Sega has launched the Mega Drive Classics Hub on Steam. The hub is a 3D environment designed to mimic the bedroom of a '90s gamer, with a Mega Drive (Genesis) connected to a CRT TV, shelf full of games for the console, as well as Sega posters on the (virtual) walls and dynamic time-of-day conditions.
If you own any of the Mega Drive games on Steam, you will be able to access the hub for free. Here's a list of all the games that you can pick up:
- Golden Axe
- Altered Beast
- Comix Zone
- Ecco the Dolphin
- Gain Ground
- Shinobi III: Return of the Ninja Master
- Vectorman
- Crack Down
- Space Harrier II
- Ecco Jr.
- Alex Kidd in the Enchanted Castle
- Bonanza Bros.
- Super Thunder Blade
- Kid Chameleon
- Ristar
- Galaxy Force II
- Columns
- Eternal Champions
- Fatal Labyrinth
- Bio-Hazard Battle
- Columns III
- Sword of Vermilion
- Virtua Fighter 2
- Ecco: The Tides of Time
- Alien Storm
- Decap Attack
- Flicky
- ESWAT: City Under Siege
- Golden Axe II
- Landstalker: The Treasures of King Nole
- Shadow Dancer
- Shining Force
- Wonder Boy III: Monster Lair
- Streets of Rage 2
- Alien Soldier
- Light Crusader
- Gunstar Heroes
- Streets of Rage
- Shining Force II
- Shining in the Darkness
- Beyond Oasis
- Dynamite Headdy
- Golden Axe III
- Phantasy Star II
- Phantasy Star III: Generations of Doom
- Phantasy Star IV: The End of the Millennium
- Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine
- Sonic the Hedgehog
- Sonic the Hedgehog 2
- Sonic 3 and Knuckles
- Sonic 3D Blast
- Sonic Spinball
- Toejam and Earl
- Toejam and Earl in Panic on Funkotron
- Streets of Rage 3
- Revenge of the Shinobi
- Vectorman 2
- Wonder Boy in Monster World
If you're not seeing the Mega Drive Classics Hub just yet, we suggest waiting a while. The update is just starting to roll out.
Reader comments
Relive your childhood with the Sega Mega Drive Classics Hub on Steam
Didn't even realise all these Sega classics were on steam.
Was the Hub designed and developed by Steam themselves or Sega? Would be great for it to come to Xbox / Windows Store maybe with a bundle of all games and cross buy for XB1 and PC.
Obviously if the Hub was created by steam that part couldn't come over
By SEGA.
By SEGA.
Nope its by sega
Definitely from Sega. Other notable features of this hub is that it also claims to contain graphics enhancement filters, better keyboard/controller support, local co-op for games that originally had co-op, save states and surprisingly mod support via steam workshop. As far as I know, this is the only official emulator that supports mods. Kudos to Sega.
As long as its not like pbfx2 or ea's 360 hasbro app where all the achievements are pooled together(as how its reflected on your gamertag)
Goodbye life. Hello childhood.
not showing up for me. unfortunately
The Mega Drive was my first console and I can honestly say I haven't had as much fun gaming on any console since. Good times.
No question it was a great system for it's day.... 2nd gen systems over the NES and Master system....
This is brilliant, was hoping for Desert Strike and Jungle Strike but hopefully they might be added later.
Is it VR compatible? It would be fun to immerse yourself back in time
In NA is not called MEGADRIVE.
So what its called?
Neat....but, I'll just pop out my Sega Genisis to play these games back, that I actually own the orignal carts on. A simple S-Video to HDMI adapter, no problem on my 4K TV :)
Sega Genisis was the US version of the Mega Drive BTW
Or there is a 3rd party program for Windows Media Center, Put all my ROMS in a app in Media Center, use my remote, select the game, and pop out a 360 controller to play them all (you can use the orignal controllers with some plugins)
It has all my old favorites except for NBA Jam, Joe Montana's Sports Talk Football, Mario Lemieux's Ice Hockey, and John Madden Football '92
Now if only Sega could do something like this for the Dreamcast. To me, that is the best console ever made.
Oh God
Sonic, Streets of Rage, Golden Axe, these are my childhood guys. But unfortunately, now no time for all that