Classic Sonic games being delisted to make way for Sonic Origins

Sega lived long enough to see themselves become the bad guy. Screw you Sega for this nonsense. "Character Animation in the Menu" WTF is that BS. I hope no one gives them a cent until they fix this garbage.

Hello,

Give Sonic Time Twisted a whirl if you haven't already: https://www.indiedb.com/games/sonic-time-twisted

I stumbled upon this a couple of weeks ago while randomly browsing indiedb and was very surprised I've not heard about it before. It's very good! Don't think GOL has done an article about it before; this game needs some exposure now considering this news from Sega.

Enjoy!


Edit: Although the indiedb page says Windows only, there is a Linux download in the Files section. It's 32bit though, so if you are running 64bit only...you'll need to install some 32bit libs to play. Worked for me in OpenSUSE Leap 15.4 beta


Last edited by scratchi on 26 Apr 2022 at 5:13 pm UTC

I just snapped and bought the most complete version. I want it all

SEGA does what Ninten... oh no, they do the same thing, actually.

Character Animation In The Main Menu

Lmao. Really convincing me to open my wallet there.

I remember when DOT EMU use to have ROMs for sale on their site. I still have the ones they let go for free years back. Sonic is not my jam but I do love some old school fighting game roms from the console era of Mega Drive time.

It's a little tempting to snatch them up…but I keep reminding myself that I was never into the Sonic franchise, even back when there were pay phones on every corner. Where's the old-moji? lol

From including the original ROMs to having Denuvo DRM 🤡🤡🤡 <-- (Sega)

Haven't heard of this before today. I was initially interested until I saw the price. Maybe if it were $15-$20, I would consider it, but $40 for the base game is a hard no for me.

It's really a shame since I think the original Sonic games are absolutely incredible (especially Sonic CD). I suppose this will be compelling for some people, but I'm not going to pay that much for old games I already have.

As an aside, I think it's wild that Sonic 1 is thirty years old and still hasn't hit the public domain (and probably won't for another 200 years).

sigh
by the time i get enough money for an new computer + games, i probably wont want to give those companies any cent anymore...

Proving they can wring blood from a stone.

This is all because of the NFT backlash isn't it?

The worst part about this is that I sang praises towards SEGA for the Sega Megadrive Collection everywhere I could for how much of an example it is of how I wish older games could be sold in the modern era, complete with 2 emulator wrappers and steam workshop support for romhacks as well as giving you the uncompressed roms to use in an emulator of your choosing if you don't like theirs, but if they're delisting this, we're stuck with a version that not only doesn't have these things, but also contains Denuvo DRM, in SEGA GENESIS GAMES.

Thanks SEGA. Almost got my hopes up there that you knew what you were doing. I hate the modern game industry so much (outside of the indie scene)


Last edited by WMan22 on 27 Apr 2022 at 4:28 am UTC

Is there a DRMFREE version over there...
I remember the old DOTEMU store used to have it....

but if they're delisting this, we're stuck with a version that not only doesn't have these things, but also contains Denuvo DRM, in SEGA GENESIS GAMES.

And next they are wondering why piracy is on the rise again...

I remember as a kid Sonic on the MD/Genesis looked just awesome.
The whole cool aesthetics and clever use of the available colour palette, the level design and the fast gameplay.
Yet, when I first played it, it was basically no fun (for me).
I can't even tell why, but the Mario games were always the by far better platformers for me judging by the gameplay.

What are the 100 bonus coins for? Is it for buying extra dlc or content in-game (why bother listing it if its for in-game usage) ?

Does the new version come with Blast Processing?

As a side note, the Genesis collection supports VR, have you tried it in VR yet, Liam?

Ah yes delisting old versions so people only can buy the new and totally better version, now where did i see that already.... *cough* Duke Nukem 3D *cough*

The worst part about this is that I sang praises towards SEGA for the Sega Megadrive Collection everywhere I could for how much of an example it is of how I wish older games could be sold in the modern era,

I did the same - I'm sad to see they're going this route. It doesn't make any sense from a piracy-prevention standpoint, that cat is long out of the bag.

Sega lived long enough to see themselves become the bad guy. Screw you Sega for this nonsense. "Character Animation in the Menu" WTF is that BS. I hope no one gives them a cent until they fix this garbage.

Initially, I was going to preorder this, because I loved the 'Sonic' games growing up. I have quite literally put thousands of hours into the "classic" games.

But looking at that chart, I don't see any real benefit to the "deluxe" version... I might still get the "deluxe" version, because I work for a GameStop subsidiary and thus, I get staff discounts on my game purchases; but your comment also makes me reluctant to do so, because you're not really getting any extra value for the "deluxe" version and I shouldn't be encouraging such poor practices.

As an aside, I think it's wild that Sonic 1 is thirty years old and still hasn't hit the public domain (and probably won't for another 200 years).

Whilst it varies from country-to-country, it's gotta be more than 100 years for copyright-protected stuff to become public domain in America, unless a company can prove that a trademark is so closely associated with their company that their company is the very first thing people think when they see that particular trademark... This is why Disney have been smashing out the 'Mickey' merchandise over the last few years, because it's nearly been 100 years since the character was created.

There was a lot of talk about this when Disney started to (significantly) ramp-up all the 'Mickey' merchandise a few years back... I never realized that a company still operating could lose ownership of their intellectual property, but apparently they can after a set period of time and a certain set of circumstances.

Not too sure how I feel about that, but there you go.

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Anybody else having problems running the Sega Mega Drive and Genesis Classics collection?

I'm trying to run it and after seeing the Sega logo briefly, it consistently causes my entire system to freeze...


Last edited by Cyba.Cowboy on 28 Apr 2022 at 10:18 am UTC