Remember loading up your SEGA Master System or Genesis with the raddest cartridge back in the day and playing for hours? Well, you may not be a kid anymore, but we've got the illest cure for your feelings of nostalgia, because the SEGA 3D Classics Collection will be released physically and digitally in the Americas! Sega will be hooking playas up with nine old school games that have been powered up with fresh new visuals and content by the fly M2 posse - for the Nintendo 3DS system on April 26.

The SEGA 3D Classics Collection, available on the Nintendo eShop and in retail stores contains nine classic SEGA games originally released on SEGA's Master System and Genesis consoles:

• Power Drift - A high octane sprite-based circuit racer.
• Puyo Puyo 2 - A head-to-head competitive puzzle game.
• Maze Walker - A 3D mystery adventure.
• Fantasy Zone II: The Tears of Opa-Opa - A classic psychedelic scrolling shooter.
• Fantasy Zone II W - Fantasy Zone II W is basically an updated version of the game above.
• Sonic The Hedgehog - Control the iconic character in the classic fast-paced platformer.
• Thunder Blade - Helicopters, guns, missiles and explosions. What more do you need?
• Galaxy Force II - Save the galaxy in this space themed3D shoot 'em up.
• Altered Beast - A beat 'em up set in ancient Greece.

You may have noticed that some of the games in the collection are already available à la carte only on the Nintendo eShop, and wonder why you need the SEGA 3D Classics Collection. Well, in addition to getting a physical release, the collection includes four games that haven't been released on the 3DS before (two of which never made it out of Japan!), and the total for the nine games clocks in at just $29.99/CA$44.99.

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[EntermateStar]

*sigh* *unzips wallet*

 

[Harsky]

Wish Nintendo could take a leaf out of Sega's book and put out more 3D Classics on the eshop. Kirby and Excitebike is not enough.

 

[duwen]

I have all the Sega 3d Classics from their e-shop releases, and as much as Power Drift and Puyo Puyo tempt me I can probably live without purchasing this. Great collection for anyone that hasn't bought the e-shop versions though.

 

[cvskid]

I am suprised this is comming out in america.

 

[RemixDeluxe]

What really sucks was buying every single 3D Classic game in the eShop thinking it was going to stay exclusive there. Now that there are exclusive games (or maybe they'll be sold on eShop later?) that just really leaves a sour taste in my mouth supporting each title at launch.

The woes of early adopting I guess.

 

[MisterPantsEyes]

I would get this if it comes to Europe.

 

[duffmmann]

This and Megaman Legacy Collection is going to clear up some space on my 3DS, I'm right on that 300 (or 350, I always forget which) title limit, and it doesn't help that I have all the 3D classics already available individually here, as well as Megaman 1-6 VC titles (I know I can use the NES emulator, but for the most classic and iconic NES games, I like to keep quick access VC titles around). So I'll be able to free over like 15 tiles or so.

 

[Selim873]

I knew I shouldn't have gotten excited when Sega teased a 'new' game.

That's not to say I'm not getting this though, but I was hoping to see something literally 'new'.

 

[Hyro-Sama]

Still waiting on that localization announcement for the VC PS4 remaster.

 

[RayD97]

Wish Nintendo could take a leaf out of Sega's book and put out more 3D Classics on the eshop. Kirby and Excitebike is not enough.

I know! Why is there not a 3d classics for original Super Mario Bros/2/3!?

 

[Jayro]

Hopefully somebody can reverse-engineer this to rip the Genesis and SMS emulators and/or inject other roms into this collection?

 

[zoogie]

Hopefully somebody can reverse-engineer this to rip the Genesis and SMS emulators and/or inject other roms into this collection?

Sega does a lot of per game customization with these emulators (like 3D layers) so it's unlikely rom plug-n-play will work.

 

[Sliter]

this should had all sonics to have interation &knuckles :B but well nice patch haha

 

[chaosrunner]

sonic 06 3ds anyone?

 

[chartube12]

Not worth it.

 

[tbb043]

I bet Puyo Puyo really benefits from the 3D conversion.

 

[Bubsy Bobcat]

Whoop whoo- wait it's not coming to Europe? Good job I have CFW and a certain website. Tee hee.

 

[daxtsu]

• Altered Beast - A beat 'em up set in ancient Greece.

So you mean to say that now I can "wise from my gwave" in 3D? Tempting..

 

[Kioku]

Sega does a lot of per game customization with these emulators (like 3D layers) so it's unlikely rom plug-n-play will work.

Well, they injected roms into 3d Sonic 2.. So, this may work. We will lose 3d.. But I don't quite care.