"They don't make games like they used," is something you'll often hear someone say when they look at Call Of Duty or GTAV and not understand why there isn't a life system, or why you don't drop all of your rings every time you land on something spiky.
While graphics and gameplay and immersion and plot-lines and pretty much every aspect of video games have fundamentally improved many times over in the years since the Sega Mega Drive (or Sega Genesis if you're from across the pond), there is still a lot of bank to be made on nostalgia alone.
So with that in mind, you'll be very happy to hear that a collection of dozens of amazingly addictive games from the Mega Drive will soon be made available on current generation consoles.
A version of the collection had previously been released on the PS3 and Xbox 360, and the full line-up of the games made available was pretty impressive:
Alex Kidd in the Enchanted Castle
Alien Storm
Altered Beast
Beyond Oasis
Bonanza Bros.
Columns
Comix Zone
Decap Attack
Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine
Dynamite Headdy
Ecco the Dolphin
Ecco: The Tides of Time
ESWAT: City Under Siege
Fatal Labyrinth
Flicky
Gain Ground
Golden Axe
Golden Axe II
Golden Axe III
Kid Chameleon
Phantasy Star II
Phantasy Star III: Generations of Doom
Phantasy Star IV: The End of the Millennium
Ristar
Shining Force
Shining Force II
Shining in the Darkness
Shinobi III: Return of the Ninja Master
Sonic the Hedgehog
Sonic the Hedgehog 2
Sonic the Hedgehog 3
Sonic Spinball
Sonic & Knuckles
Sonic 3D Blast
Streets of Rage
Streets of Rage 2
Streets of Rage 3
Super Thunder Blade
Vectorman
Vectorman 2
The Mega Drive Collection is expected to arrive on PS4, Xbox One and PC on Tuesday 29 May, and here is the official teaser trailer for the games, as per the (absolutely brilliantly named) video game website Sonic The Hedgeblog.
https://twitter.com/Sonic_Hedgeblog/status/973704303637442560
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