An absolute gem of a shooter that’s aged fairly well. It’s hard not to have a big old smile on your face playing Toe Jam and Earl.Īlso ‘new’ is Gunstar Heroes. Toe Jam and Earl, who didn’t feature in the last collection, have two games here, and they remain among the kookiest and most charmingly offbeat titles of that era. In a similar vein, Alien Breed is perhaps better still. Robotnik’s Mean Bean Machine is also good, but still a bugger to beat), and you can’t go wrong with any of the three Golden Axe titles found here. is an underrated multiplayer gem, Columns remains as addictive and hypnotic as ever (Dr. all three Streets of Rage games are here, and the first two are still pretty damn great beat ’em ups (the third is decent, but disappointing coming after the second game).īonanza Bros. It is unfortunate that Sonic 3 and Knuckles is missing though.

The blue blur is at his highest point in these titles. Sonic the Hedgehog and Sonic 2 are, without doubt, a huge highlight. Now onto the positives, and boy are there some positives! Sega Genesis Classics Review: The Good Boys Streets of Rage 2 is still one of the finest beat ’em ups ever created. Sonic 3D is the Sega Mega Drive Classics’ example of the Sonic brand during a low point and Flicky? Flicky makes me angry just thinking about that stupid bloody bird. The fiddly, drab shooter-type doesn’t have quite the saving grace of Altered Beast because it continues to become more and more repellent to play with every passing year. A game that does Space Harrier with a helicopter, is another infamous ever-present. Considering the side-scrolling scrappers it finds itself alongside in this collection, it’s almost shocking to see its continued presence. It has had a cult appeal over the years, which would be baffling if you didn’t know the game was often bundled for free with the Mega Drive and in a cheapo game collection.

Age has unsurprisingly not helped it become any less so, but the 2D nature of the era means it’s not got much worse in the thirty years since it first released. So let’s get the bad eggs out of the basket first. Sega Genesis Classics Review: The Bad Eggs Alex Kidd is an important game in Sega history, if not a particularly good one now.

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