Funkotron Rage! Sega announces four new Virtual Console games

20 Comments by Ross Miller Apr 19th 2007 5:30PM
Filed under: Retro, Nintendo Wii, Online

Sega has announced four new Genesis titles it will bringing to the Nintendo Wii Virtual Console. Historically, this means that all four titles will be available by the end of May.

Side-scrolling beat-em-up Streets of Rage 2 and the funktastic Toe Jam & Earl 2: Panic on Funkotron are slated for release, as are Shining in the Darkness and Kid Chameleon. According to the press release, Genesis titles "start at 800 points" (US $8), though no game has yet surpassed that price point. The only two titles to break the standard price barriers are Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (600 points for the NES game) and R-Type (800 points for the TurboGrafx-16 game).

[Via Gamasutra]

[Update: Corrected utterly nightmarish (but incorrect) Virtual Console price.]

Tags: genesis, kid chameleon, KidChameleon, mega drive, MegaDrive, nintendo, sega, shining in the darkness, ShiningInTheDarkness, streets of rage, StreetsOfRage, toe jam earl, ToeJamEarl, virtual console, VirtualConsole

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pete: Apr 19th 2007; 5:37PM

start at 800 points" (US $800)

thatsaspicy a meatball!
($8.00) sound a bit better.

peace

WarioMan: Apr 19th 2007; 5:37PM

800 dollars? Geez, Nintendo wants the moneys.

Cheesy: Apr 19th 2007; 5:38PM

$800?! O_O

Pcenginefx: Apr 19th 2007; 5:39PM

"US $800" eh?

ewan: Apr 19th 2007; 5:39PM

$800 is a lot for a VC game.

Still, Streets Of Rage 2...

WarioMan: Apr 19th 2007; 5:39PM

... $800 dollars? Geez, Nintendo wants the moneys.

WarioMan: Apr 19th 2007; 5:41PM

US $800 dollars? Since when was Sega so special?

Christian: Apr 19th 2007; 5:42PM

"US $800"... ROFL...

Intentless: Apr 19th 2007; 5:44PM

Streets of RAGE... 2!!!!!! Yes.... I have been waiting... We shall meet again...

WarioMan: Apr 19th 2007; 5:45PM

Sorry about all those posts... I thought they weren't appearing due to a glitch or something...

pete: Apr 19th 2007; 5:49PM

lol @5.

Mr Khan: Apr 19th 2007; 6:50PM

No, no, no

$800 is the starting price for packages of 4 Neo-Geo games

that's the typo, not Genesis, Neo Geo

Rubang B: Apr 19th 2007; 6:58PM

I held out on Streets of Rage 1, but I think I have to get 2. And I loved me the hell out of some Kid Chameleon back in the day. It was as if I was a kid and a chameleon at the same time.

DarkTetsuya: Apr 19th 2007; 7:17PM

SoR2? YUZO KOSHIRO IN THE MOTHERF**KING HOUSE! :D~~

Martez: Apr 19th 2007; 7:53PM

Awesome! Oh wait, I own most of these...

Panzer Dragoon Saga, dammit! The people demand it!

mo: Apr 19th 2007; 7:54PM

KID CHAMELEON!!!!!

Mojo: Apr 19th 2007; 9:20PM

Heck yes!
Get me to Funkatron!

Charles: Apr 19th 2007; 10:22PM

I never did quite like TJ&E2 quite as much as the original. Still, I might give it another shot.

The Lizard king: Apr 20th 2007; 7:14AM

Can't wait for SoR2.

Dylan: Apr 20th 2007; 7:18AM

Actually, 800 points is $10.00 Microsoft is being tricky by making the points cost 25% more than you think, 1.25 cents each.

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