Even if a few of the games undeniably suck.' Hilary Goldstein of IGN declared that 'you can't find a better deal than 20 games for 20 dollars,' and that 'while not every Sonic game is a winner, the majority are. Chris Baker of GameSpy decided that 'despite its exclusions, though, Collection's large selection of titles for $19.99 is a tough thing not to recommend to anyone who calls himself a gamer.
#SONIC GEMS COLLECTION PLUS#
Reviews for Sonic Mega Collection Plus were also positive. Sonic Team had trouble gathering materials for the compilation because it had been a decade since they made the games and 'Sega's not that good about keeping history.' For instance, Naka wanted to include the original prototype of the first game but Sonic Team could not find its ROM image. CD, Vectorman, and R later appeared in Sonic Gems Collection (2005), a successor to Mega Collection focusing on rare Sonic games. Sonic Team also considered including BlueSky Software's Vectorman (1995), and Sonic R (1997) and Sonic Shuffle (2000) were expected to appear in Mega Collection at one point.
#SONIC GEMS COLLECTION SERIES#
Series co-creator Yuji Naka, who served as producer, said the team intended to include the 1993 Sega CD game Sonic CD, but storage constraints prevented this. Rather than porting them from the Genesis, they collaborated with VR-1 Japan to develop an emulator to run the games' ROM images. Sonic Team chose to focus on including all the Genesis Sonic games.
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According to director Yojiro Ogawa, Sonic Team's goal with the compilation was to introduce children to older games in the series and showcase what made Sonic successful. Mega Collection was developed by Sonic Team, the studio behind most games in the Sonic. Also included in Sonic Mega Collection Plus.
#SONIC GEMS COLLECTION MANUAL#
High-resolution instruction manual scans are included for each game.
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All games are ports of their original versions on the Sega Genesis. Get ready to rumble.Sonic Mega Collection features twelve to fourteen complete games in one retail unit. Robotnik and the evil Metal Sonic in head-to-head or team battles. Tails, Knuckles, Amy, Espio, Fang, Bean and Bark battle it out with Dr. Join Sonic and your favorite cast of Sonic characters in this action-filled 3D arcade fighting game. With cool moves and a smokin' hot soundtrack, you're in for an adventure of a lifetime! Until now, these titles have only been available in the arcade, on Sega CD®, Sega Saturn® and PC.Ĭritically acclaimed Sonic CD makes its return debut only on GameCube! The fastest blue hedgehog travels through time to face off against the evil Metal Sonic. Long-time Sonic fans, collectors, treasure hunters and newcomers to the series rejoice! The gem of all gems from the Sonic The Hedgehog family of products is coming this summer exclusively for the Nintendo GameCube®.