Probably not many will care about it but here are the news.

The new-look system is based on a bedroom of an early nineties SEGA fan with dynamic time-of-day conditions, retro SEGA >paraphernalia, a shelf full of MEGA Drive games (including the ones you own) and of course a CRT TV! That’s not all, every single MEGA >Drive game will now feature Steam Workshop support allowing you to share modified versions of your favourite retro SEGA titles!

In addition to these new features, the new SEGA Mega Drive hub also includes:

spot-on emulation
local co-op for games that support it
optional graphic enhancement filters
the ability to save at any point in the gameplay
full controller / keyboard support

The Classic Sonic games are not listed as available for it, but they show up on the video.

Games available here:
SEGA Genesis Classics Pack includes:

  • Altered Beast
  • Comic Zone
  • Crack Down
  • Ecco the Dolphin
  • Gain Ground
  • Shadow Dancer
  • Shinobi 3
  • Space Harrier II
  • Vectorman

SEGA Genesis Classics Pack 2 includes:

  • Alex Kidd in the Enchanted Castle
  • Bonanza Bros
  • Columns
  • Ecco Jr.
  • Eternal Champions
  • Fatal Labyrinth
  • Galaxy Force II
  • Kid Chameleon
  • Ristar
  • Super Thunder Blade

SEGA Genesis Classics Pack 3 includes:

  • Alien Storm
  • Bio-Hazard Battle
  • Columns III
  • Decap Attack
  • Ecco The Tides of Time
  • ESWAT: City Under Siege
  • Flicky
  • Golden Axe
  • Golden Axe II
  • Sword of Vermillion
  • Virtua Fighter 2

SEGA Genesis Classics Pack 4 includes:

  • Alien Soldier
  • Gunstar Heroes
  • Landstalker: The Treasures of King Nole
  • Light Crusader
  • Shining Force
  • Shining Force 2
  • Shining in the Darkness
  • Streets of Rage
  • Streets of Rage 2
  • Wonder Boy III - Monster Lair

SEGA Genesis Classics Pack 5 includes:

  • Beyond Oasis
  • Dynamite Headdy
  • Golden Axe III
  • Phantasy Star II
  • Phantasy Star III: Generations of Doom
  • Phantasy Star IV: The End of the Millennium
  • Revenge of the Shinobi
  • Streets of Rage 3
  • Vectorman 2
  • Wonder Boy in Monster World

SEGA Genesis Classics Collection (Includes the games in the first 4 packs)

Sonic Games Collection includes:

  • Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine
  • Sonic 3 and Knuckles
  • Sonic 3D Blast
  • Sonic CD
  • Sonic Spinball
  • Sonic the Hedgehog
  • Sonic the Hedgehog 2
  • Other modern Sonic games that don't launch through this HUB

Not in any pack:

  • Toejam and Earl
  • Toejam and Earl in Panic on Funkotron

New pack SEGA Mega Drive and Genesis Classics

Includes the content of the 5 packs + Sonic Games + Toejam and Earl games

(Thanks to DeltaBladeX for the info here on the games included)

Update: SEGA Europe posted on twitter that the Steam Workshop will allow people to share custom ROMs. I'm guessing they'll have some kind of control to not allow normal copyrighted ROMs but still great news.

Update 2: Packs are on sale right now. The SEGA Genesis Classics Collection includes the first 4 packs and costs around the same as 3 packs so if you're buying the first 4 packs it would be cheaper to buy this pack.

Update 3: There's a new pack called SEGA Mega Drive and Genesis Classics. Includes the content of the 5 packs + Sonic Games + Toejam and Earl games.

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How many of the games do you alredy own?

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Nice to hear, I like Sega Classics especially the Streets of Rage series. :-)

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Proud to own ém all!
EDIT: W8, I actually am missing 5, wooooT?
GOTTA CATCH EM ALL

8 years ago
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Cool! It seems a very good update!

8 years ago
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Update with some info about the Steam Workshop integration.

8 years ago
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Am I interpreting what I am seeing correctly? The SEGA Genesis Classics Collection has everything but the Pack 5 games in it?

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Nope, there are other games as well. 58 games in total. There are the 5 packs of 10, 6 Sonic games and 2 others not in a pack IIRC.


Edit - Here is a total list of games, including what pack each is in. The two Toejam and Earl games aren't in any packs.

  • Pack 1
    Altered Beast
    Comic Zone
    Crack Down
    Ecco the Dolphin
    Gain Ground
    Shadow Dancer
    Shinobi 3
    Space Harrier II
    Vectorman

  • Pack 2
    Alex Kidd in the Enchanted Castle
    Bonanza Bros
    Columns
    Ecco Jr.
    Eternal Champions
    Fatal Labyrinth
    Galaxy Force II
    Kid Chameleon
    Ristar
    Super Thunder Blade

  • Pack 3
    Alien Storm
    Bio-Hazard Battle
    Columns III
    Decap Attack
    Ecco The Tides of Time
    ESWAT: City Under Siege
    Flicky
    Golden Axe
    Golden Axe II
    Sword of Vermillion
    Virtua Fighter 2

  • Pack 4
    Alien Soldier
    Gunstar Heroes
    Landstalker: The Treasures of King Nole
    Light Crusader
    Shining Force
    Shining Force 2
    Shining in the Darkness
    Streets of Rage
    Streets of Rage 2
    Wonder Boy III - Monster Lair

  • Pack 5
    Beyond Oasis
    Dynamite Headdy
    Golden Axe III
    Phantasy Star II
    Phantasy Star III: Generations of Doom
    Phantasy Star IV: The End of the Millennium
    Revenge of the Shinobi
    Streets of Rage 3
    Vectorman 2
    Wonder Boy in Monster World

  • Sonic Games Collection
    Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine
    Sonic 3 and Knuckles
    Sonic 3D Blast
    Sonic Spinball
    Sonic the Hedgehog
    Sonic the Hedgehog 2

  • No pack
    Toejam and Earl
    Toejam and Earl in Panic on Funkotron

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Thanks! I wasn't aware that the Sonic games weren't their own standalone entity. Time to modify my wishlist a bit. ;)

8 years ago
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Ugh! And I can't add Pack 5 as a package. Each game must be wishlisted individually.

8 years ago
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Yup, like any Steam bundle, only individual pieces can be wishlisted.

Cleaned up the list for you, its easier to read the packs now.

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Thanks again! I purchased mine through Amazon and also got both Toejam and Earl games with the purchase. Amazon has a couple of different options for the Classics Collection that vary from Steam including a Gold Edition which comes with some of the Sonic games. They couldn't have made this any more confusing but I think I have the ones I'm missing on my wishlist now which includes all of the Sonic games and those games that are in Pack 5.

I wonder why SEGA Bass Fishing isn't a part of this MEGA Drive set? It's the only other one from them that I can recall that's on Steam but not a part of the set.

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It sucks too. One of the worst fishing games I have ever played.

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I thought it was bad, but I'm not a fishing person anyway, so assumed that was just me.

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Added to the OP

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Wow what an achievement by 2016, in the mean time, getting entire ROM collections for
older consoles to be played on emulators isn't even cool anymore - oh lol ... gotta git faster sanic.

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well people (myself included) who have the collection would like to disagreee with you

then again your preferences are likely different from ours, no need to be so condescending about this

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Just my opinion no need to feel offended - how i choose to express it though, is up to me.
My point is one could've gotten the entire SEGA ROMS Collection for nigh perfect emulation by 2005 or earlier
... roughly 11 years ago, the thought alone makes me angry, how they didn't utilize their own assets much earlier.

... will now feature Steam Workshop support allowing you to share modified versions of your favourite retro SEGA titles!

 + Whats that? An invitation to use your personally acquired ROM Collection from 2006 or a proposal to do so today oh ... lol?
(wouldn't care a bit if i wasn't fond of some SEGA games in the first place)

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2 concerns I have with this

  1. whether or not the hub will be optional

  2. if the hub wont be resource demanding, using a netbook atm.

8 years ago
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spot-on emulation

I hope they get this right. The old emulator was always a bit crummy, and I ended up finding, eh, alternative ways of playing the games I got on steam due to those offering noticeable better sound quality.

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im really hoping that the sonic games will be also added to the hub and we wont lose acces to those games.

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Available now. The packs are on sale right now. If you're buying all the packs it would be cheaper to buy the SEGA Genesis Classics Collection (this one includes the first 4 packs and costs as much as three packs) + SEGA Mega Drive and Genesis Classics Pack 5

Edit: You will be missing some games by buying the above packs, there's a new pack that seems to include all the games. SEGA Mega Drive and Genesis Classics

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