeath | rexdeath

    • 3:02pm GMT - November 7th, 2008

    I just want Sonic 1-3, they're the only ones I'd play.

  21. B4yron

    • 3:52pm GMT - November 7th, 2008

    I have Sonic 1, 2, 3 and Knuckles on 16 bit mega drive.

  22. iplayonlysony

    • 4:35pm GMT - November 7th, 2008

    If you guys just want to play sonic, why don't you just buy the sonic collection that came out on the ps2 a couple of years ago? 

  23. Punisher99

    • 6:05pm GMT - November 7th, 2008

    I often wonder why this console was not named "Sega Genesis" world wide? And where is "Revenge Of Shinobi? This was the best Shinobi game they had.

  24. AuthenticM

    • 8:14pm GMT - November 7th, 2008

    Are they seriously in HD ?!

  25. Jk-Sin | Rik02

    • 8:04pm GMT - November 8th, 2008

    finally something im actually looking foward from sega. :) hope u can put this in ma psp. :)

  26. spaceharrier | spaceharrier

    • 12:03am GMT - November 9th, 2008

    Bring on Space Harrier in HD SEGA! :-)

  27. Intervention

    • 3:39am GMT - November 9th, 2008

    Be nice if they would put all the Sega CD and 32x games out, on a couple Blu-Ray discs. I miss Batman Returns,Spiderman, Loadstar and Dracula. I can't find those on emulators and the CD images are each 700mb too much to DL all of them.

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