SEGA AGES Online / Sega Vintage Collection 2012

Figured we could use a thread for these!

SEGA and M2 are doing more SEGA AGES releases, this time on XBLA and PSN. The first two packs were released on XBLA yesterday: Alex Kidd & Co and Monster World Collection. The former contains, weirdly, Alex Kidd in Miracle World, Super Hang On (Arcade), and Revenge Of Shinobi. The latter contains Wonder Boy In Monster Land (Arcade), Wonder Boy In Monster World, and Monster World IV (newly localized). Also strangely, these games are being released individually on PSN (at $5 each) instead of in packs.

Next week, XBLA is getting Golden Axe (Arcade original and Genesis sequels) and Streets of Rage collections.

Why these are cool:

• The emulation is as good as you could expect from M2, with accurate audio and a total lack of tearing, stuttering, and lag
• Each game includes each released regional variant, which can be a huge deal
• There are fairly comprehensive display options
• Each game has newly-added challenges with associated leaderboards, some of which are excellent
• This includes the newly-translated Monster World IV
• They added real deal and red-blue 3D to Super Hang On, holy shit

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It would be too much to hope that Revenge of Shinobi is the original version, isn't it.

Probably. No Spider-Man, Rambo, Batman, or Godzilla for you!

I still call bullshit on the GA and SOR packs. Those games have been done to death. After the amazing gesture Sega makes with Monster World IV, it goes right back to easy cash runs.

Hell, at least Alex Kidd in Miracle World was rereleased. That's an underrated classic.

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Originally Posted by Tain

This includes the newly-translated Monster World IV

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Newly translated arcade WBiML as well, which no one ever mentions. Although this translation is Engrishy and comes off like an 80s localization, although it is considerably better than the existing bootleg translations of the game.

MWIV with the other 56 games in the Steam Genesis & Mega Drive Classics please.

You should be asking for M2 to take over the Steam releases, imo (not that it would ever ever happen)

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Originally Posted by Frogacuda

Newly translated arcade WBiML as well, which no one ever mentions. Although this translation is Engrishy and comes off like an 80s localization, although it is considerably better than the existing bootleg translations of the game.

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Yeah, I remembered that right after posting. I think that I was always fine playing it in Japanese, so it's kind of easy to forget.

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Originally Posted by Melf

I still call bullshit on the GA and SOR packs. Those games have been done to death. After the amazing gesture Sega makes with Monster World IV, it goes right back to easy cash runs.

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They've been done to death, yeah, but they are good to great games and these will be the best re-releases of them. You'll get Bare Knuckle III, too!

Hopefully they do more of these with some more interesting game choices.

Yeah, if I were going for totally unrealistic, I'd ask for third party games to be included so I could get Vampire Killer and Hard Corps.

I'm waiting for the inevitable sale.

These old SEGA games go on sale frequently.

PSN + Saturn USB = Awwwww Yeeaaaahhhhh!

thunderforce II, III, and Lightening please...(as far as 3rd party). There are also two EA trilogies I'd love to see, and even one mutated EA sports pack.

I'm surprised that EA hasn't re-released Mutant League Hockey/Mutant League Football yet. There are no licensing issues to worry about with those games.

Mutant League Hockey in particular still goes for about $40 online.

I'll get the SoR pack to play them online. Hooray for that.

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Originally Posted by Tain

You'll get Bare Knuckle III, too!

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Your mom got Bare Knuckle III last night

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Originally Posted by Yoshi

Yeah, if I were going for totally unrealistic, I'd ask for third party games to be included so I could get Vampire Killer and Hard Corps.

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I'll throw in Robo Aleste & MUSHA there- hell, even Soukyugurentai from Saturn (if Radiant Silvergun got ported, Souky deserves it even more IMO) . These probably have an even lesser chance.

It's great seeing the real Super Hang-On in this, instead of the slow, choppy Genesis version. I'd like Sega to throw some surprises into later installments such as Strike Fighter (After Burner III arcade, way better than the Sega CD one), Last Survivor (8 players going at it online sounds cool), Quartet, Galaxy Force II (add the extra modes from the PS2 version, plz) and Power Drift (add the link play "communication" version).

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Originally Posted by SSJN

thunderforce II, III, and Lightening please...

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QIA.

I'd say MW4 is worth the $10 alone.

I've been playing the most of it, anyway. Really fun, love the sprites, love the weight of characters. It a really polished game for its time.

How did I miss this thread? Sounds awesome

I blame the ganja.

Too many Skittles.

My computer has been on the fritz so I haven't been keeping up as much and Sony's day earlier updates lead me to believe that singles were the only way to get these games... good thing I only bought Revenge of Shinobi. I will be getting the packs on XBLA for sure.

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Originally Posted by jyoung

I'm surprised that EA hasn't re-released Mutant League Hockey/Mutant League Football yet. There are no licensing issues to worry about with those games.

Mutant League Hockey in particular still goes for about $40 online.

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I would Day One this.

Yeah, I honestly don't get how EA hasn't re-released these games... I mean not even half-ass Wii VC releases!

They even slapped Mutant League fans in the face by sneaking the logo into the new EA-made Blitz game.

Football was on that ES Replay PSP comp, but Hockey got no love.

To have them on PSN or Live with online play? Yes, please.

I need to grab MWIV for sure. Need some damn free time though.

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Originally Posted by BerringerX

Football was on that ES Replay PSP comp, but Hockey got no love.

To have them on PSN or Live with online play? Yes, please.

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This is true... I always forget about that because I never have anyone with a PSP around to play with... and really, if we're hanging out together, we aren't playing PSP games anyway.

I bet you aren't!

The only time I've ever played a handheld game in the same room with another person was Pokemon on the Green Boy.

I went on a family trip years ago where my cousins all had their DSes so we played Meteos in the car and in the hotel when the pool was closed... and I played Mario Party DS on a train to NYC... so yeah, 2x ever.

So wait, Streets of Rage and Golden Axe are two separate 800 point packs?

Wow, SEGA is really milking these ROMs for all they're worth.

Definitely waiting for a sale.

Collection is worth it for Bare Knuckle 3 alone.

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Originally Posted by jyoung

So wait, Streets of Rage and Golden Axe are two separate 800 point packs?

Wow, SEGA is really milking these ROMs for all they're worth.

Definitely waiting for a sale.

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You realize it's the three games + JP release right?

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Originally Posted by Chux

You realize it's the three games + JP release right?

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You realize it's a Golden Axe compilation that has neither the original arcade game nor Revenge of Death Adder, right?

Get fucked, Sega.

I think my phone can play Death Adder at this point.

I think it WILL.

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Originally Posted by Frogacuda

Get fucked, Sega.

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Originally Posted by Frogacuda

You realize it's a Golden Axe compilation that has neither the original arcade game nor Revenge of Death Adder, right?

Get fucked, Sega.

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It has the original arcade game.

The Game Gear Golden Axe would have made a nice inclusion, too:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YB8LyyYoUj8

That'll be on 3DS soon enough.

And maybe even Sega Ages Golden Axe just for the soundtrack and general lol:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KaxOMCV7Pk4&feature=related

No, it wouldnt.

I did not know that the Master System Golden Axe was a Zelda clone.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttD1ei0ND14

Nice tunes!

It's actually a good Zelda clone, too. If a blatant one.

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Originally Posted by Frogacuda

You realize it's a Golden Axe compilation that has neither the original arcade game nor Revenge of Death Adder, right?

Get fucked, Sega.

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I didn't pay attention to Golden Axe because I kind of hate it. Streets of Rage however, yes please.

Someone told me that Master System Golden Axe is on the Ultimate Genesis Collection.

WTF SEGA

Does Revenge of Death Adder work on MAME? For some reason it's not on my modbox with all the other arcade games.

There's a Golden Axe fighting game also, right?

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Originally Posted by Korly

Does Revenge of Death Adder work on MAME? For some reason it's not on my modbox with all the other arcade games.

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It runs in actual MAME, it just doesn't run on your might-as-well-be-colecovision box.

Revenge of Death Adder is a solid game, but it's entirely forgettable.

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Originally Posted by Korly

There's a Golden Axe fighting game also, right?

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Yup, Golden Axe: The Duel. It was in arcades and on Saturn.

Streets of Rage collection could have used the Mega Play version of SoR2, while we're at it.

I'm wondering if any of the four collections have anything hidden in them. Some of the PS2 ones did.

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Originally Posted by Frogacuda

It runs in actual MAME, it just doesn't run on your might-as-well-be-colecovision box.

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I love it.

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Originally Posted by Chux

I love it.

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You love Revenge of Death Adder?

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Originally Posted by jyoung

Someone told me that Master System Golden Axe is on the Ultimate Genesis Collection.

WTF SEGA

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It's an unlockable. Leave it to Sega to include a Master System Golden Axe game on a Genesis collection but not in a Golden Axe collection.

It's probably for the best that the Golden Axe Collection doesn't include either of the good Golden Axe games.

But Golden Axe 3 has a catmans. Doesn't that make it auto-good?