“The Playstation 2’s Dual-Shock controller is also a big upgrade from the Genesis’ ridiculously oversized 3-button pad, so playing the games is a breeze. Sound effects sound fine in some games and dreadful in others, but there’s a general cast of inaccuracy over the whole package that will grate on you if you’ve played any of these games recently.” Plus, there are glitches here and there with music starting or stopping in the wrong place. The music seems to be streamed off the disc to save on CPU usage, but this has caused oddities like the music in Sonic 1 and 2 not speeding up when it should. Sound emulation doesn’t fare much better. As they are, in 480i, they look swimmy, indefinite, and flickery. They did include an option for progressive-scan, though, which will marginally help these games’ appearance on HD sets. “Video is mostly respectably emulated, but Digital Eclipse’s usual lack of any support for these games’ native resolution has once again left this writer in the lurch. Now, you may be wondering how good the emulation and presentation of this compilation, lets take a look at what the mainstream publications are saying about the package: (You can this entire compilation for the price of 3 Wii Genesis downloads).Īs if the price savings isn’t enough, you also have a hard-copy version of games on an actual disc with a case and manual that gives you more of a collector’s feel and sense of ownership. This PS2 compilation has a few big advantages over the next-gen game download systems.įirst off all, when you average out the price from the $20 retail price, each game costs 66 cents compared to $8 each for Wii Genesis downloads. While not every great Genesis game is included, the Sega Genesis Collection has a many of Sega’s finest. įor once, Sega has gotten the clue and included a health spoonful of top-notch Genesis classics on one compliation. With all the hype over the retro downloads on the Wii’s Virtual Console and the XBox Live Arcade, many gamers have completely missed the release of the Sega Genesis Collection for the PS2. Cheap, Easy, and Legit Sega Classics on the PS2
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