''Sega Genesis Classics'' (released as ''Sega Mega Drive Classics'' in

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s) is a series of compilations featuring Sega Genesis

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, PlayStation 4,

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and Nintendo Switch. The collections are split into "Volumes", with the first four receiving both physical and digital releases and the fifth volume only being digitally released.

Background

Sega re-released the first four physically released volumes as the ''Sega Genesis Classic Collection: Gold Edition'' (''Sega Mega Drive Classics: Gold Edition'' in

s), for Windows. It is a four-disc set of the forty-six Sega Genesis games from the first four volumes. The collection has configuring keyboard support which provides a personalised gaming experience, a well as a multiplayer mode for a select number of titles. The collection also has save and load functionality that is included in all of the games that allows the player to pick up and play saved games at the exact point they left off. Sega released a free application on Steam on April 28, 2016, called the ''Sega Genesis Classics Hub'' (''Sega Mega Drive Classics Hub'' in

s). The application presents a virtual hub, themed after what a bedroom of a Sega fanatic might be like, to play all of the released Sega Genesis games through it. The ''Hub'' includes Steam Workshop integration, supporting

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for these games; within a day of its release, several previously developed ROM hacks were added by users to the ''Hub''s Workshop. Any Sega Genesis games previously purchased on Steam, including collections, are automatically added to players' game libraries in the ''Hub''. A few weeks following the release of the ''Hub'', Sega reported more than 350,000 new purchases of the various games supported by the new software. The ''Sega Mega Drive and Genesis Classics'' compilation has sold 1,514,485 digital units on Steam, . Sega released a compilation of all of the games included in compilations listed below with some exceptions in an entry simply titled ''Sega Genesis Classics'' (''Sega Mega Drive Classics'' in

s) for

, PlayStation 4 and

on May 29, 2018. It uses the same interface as ''Sega Genesis Classics Hub'', but with added features such as achievements and rewinding in-game. These features were later added to the ''Sega Genesis Classics Hub''. Additionally, select games can be played in their Japanese versions. The compilation released on Nintendo Switch on December 6, 2018. The Steam version of the collection used to exclude the ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' and ''ToeJam & Earl'' games. The former could only be purchased as a part of ''Sonic''-related compilations, but are now included in the Steam collection. All games can be purchased separately, but the ''Sonic'' games are sold at higher prices. On May 20, 2022, '' Sonic the Hedgehog'', ''

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'' were removed from individual and compilations sale on Steam, to be replaced by the '' Sonic Origins'' compilation which includes those titles.

List of games

*†: Only available in the physical disc release. *@: Only available in the digital download release. *^: Not available in Nintendo Switch version. *#: Includes alternate region version. ''Alien Soldier'', ''Dynamite Headdy'', ''Ristar'', and ''Streets of Rage 2'' have Japanese versions. ''Streets of Rage 3'' includes European English & Japanese versions. ''Beyond Oasis'' includes the French, German, Spanish, and Japanese versions. ''Landstalker'' has French and German versions included. **: Removed from sale on May 20, 2022. Replaced by '' Sonic Origins''.

Reception

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

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Notes and references

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