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Bad Game

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 11
Date: January 05, 2003
Author: Amazon User

This game is terrible. Sure it has 7 sonic games but in extras you can't walk around in a digatal world. If you want satisfaction get sonic jam for sega saturn

Bah

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 0 / 6
Date: April 05, 2003
Author: Amazon User

More sonic re releases. I think we've played Sonic 1,2 and 3 if we wanted to by now. Same with Sonic an Knuckles and the rest of the junky games you get on this disk. It's not worth the money unless you see it for 2 dollars at a garage sale.

Sonic!

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 5 / 5
Date: October 26, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I was a Nintendo fanboy when Sega was in the console business, so I never played many Sega games, the exception being the games starring a small blue hedgehog. With Sonic "Officially-Unofficially" exclusive to Nintendo's systems now, we can finally experience all of the blue blur's games on one system, with the release of both Sonic Adventure games on the Gamecube (the first adventure is being ported next year) and new games on the GBA, it makes sense to bring all of Sonic's previous adventures to the Gamecube.
The title itself tells you these are exclusively games from Sonic's Genesis days (Known as the "Megadrive" in Japan... "Mega Collection"... get it?) And contains the following games:
Sonic The Hedgehog - Sonic is out to defeat Dr. Robotnik from turning all his animal friends into robots.
Sonic The Hedgehog 2 - Sonic and his new pal Tails set out to defeat Dr. Robotnik once again, in this excellent sequel.
Sonic The Hedgehog 3 - The first Sonic game to feature a save feature (and the ONLY game on this disc that has a save feature) Sonic and Tails tangle with Robotnik once more, but this time they also have to deal with Knuckles, an Echidna who believes that Sonic and Tails are the bad guys!
Sonic and Knuckles - Sonic and Knuckles team up to fight Dr. Robotnik together! Knuckles brings some new gameplay to the series, but ultimatly, this game didn't sell very well.
Sonic 3-D Blast - Sonic must maneuver through a 3-D world to rescue Flickie Island!
Sonic Spinball - A Sonic flavored pinball game features four stages and bosses.
Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine - Based on the popular Japanese puzzle game Puyo Puyo, players must match colored blobs to defeat Robotnik and his army of robots.

The game also features two other unlockable Genesis games created by Sonic Team, Ristar and Flicky, both of which have faded into obscurity. You can also unlock "Sonic and Knuckles" enhanced version of Sonic 1-3.

Other features include galleries of manual art, a few movies and comic book pages. Otherwise, the extras are pretty weak (the History of Sonic video is pretty grainy) and despite not being included, the intro and ending for Sonic CD are included.

This is a fine collection of Sonic's Genesis days, but those looking for any extra treats will probably be disappointed. A previous collection of Sonic's games, Sonic Jam for the Saturn, was jam packed of extras, including Japanese and American commercials and animation, as well as a unique 3-D overworld to roam about. Here all you get is a lot of menus. Plus, not adding a save feature to all the games in Mega Collection as they did in Sonic Jam really hurts the game. While hard core Sonic fans won't mind the lack of a save feature, it may turn of casual gamers who don't want or have time to spend two hours in one play session. Fortunatly, the stage skip codes from the original games work here as well. Another feature that might have been nice would be graphically enhanced versions of the games, a la "Mario All-Stars", and implemented the "Sonic Adventure" style of art into the game. But nonetheless the games look just as good as they did on the Genesis.

Sonic's other adventures on the Sega CD, Game Gear, Sega Saturn or Dreamcast are not included in this collection, but as I mentioned before this is only a collection of Sonic's Genesis adventures. Who knows, if this collection does well, perhaps we will see Sonic CD again soon!

One glaring omission.....Sonic CD

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: May 08, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Out of all the games that are on this compilation game, Sonic CD, the best of the sonic games, is missing. This is the game that die hard sonic fans are waiting for to come out on a game system again. Sonic Mega Collection does have the first, second, and third Sonic which are great also, and you can still use all the old cheat codes at the start up menu. I just really wish that Sonic CD was one of the unlockables, but once I found out that it wasn't on here, I traded it in for a different game. Not saying that the others weren't great, just that I bought it only for Sonic CD. If you want a splash of nostalgia though, pick up the game and play to your heart's content.

It's Okay

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 6
Date: March 22, 2003
Author: Amazon User

It's all right. I don't think it's that great. If you want something good, try The Lord of the Rings the Two Towers or Metroid Prime.

Hedgehogs Are Not Blue........ At Least Not That I Know Of

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 3
Date: August 03, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Sonic The Hedgehog. Blue, furry and fast. So many games packed into won. Yippee. Now it's time to come out with Sonic Mega Collection Volume 2.. Get to work on it Sega..... Please? :)

A great idea by Nintendo but could've been better

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: June 23, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I was never a Sega fan but unfortunately my father bought me a Sega Genesis back around 1992 and i never wanted it. it's a good thing i got it. I was able to play Sonic the Hedgehog 1 and i loved it. I got Sonic the Hedgehog 2 about a year later and it was far greater than one esecially with Sonic's new ability to transform into Super Sonic. Unfortunately that was my last Sonic game and the Sega Genesis was my first and last Sega console. Since i got this game in 2003, i never played a single new Sonic game in 11 years since 1993. In an attempt to clean out my house i sold my Sega Genesis and brought Sonic Mega Collection to make up for my loss. Here's my review for the games on Sonic Mega Collection.

SONIC THE HEDGEHOG I: Sonic's first game. The graphics are exactly the same as the Sega Genesis. Still love it despite the fact that it is an old game and technologically less advanced compared to today's games. Robotnik makes his first appearance and begins the Sonic Vs. Robotnik rivalry. 5 stars

SONIC THE HEDGEHOG II: Tails makes his debut and Sonic acquires two new features. One, he now can use the spin dash and second, Super Sonic (once you collect all the chaos emeralds). Again still the same as the original. New way to obtain chaos emeralds. 5 stars

SONIC THE HEDGEHOG III: Knuckles makes his debut. Everything else is bacially the same except for new levels. new way to obtain chaos Emeralds which i find to be confusing and stupid.
5 stars

SONIC AND KNUCKLES: The worst game in the entire collection. Too long with no save feature making it annoying an tedious. 0 stars

SONIC SPINBALL: I hate pinball games. tried it but fell short several times. 0 stars

SONIC 3D BLAST: A great game. Graphics are awesome. Loved it.
5 stars.

ROBOTNIKS MEAN BEAN MACHINE: A good game. Similar to Dr. Mario. like it. 4 stars

Overall: 3 stars. Sonic and Knuckles and Sonic Spinball are the reason.

Some gamers based ont heir reviews claim that in order to obatin the hidden games, you access each game over 50 times. NOT TRUE YOU FOOLS. IN ORDER TO OBTAIN THE HIDDEN GAMES THERE IS A CODE. yOU MUST USE A SAVE FILE FROM OTHER SEGA GAMES WHICH INCLUDE BILLY HATCHER AND THE GIANT EGG, PHANTASY STAR ONLINE I, PHANTASY STAR ONLINE II, SONIC HEROES, SONIC ADVENTURE DX, AND SONIC ADVENTURE 2 BATTLE. HERE'S A TREAT.

IN ORDER TO OPEN FLICKY (A HIDDEN GAME) YOU MUST HAVE PLAYED SONIC ADVENTURE 2 BATTLE AND HAVE A SAVED FILE OF THIS GAME ON THE MEMROY CARD.

IN ORDER TO OPEN BLUE SPHERE (ANOTHER HIDDEN GAME) YOU MUST HAVE PLAYED PHANTASY STAR ONLINE I AND HAVE A SAVED FILE OF THIS GAME ON THE MEMORY CARD.

Just so so, not great.

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: December 26, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I found this game to be ok, nothing great but for hardcore Sonic fans this is the game for you. It has 7 Sonic classics like Sonic 1, 2, 3, Sonic 3D Blast, Sonic Pinball, etc.

THE ULTIMATE SONIC COLLECTION

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 6 / 6
Date: September 26, 2002
Author: Amazon User

So here it is the ultimate collection.This game will be much better than the previos collections,with hundreds of new xtras including the lock on technology.It will contain the following titles from the 16-bit mega drive(genesis):Sonic,Sonic2,Sonic3,Sonic&Knuckles,Sonic Spinball,Sonic 3d and DR Robotnik`s Mean Beam Machines plus Two unlockable games Ristar and Flicky.The only dissapointing is Sonic cd which is excluded from the collection.Anyway a great game for all time,Thanks to Sonic Team for this brilliant game

The best intro/guide to Sonic... for now...

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 5 / 7
Date: August 23, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Let's just sum this up now, the Sonic The Hedgehog series are one of the best set of games you could ever play. It's all about fast side scrolling action with slick character designs set to energetic music. It is definitely a trendsetter and you can tell because age has not surpassed its fun and coolness. (The Sonic series is about fourteen years old too.)

Although it well worth the price, I feel Sega have missed a good opportunity to really pay tribute to their long-lived mascot. Sure it's a big improvement from the Sega Saturn compilation, Sonic JAM, which could only fit the first three Sonic games plus Sonic & Knuckles with the lock on technology, but there is still the glaring omission of Sonic CD which was made for the old Mega-CD add on for the Mega Drive `back in the day'. (Not to mention the Master System's Sonic series that were very different.)

But don't let that get you down (Or make you download games illegally through emulation.) because if you want to own a piece of the classic Sonic for your console system to get that feel then by all means it's money well spent.

I'm sure one day they'll perfect a console with discs that can store Sonic's entire career up until this day including all the Dreamcast and arcade games, and if the past is any indication of the direction the franchise is going Sonic will keep entertaining future generations for years to come.

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