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Sonic’s Ultimate Genesis Collection Trophy Guide

Editorial Team

Sonic’s Ultimate Genesis Collection Trophy Guide. Difficulty: *  A compilation of games from the SEGA Genesis / Mega Drive, featuring Sonic, Altered Beasts, Golden Axe, Streets of Rage, and more. A few tricky trophies, but overall a quick and easy Platinum.

Game Name Difficulty Trophies Developer Country Bronze Silver Gold Online DLC
Sonic’s Ultimate Genesis Collection * 35 Backbone Entertainment U.S. 17 13 4 0 0

Sonic’s Ultimate Genesis Collection

Also known as Sega Mega Drive Ultimate Collection in its PAL format, the game is a grand compilation of Genesis/Mega Drive games - a total of 48, with a few unlockable 8-bit Sega games and arcade versions. Interviews with the original designers are also included, once unlocked. A great game for those wishing to relieve their childhood gaming days, or wish to see what gaming was like back in the '90's.

Sonic's Ultimate Genesis Collection received high praise for its presentation and large collection of great games, with an average rating of 90% by most online magazines.

For more information, check out our Sonic's Ultimate Genesis Collection Review.

With a collection of 48 nostalgic Genesis games, these trophies could have been time consuming (eg. One earned for completing each game) but instead the developers decided to simplify things.

There is a trophy related to nearly each game, and almost all of them are easy challenges which can be completed in the first few levels. The 1-star rating is due to its time consumption, which is definitely under 10 hours.

NOTE: Two controllers are required for one of the Trophies.

Nearly every game has its own particular challenge for unlocking a trophy. Level selects and cheat codes are available (see the guides in our Links page) which do not disable trophies. Also, each game allows up to 3 slots for saving, which can be useful during your trophy hunting. No trophies are missable, and you can select each game in any order.

For Blast Processing, you simply have to watch the Sega logo appear to count as having "played the game" - but each game must be loaded in ONE sitting!

No Life requires you to at least START each video unlocked, before exiting out.

And except for one challenge, all the unlockables needed for the Master The System coincide with the trophies - just hit the triangle button on the main screen to see a checklist of what you need to unlock.

SwatTJ has put together a great Trophy Guide, with videos:
http://www.ps3trophies.org/forum/sonics-ultimate-genesis-collection/7391-trophy-guide-html

And here's a simpler Trophy Guide, by Jeff Belote:
http://playstationlifestyle.net/2009/03/15/trophy-guide-sonics-ultimate-genesis-collection/

Here's a Youtube video by KingSuperOne, showing how to get the Yatta! trophy:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_YKAqvA8LY8

Lastly, here's a basic Trophy List:
http://www.allps3trophies.com/retail-games/sonics-ultimate-genesis-collection-trophies.html

Sonic’s Ultimate Genesis Collection Review

Editorial Team

9 / 10 Banzai!s

The Game:

Also known as Sega Mega Drive Ultimate Collection in Europe, Sonic’s Ultimate Genesis Collection is a compilation of 48 Genesis – and a few Sega Master System – games, (re)developed in California, U.S., by Backbone Entertainment and published by Japan’s Sega company. The game was released for both the Playstation 3 and Xbox 360 in North America on February 10, 2009, February 20th in Europe, and February 26th in Australia.

Some of the titles include such classics as Sonic 1 to 3, Altered Beasts (both the Genesis and arcade version) Phantasy Star 1 to 4, Ecco the Dolphin 1 and 2, Golden Axe 1 to 3, Shinobi 3, and Streets of Rage 1 to 3, among many others.

Not only were the games upgraded with Achievements and Trophies, but each individual title has three save slots, a menu screen which allows the player to “rate” their favorite games (much like a playlist on most computer music players) and interviews with some of the game’s original creators – spoken in Japanese but subtitled into English – which can be unlocked by performing certain challenges in particular games.

 

What I Liked:

As an avid fan of retro games, I loved having all these classic SEGA games compiled neatly (and with trophies!) onto a single blu-ray. It’s amazing to think how far technology has come, when we can take nearly 50 cartridges and squeeze them all onto a disk, and still have room to throw in a few added videos.

Playing each game, one after another, felt incredibly nostalgic. I was thrilled to replay the two first Genesis games I’d ever owned – Sonic the Hedgehog and Alien Storm. I remember buying those, along with a new Genesis system, with my hard-earned babysitting money and first playing them in a hotel in Florida during a snowstorm (yeah, go figure). Sure, most of these games could be considered far-outdated, but one thing many of them possess is the charm of playing a side-scroller, which has become rare in more 3-D games today. I’ve played the 2006 Sonic 360, and in my heart, it just doesn’t compare to the excitement of the original 2-D version.

Having the save slots was a nice treat, which meant not requiring to play the game from beginning to end in one sitting. As a result, I was able to clear many titles that I just didn’t have the time or patience for when I was a kid, such as Ecco the Dolphin or the later Sonic titles.

Not to sound like a Trophy Whore, but I had a lot of fun in collecting this Platinum. This game isn’t difficult to achieve 100% and is perfect for anyone with ADD. Just load up a game, play until you collect the required trophy, then load up the next one. It’s impossible to get bored, because you’re always playing something completely different, every twenty minutes.

 

What I Didn’t Like:

There were a few Genesis games I was disappointed to see didn’t make the collection. Populous was one of my all-time favorite titles, and I was hoping Michael Jackson’s Moonwalker would be on there, considering it was one of the first Genesis games. But to be fair, you can’t please everybody. And with 48 titles, there’s certainly something to please someone.

 

Overall:

Sonic’s Ultimate Genesis Collection is a great experience for anyone who wishes to relive their past gaming. There are certainly enough titles in this collection to keep you busy for at least a year, if not longer. I can’t imagine anyone outside the Generation X bracket, like myself, who would enjoy playing such outdated games, but for those of you who grew up with Sonic and Ecco distracting you from your homework, this is a great PlayStation 3 title to have in your collection.

 

written by Damon Finos