Sega Genesis Collection (Sega Mega Drive Collection in PAL regions) is a compilation of video games developed by Digital Eclipse and published by Sega for PlayStation 2 and PlayStation Portable. The collection includes twenty-eight Sega Genesis games from a variety of genres, as well as unlockable classic Sega arcade games, with different sets of arcade games for the PlayStation 2 and PlayStation Portable versions. A sequel was released in 2009 called Sonic's Ultimate Genesis Collection for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.

List of games

Sega Genesis

• Alex Kidd in the Enchanted Castle (1989)

• Altered Beast (1988)

• Bonanza Bros. (1991)

• Columns (1990)

• Comix Zone (1995)

• Decap Attack (1991)

• Ecco the Dolphin (1992)

• Ecco: The Tides of Time (1994)

• Ecco Jr. (1995) †

• Flicky (1991)

• Gain Ground (1991)

• Golden Axe (1989)

• Golden Axe II (1991)

• Golden Axe III (1993)

• Kid Chameleon (1992)

• Phantasy Star II (1989)

• Phantasy Star III: Generations of Doom (1990)

• Phantasy Star IV: The End of the Millennium (1993)

• Ristar (1995)

• Shadow Dancer: The Secret of Shinobi (1990) † / ††

• Shinobi III: Return of the Ninja Master (1993)

• Sonic the Hedgehog (1991)

• Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (1992)

• Super Thunder Blade (1988)

• Sword of Vermilion (1989) †

• Vectorman (1995)

• Vectorman 2 (1996)

• Virtua Fighter 2 (1996) †

Not available in Sonic's Ultimate Genesis Collection. Not available in the PAL release.

Unlockable extra games

This collection also features more than thirty-five minutes of unlockable interviews from Sega of Japan, a "museum" with facts about the games, strategy tips and box art for each game, as well as a "Sega Cheat Sheet" that consists of cheat codes for most games, and a set of unlockable arcade games, (some of which are from the early Sega/Gremlin era). The collection also contains unlockable trailers for Phantasy Star Universe and Virtua Fighter 5.

PlayStation 2

• Altered Beast (arcade) [1988]

• Future Spy (arcade) [1984] †

• Tac/Scan (arcade) [1982] †

• Zaxxon (arcade) [1981]

• Zektor (arcade) [1982] †

PlayStation Portable

• Astro Blaster (arcade) [1981] †

• Congo Bongo (arcade) (under original title Tip Top in some regions) [1983]

• Eliminator (arcade) [1981] †

• Space Fury [1981] (arcade) †

• Super Zaxxon (arcade) [1982] †

Not available in Sonic's Ultimate Genesis Collection.

Reception

Sega Genesis Collection received "generally favorable" reviews, according to review aggregator website Metacritic.

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