| By now you should know the games: the classic | | | | additional "lock-on" element of playing Knuckles in |
| Sonic trilogy (and the "lock-on" spin-off) have been | | | | Sonic 2 and Sonic 3. That's pretty much all you're |
| produced on any system that can emulate the | | | | getting, though: there's no "whiz bang" production |
| original Genesis/Mega Drive hardware. Chalk up | | | | here, just a static "select game" menu with only the |
| another system: the Nintendo DS. SEGA's 16-bit | | | | basics of legacy material like character art. |
| platformers have made the move to the Nintendo | | | | At the very least the producers of this compilation |
| handheld completely intact, or, as intact as the | | | | – The Creative Assembly all the way there in |
| portable can handle. The lesser resolution is obvious | | | | Australia – managed to show that the Nintendo |
| but not a game killer, but the larger issue is the lack | | | | DS can actually emulate the SEGA Genesis, with |
| of elegance in the presentation: it's the games, a | | | | some subtle flaws. The Nintendo DS screen doesn't |
| couple of pieces of art, and that's about it. If that's all | | | | have enough resolution to accurately represent the |
| you want, it's a decent package for a good value. | | | | Genesis visuals, so the ol' "take out scanlines and |
| Download Unlimited Nintendo DSi Games,Movies and | | | | squash the image" trick was applied to the final |
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| The compilation is four games: Sonic the Hedgehog, | | | | the Sonic the Hedgehog Genesis games are still |
| Sonic 2, Sonic 3, and Sonic & Knuckles, with the | | | | pretty fun even 20 years later. |