This game is fun for those who liked the old sega games. I'd say it is filled with about 3/4 good games, and 1/4 junk games. For certain arcade/original master system/classic games you have to unlock them, but its not really that hard to.

If you've never played/heard of these games, I wouldn't suggests buying it, you will be like wtf did I buy these when I could have used an emulator for free. None of the graphics are updated, it is just a direct port with some background videos, and screenshots of the cover/game cartridge.

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It's an ultimate collection but for me the fun of the games is just so so. i sold it after several days.

Some cons:

Each game should have some screen snapshots for you to have a preview, or at least the video should be fastened so that users can know what type of game it is if not familiar.

i have played some of these games in my childhood. Although i do missing those fun times, when i actually played them again, they are not fun any more it seems.

Anyway, there are still two or three games worth playing again.

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Relative to purchasing each title individually on Wii's Virtual Console, this title is a huge, huge deal. Plus it has trophies. How can you go wrong?

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When it came down to video games back in the early to mid 90's, video games have started to become much more aminstream with its core audiences. Nintendo really had dominated at the beginning with the continued success of the NES and the start of what became the Super Nintendo. As for Sega, they had much more out there that seemed to dominate at the beginning with the success of the Sega Genesis, and the portable Game Gear system. But at the midway point of the decade, their systems were losing appeal from overexposure, which cause them to lose sales for the Genesis, Saturn and Dreamcast systems, and gamers were going to Sony and staying at Nintendo for their gaming needs. Now, Sega's glory days are returning to the Playstation 3.

Sonic's Ultimate Genesis Collection is really something that delivers well for nostaligic fans of the classic Sega Genesis era of the 90's. The game compilation contains over 40 classic Sega games that have been the constants of the Sega Genesis library, and what made Sega so dominant to hard cpore fans today. The game have all been remastered beautifully from top to bottom, and redesigned to give it a new introduction in High Defiinition. The compilation includes a lot of classic games including the original Sonic The Hedgehog, and its sequels 2, 3 and Sonic & Knuckles, as well as other great Sega titles like Columns, the addictive puzzler that was Sega's answer to the addictive Tetris, the epic Golden Axe, the innovative Vectorman, and many other greats. The control is just as simple to pick up as it was made years earlier, and the gameplay is just as exciting as has been years ealier. Sadly though, I do feel a bit upset though that there could've upset that there could've been some overlooked greats here like the innovative 3-D Virtua Racing here, as well as Earthworm Jim to just name a few.

All in all for what it is worth Sonic's Ultimate Genesis Collection for the Playstation 3 works very well for Sega as a strong and innovative reintroduction to what Sega had made special for video game fanatics young and old back in the 90's. While it is sad that Sega will never be able to duplicate those days with making new systems, they still are showing they still have the stuff with what their classics are absolutely made of. If you have never owned a Genesis system, or are just looking for something completely different, than I absolutely recommend this as a must buy for PS3 owners.

Graphics: B

Sound: B+

Price: B+

Fun & Enjoyment: B+

Overall: B+

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My husband had a lot of fun playing this game. It has a lot of old games from the early 80 and 90. It is a great price for what you get.

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I had the PS2 Sega Genesis collection which was a pretty good collection of 28 games. Though a few of my favorites were missing. This new collection for the PS3 clears all that up as well as presenting the games in hi-def to make them look better than ever. If you had the original collection, this game gives you the additional titles of Alien Storm, Beyond Oasis, Dr. Robotnik's MBM, Dynamite Headdy, E-Swat, Fatal Labyrinth, Shining in the Darkness, Shining Force, Shining Force 2, Sonic 3D Blast, Sonic and Knuckles, Sonic 3, Sonic Spinball, Streets of Rage 1,2,3. It also has unlockable arcade games like Congo Bongo, Altered Beast, Zaxxon and more. What seems to be missing from this set that was on the PS2 version is Ecco Jr. and Sword of Vermillion. So unless you love those two games, it is time to trade that copy in and get this great new collection.

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The games are fun the selection sucks because they have really only half the games because they only give u parts 1,2,3,4 of a couple.

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This is the biggest collection of games to come out of the 16 bit era on a collection (I think anyway) and it has some amazing titles that are simply too rare to buy the originals on other sites, almost every Sonic game released, all of the Phantasy Star games, Shining Force, Streets of Rage etc, you know the list it's huge and worth a lot more than they sell it for. All games are scaled up to HD and you can apply a smoothing filter that doesn't effect gameplay, if you have a wide screen you can have the image stretched to fit your screen.

I personally bought it for the Streets of Rage/ Shining Force games because I already have all of the Sonic games, Phantasy Star IV, Beyond Oasis, Vector Man for my real genesis. But this collection is massive containing a lot of great classics you might not remember.

Though as great as it is, there's a few games missing for no reason. Most notable is Sonic 3 and Knuckles (when they're locked on), it has Sonic 1,2,3, Sonic and Knuckles, Sonic 3D Blast, Sonic Spinball, but..not Sonic 3 combined with Sonic & Knuckles, a game that can't be more than 2 megs was left off the disc for what reason? None. It is Sonic's ultimate Genesis Collection, they have the games separate, but not combined so why not include his best run? Disc Space isn't a issue when dealing with games that came out nearly 16 years ago.

Anyway you can't find much of a better value, they have a LOT of games on here and most are simply amazing, for very cheap. Some sounds are a little off, but again, it's a great deal and it's a must have in my mind. I probably have half of these games for my genesis and I got it anyway. It just loses a star for not having Sonic 3 or Sonic 2 combined with Sonic and Knuckles, it's Sonics best game in my opinion and it's insane not to put it in. (Thinking about it now, I'm sure they'll just release it for download on PSN/XBL)

To sum it up, there's a lot of great games on here and a few not so great, but are still worth the nostalgic value. You can't get these games for a better deal, some are worth 80 bucks alone on cartridge form, and they're at least 10 dollars each on virtual console each. So 49 games (including unlockable games) times ten is 490 bucks vs Genesis collection for 30, can't beat this great deal.

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I had a Genesis growing up and loved it. I still love many of the games and had really looked forward to the PS3 version, hoping that there would be some other games not previously release from the classics. However, it did not offer much new from the other "classic collection" titles. Echo, Shinobi, Golden Axe, Vectorman..they were all on the previous discs. What about other games? Spiderman, X-men, Chakkan the forever man? There were a lot of great games on the Genesis, so why do they just keep releasing the same games over and over on these collections?

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THIS IS A MUST BUY FOR EVERYONE WHO STARTED PLAYING VIDEOGAMES IN SEGA GENESIS, VERY NOSTALGIC.

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Since buying Midways Museum Arcade game collection for my PS2 there hasn't really been another great collection series to come out for us who lived the years of the mid 80's through the 90's and remember playing these games fondly, now Sega has released this incredible collection and as expected it's fantastic both and the quantity and the enjoyment of playing these games again. For the kids of this generation they probably won't find to much enjoyment with these kind of games as the last ten years has seen an incredible development and the video and effects in games for them to play, but for us who played these games either in the arcade rooms of long ago or on the Sega genesis or Saturn the return of these games has been a true joy for me. As you play you'll probably like myself feel the nostalgia while playing these games and remember when you first played them years ago and that feeling is something that shouldn't be ignored. Playing Sonic again or even playing the lost and confused Dolphin were a true joy again as well as the other games like Golden Axe to Streets of Rage. The vastness of the games on this disk is simply amazing more than forty games and for this price a great deal worth getting.

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I'm glad to see the emergence of digital distribution outlets like Virtual Console hasn't stopped good value collections like this from coming out. The games contained in this collection would've cost hundreds of dollars on VC's pricing. This collection consists of the best Sega published games on the Genesis plus a few unlockables from arcades and Master System. The interviews with the original game developers are nice extras and an example of the kind of extras we don't get on Virtual Console.

Now for the notable flaw to this otherwise awesome collection. Sonic & Knuckles is missing its lock-on feature with Sonic 2 & 3. I know the developers have explained tight development as a reason instead spending their time on tweaking the emulators for the unlockable games but I wonder if it was worth it. Sonic & Knuckles locked on to Sonic 3 is said to be a great platformer so we're really missing out. In fact Sonic & Knuckles was a way for Sonic Team to make up for not including everything they wanted in Sonic 3.

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I'll keep it short and simple; no Sonic CD and no Sonic 3+Knuckles pretty much gives this game a 1 star. Hopefully we'll be able to download it later

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This is a nice product if you want to play some old school games that you miss. My biggest problem with it is that they don't have certain games that they had in the sonic mega collection for the PS 2. Then again they have certain games that the ps2 one didn't have, but I love sonic and they didnt have all his games. The biggest baddest sonic 3 and knuckles attachment is missing in this game, that was enough for me to give it a negative review. on the plus side playing these games with smooth graphics at 720p gives it new life. Also its not all the great genesis games its just the ones that sega made.

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