Sonic's Ultimate Genesis Collection
Sonic's Ultimate Genesis 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 which were previously released for the Sega Genesis, 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.
List of games
Sega Genesis
- 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 & Knuckles
- Sonic 3D Blast
- Sonic the Hedgehog †
- Sonic the Hedgehog 2 †
- Sonic the Hedgehog 3
- Sonic Spinball
- Streets of Rage
- Streets of Rage 2
- Streets of Rage 3
- Super Thunder Blade †
- Vectorman †
- Vectorman 2 †
Unlockable extra games
- Alien Syndrome
- Altered Beast †
- Congo Bongo †
- Fantasy Zone
- Golden Axe Warrior
- Phantasy Star
- Shinobi
- Space Harrier
- Zaxxon †
According to Ethan Einhorn, the producer for the collection, the three "lock-on" games 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".