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best games ever

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 10 / 15
Date: July 01, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I am looking forward to sega smash pack. I don't see why John Bell got 2/3 people to say that his review was helpful. All he did was copy and paste the Manufacturer's Description in his review. oh well:
Golden Axe is the greatest game ever. It is a sidescroller and you can choose from 3 characters. It is very difficult and the gameplay has a lot of variety. Ecco the dolphin is also a side scroller in which you control a dolphin a manuver through the watery levels. Sonic Spinball is very fun too, and has very good graphics. I can't wait to buy this game, and I'm going to get it the day it comes out.

Oldies, but still goodies

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 9 / 10
Date: September 27, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Just seeing these three previously exclusive Sega licenses on a Nintendo system can be a testament to either two things: how far the video game industry has come, or how far Sega fell. Either way though, this portable version of the Smash Pack is a great way to pass the time. We get the exact conversions of the Genesis classics. Golden Axe still plays as great as it always has and the control has never been tighter, Ecco the Dolphin still gives the psuedo 3-D awe inspiring graphics (well, they were when the game was first released) and challenging puzzles and intricate gameplay we've come to expect from the series, and Sonic Spinball is still the ultra fast paced pinball game featuring everyone's favorite blue hedgehog. All three games play great, look as good as they always did, and sound pretty decent (although the sound is choppy at times), the only complaint here is that more games weren't included. Hopefully Sega will put out more Smash Pack volumes in the future, I for one would like to play Streets of Rage, Eternal Champions, Shining Force, Virtua Cop 2 (it was included in the Dreamcast Smash Pack along with Sega Swirl), and maybe even the Sega Saturn classic NiGHTS (that would be so great). All in all, younger gamers might not dig these 16-bit classics, but older gamers missing the days of the Genesis will have a blast playing the Smash Pack on the go.

When it comes out: buy buy buy!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 7 / 15
Date: June 20, 2002
Author: Amazon User

This game is going to be the best game for GBA ever. I would buy it even if it only had Golden Axe. Golden Axe is the greatest arcade game. I shovel out my quarters at arcades to play it. It is a side-scroller in which you are a guy with a weapon and you basically hack at anyone you see. It is so much fun, I can't wait til it comes out. I played Ecco a long time ago and I remmember my self enjoying it. I have never played Sonic Spinball, but I have seen people play it and it looks fun. Hey, who doesn't like a good old game of pinball?! This is a must buy when it comes out. Like I said before: BUY! BUY! BUY!

great

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 6
Date: June 18, 2002
Author: Amazon User

First Thing I'd Like to say is someone should seriously beat the person below me its spelled SEGA not SAGA any REAL gamer would know that. Any way on to the games, I'll Start with ecco the dolphin. Ecco is the story of a dolphin trying to defend the sea. It has very good graphics and will keep you playing for a long time. Golden Axe is about three characters trying to save the world from the evil Death Adder. You can play as any of three characters which are a dworf a big tough looking guy and a sorceress looking lady. the graphics are good considering the era they were started in the sound I think is pretty terrible but it grows on you, it doesn't have very many levels but it is pretty challenging to beat them all. Sonic spinball is pretty much just pinball with really good graphics and addicting gameplay. All in all a great package is here. and I'd like to know how they fit it all on tiny little cartridge.

A great idea.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 7 / 7
Date: May 10, 2006
Author: Amazon User

"Sega smash pack" for Game Boy Advance is a great game. it feature 3 Sega Genesis Classic : 1. Ecco the Dolphin 2. Sonic Spinball 3. Golden Axe. And unlike the Super Mario advance games, these are not modified. These have no updated graphics or sounds. they appear exactly the same way they did on the Sega Genesis system in the 90's. The only thing that is different is the Controls. To put a Sega Genesis classic like Sonic Spinball on to game boy advance was a BRILLIANT idea. For Sonic Spinball, there is an improvement. There is a bar at the top of the screen that shows your score and lives. on GBA, you can hide that bar by pressing the select button. The bar wasn't removable on the Sega Genesis system. That makes it a lot easier to see what is above you. Nintendo has released several game boy advance games known as "Classic NES Series" where they put Classic NES games onto GBA unmodified. Since Sega stopped making systems and are now releasing games on multiple systems, There should be a "Classic Sega Genesis" Series. Sonic The Hedgehog 1, 2, 3, and Sonic & Knuckles for Sega Genesis would be perfect for the GBA System. I'd buy them. GET a Classic Sega genesis Series on GBA

Classic plays for that long trip

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 5
Date: March 26, 2003
Author: Amazon User

These games look great on the new Game Boy with frontlighting! The old-fashioned gameplay gives you hours of fun, especially on a long flight. Just smash and score!

classics never go out of style

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 6
Date: September 02, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I cant wait till this comes out i mean ecco the dolphin and sonic pinball were ok games but golden axe is still one of the best games ever.I suggest buying this game just for golden axe because the game is so cool with 3 people you can choose from with different strength,speed, and magic. This game is so much fun because of its replay value i mean you can play this game over and over again so buy it!!

I Love Saga!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 7
Date: June 03, 2002
Author: Amazon User

My family got a Saga Genesis awhile ago and I still LOVE the games. The sonic games are awsome and challenging. Iam still trying to beat ecco! I would reccomend this to anyone that wants a fun game!!

3 Smashing Sega Classics

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 11
Date: June 14, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Sega Smash Pack from THQ is looking great on the Game Boy Advance. The three Sega Genesis classics that will be playable in this game are Ecco the Dolphin, Sonic Spinball, and Golden Axe. All of these games have been perfectly ported, they haven't been altered or cut short in any way what so ever.

In Ecco the Dolphin, there are many other dolphins trapped in paradise. Your main job is avoid all dangerous marine life while using Ecco's speed, sonar, and mammal-like instincts to rescue the fellow dolphins and save the marine world.

Golden Axe is a side scrolling action game with three different modes of play: Arcade, Easy, and Duel. The story is set in a fantasy world where you are on a journey to defeat the evil Death Adder and his minions. You can jump, slash, charge, roll, and cast magic spells to save your kingdom from evil.

In Sonic Spinball, you can play in 8 different levels to search for emeralds to stop the evil Dr. Robotnik. With fast, pinball action and lots of different power-ups and bonus games, it makes it even tougher to put this one down.

This game is a must for any big Sega fan. The three games are very different, which is good because you'll have more of a variety. I have owned this game for a week now and it's still a boat load of fun and I highly recommend it for gamers of all ages.

even if it only had golden axe it would be a must buy

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 5
Date: August 22, 2002
Author: Amazon User

At the arcade in Tahoe I stand at the Golden Axe game for hours and shovel in quarters to keep playing. The levels are very cool, with excellent graphics and stunnig gameplay. In each progressing level the baddies develop and are stronger. Even the creatures that many of them ride on get stronger. Evolving from a lizard that wips it's tail to a dragon that breaths fire to a different dragon that shoots fireballs out of its mouth and so on. If you hit the baddie mounted on one of these and they fall of, you can get up on the creature and use it against the baddies. The game is even more fun when you play in 2 player mode. Its so much fun watching your partners back and comunnicating plans to your partner. There are bosses after every level who get harder and harder as the game progresses, but they are not to hard to overcome, expecially if you have a fireball spitting dragon on your side. There are 3 characters to choose from, and all of them have there own fighting style and magical weapons. The magical weapons can be used once per player a level and basical kill all of the opponents in the screen; in the super powerful bosses case, the magical weapon only damages them. All of the baddies have different weapons and fighting strategies, and as the game progresses they require more and more hits to kill them. The game has great graphics and I cannot wait to see them on the Gameboy Advance. You will find that you will do better with one of the characters, everybody is different, based on they're strategy. Most people, I find, select the beautiful woman, because of her tremendous looks to go with her quickness. She makes the game just that more exciting and fun to play over and over again. After all wouldn't you rather select a babe in a bikini over a fat viking? And don't worry all you ladies out there. There is a tall man with no shirt to please you. Everybody who plays this game will be hooked at the start. I also find thatonce you overcome the first level, the game is about twice as fun, so don't get discouraged when you can't beat the first level when you first start playing. This is possibly the funnest game I have ever played, and hopefully they make a good 2 player gameplay mode. I cannot wait to be the first one to own this cartrige on my block and show it off to all my friends. You should do the same. Just go and rent it if you don't believe how fun this game is, you will learn.

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