Sega Classics Arcade Collection

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Sega Classics Arcade Collection
System(s): Sega Mega-CD
Publisher: Sega
Developer:
Game total: 5 (4)
Genre: Compilation

















Number of players: 1-2
Release Date RRP Code
Sega Mega-CD
JP 		¥2,9802,980 G-6012
Sega Mega-CD
US
Sega Mega-CD
US
(5-in-1)
Sega Mega-CD
EU 		4127
Sega Mega-CD
PT

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Sega Classics Arcade Collection (セガクラシック) 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.

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.

Magazine articles

Main article: Sega Classics Arcade Collection/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

JP print advert

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
70 №9, p46
91
66 №16, p38/39[2]
Sega Mega-CD
 76
Based on
3 reviews
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
Beep! MegaDrive (JP) NTSC-J
73
[3]
Famitsu (JP) NTSC-J
65
[4]
Game Power (IT) NTSC
83
[5]
Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming (UK) PAL
70
[6]
Sega Force (SE)
91
[7]
Sega Force (UK) NTSC
66
[2]
Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) NTSC-J
73
[8]
Sega Mega-CD
 74
Based on
7 reviews

Sega Classics Arcade Collection

Mega-CD, US (4-in-1)
SCAC 4-in-1 MCD US Box.jpg
Cover
SCAC 4-in-1 MCD US Disc.jpg
Disc
Sega4in1 mcd us manual.pdf
Manual
Mega-CD, US (5-in-1)
SCAC MCD US Box.jpg
Cover
SCAC MCD US Disc.jpg
Disc
Sega5in1 mcd us manual.pdf
Manual
Mega-CD, EU
SCAC MCD EU Box Back.jpgSCAC MCD EU Box Front.jpg
Cover
SegaClassicMegaCDEUManual.pdf
Manual
Mega-CD, JP
SCAC MCD JP Box Back.jpgSCAC MCD JP Box Front.jpg
Cover
SegaClassics MCD JP Disc.jpg
Disc
SegaClassic MCD JP manual.pdf
Manual
Mega-CD, PT

Technical information

ROM dump status

System Hash Size Build Date Source Comments
Sega Mega-CD
 ?
CRC32
MD5
SHA-1
209,217,456 CD (EU) 4127
Sega Mega-CD
✔
CRC32
MD5
SHA-1
209,953,632 CD (JP) G-6012

References

  1. ↑ File:SegaVisions US 10.pdf, page 52
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 File:SegaForce UK 16.pdf, page 38 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:SegaForce UK 16.pdf_p38" defined multiple times with different content
  3. ↑ Beep! MegaDrive, "May 1993" (JP; 1993-04-08), page 25
  4. ↑ Famitsu, "1993-05-07,14" (JP; 1993-04-23), page 39
  5. ↑ Game Power, "Marzo 1993" (IT; 1993-0x-xx), page 87
  6. ↑ Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "May 1993" (UK; 1993-xx-xx), page 46
  7. ↑ Sega Force, "5/93" (SE; 1993-08-26), page 22
  8. ↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 86
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