Sega Classics Arcade Collection

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Sega Classics Arcade Collection
System(s): Sega Mega-CD
Publisher: Sega
Developer: Sega
Original system(s): Sega Mega Drive
Game total: 5 (4)
Genre: Action, Compilation
Number of players: 1-2
Release Date RRP Code JP 1993-04-23 ¥2,9802,980 G-6012 US 1992-11 US (5-in-1) 1993 EU 1993-04-02 4127 PT 199x UK 1993-04-02 4127 BR 199x

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Sega Classics Arcade Collection, also known in Japan as Sega Classic (セガクラシック) (or Sega Classic Arcade Collection) is a compilation of four (or five) Sega Mega Drive games for the Sega Mega-CD. It was a pack-in game bundled with launch Mega-CDs in the United Kingdom and North America, and was released separately in other regions.

Games included

Two variants of Sega Classics Arcade Collection exist.

Earlier version (North America and Japan)

• Golden Axe
• Streets of Rage
• Columns
• The Revenge of Shinobi

Later version (Europe and later North American bundles)

• Golden Axe
• Streets of Rage
• Columns
• The Revenge of Shinobi
• Super Monaco GP

In North America, the older "4-in-1" variant came in the same box as Sherlock Holmes: Consulting Detective Vol. I, while the later "5-in-1" one came with Ecco the Dolphin.

Versions

Each game is mostly identical to their Mega Drive counterparts, though have minor changes thanks to the Mega-CD's enhancements. All digitised speech samples have been replaced with higher quality audio, the first level in Golden Axe uses different instruments and Super Monaco GP has extra drums. The Revenge of Shinobi is based on a later version than its cartridge counterparts, altering some of the bosses which infringe copyrights. For unknown reasons, Golden Axe is only a one-player game in this compilation.

Despite being the Mega-CD's selling point, only two games have an updated CD soundtrack (Golden Axe in the form of music recorded from its arcade board, and Columns which has a new title theme). This means only a small fraction of the disc is used. In Japan, the Streets of Rage and The Revenge of Shinobi names are used instead of Bare Knuckle and The Super Shinobi, respectively (though Streets of Rage still has Japanese text).

Magazine articles

Main article: Sega Classics Arcade Collection/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

Print advert in Beep! MegaDrive (JP) #1993-01: "January 1993" (1992-12-08)

Print advert in Beep! MegaDrive (JP) #1993-02: "February 1993" (1993-01-08)

Physical scans

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Publication Version Score Beep! MegaDrive (JP) NTSC-J 73 Famitsu (JP) NTSC-J 65 Game Power (IT) NTSC 83 Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming (UK) PAL 70 Sega Force (SE) 91 Sega Force (UK) NTSC 66 Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) NTSC-J 73

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Sega Classics Arcade Collection

Mega-CD, JP/AS
Cover
Disc Manual

Mega-CD, US (4-in-1)
Cover
Disc Manual

Mega-CD, US (5-in-1)
Cover
Disc Manual

Mega-CD, EU
Cover
Disc Manual

Mega-CD, PT

Mega-CD, BR
Disc Manual

Technical information

Main article: Sega Classics Arcade Collection/Technical information.