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[Sunflower4000]

I can't get over how stupid and fun Bonanza Bros is. I love that game.

[Owozifa]

Having finally gotten all the trophies for the Golden Axe games, I find myself with the (apparently) controversial opinion that Golden Axe III is far and away the best of the lot. It just felt like I had more control over what was going on, I guess.

I loved Golden Axe in the arcade, and never really played much of the Genesis game, but man it was pissing me off. I'm not really great at this style of game, but it was just a massacre. Maybe the game is more playable with two people so the enemy can't surround and rape you so easy. Get knocked down, stand up, try to perform an action, nope get knocked down again. That's about how it went for me. It's been years since I played the arcade game, so maybe I just suck more.

[probune]

Oh fuck Golden Axe. I forgot about that series. Total garbage.

[mik]

I thought Golden Axe III was hilarious.

[dammitmattt]

I am offended that people actually enjoy Sonic 3D Blast.

[SneakyturtleEgg]

I bought this just to support what it tried to do. I probably won't play it much. I hope younger gamers that were never exposed to these games enjoy a few of the classics contained in this collection. It is the best effort at any compilation yet. However, I am not a fan of emulation. I enjoy collecting original carts for the Master System, NES, Genesis and SNES. I will always hook an old system up to my CRT television and enjoy them in their original presentation.

[JDUB X]

I am offended that people actually enjoy Sonic 3D Blast.

It's at least better than E-Swat, Super Thunder Blade, Columns, and Fatal Labyrinth.

[Owozifa]

E-Swat was awesome.

[I AM JOHN!]

It's Shinobi but starring the dude from CHIPs and totally awful.

[Owozifa]

It is quite like Shinobi, only with a robot suit and more weapons. I'm not really seeing the problem, here.

[I AM JOHN!]

God awful level design, no ninjitsu, the controls are crap, and the robot suit is atrocious?

[probune]

Fatal Labyrinth.

This is one of the best games on the collection.

[Casual PC gamer]

Decap Attack rocks, and Sonic Spinball rocks. You guys are stupid.

[Kirbutashi]

This is one of the best games on the collection.

I wish you had got trapped there and lost.

[Owozifa]

I spent some more time with E-Swat, and I'm just not seeing how it's so many orders of magnitude more awful than Revenge of Shinobi. I don't have any problems controlling the game once used to the limitations, and I've found the bosses good fun.

Decap Attack is rather nifty as well. Sorta reminds me of Adventure Island just in the way it feels.

Fatal Labyrinth is a short and sweet roguelike that I found refreshing in its simplicity.

I'm taking away from this discussion that we're all going to have very different ratings on the game list. I don't like puzzle games, and Mean Bean Machine is kind of a dick. It figures the one trophy that requires a game be beat is on the game I probably enjoy least on the whole collection. Yes, I liked Columns better. Not by much, and maybe it's because I could actually achieve the goal, but I'm just not going to bother getting the last trophy because of freaking Bean Machine.

[Guy Legend]

Another easy achievement is in Vectorman 2. When you start playing, pause the game and press Up, Right, X, Y, X, Down, Left, X, Down (on the Xbox controller). Unpause, and you'll go to a level select screen. Change "Planet Fall" to "Dig 2" and hit X. You'll warp to Area 11 for an instant achievement.

I don't know why, but the code isn't working for me (PS3 version). I pause the game when the first level starts and input the code (subsituting X for X and Y for Triangle on the dualshock 3). I'll have to try again later....

[Reivax]

This is one of the best games on the collection.

Yes, I agree.

I hated E-Swat, but I only played the game to the point where the achievement unlocked. Maybe it gets better after that.

[Owozifa]

I don't know why, but the code isn't working for me (PS3 version). I pause the game when the first level starts and input the code (subsituting X for X and Y for Triangle on the dualshock 3). I'll have to try again later....

Did you set the controls to ABC mode?

[Guy Legend]

Did you set the controls to ABC mode?

No....


Edit: Well that did it. I didn't even look at the control options. Thanks.

[I AM JOHN!]

I really hate that I have to go reconfigure the controls to every single game in the collection because there's no option to permanently reset ABCXYZ from the options menu. #092;

[mik]

Yeah, that really seems like something Phil should have thought about. Fuckin' Phil.

[I AM JOHN!]

I agree and suggest that we get together a lynch mob and have ourselves a good ol' fashioned lynchin'.

[Spiz]

I've never owned a Genesis so I'm playing a lot of these games for the first time. All I wanted to say was that Ristar is the funnest game on here. I love grabbing things and platforming. Very fun. Can't say the same thing for some of these other games. Ristar is the first game I kept playing even after I got the achievement.

[Jimi C]

I played the hell outta the collection yesterday. I never knew about Decap Attack, but it's excellent. I don't know if I'll ever get that damn Mean Bean Machine trophy. Also, Ristar is still a great looking game.

[levitynyc]

I played the hell outta the collection yesterday. I never knew about Decap Attack, but it's excellent. I don't know if I'll ever get that damn Mean Bean Machine trophy. Also, Ristar is still a great looking game.

One word that describes Decap Attack.

Enjoyable.

[Grecco]

Anyone have some suggestions for beating MBM? Cause its driving me insane.

[SaitoH]

Best Buy and Future Shop have the collection on sale for $29.99 in Canada. I picked it up just so I have Streets of Rage 2 ready to go whenever Sewart stops by.

[PlayerOneStewy]

We shall Rage.

[Wenny]

This absolute gem is Amazon's Deal of the Day today - $20. Buy it for both platforms if you haven't already!

[PlayerOneStewy]

Best Buy and Future Shop have the collection on sale for $29.99 in Canada. I picked it up just so I have Streets of Rage 2 ready to go whenever Sewart stops by.

If my wife ever lets me come over to your house to play again, we gotta Rage.

[levitynyc]

Meh, honestly I think I played it for 2 days. Most of the games don't hold up well at all.

[Kirbutashi]

Meh, honestly I think I played it for 2 days. Most of the games don't hold up well at all.

You obviously didn't read the fantastic game descriptions enough.

[mik]

Everything surrounding the games in that collection was super-cool. The games themselves just aren't fun anymore.

[KinectFan]

This absolute gem is Amazon's Deal of the Day today - $20. Buy it for both platforms if you haven't already!

Hmm, that's a little tempting.

[Wenny]

Everything surrounding the games in that collection was super-cool. The games themselves just aren't fun anymore.

The games I was most interested in - the Phantasy Stars and Shining Force I & II - aged fairly well. But I'll agree that many of the action games often didn't stand up well.

[PlayerOnePhil]

And I'll agree that a deal like this simply can't be beat. Buy today, friends! Now's the time to take advantage of this spectacular deal. Wotta bargain!

[Kirbutashi]

Phil is furiously creating amazon accounts and writing customer reviews.

[Oakstout]

I saw somewhere that Flicky was in this collection? I hate to admit, but that was one of my favorite arcade games back in the day.

I know, I'm old and sad!

[Spiz]

You liked Flicky? Do you hate life that much? That game is teeeeeerrrible.

[PlayerOnePhil]

You liked Flicky? Do you hate life that much? That game is teeeeeerrrible.

You are wrong, and Flicky is awesome. Old school arcade action for reals, yo.

And yes, it is on Sonic's Ultimate Genesis Collection - available now for PS3 and Xbox 360. Look for it where your favorite games are sold.