Wonder Boy collection coming to the PS2 in March 07

By Spencer . December 26, 2006 . 8:36am

Sega is always digging through their vault for more classics to release as Sega Ages titles. The Gunstar Treasure Box was awesome and the Panzer Dragoon disc was a welcome addition. Now Sega is going on to release a complete collection of Wonder Boy games as the 29^th title in the series. Before Sonic and Alex Kidd, the Wonder Boy games were some of the AAA titles on Sega’s consoles. There are six titles in the series in the collection beginning with the Sega Master system version of Wonder Boy, which is similar to Adventure Island. Eventually Wonder Boy would deviate from its original formula and evolve into an adventure game. Sega Ages vol. 28: comes out on March 8, 2007 and as a fan of the original I’m looking forward to this if it’s up to the same quality as the Gunstar Heroes treasure box.

TAGS: Playstation 2, Sega

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Veilknight

Sega's merging with Sammy may very well play a key role in that too. After all, Sammy is THE number one Pachinko manufacturer out there, and considering how hugely popular those machines are in Japan, that could keep them afloat alone.

As a side note, I see the Sega Ages releases to be a cheap, effective way for Sega to cash in on old school gamer's love for their classic franchises. Without a doubt, there's definitely a fanbase for these releases, otherwise Sega would have stopped announcing future installments. And hell, as long as the ports are faithful to their original release (meaning don't turn out like Sega Classics Collection, which thankfully they learned their lesson from), I say keep 'em coming!

the_importer

When SEGA said that their profit was on an all time high, did they include the sales of their classic games ported to every game system or just the ones of their new titles Like Shadow the Hedgehog and Phantasy Star Universe >_>

Veilknight

I'm really looking forward to this. Wonder Boy is one of Sega's more underrated franchises and I'm glad Sega hasn't forgotten about this series as well.

I'd import this for Monster World IV alone!