Two collections of Sega's classics was released today on Xbox Live, The Monster World series, and Alex Kidd & Company. But is it worth shelling out the hard earned cheddar to help you enjoy this retro sandwich?
With all the recent collections that have been released, Sega has decided to bring some nostalgic games over to a more high definition experience. Included in these download-only games are sets of different series made popular in the Master System and Mega-Drive/Genesis era.The first collection is a mix of Monster World titles, whereas the second is a bit more random. It includes Alex Kidd in Miracle World, Super Hang-On and Revenge of Shinobi. Revenge of Shinobi looks to be a port of the Genesis classic, minus the original version that came equipped with pop-culture infused characters. Difficult to track down, Revenge of Shinobi's original version had many comic book and geek-related villains who were actually (normally,) good guys. Such heroes as Batman, Spider Man and even Godzilla were fighting one of our favorite ninjas from the late 1980s to early 1990s. The Alex Kidd game is fun yet repetitive, and Super Hang-On seems too random to be included in this collection.
Monster World's collection is more than worth the price of 800 points for the unreleased Japan-only title Monster World IV. It's the first time this title has been brought to Western shores, and with the other titles included, it's quite the bargain.
Final verdict: Grab the Monster World Vintage Collection. Everything else you can easily get on a normal cart for your collection.
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it should have been released for the Nintendo Wii, and preferably on a disc, at that
playing any Wonderboy game with a 360 controller (or PS3 controller for that matter), just feels wrong
these games were made with a proper D-pad in mind, and Nntendo's Wii Classic Controller (as well as any given Nintendo controller) has the superior D-pad's, compared to the competition, as well as feeling more genuine whilst holding it (I'm not referring to the Classic Controller Pro, here)
also, there is no need, never has been, nor ever will be, to blow these games up in "Full HD", it's a mere gimmick that feels plastered on only for the sake of having it
Well being as the Xbox can't actually output the resolution these games ran in, I don't think that's really that much of an unnecessary gimmick.
but there a no V-Sync on wonderboy 2 :/
Also, if you want a disc-based Monster World collection... ;)
http://www.play-asia.com/paOS-13-71-r-49-en-70-1s1r.html
Also also, these collections allow you to select the region of each game (North America/Japan/Europe, etc.) Gives me hope for playing Bare Knuckle III on the upcoming SOR collection