Genesis classics coming to PS2 and PSP – Huzzah!

I won’t go into too much detail because Racketboy already has a great article regarding this release on his blog, but if you haven’t seen it here’s the gist of the situation.

Sega have announced that a compilation of 28 classic Genesis titles will be available for your Sony^TM Playstation^TM 2^TM and your Sony^OMG Playstation^WTF Portable^LOL in the next few months.

There’s a ton of great titles on this compilation, but of course not every Sega fan will be happy with the selection. Take a look:

• Alex Kidd: The Enchanted Castle
• Altered Beast
• Bonanza Bros
• Columns
• Comix Zone
• Decap Attack*
• Ecco the Dolphin
• Ecco: The Tides of Time
• Ecco Jr.
• Eternal Champions
• Flicky
• Gain Ground
• Golden Axe
• Golden Axe II
• Golden Axe III
• Phantasy Star II
• Phantasy Star III
• Phantasy Star IV
• Ristar
• Shadow Dancer: Secret of Shinobi
• Shinobi III
• Sonic The Hedgehog
• Sonic The Hedgehog 2
• Super Thunderblade
• Sword of Vermillion
• Vectorman
• Vectorman 2
• Virtua Fighter 2

*Why oh why did they give us Decapattack? Why not just do at least a half decent job of localising “Magical Flying Turbo Hat Adventure”? I weep at the destruction of such a great game. I mean, with a title like “Magical Flying Turbo Hat Adventure“, how can you go wrong? And just check out this box art:

Video game gold…

I’ll echo the concerns that the ‘Streets of Rage’ trilogy should have been included, and I don’t think this thing could ever be complete without ‘Sonic 3 & Knuckles’, but I don’t decide these things. I’ll probably still pick up a copy… Pick a copy up? Whatever…

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