So I saw the Japan announcement of the final batch of the games and it was a big production, a two hour show with the producers of MD Mini, Sega corporate guys in the audience, and even Yuzo Koshiro as a guest for the whole 2 hours. You're right, Tetris is a new port based on the arcade version. What's notable is that this version is 4mb while most puzzle games in the day was 1 or 2mb max. Darius (pronounced Dah-rai-ah-su) is a new port that involved Taito who was a producer and they reached out to M2 to do the port b/c M2 had previously already done the Darius Cosmic Collection. The game is 32mb which is humongous for a MD game. In terms of Darius, it was released back in the days or PC Engine (Darius Plus) and PCE-CD (Super Darius) but this one is a new port nonetheless.

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Altered Beast was the first game for the Genesis. That's reason enough for it to be on the system.

@@Josep_Hernandez_Lujan There are legal troubles with the music. Plus the game selection is very good. No doubt it will get hacked and Sonic 3 will appear.

Sega Lord X Sony released a version of Bloodlines and Symphony of the Night as a combo deal in HD for the PS4 early this year I believe. I own it.

Sega released Pico Beena in Japan in 2005, so this is Sega's first new hardware in 14 years, actually.

@@james2175 But Japan. As usual D:

@@james2175 Only in Japan...

Official SEGA hardware, games ported by M2, I’m all over this, but I was a bit bummed that some of my fav games were omitted... -Virtua Racing / one of my top 5 games on the system, and a tech showpiece -Mortal Kombat II or III / no MK?!!! You gotta be kidding! -Ristar / Sonic Team’s final original platformer on MD, really? -Sonic 3 & Knuckles / SEGA, you’ve still not sorted the rights to the MD’s greatest game?!!! WTF..... I would have liked some r rated action with Splatterhouse... More driving games, is there even a car game on here? And how about as a suprise bonus game- PAPRIUM(!) I can dream right...

Honestly I could have done without Super Monaco, the Mega Drive was not upto the task and it was a meh conversion. Outrun and VR would have been the way to go. Micro Machines too... I’m wondering if VR’s omission is due to this system not having a 3D chip, and that including one would have increased costs? And where’s Moonwalker? A key early MD game. I guess we can assume with it and S3&K’s absence SEGA did not want the extra hassle of dealing with the Michael Jackson estate...?

You'll be able to hack it and add roms.

One of the rare exceptions of a US licensed game that turned out so well (and fixing what was wrong with the original too). It should've been included. Unrelated, but Konami should've included Rocket Knight Adventures too. This was an original game so there were no licensing issues to wrestle with; so I still don't understand why it was left out. Fun, fast, colorful, great controls & soundtrack. One of the best games on the system without a doubt!

Thanks for the kind message my friend. Much appreciated.

Little do you know....

You put it perfectly

😂 yaassss

Amen ,I feel the same way

I don't care how much people praise this game, having to hold up to jump sucks

Thanks, man. Appreciate that.

Games that'll release 100% with every Genesis collection: Sonic the Hedgehog 1 and 2 Altered Beast One Streets of Rage title at the least Golden Axe Alex Kidd and the Enchanted Castle

Hack it I did I have all the nes games on my nes mini

Jeremy Gregorio or sonic3

TheLolzman2215 they dont re release that one any more unfortunately

@@thejedisonic67 ya forgot shinobi lol

It's not m2 at least that's not the story I heard you see it's kind of similar to sonic mania in a sense, a few years ago a guy created a mega drive/genesis port of darius and that's the version on the mini

@@stoneocean0065 Ah okay so it seems the stories are a bit conflicting. Some are saying that this is M2's work solely but on the other hand the screenshot I saw looks strikingly similar to fan port. The guy who made it never released a ROM to the public either from my understanding. Honestly if they used it, it would be a great gesture!

Stone ocean006 It’s M2. SEGA has already made M2’s involvement public knowledge.

@EightBit Man yeah exactly, I don't think they would so such a thing.

It's understandable that licensed games are avoided. Surprised they got the Mickey Mouse game.

Ghostbusters is a damn good shout!

I bought the Analogue Mega SG when it came out and bought Moonwalker (complete) soon after. I wish Ghostbusters was on the Genesis mini too.

Oh gosh i just forgot about moonwalker, i would really LOVE to have that one, childhood memories in that one.

If you got ps4 ghostbusters remasterd coming out and so is lion king

As is the game that inspired it, Gunstar Heroes 😏

Oh for sure, haha! But both are still amazing games. It's like Sonic 2 vs Sonic 3 and Knuckles for me, whenever people put them against each other I'm always just like: why not both?

It's from Konami so it's just Sunset Riders on a dystopian cyberpunk future.

Because it is horrible. Master System versions are way better.

@@Zanardao even the Master System Alex Kidd games are shit.

@@subzero8679 Alex Kidd in miracle world is one of the best Master System games.

@@subzero8679 It seems someone here never played... :D

I liked it a lot too

Great product

It was awesome I remember when I got it it felt so smooth with that 6 button pad! Still play it today.

@@EricHostile it was/is wonderful

@DuMass Genesis one I think plays better on that too! The 40 MB cart must have made a difference because its much more playable than the 32MB SNES counterpart.

carlos espana uh it depends Genesis got the better CE&HF compilation, but SNES got the better Super game.

@@dariusthefactor Not really. The Genesis soundtrack match the arcade a lot more closer and a game played way faster at 10 stars.

I loved landstalker !

@Laid-Off Huffington Post Journalist, I love Castle and World of Illusion, they're beautifully, meticulously made performers with gorgeous design, atmosphere, and real heart, but Quackshot was all of that _plus_ depth. I think overlooking it was a real mistake, though I'm not sure what the licensing situation is like, of course. Ah well, there's always emulation!

Spread the word.... I want them to actually remake that game boy advance version . that game was really nice as well.

If you got ps4 we get 3 and 4 both on one disc

InquisitorSinCross my only wish is that they included Sonic 3

@A Bloke Castlevania Bloodlines isn't on any of those compilations. Couple games on the mini haven't been on any of those compilations. Good games too.

@DejaVoodooDoll That's the thing you can't please everyone as its personal preference.But Sunset Riders did have the native Indians included.I was just mentioning Toki for variation purposes.Robocop vs Terminator wouldn't get green lit in a blue moon lm guessing.Its a mixed bag the mini but it could of been so much more but what is there is there.

Nice, I didn't know that connection

Andon Christian El I’m really not sure if I want this. Sonic one is garbage I’m sick to death of sonic 2. Contra and castlevania are god tier. Ecco apparently is a bitch to control. Dynamite heaady is good but not my kind of game. They should replaces altered beast with alien soldier. I was hoping the adventures of batman and robin because they got castle of illusion.

robert bektas totally agree

Christian El lol my opinion changed I’m just gonna mod all the games I want.

robert bektas I think I a lot of people going to do the same cause I am lol

Christian El what are you going to add? For me it’s batman, alien soldier, steel empire, ristar, sonic 3 and knuckles and bare knuckle 3. Oh and biohazard battle

Sonic 3 has licensing issues due to the music

@@AlexOjideagu2 it's sonic 3 and it has license issues with the music? it's insane. it was great oportunity to release the whole sonic3 complete. And some 32x games like the virtuas and space harrier

Maria Magdalena Cassino The music was made by Michael Jackson since he died years ago and it's unclear if Sega tried to ask the Jackson family for the rights rereleases of Sonic 3.

Because Sega Japan has a hard on for Virtua Fighter. They 86ed an Eternal Champions sequel because of Virtua Fighter

So true, the games you mentioned are some of the best on the system

I would trade Alex Kidd for almost anything else. But I already have Ristar on the Genesis classic collection

I wish Sega and Treasure would've made a Ristar/Dynamite Headdy crossover.

@arbereshe That was an issue I had with some japanese IP back then. Treasure was very averse to making sequels to their games. On the flip side, they had a stellar library of original titles and you could buy their games on brand alone knowing you were in for a unique, challenging, satisfying experience. I remember Yuji Naka refusing to do a sequel to Nights into Dreams despite its popularity, going as far as to pointing players to games where Nights makes a cameo to get their 'fix'. It was 11 years before the sequel Nights Journey of Dreams showed up on the Wii and it was headed up by one of the designers on the original Takashi Iizuka. Looking back/giving the benefit of doubt, it was likely something out of Naka's control...90's me didn't like it though.

Ristar belongs there but I’d rather trade Virtua Fighter 2 for it. Sonic Spinball is hella underrated tbh. It’s a great pinball game with great bosses and music

That’s a lot for the info btw previous commenter I’m fascinated with Treasure. Idk how they made so many good games. Headdy, Gunstar Heroes, Alien Soldier, Ikaruga, Stretch Panic, Astro Boy Omega Factor, Gunstar freaking Super Heroes there’s so many good games AAAahhh

Yes it was hypnotherapy for my eyes

Yep

But now looks like shit but its okay for its look at least is fun

Sony 2019 take notes

There are a LOT of iconic shooters missing, and as a huge fan of the genre I cant help but notice. Thunder Force 3 deserves its place, but where is Thunder Force 4?! It’s on Switch. And yes, Gaiares definetely deserves a spot. And Steel Empire, and Biohazard Battle, and Trouble Shooter 1 and Trouble Shooter Vintage, and MUSHA, and Hellfire, and Raider Trad, and Truxton... (I’m not even halfway through my list)

@@lucariosimon9058 I could have filled the 42 spots with 42 versions of the same Taito vertical-scrolling shooters with different sprites haha. If only they had included just one of them. Just one.....

Heh. Steel Empire or Trouble Shooter Vintage are my personal favorites. Although I actually haven't played a lot of Taito Shooters except for Truxton and Hellfire due to Classic Game Room's recommendation and they were great! I'm Googling them now and a lot of these look really cool, I know Darius has some pretty good entries, thanks for the recommendation!

Oops, I meant Toaplan, not Taito.

Hell yeah!

A missed oportunity to have once again "All your base, are belong to us"... Couldn't resist to say that. ;)

Maybe cuz of Ferrari license

Totally bummed the 2nd one didn't make it on here,that was going to be the first game I was going to play.

@@aebking Take that as a good thing, Toe Jam and Earl 2 ain't as good as Toe Jam and Earl 1

@@TheInsider15 honestly I've never played the first one,although I'd like too when the mini comes out. But I'm still disappointed the 2nd one isn't in there,because I enjoyed playing that game.

@@aebking Ah well, it's one of the best and unique games ever made

No question about it.

The hacking and modding scene really does bump up sales of these systems

@Karl Burnett I hope you're wrong :P

@Karl Burnett Agree 100%

@@Klynch111 that's the only reason why I bought a Playstation classic. And I waited till the price was $30 Canadian before I bought it.

I’m a Nintendo fan and I absolutely agree. More games than anyone else, the best group of games AND M2 is doing the emulation??? That’s gonna be tough to beat.

You both agree that Alex Kid and Sonic Spinball could have been changed for other games? I do. You can’t please everybody I know, but I hate Alex Kid lol, maybe because it has zero nostalgia for me. I like Sonic Spinball a bit better, if for only that SEGA tried to experiment with their number 1 franchise and try something different, even if I feel it failed miserably.

schmeltingaccident - Yes on both games. I can’t stand Alex Kid. Sonic Spinball is okay-ish, but it’s a 2d game that runs at 30 FPS which is unacceptable. I say scrap both games and bring in Revenge of Shinobi. It’s a top 5 game on the system. I understand the problem with bringing in all those unlicensed characters, but they should have done revision 1.04 where Spider-Man was pink and Godzilla had no skin. Just palette-swap some of the characters! Revenge of Shinobi should have been on the list. Such an amazing game.

That was one of the first things I noticed on Spinball. It’s sonic but everything is kinda slow? Also I was a Shadowdancer fan myself, probably not the best Shinobi game but because of nostalgia, it is for me!

I'm pro Nintendo and didn't have a Genesis...but yes, Sega nailed it with the number of games and game selection. Better than the NES or SNES lineups.

Benjamin Ramsey it’s missing Sonic 3 and Knuckles 😔

I liked being Larcen

That would make sense

@Laid-Off Huffington Post Journalist if that was the case why is it still available on Steam?

Yeah like in Mega Collection to unlock Sonic 3 you MUST "play Sonic the Hedgehog 2 and Sonic Spinball 20 times each." And game even didn't tell you how to unlock

Laid-Off Huffington Post Journalist the only thing is there was the pc port that changed the music soooo

Laid-Off Huffington Post Journalist it was just for the pc ports I think, I dunno if it was a universal change for all future ports.

Well i played it on Sega Genesis, GameCube as part of Sonic Mega Collection, and PS2 as part of Sonic Mega Collection Plus.

Columns is a classic - it is Sega's Tetris. kick Dr. Robotik out!

I know right? I’d trade Wily Wars or Virtua Fighter 2 for it tbh. They’re both fine but they’re just ports of games I can find elsewhere or NES or Sega Saturn. They didn’t make the Genesis special, they didn’t add to the narrative history of the console. All the others and Rocket Knight are historically signifigant. After all Rocket Knight was a big moment in Konami’s development on the Genesis and led to the development of other great games by them like Contra Hard Corps and Animaniacs

@@lucariosimon9058 fur sure

Especially since ps classic flopped and didn’t have trilogy

@@NCMETAL yeah. that's what prevented me from getting it. and not having Mortal Kombat for the mini Genesis prevents me from getting it as well

True that. MK2 on snes was great. MK1 in Genesis was the cleaner genesis port though

But then they would’ve had to rate the system M just because of that one game

@@amirdejesus7077 Well, Eternal Champions is here so that's no excuse.

Same, brother. :(

Yeah, it’s 3 button here as well. Only Japan gets the 6 button version.

@@andrewt6338 The rest of Asia as well, actually.

Requiem4aDr3Am but some are pretty good so its better to have good games

Like you would get license games🤣🤣🤣 you are lucky to get the Disney ones

I had Jurassic Park, that was a fun game.

Belmont nice list! The ten games I would put here are 1: TMNT Hyperstone Hiest 2: Bonanza Bros 3: Rocket Knight Adventures 4: Ristar 5: Sonic 3 & Knuckles 6: Desert Strike 7: The Sword Of Vermilion 8: Virtua Racing 9: M.U.S.H.A 10: Alien Soldier

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One of my all time favourite games :3 I still have my oroginal copy on Mega.

I couldnt agree more. All of them is absolutely fantastic!

At one point I thought Aladdin was a possibility.