Sonic's Ultimate Genesis Collection -- Initial Impression.

It's more retro goodness up next for me. I'll be playing bits of Sonic's Ultimate Genesis Collection for the Xbox 360. The title is a collection of forty-nine games. Forty Genesis games are open by default with two SEGA Master System titles and seven arcade games as bonus games that need to unlocked. The disc also features the front of the box and cartridge art and a handful of video interviews. All of that for the low entry price of $29.99. That's an insane deal, especially to someone who saved up fifty dollars plus to buy each of these games originally The games are all playable in 4:3 and 16:9 in 720p. There is also an entirely optional smoothing filter built into the emulator. Of course the question remains of how good is the emulation graphically and aurally. The full list of titles is as follows...

Genesis:

Alex Kidd in the Enchanted Castle
Alien Storm
Altered Beast
Beyond Oasis
Bonanza Bros.
Columns
Comix Zone
Decap Attack
Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine
Dynamite Headdy
ESWAT: City Under Siege
Ecco the Dolphin
Ecco: The Tides of Time
Fatal Labyrinth
Flicky 2
Gain Ground
Golden Axe
Golden Axe II
Golden Axe III
Kid Chameleon
Phantasy Star II
Phantasy Star III: Generations of Doom
Phantasy Star IV: The End of the Millennium
Ristar: The Shooting Star
Shining in the Darkness
Shining Force: The Legacy of Great Intention
Shining Force II: Ancient Sealing
Shinobi III: Return of the Ninja Master
Sonic 3D Blast
Sonic the Hedgehog
Sonic the Hedgehog 2
Sonic the Hedgehog 3
Sonic & Knuckles
Sonic Spinball
Streets of Rage
Streets of Rage 2
Streets of Rage 3
Super Thunder Blade
Vectorman
Vectorman 2


SEGA Master System:

Golden Axe Warrior
Phantasy Star

SEGA Arcade:

Alien Syndrome
Altered Beast
Congo Bongo
Fantasy Zone
Shinobi
Space Harrier
Zaxxon