SEGA Genesis Classics - PlayStation 4

I bought this collection, because I was really in the mood to play some retro 2-player games with friends when they came over. If all that was offered was the ability to play a bunch of games, I would have been happy. What we get is is a trip down nostalgiaville. The menu is the first cool thing to see: a 90's kids bedroom, where you can look at the Genesis 50 game collection, TV settings, Genesis settings, audio settings, network gameplay, leaderboards, a realtime clock, and appropriate outdoor sound effects reflecting the time of day. The game collection is solid. And with 50 games there's a lot of fun to be had. They could have just presented the games in their original graphics, but, once again, they offered more than they had to! You can see it in its pure original form, add scan lines for nostalgia, add more pixels to enhance the graphics, yet keeping that pixelated look, smooth the pixels, smooth the pixels and clean up lines and edges (anti-aliasing), go from 4:3 to 16:9 (some of the image gets lost to make that conversion though), play the game in mirror mode from right to left. I spent way too much time playing with these settings, and for someone that grew up playing Genesis in their childhood, these settings bring a lot of replay value, and it's really neat to me to be able to see these games cleaned up. Oh! And there's more! There's a list of challenges, so if you want to do something quick and fun, and not play a whole game, you can do a challenge (like to try to beat a certain level in a certain time limit). You can save, so you don't have to beat the game in one sitting. And there's a cool rewind and fast forward mode, so if you do something you regret and don't want to start over, or reload, you can rewind right before things went wrong and try again. Excellent excellent excellent treatment of classic games. If you're into retro 16 bit games, or grew up playing Genesis games and would like to play them on your PS4, this comes highly recommended!

This takes me back to my childhood- lol this has ALLL those great games from back in the day! I love this the Best Buy I bought a PS5 just to play streets of rage 2 and sonic haha and there’s a ton more games :) and shipping was super fast like 1-3 days

I find it a bit perplexing trying to work out if a younger person might like this or not. I was about 13 when the Sega megadrive was around. The games looked ridiculous by today's standards. Video games make graphics look almost real now. The quality that existed in those old video games was a simple but very involving storyline, and gameplay that was easy and fun. Like I said, 2 buttons!But consider a few things. Mainly value for money. Look at how many games you get for the price of one. Look at the selection and range of games. Pretty incredible.To date I have only really played streets of rage. I loved that game so much I don't know how many times I beat it. Now I have all three of them and will happily play them over and over. But I remember shinobi, loved it, and of course sonic. Some of the other games i will be discovering or rediscovering. But really it's simple minded fun at it's best.And I love the introductory screen looking just like an old bedroom from the 1990s. A nice touch.

I got this due to wanting to experience Streets of Rage and part 2 again as it was a favorite back in the day while I played on a sega genesis back then (I still have but don’t have this game in particular). Was getting nostalgic during playing the streets of rage 4 that I got digital on psn and while unfortunately this sega genesis collection wasn’t on the psn store being delisted last 2024 around December … well I decided to get the physical copy.. and I did have this collection at one point perhaps also on a physical copy.The “launcher” simulates a cool bedroom setup and an old school tube tv and the console and game collection on a shelf to choose.The only gripe would be setting the controls or the control layout limited to just two layouts but not option to re-assign buttons. I have the dual sense edge and able to remap buttons anyway.I’m unsure if your progress is saved but I’ll check when I get back. So far just been playing streets of rage two and will part 3.

Item arrived as described. Very pleased.

Nothing like playing old school games I grew up playing

I ordered the US version, received the European version instead. Luckily after a system update, the disc installed and I was able to play it. So with that aside. It is awesome to have these Genesis classics. A must for any video game a aficionado.