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This thread has nothing to do with Square or FFT.
But yes, I would fucking love that on the Switch.
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Sega AGES coming to Switch (by M2, eShop, 15+ classic titles starting this summer)
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This thread has nothing to do with Square or FFT.
But yes, I would fucking love that on the Switch.
Compiling a list of all previous Sega games M2 has emulated or ported over the years:
Arcade
Arcade
- After Burner II
- Alien Syndrome
- Altered Beast
- Bloxeed (System 16)
- Bloxeed (System 18)
- Bloxeed (System C)
- Cybertroopers Virtual-On
- Fantasy Zone
- Fantasy Zone: The Maze
- Fantasy Zone II: The Tears of Opa-Opa
- Fantasy Zone II DX
- Flash Point
- Galaxy Force II
- Golden Axe
- Hang-On
- Last Bronx
- Outrun
- Power Drift
- Puyo Puyo
- Puyo Puyo 2
- Quartet
- SDI: Strategic Defense Initiative
- Sega Rally Championship
- Space Harrier
- Super Hang-On
- Tetris (System 16)
- Tetris (System E)
- Turbo OutRun
- Wonder Boy
- Wonder Boy III: Monster Lair
- Wonder Boy in Monster Land
- Zaxxon
- Champion Boxing
- Girl's Garden
- Wonder Boy
- Alex Kidd: The Lost Stars
- Alex Kidd in Miracle World
- Alex Kidd in Shinobi World
- Black Belt
- Dynamite Headdy
- Enduro Racer
- Fantasy Zone
- Fantasy Zone: The Maze
- Fantasy Zone II: The Tears of Opa-Opa
- Galactic Protector
- Galaxy Force
- Maze Hunter 3-D
- OutRun 3-D
- Phantasy Star
- Quartet
- R-Type (Irem)
- SDI: Strategic Defense Initiative
- Secret Command
- Sonic Chaos
- Sonic the Hedgehog
- Sonic the Hedgehog 2
- Space Harrier
- Space Harrier 3-D
- Wonder Boy
- Wonder Boy III: The Dragon's Trap
- Wonder Boy in Monster Land
- Wonder Boy in Monster World
- Alex Kidd in the Enchanted Castle
- Alien Soldier
- Alien Storm
- Altered Beast
- Atomic Runner (Paon)
- Bahamut Senki
- Beyond Oasis
- Bio-Hazard Battle
- Bonanza Bros.
- Boogerman: A Pick and Flick Adventure (Interplay)
- Castle of Illusion starring Mickey Mouse
- ClayFighter (Interplay)
- Columns
- Columns III: Revenge of Columns
- Comix Zone
- Crack Down
- Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine
- Dragon Slayer: The Legend of Heroes (Falcom)
- Dragon Slayer: The Legend of Heroes II (Falcom)
- Dynamite Headdy
- Dyna Brothers
- Dyna Brothers 2 Special
- Earthworm Jim (Interplay)
- Earthworm Jim 2 (Interplay)
- Ecco: The Tides of Time
- Ecco Jr.
- Ecco the Dolphin
- ESWAT: City Under Seige
- Flash Point (prototype)
- Eternal Champions
- Forgotten Worlds (Capcom)
- Gain Ground
- Galaxy Force II
- Ghouls 'n Ghosts (Capcom)
- Gley Lancer (NCS)
- Golden Axe
- Golden Axe II
- Golden Axe III
- Gunstar Heroes
- Gunstar Heroes (prototype)
- Hybrid Front, The
- Ichi Tanto-R
- Kid Chameleon
- LandStalker: The Treasures of King Nole
- Langrisser II (NCS)
- Last Battle
- Light Crusader
- Lord Monarch (Falcom)
- M.U.S.H.A. (D4 Enterprise)
- Mega Turrican (Factor 5)
- Mercs (Capcom)
- Monster World IV
- Party Quiz Mega Q
- Pengo
- Phantasy Star II
- Phantasy Star II - Text Adventures Series
- Phantasy Star III: Generations of Doom
- Phantasy Star IV: The End of the Millenium
- Phelios (Bandai Namco)
- Pitfall: The Mayan Adventure (Activision)
- Powerball (Bandai Namco)
- Pulseman
- Puyo Puyo
- Puyo Puyo 2
- Puzzle & Action: Tanto-R
- Rent-A-Hero
- Revenge of Shinobi, The
- Ristar
- Rolling Thunder 2 (Bandai Namco)
- Shadow Dancer: The Secret of Shinobi
- Shanghai II: Dragon's Eye (Activision)
- Shining Force
- Shining Force II
- Shining in the Darkness
- Shinobi III: Return of the Ninja Master
- Sonic & Knuckles
- Sonic 3D Blast
- Sonic Spinball
- Sonic the Hedgehog
- Sonic the Hedgehog 2
- Sonic the Hedgehog 3
- Sorcerian (Falcom)
- Space Harrier II
- Splatterhouse 2 (Bandai Namco)
- Street Fighter II: Special Champion Edition (Capcom)
- Streets of Rage
- Streets of Rage 2
- Streets of Rage 3
- Strider (Capcom)
- Super Fantasy Zone (Sunsoft)
- Super Street Fighter II: The New Challengers (Capcom)
- Super Thunder Blade
- Sword of Vermillion
- Target Earth (NCS)
- Tetris
- Thunder Force III
- Thunder Force IV / Lightening Force
- ToeJam & Earl
- ToeJam & Earl in Panic on Funkotron
- Vectorman
- Virtua Fighter 2
- Warsong (NCS)
- Wings of Wor (NCS)
- Wonder Boy III: Monster Lair
- Wonder Boy in Monster World
- Columns
- Crystal Warriors
- Defenders of Oasis
- Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine
- Dragon Crystal
- Dynamite Headdy
- Fantasy Zone Gear
- G-LOC: Air Battle
- Gunstar Heroes
- Nazo Puyo
- Nazo Puyo 2
- Nazo Puyo: Aruru no Ruu
- Phantasy Star Adventure
- Phantasy Star Gaiden
- Puyo Puyo
- Puyo Puyo 2
- Shining Force: The Sword of Hajya
- Shining Force Gaiden
- Shining Force Gaiden: The Final Conflict
- Shinobi
- Sonic Blast
- Sonic Drift 2
- Sonic Labyrinth
- Sonic the Hedgehog
- Sonic the Hedgehog 2
- Sonic the Hedgehog: Triple Trouble
- Space Harrier
- Tails Adventure
- Vampire: Master of Darkness (Sims)
- Wonder Boy / Revenge of Drancon
- Wonder Boy: The Dragon's Trap
- Sakura Wars
I like you. This game is a fantastic and surprisingly natural merger of Fantasy Zone and Pac-Man despite its ridiculous difficulty curve (the final levels are especially ridiculous) and some janky hitboxes. I'm not sure if I'd put it as a priority above certain other titles but it's nice to see it get some love here.
My favorite bit of useless M2 trivia is how they (mostly) fixed the Level 99 glitch in Phantasy Star IV in the JP PS2 Phantasy Star Collection and then managed to actually sneak the fix into the Wii Virtual Console release as well, despite Nintendo's strict "No ROM alterations except in regards to epilepsy concerns" policy for Virtual Console.
Wouldn't be surprised if they were the ones that went to Nintendo about including the e-reader levels in Mario Advance 4's Wii U VC release too, given M2 was handling GBA VC for them.
It'd probably be more cost-efficient than writing new music in the Genesis format, yes. Spring Stadium's music would work for Carnival Night, too.
Of course, if they let Taxman do a Retro Engine remaster they could just have Tee Lopes write some new stuff.
Someone please confirm this, but isn't Sonic 3 & Knuckles playable on the Sonic Mega Collection for the GameCube and Xbox?
Yesss, it's pretty crazy that out of all of Sega's announcements this one got me the most excited.
Such a cute Pac Man clone. I'd love a version with better audio mixing, the sound effects are way too loud and I can barely hear the great music.
That's amazing lmao.
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The Nintendo Switch SEGA Ages version of Sonic the Hedgehog will feature the obscure Mega Play arcade version!
The Nintendo Switch SEGA Ages version of Thunder Force IV will include the Styx Mode from the SEGA Saturn port of the game and will feature online leaderboards!
The Nintendo Switch SEGA Ages version of Phantasy Star will feature the features from the PlayStation 2 SEGA Ages version such as options for walk speed, difficulty settings, FM/PSG toggle, a hiragana mode and saving.
The Nintendo Switch SEGA Ages version of Thunder Force IV will include the Styx Mode from the SEGA Saturn port of the game and will feature online leaderboards!
The Nintendo Switch SEGA Ages version of Phantasy Star will feature the features from the PlayStation 2 SEGA Ages version such as options for walk speed, difficulty settings, FM/PSG toggle, a hiragana mode and saving.
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Nobody even knew what a Master System was in Germany. All about Nintendo back then.
Everybody had a SNES in primary school, only one guy had a Mega Drive. He loved Street Fighter and kept doing Hadouken movements and humming the music. Fun times.
Really, M2's Sonic 1&2 versions for 3DS are legit, the only thing they lack is widescreen
Stop undermining the guys so much.
I guess that's it, I was expecting more classic SEGA games other than Alex Kidd and Gain Ground, but hey I'm sure they're gonna announce more games that might surprise us.
In Spain was a completely different story :)
One of the most fascinating things is that NES, Megadrive and Master System coexisted in a same period, all of the three with the same importance.
'Alex Kid in Miracle World', the Megadrive 'Sonic the Hedgehod' version and 'Super Mario Bros 3' shared the same popularity in these years.
they lack a ton of things besides widescreen
example - no physics options. Taxman's sonic 1 port lets you change the physics options in the debug menu. Also, no elemental shields. The taxman port adds the bubble, lightning, and fire shields from Sonic 3 & Knuckles. Also, no Tails or Knuckles. The Taxman port adds Tails and Knuckles as playable characters, and even patches the levels to give Knuckles a few unique items only he can get to. And no Super Sonic. The Taxman port adds super sonic to Sonic 1. Plus a ton of small bug fixes that only extreme Sonic nerds would notice that aren't fixed at all in the M2 port, because they didn't touch the original rom at all, i.e. all the custom bits come from their custom emulator, not rom hacking.
Not to mention Taxman's Sonic 2 has an extra level not in the original Sonic 2 (Hidden Palace Zone).
That sounds more like a fan remake than a Sonic remake. Too messy
Yeah. I'll stick with M2 in any case. I can get how Taxman can have such cult because of Sonic Mania, but if what kreklooc described are the praised Taxman versions... Nah, that's fan romhack tier adding for the sake of it. Don't like it
It sounds to me like you don't know who Taxman is or what the Taxman ports are, which makes your "all it's missing is widescreen" comment look even sillier.
lol yup, you have no idea what you're talking about
I Know who Taxman is, i didn't know why his remakes are so praised
Still don't know why his remakes are so praised
If you don't know why his remakes are so praised, then no, you don't know taxman.
Hint: Taxman was very well known way, way, way before he started making shit for Sega.
And you clearly don't know who stealth is (hint: he's the patriarch of all Mega Drive hacking).
Given two otherwise identical products but one lets me play as two more characters and is in widescreen, I'd prefer the latter. And it wasn't a fan remake, hiring them was as legitimate as Sega getting M2 to do the work. That extra content is entirely optional, but I feel adds more value to the product, which is important given that they're 27 year old games.
They're praised because he created a modern Sonic engine that can compile to any platform just so that these old titles could be perfectly ported and displayed in widescreen and given various enhancements and new content, instead of emulating them. It required more work than almost any other effort and produced greater results than any other effort.