Dear Sega,

After considering a load of old Megadrive games in a post earlier this year, I got thinking about some of the newer Megadrive games that haven’t found their way onto newer-system compilations yet.  If I was to play another basket-full of 16-bit oldies on my PSP, here’s which I’d like to play:

• Sonic 3 - It only made it onto the PS3 version of the Genesis Collection
• Dynamite Headdy – Excellent, continually original fourth-wall-breaking platformer
• Universal Solider – Clone of run ‘n’ gunner Turrican, though would require 20,000 buttons
• Battletoads - Slightly silly classic platform-cum-beat-’em-up with lots of muscly amphibians
• Tiny Toon Adventures – Surprisingly good zany tie-in platforming fun
• Gunstar Heroes – One of the Megadrive’s finest shoot-’em-up hours, produced by Treasure
• Switch!/Panic! - Technically on Mega CD, makes up with surrealism where it lacks gameplay
  
• Bubsy The Bobcat – This ropey control system is the perfect excuse for much swearing
  
• Rolo To The Rescue – Tremendous, expansive game ruined at the time by no save feature
• James Pond 3 : Robocod - Mario-nodding explore-’em-up with hundreds of food-puns
• Toe Jam & Earl – Some of the best sound-effects on the Megadrive and mega-chilled gameplay
• Toe Jam & Earl 2 - Never has platforming been so secret-packed and funky
• Theme Park – I never did buy it, and I’d like to see whether it was any good
• Mega-Lo-Mania - Never bought this either – it looked nice though
• Earthworm Jim – They don’t make ‘em like this any more – quality from Shiny Entertainment
  
• Earthworm Jim 2 – Even more original and left-field than the original
• New Zealand Story – Just the music would be enough – the cutesy Kiwi might make me explode
  

Please make it so.

Love, — Rik

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