Sonic's Ultimate Genesis Collection
Sonic's Ultimate Genesis Collection, (known in Europe or Brazil/Australia as Sega Mega Drive Ultimate Collection), is a 2009 video game compilation developed by Backbone Entertainment and published by Sega for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. The compilation features 48 Sega games (49 counting two versions of Altered Beast) which were previously released for the Sega Genesis (including most of the Sonic the Hedgehog titles released for the system), arcades and the Master System. It is the sequel to the Sega Genesis Collection released previously for the PlayStation 2 and PlayStation Portable, but contains 16 more games (in NTSC regions, including unlockable extras).
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Sonic's Ultimate Genesis Collection, (known in Europe or Brazil/Australia as Sega Mega Drive Ultimate Collection), is a 2009 video game compilation developed by Backbone Entertainment and published by Sega for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. The compilation features 48 Sega games (49 counting two versions of Altered Beast) which were previously released for the Sega Genesis (including most of the Sonic the Hedgehog titles released for the system), arcades and the Master System. It is the sequel to the Sega Genesis Collection released previously for the PlayStation 2 and PlayStation Portable, but contains 16 more games (in NTSC regions, including unlockable extras).
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Sonic's Ultimate Genesis Collection compiles 40 emulated games originally released for the Sega Genesis by Sega. Additionally, eight non-Genesis games are unlockable by completing achievements in select titles. Many of the games featured were originally included in the compilation's predecessor Sega Genesis Collection (2006). According to Ethan Einhorn, the producer for the collection, the three "lock-on" games (Knuckles in Sonic 2, Sonic 3 & Knuckles, and Blue Sphere) were not included due to "tight development times", and that including them would have meant "dropping several titles from the collection altogether", specifically the aforementioned nine unlockable games since "they all required unique emulation solutions".
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2009
Sonic's Ultimate Genesis Collection published.
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Sonic's Ultimate Genesis Collection received "generally favorable" reviews, according to review aggregator website Metacritic.
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- 1.Sega Blog. Sonic’s Ultimate Genesis Collection Shipping This Week. February 10, 2009.
- 2.Gerstmann, Jeff. Sonic's Ultimate Genesis Collection Review. Giant Bomb. February 16, 2009.
- 3.Miller, Greg. Sonic's Ultimate Genesis Collection Review. IGN. February 12, 2009.
- 4.Orry, Tom. SEGA Mega Drive Ultimate Collection Review. VideoGamer.com. February 19, 2009.
- 5.Metacritic. Sonic's Ultimate Genesis Collection for PlayStation 3 Reviews.
- 6.Metacritic. Sonic's Ultimate Collection for Xbox 360 Reviews.
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