Sega Brings back Wonder Boy on Jap PS2

[MotherGunner]

The Sega Ages series seems dedicated to resurrecting the Golden Age of gaming, and their most recent additions are no exception to the rule.

North American PS2 owners will likely have to import the titles, but these might be worth the effort. Sega is bringing back a compilation of Monster World and a revamped version of the original Virtual On for old-school gaming fans. The Monster World compilation will feature the first four games in the series, as well as recognizable classics like Monster Lair and Wonder Boy.


Awesome!

[Black Tiger]

Awesome. I hope to pick up most of the japanese PS2 Sega Ages'. I love Wonderboy, so I'll definately buy it once it's released.

Right now, the 3 PS2 games I own are Tengai Makyou III (for which I got the system + a modchip for), Ys I & II Eternal and the North American Sega Ages.

I know most people knock the Sega Ages set we got because it wasn't a bunch of cutting edge remakes, but I was very happy with it(plus it cost me $5 used).

Of course, I'd be happier with perfect arcade and console emulations.

[sunteam_paul]

The Sega Ages series seems dedicated to  ruining the Golden Age of gaming, and their most recent additions are no exception to the rule.

Fixed.

[FM-77]

The Sega Ages series seems dedicated to  ruining the Golden Age of gaming, and their most recent additions are no exception to the rule.

Fixed.

I agree.

However, I'd still like to play this. I really like the Monster World games. Any release date set?

[MotherGunner]

Not all of them were bad, I picked up Golden axe and it was pretty decent, way better than the pc engine version for sure.

As far as release date, no clue yet, but Im sure it will be tracked on lik-sang or other sites.

[sunteam_paul]

Not all of them were bad, I picked up Golden axe and it was pretty decent, way better than the pc engine version for sure.

Well considering my dog could make a better version than the PC Engine one, that's hardly praise.

[PC Gaijin]

The Sega Ages series seems dedicated to  ruining the Golden Age of gaming, and their most recent additions are no exception to the rule.

Fixed.

Have you even played any of the Sega Ages releases? Since Sega started doing some of the development themselves instead of D3, the Sega Ages series has turned out quite nicely. I've bought the Gunstar Heroes Treasure Box, the Phantasy Star 2 remake, and Panzer Dragoon, Dynamite Deka, and Dragon Force. All of these were excellent.

Anyway, if Sega gives Monster World the same treatment they gave Gunstar Heroes, I'm definitely picking it up. The GH Treasure Box was awesome.

[MotherGunner]

What I would really like to know is why have these forums turned so negative lately?

It seems like it's always the same individual, or individuals either flaming someone or just being outright a$$hole-ish..

Never offering something positive anymore...

chi-seen....

[Keranu]

Agreed .

[sunteam_paul]

What I would really like to know is why have these forums turned so negative lately?

It seems like it's always the same individual, or individuals either flaming someone or just being outright a$$hole-ish..

Never offering something positive anymore...

chi-seen....

Well my post was a throw-away comment, and only meant to be taken with a pinch of salt.

Direct remakes of 2D classics have very rarely been better, or even equal, to the original games. You can't deny the spread of poor reviews that greeted the initial Sega Ages remakes such as Out Run, Golden Axe, Space Harrier etc.

For example, IGN said of the version of Golden Axe:
The most disappointing game in the pack is, by far, Golden Axe, a game that would have definitely been the shining star of the collection. Sure, the original game couldn't stand up to today's elaborate presentation, but what Sega did for its remastered mode is an absolutely terrible recreation of one of the company's more remembered classic arcade properties. What was once beautiful 2D sprite and background artwork is now sub-par 3D, with awful character renders and animation fronting a very sloppy gameplay port of the original fantasy hack-and-slash game. Anyone who's spent a single quarter on the arcade version can nitpick a laundry list of issues, problems, and bugs that pop up in the Sega Classics Collection version.

This is only an example. Every review I have read and comments from friends has been of the same low opinion.

Are you also denying that the PC Engine version of Golden Axe something other than dreadful?

If something is crap then I'm not afraid to say it.

I've not seen details of the later Sega Ages conversions, and I'm happy if they are finally living up to the promise of the originals. It's about time they treated these games with the respect they deserve rather than give them to their trainees as a project to do. Most of the time they are more interested in making a fast buck then producing something that enhances the original versions.

[MotherGunner]

I stopped believing what the EGMers and IGNers say about games.  I work in the video game industry and I can say that alot of these guys no longer play the games for fun.  They play them and if they arent hooked within the first few hours they will give them a bad rating.  Not to mention that what one so called "reviewer" will like or dislike another will think the opposite.

I own golden axe and I love it.  In contrast how many baseball players play baseball for the game, and not for the money?

See my point?

[sunteam_paul]

Well it's cool that you enjoy it, but the Sega Classics collection has been universally panned by IGN, Gamespot, Eurogamer, Game Central (a reputable UK Teletext game site) and one of my friends, and I'm sure by a lot of other places. I've not seen a single good review of it. I'm not saying you're wrong to like Golden Axe, just that this is what I base the conception that Sega's retro remakes have been less than stellar.

[GUTS]

Honestly dude if you're not hooked in the "first few hours" then why even bother playing the game?  Games aren't work, they should draw you in from the beginning or they're obviously shit.  Professional reviewers generally know what they're talking about, that's why they get paid to do.

[MotherGunner]

Honestly dude if you're not hooked in the "first few hours" then why even bother playing the game?  Games aren't work, they should draw you in from the beginning or they're obviously shit.  Professional reviewers generally know what they're talking about, that's why they get paid to do.

Good Point, but I mean to convey that some games need to be given a chance to grow on you.

Take any young kid today who grew up on PS2 or Xbox, and give them Ys I and II.  They won't like it because it doesnt have the cool graphics or for that matter a "hack n slash" ability.  But try to tell anyone here that and it's plasphemy.  To us Ys is Art, and a High Caliber title.    At first I even thought Ys was shit.  And then the game grew on me.  Now I swear by it.  Collecting anything and everything Ys.  

Some games need to be given a chance, that's all I meant by that.

[Black Tiger]

What I would really like to know is why have these forums turned so negative lately?

It seems like it's always the same individual, or individuals either flaming someone or just being outright a$$hole-ish..

Never offering something positive anymore...

chi-seen....

I've noticed the same thing, but not necessarily exactly as you put it.

The people I've noticed(probably not the all same individuals you're thinking of) making a lot of negative comments though, don't exclusively post flaming comments(but can be relied on to hate at every opportunity).

But the forum certainly is developing an increasingly negative vibe.

And there seems to be a few regular commenters who sound like they actually dislike the Turbo/PCE and think that it sucks in various ways... -but they still hang around here to trash it and all the games on a regular basis.

I just try not to argue with people bent on picking fights.

As for the Sega Ages, I don't think that the small percentage of bad (and early)ports spells doom for anything released under the Sega Ages banner in the future.