Sega Classics Arcade Collection

Sega Classics Arcade Collection
Developer: Sega Publisher: Sega Platform: Sega CD Released in JP: April 23, 1993 Released in US: 1994 Released in EU: April 19, 1993 This game has unused text. This game has revisional differences.

A compilation of four (later five) Genesis games for the Sega CD, namely Columns, The Revenge of Shinobi, Golden Axe, Streets of Rage, and (in a later rerelease) Super Monaco GP, included as a pack-in title with most Sega CD units.

Many of these games contain small improvements that take advantage of the Sega CD's hardware. For example, Golden Axe's soundtrack is replaced with a Redbook audio recording of the arcade version (though it's now only single player).

Strangely, the Japanese release refers to The Revenge of Shinobi and Streets of Rage by their international titles.

Unused Text

To do: Figure out what the symbols are.

Located at the root of the disc are three text files, ABS.TXT, BIB.TXT, and CPY.TXT, with each text file only containing the following messages:

File	Contents
ABS.TXT	ABSTRACTED BY SEGA�
BIB.TXT	BIBLIOGRAPHICED BY SEGA�
CPY.TXT	COPYRIGHT BY SEGA�

These messages are present in many Sega CD games, but the message text usually varies by game.

Revisional Changes

Original	Later

Later Sega CD units came with an updated version of this game that adds Super Monaco GP to the selection.