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Sega's Classic Remakes Expanded, Shown
Thanks to The Magic Box for their new information on Sega's AGES 2500 Series remakes for PlayStation 2. We've covered the initial set of remakes, currently announced for Japanese release only, and including Phantasy Star, Fantasy Zone, Monaco GP, Space Harrier, and Golden Axe, but there's now a streaming trailer of the first titles (in 56k and broadband flavors), and details on the next games in the series: "Vol.6:Virtua Racing - remake of Model 1 3D racing game, Vol.7:Last Bronx - remake of the Model 2 arcade fighting game, Vol.8:Phantasy Star 2 - remake of Mega Drive RPG, Vol.9:Phantasy Star 4: The End of Millennium - remake of Mega Drive RPG."
Sonic the hedgehog? Anyone else sick of these crappy 3d versions they keep pumping out?
As for the Sega series...I'll be happy when they get to the Sonic games and "Altered Beast."
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I am glad to see the Phantasy Star series being redone for PS2 but why leave out Phantasy Star III. I personally would love to have the entire series redone since I never owned a genesis and only ever played the games via renting the system. I'll assume its because the third installment wasn't as good as 2 or 4 or was a master system first like 1 was.
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I hope they do a better job than they did with Grandia II. I've never played the DC version, but the PS2 version was buggy and full of A/V errors and slow-downs.
That being said, it was still a great game.
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Great game, great lines. If these games are that good, I'd probably buy them even if the ports are just as badly done.
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Well I'll be glad to get the PS collection (- 3) one one disc; I have a nomad and they're fun to play on the go, but it'll be nice to be able to play them on the big screen without hooking the nomad up or pushing dropping those huge brick power supplies for the genesis into an outlet (power supplied = 3 for the base, Sega CD, and 32X).
But what exactly constitued as remake? I'd be happy with just ports. Are these ports, or are they adding small touches and updates?
Come on, they HAVE to re-release Zero Wing, with FMV, and all the original dialog. =D
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Don't get me wrong, I love the classics as much as the next bitter, cynical hardcore gamer, but c'mon SEGA, how many times are you just going to re-release the same titles over and over? Phatasy star received a good port to the GBA last year, Golden Axe was on the DC classics collection 2 years ago (or was it 3?) and while Fanatasy Zone hasn't seen the light of day for quite some time, it was never one of the "A-titles" anyway. Just because something is old, doesn't mean that it is good. And how many times are we going to see Sonic Adventure 1 &2 ported around with a name change?
We need more Panzer Dragoon Ortas, and Gun Valkyries not titles that have already been milked to the point of resembling raisins.
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First, did anybody notice that AGES is SEGA spelled backwards?
Second, despite its shortcomings, Phantasy Star III was the only one I played or enjoyed. The graphics were far better than IV, and I enjoyed it immensely. I would absolutely LOVE to play it again, especially if it's updated in some way... Which leads me to...
Three. What is the point of the Ages series? I'd never heard of it. Are they doing REAL remakes of their classic games? Updated sound, graphics, gameplay, etc., but with the same storyline and everything? That's the kind of remake I like... not this re-release that they call a remake. That's just bleeding more money from the customer from games they made 5-10 years ago.
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I tend to agree when it comes to most classic games (milking a franchise is getting pretty tiresome.... I couldn't care less for most of the classic revivals (I do wish the Activision Anthology had done better. I'd like to have seen the update they had planned for the Xbox.)
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I mean, I'm sure they'd like to make some less derivative stuff...but I guess what sells is what is made into tomorrow's games.)
But I have to say the DC version of Golden Axe was horrid. That whole disc needed a makeover badly. It's pretty sad when the best classic on there is Sega Swirl (which was surprisingly fun.) I was really disappointed in the DC smashpack. The smashpack for the PC had its problems too. I'd love to see a decent Golden Axe made for the big three. That and Altered Beast....heh.
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I'm a big Sega fan, and I bought an Xbox thinking that it was the console they'd support most. Now I'll have to buy a PoS2... As much as I hate Sony.
I was hoping they'd make some sequels to Phantasy star, Shining Force, Streets of Rage, etc, but I guess this is good too.
(goes back to playing Shining Force CD)