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Unbelievable

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: November 25, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I cannot believe that they were able to fit so many great games on one disk. What really sold it for me though was Kid Chameleon and Phantasy Star IV, I thought that both of those games were pretty much lost forever, and they are among my all-time favorites.

Phantasy Star IV!!!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: December 05, 2006
Author: Amazon User

This is the 1st Sega Genesis compilation to be released on the PS2 and other than a couple of certifiable duds that are included on here, if you are an old school gamer like myself or just love great games in general, this is a must buy.

I went back a few years back and bought a Genesis again as I've always sorely regretted it trading it and my SNES stuff in for the original Playstation when it came out.

But one of the games that just proved too much for me to buy was Phantasy Star IV. This game went for 100 dollars brand new when it originally came out and you'll find copies of it going for upwards of 300 dollars on Ebay.

But the good folks at Sega saw fit to include this fantastic RPG on here along with the other Genesis Phantasy Star parts 2 & 3 on here as well. What would have been extra cool was to have been able to unlock the original 8 bit Phantasy Star from the Sega Master System on here so that the entire original saga was represented. Since Phantasy Star IV is the most direct sequel to the original game, it would've made sense and made a lot of the events/references in Part 4 hit home more.

Other than the other Phantasy Star games on here, you also get the 1st 2 Sonic games, the Genesis & Arcade versions of Altered Beast (RISE FROM YOUR GRAVE!), all 3 Golden Axe games (Parts 1 & 2 are great, 3 is terrible & was only released in Japan as a result), Kid Chameleon, Shadow Dancer, Shinobi 3, Vectorman 1 & 2, Ecco the Dolphin 1 & 2.......

The only games on here that I was never that fond of in the 1st place were Alex Kidd, Ristar, Virtua Fighter 2 (which was a horrible Genesis port of a great 3D fighter), Sword of Vermilion and Super Thunder Blade. But they do have their fans.

One of the coolest aspects of this compilation other than unlocking great interview segments and hidden Arcade games by Sega is that they saw fit to give you the ability to save anywhere you want in a game. You can then go back to playing it later right smack where you left off. This is most helpful in the Phantasy Star games in which you can save right before a tough boss fight or in Kid Chameleon which was a great game made infamous by the fact it didn't have a password/save feature on it. As a result, you had to play the entire game in one go which took about 6 to 7 hours.

A couple of small quibbles is that fact they included the arcade version of Altered Beast as an unlockable, why not the arcade version of Golden Axe and Super Thunder Blade?

All in all, this is a great collection of games. Volume 2 is rumored to include the Streets of Rage of trilogy which is too cool.

Fans of the 16 bit era of video games would do wise to pick this up. Considering you get a perfect port of Phantasy Star 4 (and this compilation only costs 20 dollars), this is worth buying just for that fact alone.

Nice Memories!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: December 23, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I remember the days, which were not really all
that long ago when Genesis games were in high
demand. To re-live some of these great adventures such as Phantasy Star 11 and Sword
of Vermillion is an adventure lovers dream
come true. Phantasy Star 1 and Phantasy Star 11
were made with Heart, Thus gripping the hearts
of adventure Lovers everywhere. There is some
great action oriented games included as well.
I was dissappointed to see that Phantasy Star 1
was not included, but that was a 1987 Sega
master system release, though it could be
played on the Genesis system with the Sega
Genesis Converter. Perhaps, with some communication encouragement from some of the
gamers out there to Sega of America, Sega will
consider a similiar future release of not only
Phantasy Star 1, but many unique and intriguing
games not to be missed even by next generation
gamers. What made them great was the Heart that
was put into them, but isn't that true with
with anything we do in this life?!

Good if you like the older sega games!

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: January 10, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I got this game because I remember playing these older sega games when I was young. Some I remember but most of them I don't. There are not any instructions so if you don't know what you are doing then you are on your own. They graphics are awful and the games don't have all the levels. Just get to do some reminiscing.

Old Times!!!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: January 13, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This is such a wonderful game if you are looking to re-kindle the past time on the old sega and the only set back that I noticed is that the Streets of Rage series is missing. Overall, a very good game for the vintage game seekers.

Sega Genesis The Hits!!!!!!!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: January 19, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I love playing these Great Classics over and over again, I have much love for Sega Genesis, I hope theres a part 2. Super Nintendo wheres your damn Classic Hits Collection

Great collection of classic RPG games

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: February 11, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Lots of fun, great collection of games. I was especially pleased with the RPG games included, the Phantasy Star series and Sword of Vermilion. I was never a fan of the Altered Beast, but the arcade version that's included is a little more fun. I'm glad Ecco made it on there as well. This collection disc was the final push I needed to buy a PS2 and I don't regret it. I really hope there's a follow up collection of the same quality.

Golden Axe returns!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: August 03, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I bought this game collection mainly for Altered Beast, All 3 Golden Axes, and Sonic The Hedgehog!

The graphics look great, and i am having a blast playing the games i grew up playing!

I'd highly recommend getting this collection,not just for old times sake,but because they are actully still fun to play in my opinion.

You can also find cheat codes online too for most of the games.
Pick this game up now!

Phantasy Star Collection

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: December 05, 2007
Author: Amazon User

If you buy this game for other reasons than owning a copy of Phantasy Star II, III, and IV, you bought it for the wrong reasons. I had some fun with Gain Ground, but the Sword of Vermilion is terrible. The Golden Axe games are OK, and I liked Flicky (but the music got on my nerves). Comix Zone looked neat, but was really hard (and you can't continue). I gave up. The others didn't impress me enough to mention (not my tastes).

Overall, Taito Legends 2 is a better compilation of games. The reason to buy this in for Phantasy Star.

That said, the game is still a lot of fun.

great game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: January 04, 2008
Author: Amazon User

this is a great game because it has vectorman 1 and 2; it played as great when it was in its sega days.

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