User blog:MrBreada/Review: "Sega Genesis Classic Game Console"

Hello everyone, and Merry Christmas. For Christmas, instead of a shiny new Wii-U or PlayStation 4 or any of those ol' goodies, I have recieved a Plug N' Play revision of the Sega Genesis called, as the box says, the "Sega Genesis Classic Game Console." It's a fun name, but let me get into it first.

Sega Genesis Games

 * Alex Kidd in the Enchanted Castle (listed on the box as Alex Kidd)
 * Altered Beast
 * Arrow Flash
 * Bonanza Bros.
 * Chakan
 * Columns
 * Columns III (3)
 * Comix Zone
 * Crack Down
 * Decap Attack
 * Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine (listed on the box as Dr. Robotnik's)
 * Ecco The Dolphin (listed on the box as Ecco)
 * Ecco: The Tides of Time (listed on the box as Ecco II)
 * Ecco Jr.
 * ESWAT
 * Eternal Champions
 * Fatal Labyrinth
 * Flicky
 * Gain Ground
 * Golden Axe
 * Golden Axe II
 * Golden Axe III
 * Jewel Master
 * Kid Chameleon
 * Ristar
 * Shadow Dancer
 * Shinobi III
 * Sonic the Hedgehog
 * Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (listed on box as Sonic the Hedgehog II)
 * Sonic & Knuckles
 * Sonic 3D Blast
 * Sonic Spinball
 * Streets of Rage (listed on box as "Streets of Rage1"
 * Streets of Rage 2
 * Streets of Rage 3
 * The Ooze
 * Vectorman
 * Vectorman II
 * Virtual Fighter II

Non-Sega Games
These games aren't made by Sega, but instead by the creator of the Sega Genesis Classic Game Console, At Games. At Games has added a few of their own games which aren't on the Sega Genesis, and don't look like they were even made for the Genesis, but rather a 16-bit version of the Atari 2600
 * Air Hockey
 * Black Sheep
 * Bomber
 * Bottle Taps Race
 * Brain Switch
 * Bulls and ows
 * Cannon
 * Checker
 * Chess
 * Color Puzzle
 * Cross the road
 * Curling 2010
 * Dominant Color
 * Fight or Lose
 * FireFly Glow
 * Fish Story
 * Flash Memory
 * Formula Challenge
 * Hexagonos
 * Jack's Pea
 * Jewel Magic
 * Logic Dial
 * Mahjong
 * Match Eleven
 * Mega Brain Switch
 * Memory
 * Memory Match
 * Mirror Mirror
 * Mr. Balls
 * Naval Power
 * Panic Lift
 * Reaction Match
 * Snake
 * Space Hunter
 * Spider
 * Sudoku Quiz
 * Table Magic
 * Treasure Hunt
 * Warehouse Keeper
 * Whack-A-Wolf

The Good
This system is very fun to play with, especially considering it has 80 games that come with it, even the 40 non-Sega games are fun! Here's some more stuff that's good about it: Even though there's all that good stuff, there's...
 * 1) 80 games. Just, 80 games. That's alot of games, and a really fun way to spend time if you're super-bored.
 * 2) It can support Sega Genesis Cartridges. Some other games that were missing from the collection (SONIC 3) can still be played on the Sega Genesis Classic Game Console. A handful of cartridges are incompatible, however.
 * 3) Wireless Controllers. The Sega Genesis Classic Game Console has two 6-button wireless Sega Genesis controllers that run on Two AAA batteries that have a switch on top that can make you be either player 1 or player 2.
 * 4) It can support normal Sega Genesis controllers. If you want to put in the regular 3-button wired Genesis controllers, then be my guest. You can support any controller than fits in the two sockets in the front.

The Bad
Now, the Sega Genesis Classic Game Console, being what it is, is NOT perfect. Let me list its imperfections:
 * It has bad sound quality. Not necessarily bad sound quality, but the sound in Sonic the Hedgehog games have a lower pitch than their normal Sega Genesis counterparts. I have absolutely no reason why this happens.
 * Clunky wireless features. Unlike the Wii's sensor, the SGCGC's isn't as perfect. It only works if you're in front of the console, and sometimes if you press a button and THEN move your controller out of the sensor's path, the console will think that the button is still being pressed (this is especially a problem in Sonic games.) Also, my sister, being the troll he is, sometimes changes her controller to player 1 and troll me around in 2-player sections in Sonic 2 and Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine.
 * No Sonic 3. Sonic & Knuckles is a part of this feature, as you know, but there is no Knuckles in Sonic 2, no Blue Sphere, none of that. Sonic 3 is even removed as well, for some odd reason. I consider Sonic & Knuckles to be the better of the two games, so it isn't a big deal to me.

Overall
Since I won't be playing Sonic Lost World, Super Mario 3D Land, or Pokemon X and Y this year, I guess this is recommended for a person like me who prefers the older games more. Overall, I give this an 8.5/10. The wireless controllers and the majority of the 40 non-Sega games keep me from giving it a 10/10.

See you next year, guys!

Breada: The True BZ Fan 10:35, December 25, 2013 (UTC)