40-game-mega-drive-compilation

[Necromancer]

I'm not seeing all 4 Phantasy Stars.

They left one out of the list of games, but it clearly states in the description that all four are included.  Reading comprehension fail. 

I don't want to play unlocked arcade games stretched to fit my 16:9 screen.  Fail.

Then quit crying and set your PS3 to 4:3.  Fail at failing. 

[DJLobo]

I've got the Genesis collection for PS2, which is awesome, but I'd have to pick this up just for the Shining Force games.

[Black Tiger]

I'm not seeing all 4 Phantasy Stars.

I don't want to play unlocked arcade games stretched to fit my 16:9 screen.  Fail.

There is very little chance that the interviews will be in 720p video (maybe upscaled) because all of this has to fit on a wimpy Xbox360 DVD, unless the interviews are crazy short.

It won't be a problem fitting in 720p video, since every real 360 game already does it while also including a current gen game (you can download 720p videos too). I don't think the Genesis games will take up much space.

I really don't believe that the stretching will work the way a PR guy describes it, especially since there's no mention of it on the official page. But even if it did, the games should be upscaled to 720p, so switching to 480p 4:3 will allow you to play them fine on a regular TV set. Plus most widescreen lcd TVs I've encountered allow you to alter the aspect ratio in all kinds of ways.

It'll also be nice if sound tests are included, since too many cart games don't have them. It still won't be better than the real thing, but it's still a great value for fans of adventure/RPG games.

[Joe Redifer]

That would be a pain in the ass to switch the PS3 to 4:3 every time I wanted to play this and then switch it back when I am finished just because the programmers at Sega are incompetent.  No widescreen TV I have seen has let you squish 16:9 720p video to a 4:3 space.

I'll let you guys buy this and report back.  Let me know if the 4th Phantasy Star game is in there, even though it isn't a Genesis game.  I can't believe I am the only one who noticed this.  Even Sega and BT thought "well, it has Phantasy Star 4, so it must have all four Phantasy Stars".  Maybe it might be unlockable, but otherwise there are already 40 games on the list.  Necromancer = Epitome of Fail.

[Necromancer]

That would be a pain in the ass to switch the PS3 to 4:3 every time I wanted to play this and then switch it back when I am finished just because the programmers at Sega are incompetent.  No widescreen TV I have seen has let you squish 16:9 720p video to a 4:3 space.

That's why it's best to have two (or more) PS3s.  Common sense be damned! 

I'll let you guys buy this and report back.  Let me know if the 4th Phantasy Star game is in there, even though it isn't a Genesis game.  I can't believe I am the only one who noticed this.

Since it was on the Mega Drive, perhaps nobody else cared. 

Even Sega and BT thought "well, it has Phantasy Star 4, so it must have all four Phantasy Stars".  Maybe it might be unlockable, but otherwise there are already 40 games on the list.  Necromancer = Epitome of Fail.

Sega may not have a clue about what's on the disc (why should they?), but it clearly states in the description that it includes "four titles from the Phantasy Star™ series", so I don't think Black Tiger made any wild assumptions.  I wonder what that word 'over' in front of 40 games could mean; it must mean exactly 40, eh? 

[Black Tiger]

That would be a pain in the ass to switch the PS3 to 4:3 every time I wanted to play this and then switch it back when I am finished just because the programmers at Sega are incompetent.  No widescreen TV I have seen has let you squish 16:9 720p video to a 4:3 space.

It is a bit of a pain in the ass to switch settings on a PS3, but it's no problem on the 360 and I do it at least once a week when playing it on my 480p projector. The official page for the game says nothing about the aspect ratio and the only mention of it so far is from someone not involved with the game. If you look at Sega's recent retro compilations, they are the best around for video options.

I'll let you guys buy this and report back.  Let me know if the 4th Phantasy Star game is in there, even though it isn't a Genesis game.  I can't believe I am the only one who noticed this.  Even Sega and BT thought "well, it has Phantasy Star 4, so it must have all four Phantasy Stars".  Maybe it might be unlockable, but otherwise there are already 40 games on the list.  Necromancer = Epitome of Fail.

While following news stories about this game, it sounded like the comment about the Phantasy Star series was added after the initial list was posted. I first found that page in a report that PS1 was included. The original Phantasy Star was released for Mega Drive, so it wouldn't be so out of place. Even if it hadn't been, emulating a SMS game in a Mega Drive collection should be less work than random Sega arcade games and for once they're not being stingy with either the number of titles or RPGs. Even if that "four" comment wasn't made, it would be a likely unlockable.

There's no "40" in the title and the official page says: "Take a trip back in time with over 40 titles..." -So I don't think that the game count rules out PS1.

[Joe Redifer]

I hadn't thought about getting multiple PS3s.  But it would be a pain in the ass to tell them apart.  What if I accidentally put the game in the wrong PS3?  I'd be screwed!  Imagine all of that time waiting to eject the disc, turning off the thing, powering up the other one and booting up the game, etc.  Know what would be cool?  If they made the two-player games online compatible. 

Anyway, I am more interested in the arcade games than anything.  The only one I have is Golden Axe on Xbox Live Arcade.  Out of all of the companies that have done arcade collections (Taito, etc), you'd think Sega would be all over that using Digital Eclipse's shoddy emulation.  Oh man, that would be great.  They could call it "Kid Chameleon's Great Super Neat Fantastic Arcade Gallery" for all I care.  But with my luck they'd only include Space Harrier, Out Run, After Burner and maybe Power Drift.  I want everything from Choplifter to Galaxy Farce to Thunder Blade to E-SWAT to Altered Beast to Super Hang-On to Golden Axe 2 (friggin' awesome) and beyond.  On one disc.  Make the Genesis versions unlockable.

[oldskool]

That's cool, probably have most of the games on that list already!

Still would be fun to add to the collection.

[ParanoiaDragon]

Has there been an official list of every game on this comp yet?

[Joe Redifer]

All but the unlockables.

I have heard that the Arcade Altered Beast is unlockable.

[Black Tiger]

The description on the official page has been changed again to read something like "games from the Phantasy Star series" instead of "all four".

On another part of the site, it says that the games can be upscaled to 720p, but again it may just be a blurb from a PR guy or something.

Still no solid release date.

[ParanoiaDragon]

Man, I hope PS1 is on there, that would be nice!  I was also thinking how wonderfull it would be, if they included the entire Wonderboy/Monster World collection, especially with the last one that never got an english release!

[Black Tiger]

pso-world has a bunch of new wide distorted/enhanced screenshots for the Sonic Collection and they include the original Phantasy Star.

[quoth09]

Even if I owned a PS3 or an XBox360, I wouldn't be buying this. Reasons why:

I still have my Dreamcast with Smash Pack Vol. 1 (where is Volume 2 SEGA?)
I have both Smash Pack Vol. 1 and 2 for PC.
I have Sega Genesis Collection on PS2, which the emulation sucked (middle finger at Digital Eclipse).

I have tons of ROMS and emulators.

and namely, I have at least 3 Genesis systems, and buy carts for it still.

Furthermore, while this doesn't apply to XBox360 obviously, but doesn't the PS3 upscale PS2 games? Now explain to me how a few extra games is going to make a difference between the PS2 collection and the PS3 version? Wow, 1080p...let me just jump for joy for graphics being upscaled from 320 x 224 to 1920x1080. I think the jump from the original res to 480i was fine, but 1080p, that's a bit overkill.

Also, where are the rare titles? Where are the games that really showed what the system could do, not just this popular crap...? Would it really hurt them to put every single game that they have the rights to, on one release? One volume crap of rehashing the same titles over and over again, gets a bit old. How about more Japanese titles that are actually better than Golden Axe III?! I mean I like Golden Axe III, but the general consensus that I have heard from most people is that they hated the game.

[Joe Redifer]

Digital Eclipse is the devil.  Seriously, I hate them!