As if Sega weren't being awesome enough these last few months (Yakuza 2, Valkyrie Chronicles) they just blew my load by announcing a 40 game Mega Drive compilation for the PS3 and 360 which is going to be released early next year. The games aren't going to be straight ports as they are being bumped up to high def and are going to have a weird blur effect to make the games look less stiff and blocky. Kind of hard to explain so just look at these screenshots.

Now I'm a Mega Drive fanatic and I can't wait to play this. The list of games is pretty much what you would expect. While I'm only interested in 30 of them that's still enough games to make me happy. I'm so happy they managed to include Phantasy Star II. I always wanted an excuse to go back and play that game and now I do. One thing which is a major kick to the balls though is NO GUNSTAR HEROES. If I had to pick one game I'd like to have in HD it would be that game but obviously Treasure are being total dicks. Bit disappointed that some of the Mega Drives more obscure titles aren't on there like Shadowrun but I'd imagine I'm the only one interested in that game so I don't blame Sega for not including it.

In my opinion Sega haven't been in this strong of a position since the Dreamcast. This may be a port but the appeal it has to the hardcore Mega Drive community is immense. With Yakuza 3 and now this, Sega have me licking their boots at this point. Now all they need to do is announce Jet Set Radio 3.....