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Something for Everyone!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: April 28, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I did not own a Genesis back in the day, I owned Nintendo stuff... so a lot of these games are new to me, with the exception of arcade experience. (Note to those born around 1990 : Sonic and Mario didn't always star in the same video games!)
What strikes me as impressive for this collection is that it contains a wide variety of material, so even if you absolutely hate a game or genre on this system, you are probably going to thoroughly enjoy others. There are other fun things trying all these games out - seeing the difference between some of the earlier genesis games to the later ones. Just look at the graphics with phantasy star 2 compared to phantasy star 4, for example.
If you do not like spending the time and energy on RPGs, that is something to consider before buying this. But, there is still plenty to enjoy ignoring the phantasy star collection, especially for a retail price of 20 bucks.
Overall, the graphics and gameplay have held up well - these are mostly 16 bit games, so a jump ahead from NES fare. And yes, true this is still not the definitive genesis collection, but the closest Sega has gotten, and once again, 20 dollars. Strong Buy for those still playing on Playstation 2.

Worth the price for the Phatasy Star titles alone

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: April 20, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Ok, so why rate this perfect? Well i see it like this. Phantasy Star 2,3, and 4 is on this compilation, which i would pay $20 for easy. All these other games are just a bonus, and many of them are actually good! It's a steal and if you feel uncomfortable about playing Phantasy Star 2 without playing the original, then pick up the Phantasy Star collection for the GBA if you have one. What buy a collection for GBA then buy this one? Well the GBA collection does not have PS4 but it does have the original and the original is worth the price of the collection. So you might be saying, "Phantasy Star this, Phantasy Star that. What if I don't like Phantasy Star!" Well then this compilation won't be worth that much to you, unless you really like golden axe,shinobi and the ecco series(suck in my opinion). You won't find any streets of rage here, which is unfortunate, since those who don't like PStar would find more worth to this compilation if it had it. If you like and want Phantasy Star, then buy this compilation!

SEGA GENESIS COLLECTION

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: March 20, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I ENJOYED THIS GAME COLLECTION THE ONLY PROBLEM WAS THERE WERE NOT ENOUGH GAMES. I ENDED UP BUYING THREE SEGA COLLECTIONS TO ACTUAL GET THE GAMES I WANTED. BUT I GUESS THAT'S HOW MAKING MONEY OPERATES! IF YOU LIKE THE OLD GENESIS GAMES BUY THIS TITLE BUT DON'T EXPECT ALL OF YOUR FAVORITE CLASSIC GAMES ON HERE.

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.

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.

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!

More than worth it

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: July 06, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I don't normally anticipate games but when I saw this, I checked the release date every day until I got the game. I grew up on Sega and this was the nostalgia I've waited so long for.

The games: I know, it's a 7 GB DVD rom, they could fit more games on it. Also there are some games that are just crap.... BUT the inclusions of of phantasy star 2-4 are worth the price alone. Also the Gain Ground is an amazing game (don't be deterred by the graphics.)

The bottom line is for 20 dollars, you'll have close AT LEAST 50 hours of fun, especially the RPG fans out there.

For those of you who don't know, Phantasy Star is Sega's Final Fantasy....

Some old games does not fit

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 1 / 4
Date: June 29, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Just a part of this collection is as good as my expectation. Since this dvd-rom should contain more than that number of games inside it, I see some drawback of it. I guess SEGA can definitely put more generic games in it.

Worth it just for the phantasy star compilation

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: May 22, 2007
Author: Amazon User

After seing I could own phantasy star 2,3 and 4 on one disc plus some other classic games at a very affordable price;I was overjoyed!!

I grew up with a nes/snes and a buddy of mine had a sega.While I still prefer nintendo to sega,there were some real gems on sega that I would've liked to own.Being a huge rpg fan,the phantasy star games were definatly among them.

My only complaint is that on phantasy star 2,whenever you get hit by an enemy during battle,the screen flashes red and makes an annoying sound.If you are familiar with rpgs,you understand that you go through ALOT of battles and fight ALOT of bad guys.After playing the game for an hour the flashing red screen and noise will get on your nerves...ALOT.It would have been nice if this was all edited from the original.My advice is to set the screen settings to weak signal and turn the volume down.Thankfuly phantasy star 3 and 4 do not share that fault.

Everything else is perfect!From golden axe to altered beast to shinobi to sonic...Terrific job with this one!Hopefully there will be some more sega collection games to come;perhaps featuring splatterhouse,polterguy and other rpgs I am unaware of.

Sega does it again.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: April 13, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I was always a Nintendo fan, ever since the NES days.But after buying Sega Genesis Collection for the PS2, I'm totally amazed by the numberof fun games on thisdvd. My faves are the 2 Shinobi games,a side scroller Ninja game, Sonic, Phantasy Star 2,3, and 4, and the Golden Axe series. The other games are fun as well, more than worth the $[...] price for this dvd. Go back in time when the NES and Sega Genesis were battling for home video game supremacy. Well worth the money.

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