Sonic Mega Collection (PS2)
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Sonic Mega Collection Plus is a compendium of the best of classic Sonic titles from Mega Drive and Game Gear accessed from SEGA’s incredible video games vault…. More >>
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Graphics – Bad
Gameplay – Bad
Excitement – Bad
Overall – Bad
Rating: 1 / 5
I have been going through a bit of a nostalgia trip recently and remembering the games of my youth is perhaps one of the most fun things to do. I have tried the PC version of this game which did not work, however this version runs brilliantly on the PS2. The three most obvious games anyone will be going for is Sonic The Hedgehog, Sonic The Hedgehog 2, Sonic the Hedgehog 3 and Sonic and Knuckles. A fabulous addition is the ability to save the level that you have reached which was something that previously couldn’t be done on the Megadrive version.
However, I was dissapointed that a certain version of Sonic and Knuckles wasn’t included. There did used to be the option to play an extended version of Sonic The Hedgehog 3 when you combined Sonic & Knuckles with Sonic the Hedgehog 3, which also included the option to play the levels as Knuckles. It is a pity this was not included and is my single reason for not giving the game a full five stars. Otherwise though, fabulous gaming.
Rating: 4 / 5
Back in 1991, a new character came out, made by Sega’s Hirokazu Yasuhara – Sonic was a very fast hedgehog poised to take Mario’s world – the most loved character from a computer game. He’s your typical manga type hero, trying to save the earth, and the animals from the evil Doctor, who wants to get rid of Sonic and his friends.
Fast forward 18 or so years, and here Sony and Sega have made a collection of all his games, Sonic, Sonic 2 and Sonic 3 all here in tact, though I did notice a little bit of music remix and different sound effects especially when the rings are counted at the end of the level. But everything is well done, the control system is smooth like the MegaDrive, you could easily mistake the PS2 for a MegaDrive after a few hours playing Sonic.
Not only is Sonic here, but so is Knuckles, Tales and his other mates. Some fine games include Sonic 3D, where it looks a bit like QBert but 90s, the excellent and well liked (by me anyway) Sonic Spinball, a pinball spoof where you have to destroy everyone’s favourite enemy Dr Robonotic – and all the Game Gear editions of the games. There really is everything here, strategy, puzzle, adventure, you will love it if you like Sonic, and younger users will love it as much as my generation did on the Sega consoles which sadly, got placed out of the market.
This is a fine series, and well worth getting, good value for money and has at least a few months worth of fun in them.
Rating: 5 / 5
Sonic Mega Collection is just what it says on the tin a collection of all sonics 2D adventures on SEGA’s Megadrive (or genesis if you want)from the 90′s and it doesn’t fail to bring floods of nostalgia to you as you soon as you hear the Sonic: The Hedgehog title music.
On this single disc you have all your favourite blue hedgehogs misadventures to defeat the evil Dr. Ivo Robotnic(or eggman)these include:
Sonic the hedgehog
Sonic 2
Sonic 3
Sonic & Knuckles
Sonic 3 & Knuckles (has to be unlocked)
Knuckles in Sonic 2 (has to be unlocked)
Blue Sphere (has to be unlocked)
Sonic Spinball
All these games are ported perfectly from the Megadrive to the PS2 with all the art, characters, music, codes and special stages found on the originals. My favorite game has got to be Sonic 3 & Knuckles because of all the bonus content and Super and HYPER forms that be acquired for each character.
Overall this is perfect for any old school gamer to relive those good ol’days but it is also great, simple 2D platforming for next generation gamers. I guarantee you will be constantly replaying levels and won’t be able to get the great music out of your head as you hum along to it.
Graphics: 10/10 (for the time)
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Music: 9/10 (mostly great but some is annoying at times)
Game play: 9/10 (very easy controls can be mastered in no time)
Replayability: 10/10 ( I still can’t stop playing
Only problem is theres no Sonic CD or Knuckles Chaotix but they are available on the Sonic Gems Collection however
Rating: 5 / 5
It seems redundant to review the collection on a game by game basis. If you like platform games at all (even if you’re still a bitter Mario fan, even after the dust settled and Sonic moved into the same Nintendo shaped flat) you’ll find something to love in this collection. My personal favorite is probably Sonic 3, though there is something to be said for at least Sonic 2 and Sonic & Knuckles, with both the MD and GG versions of Sonic 1 must plays, though they feel a bit clunky and not nearly as fast as later titles. A special mention goes to Dr Robotnik’s Mean Bean Machine (a re-branded version of the original Puyo Puyo), a fun puzzle game that adds some worthwhile variety to the package.
It was almost depressing swapping my original Mega Drive cartridges for Sonic Mega Collection Plus, but thankfully it’s a solid package with perfectly faithful conversions of all the original Mega Drive titles. At times though, the conversion has been TOO faithful, containing all of the frame-juddering and glitches in the original cartridge versions. Whilst there is a certain nostalgia in playing the original slideshow versions of Sonic 2 Zones found in that game’s 2 Player Mode, you wouldn’t hear me complaining if the Playstation 2 gave the emulator just a fraction more power than the Mega Drive actually had to iron out the creases in Sonic’s well worn shirt-Tails.
Aside from this collection’s over-faithfulness, there are two further things that irritate me. The first is the complete lack of interaction between the emulator that runs the games, and the menu system that allows access to them. This wouldn’t be a problem if there weren’t 7 unlockable games, but as there are, it’s annoying to find these games unlockable not by achieving something in a given game (collecting emeralds, or completing the game), but by simply opening and closing each game several times. This leads to marathon ‘start and quit’ sessions just to get your value for money.
My other disappointment is with the Game Gear titles, which seem an after-thought. All bar “Sonic the Hedgehog” and “Sonic Chaos” are uninspired games supposedly kicking around for the sake of completeness, yet “Sonic 2″ and “Sonic Triple Trouble” are shunted onto the Gems Collection, despite being genuinely interesting games. And then there’s the matter of why the developers chose to go use the Game Gear versions of these games, when for a number of them, Master System versions – with less slow down and a superior screen-size – were available.
That said, in conjunction with Sonic Gems Collection, you can be guaranteed to have not missed a Sonic game worth playing if you own this collection.
Rating: 4 / 5