''Sega Genesis Collection '' (''Sega Mega Drive Collection'' in

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s) is a compilation of video games developed by

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and published by

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for

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and

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. The collection includes twenty-eight

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games from a variety of genres, as well as unlockable classic Sega

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s, with different sets of arcade games for the PlayStation 2 and PlayStation Portable versions. A sequel was released in 2009 called ''

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'' for PlayStation 3 and

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List of games

Sega Genesis

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Alex Kidd in the Enchanted Castle is a side-scrolling platform game developed and published by Sega for the Genesis. The game was released in Japan on February 10, 1989, in the U.S. on August 14, 1989, in Europe on November 30, 1990, in South Korea in December 1990, and in Brazi ...

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Altered Beast ''Altered Beast'' is a 1988 beat 'em up arcade video game developed and manufactured by Sega. The game is set in Ancient Greece and follows a player character chosen by Zeus to rescue his daughter Athena from the demonic ruler of the underworld ...

'' *'' Bonanza Bros.'' *''

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Comix Zone ''Comix Zone'' is a 1995 beat 'em up video game developed and published by Sega for the Genesis. It is set within the panels of a comic book with dialogue rendered within talk bubbles and sprites, and backgrounds possessing the bright colors and ...

'' *'' Decap Attack'' *''

Ecco the Dolphin ''Ecco the Dolphin'' is a series of action-adventure video games developed by Appaloosa Interactive (previously known as Novotrade International) and published by Sega. They were originally developed for the Mega Drive/Genesis and Dreamcast video ...

'' *'' Ecco: The Tides of Time'' *'' Ecco Jr.'' † *''

Flicky is a platform game developed by Sega and released in Arcade video game, arcades in May 1984. It was licensed to Bally Midway for distribution in the United States. In ''Flicky'', the player controls the eponymous blue bird and must gather all th ...

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Gain Ground is a 1988 action-strategy arcade game later ported to home systems. Gameplay In ''Gain Ground'', players control one of a set of characters at a time, each with different weapons. To beat a level, players must reach the exit point with at leas ...

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Golden Axe is a series of side-scrolling beat 'em up arcade video games developed by Sega. The series takes place in a medieval fantasy world where several heroes have the task of recovering the legendary Golden Axe, the mainstay element of the series. M ...

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Golden Axe II is a side-scrolling beat 'em up video game developed and published by Sega, first released on the Sega Mega Drive in December 1991. It is the home console sequel to the popular game ''Golden Axe'', marking the second game in the series, thoug ...

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Golden Axe III is a side-scrolling beat 'em up video game developed and published by Sega, released for the Sega Mega Drive in Japan on June 25, 1993. A North American version was released only for the Sega Channel. The game was later re-released a number of t ...

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Kid Chameleon ''Kid Chameleon'' is a 1992 platform game developed and published by Sega released for the Sega Genesis. In the game, a boss character with artificial intelligence in a virtual reality video game begins abducting players and the main protagonis ...

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Phantasy Star II ''Phantasy Star II'' (Japanese: ファンタシースターII 還らざる時の終わりに, "Phantasy Star II: At the End of the Restoration") is a science fantasy role-playing video game developed and published by Sega for the Sega Genesis. It ...

'' *'' Phantasy Star III: Generations of Doom'' *'' Phantasy Star IV: The End of the Millennium'' *''

Ristar ''Ristar'' is a 1995 platform game developed and published by Sega for the Sega Genesis. The game stars an anthropomorphic cartoon star who uses his hands and long, stretchable arms to both move and fight enemies. Reception for the game was gener ...

'' *'' Shadow Dancer: The Secret of Shinobi'' † / †† *'' Shinobi III: Return of the Ninja Master'' *''

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Sonic the Hedgehog 2 is a 1992 platform game developed by Sega Technical Institute (STI) for the Sega Genesis. It follows Sonic the Hedgehog (character), Sonic as he attempts to stop Doctor Eggman from stealing the Chaos Emeralds to power his space stationnamed T ...

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Super Thunder Blade is a combat flight simulation shooter game developed and published by Sega for the Mega Drive/Genesis console. It was one of the two launch titles for the console in Japan (the other one being '' Space Harrier II''), as well as being one of th ...

'' *'' Sword of Vermilion'' † *''

Vectorman ''Vectorman'' is a 2D action platformer developed by BlueSky Software and published by Sega. The game was released for the Sega Genesis in late 1995 in North America and Europe. It was considered a critical and commercial success, achieving its ...

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Vectorman 2 ''Vectorman 2'' is a 2D action platformer developed by BlueSky Software and published by Sega. Released just a year after the original ''Vectorman'', the game retains the game's core gameplay while expanding its mechanics. While multiple sequels ...

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Virtua Fighter 2 is a 1994 fighting video game developed by Sega. It is the sequel to 1993's ''Virtua Fighter'' and the second game in the ''Virtua Fighter'' series. It was created by Sega's Yu Suzuki-headed AM2 and was released for the arcades in 1994. Port ...

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†† 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

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, (some of which are from the early Sega/

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era). The collection also contains unlockable trailers for ''

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'' and ''

Virtua Fighter 5 is the fifth installment in Sega's ''Virtua Fighter'' series of arcade fighting games. The original version was released on the Sega Lindbergh arcade system board. The first location tests took place on November 26, 2005 leading to the officia ...

''.

PlayStation 2

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'' (arcade) *''Future Spy'' (arcade) † *'' Tac/Scan'' (arcade) † *''

Zaxxon is an isometric shooter arcade game, developed and released by Sega in 1982, in which the player pilots a ship through heavily defended space fortresses. Japanese electronics company Ikegami Tsushinki is also credited for having worked on the ...

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Zektor ''Zektor'' is a multidirectional shooter arcade video game created by Sega Electronics and released in 1982. It challenges the player to pilot a space ship in a quest to recapture eight different cities that have been captured by alien robots. T ...

'' (arcade) †

PlayStation Portable

*'' Astro Blaster'' (arcade) † *'' Congo Bongo'' (arcade) ''(under original title "Tip Top" in some regions)'' *'' Eliminator'' (arcade) † *''

Space Fury ''Space Fury'' is a 1981 multidirectional shooter arcade game developed by Gremlin. Sega/Gremlin released the game in North America in June 1981, and then Sega released it in Japan in July 1981. It is the first game with color vector graphics, an ...

'' (arcade) † *'' Super Zaxxon'' (arcade) † † Not available in ''

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Reception

''Sega Genesis Collection'' received "generally favorable" reviews, according to

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References

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