Remember VHS tapes? Yeah, me neither.Sega
Ever since Nintendo released the adorable NES Classic Edition back in 2016, there’s been a gold rush on hardware-based classic gaming: People simply love to buy tiny, nostalgia-laced boxes that resemble classic consoles like the NES and Super Nintendo.
It was no surprise when, earlier this year, Sony unveiled its own version — the PlayStation Classic — that costs $100 and arrives this December with 20 games packed in.
But what about Sega? What about everyone’s favorite blue hedgehog, and the dozens of other classic characters and games from the Sega Genesis? Great news:
Is that “Golden Axe”? It is “Golden Axe”!Sega
“Sega Genesis Classics” is an incredible package, with 51 classic Genesis games all baked into delightfully retro trappings (like the old TV with a VHS player built-in seen above).
Better still: It costs just $30 for all 51 games! Here’s the full rundown.
“Sega Genesis Classics” is a wrapper for 50 classic games from the Sega Genesis (the “MegaDrive” outside of North America). That means games like the original “Sonic the Hedgehog,” “Streets of Rage,” and much more.
With 50 games to list, we broke up the list a bit for ease of reading.
Here are the first 10, in alphabetical order:
1. “Alex Kidd in the Enchanted Castle”
2. “Alien Soldier”
3. “Alien Storm”
4. “Altered Beast”
5. “Beyond Oasis”
6. “Bio-Hazard Battle”
7. “Bonanza Bros.”
8. “Columns”
9. “Columns III: Revenge of Columns”
10. “Comix Zone”
There are different borders you can use as well, and some are delightfully retro:
Since the Genesis games are from a time when most televisions were in a 4:3 display ratio, the games can’t display at a fullscreen resolution on modern, 16:9 displays.Sega
And the next 10:
31. “Shadow Dancer: The Secret of Shinobi”
32. “Shining in the Darkness”
33. “Shining Force”
34. “Shining Force II”
35. “Shinobi III: Return of the Ninja Master”
36. “Sonic the Hedgehog”
37. “Sonic the Hedgehog 2”
38. “Sonic 3D Blast”
39. “Sonic Spinball”
40. “Space Harrier II”
