Sega is bringing the Mega Drive Classics collection to Nintendo Switch.
Previously released on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, the Mega Drive Classics collection features over 50 classic Mega Drive/Genesis titles. Said titles includes true classics like Golden Axe I-III, Phantasy Star II-IV, Sonic The Hedgehog 1 and 2, Streets Of Rage 1-3, Virtua Fighter 2 and many of the other games that Sega owners across the world grew up with.
It also features some slightly more obscure titles like Shining In The Darkness, Landstalker, Gain Ground, ESWAT: City Under Siege, Beyond Oasis, and Comix Zone. It’s an interesting collection of games that manages to hit most of the console’s major titles while featuring some of the smaller gamers that are usually limited to the memories of those who played them.
All things considered, this collection really does feel like what Sega would assemble if they were going to develop a Sega Mega Drive classic edition and needed to fill the hardware with some retro games.
Even better, these versions of those retro games come complete with local co-op options, online multiplayer for some titles, achievements, and save state options that let you save a game at any time (and thus skirt the sometimes iffy save/password systems featured in the original versions).
We’re never going to stop being a little weirded out by the thought of Sega games on Nintendo consoles, and we also find it a little strange that Sega owners are giving Switch owners easier access to some of their classic games than Nintendo is giving Switch owners easy access to their own retro library.
You’ll be able to access Sega’s library of classics when Mega Drive Classics releases for Switch sometime this winter.