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Official freemium Sega emulator Ultimate Genesis coming to iPhone

Space Harrier 2 bundled, Sonic, Golden Axe, Ecco and Shining Force to buy

Official freemium Sega emulator Ultimate Genesis coming to iPhone

Sega's 16-bit Mega Drive/Genesis game adaptations for iPhone haven't exactly blown our socks off so far, mostly because their emulation was a bit weak and lacking in functions.

But it now appears that Sega had a longer game plan in action, as an official Sega Mega Drive/Genesis emulator, called Ultimate Genesis according to Gizmodo, will be going live on the App Store in the first week of February.

This emulator will be packaged with Space Harrier 2 (sweet!) with other Mega Drive games available as in-app purchases. The initial line up of downloadable games includes Sonic The Hedgehog, Ecco the Dolphin, Golden Axe and Shining Force.

All top notch games originally, though it'd be nice to see Sega put a bit more code behind the actual emulation system.

Presumably Streets of Rage won't be far behind, and fingers crossed we'll be seeing a lot more Mega Drive games added to the Ultimate Genesis list soon. I'd like to put a vote in for Shinobi 3, Splatterhouse 2 and World of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck.

What? That was a totally awesome game. Got any requests of your own? Put 'em in the comments.

Spanner Spencer
Spanner Spencer
Yes. Spanner's his real name, and he's already heard that joke you just thought of. Although Spanner's not very good, he's quite fast, and that seems to be enough to keep him in a regular supply of free games and away from the depressing world of real work.