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PayPalA sad day for preservation and emulation, as SEGA has announced that they will be delisting the classic Sonic games.
Why? Well, they have Sonic Origins coming out on June 23. So they will be delisting Sonic the Hedgehog 1, 2, Sonic 3 & Knuckles and Sonic CD on May 20. If that alarms you, then you might want to grab them from the SEGA Mega Drive and Genesis Classics collection (you can buy them individually). That whole collection supports Linux too, and comes with roms, which it appears Sonic Origins will not (on both counts).
The full press release:
SEGA announced today that the company will delist the digital versions of the stand-alone titles that will be featured in the upcoming game, Sonic Origins on May 20, 2022.
This will include Sonic the Hedgehog 1, 2, Sonic 3 & Knuckles and Sonic CD. There are a couple of exceptions - Sonic the Hedgehog 1 and 2 will remain available via SEGA AGES on the Nintendo Switch and Sonic the Hedgehog 2 will still be playable via Sega Genesis on Nintendo Switch Online +.
Delisting means no new purchases but existing owners will continue to have access.
It doesn't help that Sonic Origins has a stupid confusing DLC policy mess, just look at this. What have they done to Sonic?
Publisher Devolver Digital were quick to make a good joke about it.
Currently waiting on a little more info from SEGA PR, will update if / when they reply.
Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
Luke_Nukem Apr 27, 2022
This is all because of the NFT backlash isn't it?
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 April 2022 at 4:28 am UTC
Comandante Ñoñardo Apr 27, 2022
I remember the old DOTEMU store used to have it....
Quoting: WMan22but 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...
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.
slaapliedje Apr 27, 2022
As a side note, the Genesis collection supports VR, have you tried it in VR yet, Liam?
TimeFreeze Apr 27, 2022
Chuckaluphagus Apr 27, 2022
Quoting: WMan22The 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.
Cyba.Cowboy Apr 28, 2022
Quoting: sudoshredSega 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.
Quoting: superboybotAs 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 April 2022 at 10:18 am UTC
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