Sonic's Ultimate Genesis Collection

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  • Summary: Take a trip back in time with over 40 titles from the SEGA Genesis era, including your Sonic The Hedgehog favorites. In classic single-player and multiplayer battles, you’ll take down a huge variety of enemies, including Sonic’s nemesis Dr. Eggman (AKA Dr. Robotnik), shuriken-flingingTake a trip back in time with over 40 titles from the SEGA Genesis era, including your Sonic The Hedgehog favorites. In classic single-player and multiplayer battles, you’ll take down a huge variety of enemies, including Sonic’s nemesis Dr. Eggman (AKA Dr. Robotnik), shuriken-flinging ninjas, hordes of altered beasts and the world’s greatest fighting champions. [Sega]… Expand
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 37 out of 45
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 45
  3. Negative: 0 out of 45
  1. Gaming Nexus
    100
    With the complete Phantasy Star collection, six Sonic the Hedgehog titles and a bunch of Streets of Rage titles, this Sega compilation is one of the most comprehensive yet. You would be a fool to pass up this $30 compilation disc!
  2. GameZone
    90
    Sonic’s Ultimate Genesis Collection for the Xbox 360 features close to 50 games and while not all of them are hits, this collection will not fail to keep you busy … deliciously busy.
  3. Gamer 2.0
    89
    Sonic’s Ultimate Genesis Collection is easily the most value that has been offered on one disc since The Orange Box back in the fall of 2007, so this is a no-brainer if you have any interest at all in playing a good number of these games.
  4. MS Xbox World
    80
    Either way though, this is a most welcomed remembrance package from SEGA and as always supporting their fans well, now all we need is some more license agreements for releasing all of those other legendary gaming accomplishments.
  5. Metro GameCentral
    80
    It's better value than the Virtual Console, but it's still a lazy effort.
  6. Games Master UK
    76
    A cracking collection. [Apr 2009, p.75]
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  7. Game Revolution
    50
    Why keep buying Genesis collections?

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 12 out of 13
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 13
  3. Negative: 0 out of 13
  1. hydeks
    Nov 21, 2010
    10
    All four original Sonic games, all three Streets of Rage, all three original Golden Axe's, Shinobi 3 and more....enough said. Truly an awesomeAll four original Sonic games, all three Streets of Rage, all three original Golden Axe's, Shinobi 3 and more....enough said. Truly an awesome collection on true classics that helped shape present video games.… Expand
  2. GamecubeLover
    Aug 4, 2016
    10
    The classic Sega Genesis games are ported on this amazing system. This was my first X360 game I had and still today I love playing the amazingThe classic Sega Genesis games are ported on this amazing system. This was my first X360 game I had and still today I love playing the amazing classics.… Expand
  4. SANICHEDGE
    Sep 17, 2017
    10
    This is a true upgrade to the Virtual Console. You can get many games for cheap. Games like: Sonic 1, Sonic 2, Sonic 3, Sonic and Knuckles,This is a true upgrade to the Virtual Console. You can get many games for cheap. Games like: Sonic 1, Sonic 2, Sonic 3, Sonic and Knuckles, Sonic 3-D Blast, Alex Kidd, Golden Axe and MORE!… Expand
  5. LukeF
    Feb 20, 2009
    9
    Excellent collection. The acheivements are probably too easy to get (with 1 exception) and the (optional) smoothing filter can make games Excellent collection. The acheivements are probably too easy to get (with 1 exception) and the (optional) smoothing filter can make games look worse and the text hard to read.… Expand
  6. DaredadCrust
    Sep 5, 2013
    9
    This game is truly the greatest deal in the world and the best video game collection up to date. If you don't like one game in the collection,This game is truly the greatest deal in the world and the best video game collection up to date. If you don't like one game in the collection, there's 48 other games in this collection to choose from from Streets of Rage to Sonic the Hedgehog to Shinobi III to Phantasy Star IV to Ecco the Dolphin. You can save mid-game whenever you want and pick up where you left off. At its current $20 price, that would be about .50 for each of these classic works of art. The only bad game in here is Sonic Spinball. … Expand
  7. harryjc
    Jan 15, 2014
    9
    If you had a Genesis growing up you will love this. You get a huge collection of Sega games from Comix Zone to Vectorman. Almost all of theIf you had a Genesis growing up you will love this. You get a huge collection of Sega games from Comix Zone to Vectorman. Almost all of the greats! The emulation is excellent.

    Some good points I found:

    1. Sound and video emulation is extremely accurate. I still have my Sega Genesis, and it is very similar.

    2. Save anywhere at any time.

    3. Controls are good. If you don't like what they've given you, you can readjust them. You also have the option of turbo.

    4. You might have a tube TV (if you're a retro fan) or you might have a big widescreen. It doesn't matter. You can stretch the screen to your liking. However, it would have been extra nice if I was able to actually move the image (to make it as centered as possible) but most people won't need this feature.

    5. You can play with smoothed out graphics or just play normally.

    6. You can unlock and watch video interviews with the creators.

    7. Each game features artwork and a brief history on the game, however...

    The bad:

    1. ...The artwork for the games only show the front. Not the side and back. It would have been really neat if they made it "3D" so that you could rotate it, and look at the whole thing. Also, having the manuals in there would have been really nice. I guess they were rushed, but they missed an opportunity to recreate the whole experience.

    2. Kind of a pain in the butt to scroll through a huge collection of games like that. You can't even hold down or up to navigate through. You have to tap-tap-tap.

    3. Not everything is unlocked. I understand the videos be clamped down, but I wanted to play the other games right away! I actually thought locking the games was kinda dumb. As far as I know, I didn't see any instructions telling you how to unlock them. (Might be wrong though.)

    All in all, despite a few flaws, you will enjoy this collection if you are a Sega Genesis fan.    … Expand
  8. Daniel_N
    Jan 4, 2019
    7
    The game is great, and a nice run back to the Genesis era! Play as Alex Kidd and fight your way to the castle, run as Sonic and stop Eggman’sThe game is great, and a nice run back to the Genesis era! Play as Alex Kidd and fight your way to the castle, run as Sonic and stop Eggman’s crimes, be Axel, Blaze and the others and stop the street crimes, become VectorMan and save the world, and more!… Expand

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Awards & Rankings

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#54 Best Xbox 360 Game of 2009
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#75 Most Discussed Xbox 360 Game of 2009
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#40 Most Shared Xbox 360 Game of 2009