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SEGA's having a Virtual Console sale

Posted 23rd of December, 2009 at 08:57 am by Infernal Monkey Infernal Monkey is online now


A sale? On the Virtual Console? It's the end of the world. In a surprising announcement, SEGA's dropping the price of selected Mega Drive titles to 500 Points for a limited time. The deal starts tomorrow, Christmas Eve, and ends on the 6th of January (2010 - just in case). The line-up of included titles:

- Altered Beast
- Golden Axe
- Gunstar Heroes
- Puyo Puyo 2: Tsuu
- Shining Force
- Sonic the Hedgehog
- Sonic the Hedgehog 2
- Sonic the Hedgehog 3
- Streets of Rage 2
- ToeJam & Earl

Some great games, but Puyo Puyo 2: Tsuu seems a bit out of place considering it's an import. You'd save the most amount of money there, better go buy 14 extra Wii's and stock up.


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Posted 23rd of December, 2009 at 09:56 am by Gookanheimer Gookanheimer is offline
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Sega does what Nintendon't!
Posted 23rd of December, 2009 at 10:04 am by Kiru Kiru is offline
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I see what you did thar.
Posted 23rd of December, 2009 at 11:27 am by Lon Lon Rancher Lon Lon Rancher is offline
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eye dedunt
Posted 23rd of December, 2009 at 11:44 am by Aladdin Sane Aladdin Sane is offline
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You'd have to pay me to play Sonic on the Virtual Console, and I doubt 500 Points would be enough.

50Hz Sonic? Yuck.
Posted 23rd of December, 2009 at 12:09 pm by Tayaun_Nintendo_ftw Tayaun_Nintendo_ftw is offline
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Yeah I'm too scared to download an NES or Mega Drive title because I don't know which ones are slower in 50Hz. They could have at least given us the option to play in 60Hz D:

Also I doubt hardly anyone has noticed but Ocarina of Time and Mario Kart 64 are also slower in PAL :/
Posted 23rd of December, 2009 at 12:11 pm by Thomas_Hill Thomas_Hill is offline
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Indeed. Which of these are slow in PAL? I think the first two Sonics are, right? and isn't Puyo Puyo slow like Pulseman is despite it being designed for 60hz only?
Posted 23rd of December, 2009 at 12:20 pm by Alzi Alzi is offline
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Gunstar Heroes would be ok to get.

IF ONLY I WON A XMAS DAY COMP THEN I WOULD HAVE AN EXTRA 500 WII POINTS.
Posted 23rd of December, 2009 at 01:10 pm by Dark Moogle Dark Moogle is offline
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a VERY nice gesture from Sega, but I already have most of those games on the Mega Drive Collection on my PSP

maayyyybbbbeeee give Streets of Rage 2 a download thou
Posted 23rd of December, 2009 at 01:23 pm by Tayaun_Nintendo_ftw Tayaun_Nintendo_ftw is offline
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Originally Posted by Thomas_Hill View Post
Indeed. Which of these are slow in PAL? I think the first two Sonics are, right? and isn't Puyo Puyo slow like Pulseman is despite it being designed for 60hz only?
This is where PAL roms come in handy
Posted 23rd of December, 2009 at 07:09 pm by I Am The Wind I Am The Wind is online now
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Man **** them, two of those games I already own on VC and another 3 (GUESS WHCIH OLOL) on disc.
Posted 24th of December, 2009 at 12:54 am by Bland_Boy Bland_Boy is offline
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i'm fairly certain ocarina and mario play in 60hz on the VC.
At least I noticed a difference in mario compared to the n64cart.
Posted 24th of December, 2009 at 02:00 am by Dark Samus Dark Samus is offline
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I might consider Sonic 3, already got 1 & 2. Bring out Knuckles already -_- (at least I don't think its out yet, or is it?)
Posted 24th of December, 2009 at 06:39 am by Aladdin Sane Aladdin Sane is offline
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i'm fairly certain ocarina and mario play in 60hz on the VC.
At least I noticed a difference in mario compared to the n64cart.
They're still 50hz, but they've been optimised to cut back on the borders and slowdown.
Posted 1st of January, 2010 at 01:29 pm by amebrbe amebrbe is offline
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Indeed. Which of these are slow in PAL? I think the first two Sonics are, right? and isn't Puyo Puyo slow like Pulseman is despite it being designed for 60hz only?
This might help a bit:
http://palgn.com.au/nintendo-wii/856...up-mega-drive/