Here we go again: Sega confirms Dreamcast Collection

Practically confirmed for a while now by various game rating agencies, Sega took to the wire yesterday morning to make official their latest cartload of pyrite mined from their own past: Dreamcast Collection. Coming February 22nd to Xbox 360 and PC, the bundle includes the recently-released Sonic Adventure and Crazy Taxi and bolts on Sega Bass Fishing and Space Channel 5: Part 2. Sega promises enhanced graphics but they also make a big to-do about Achievements and leaderboards in the same sentence so don’t expect them to look as good as you remember them looking 10 years ago.

I know we’ve all been asking for Dreamcast games for a while but after Sonic and Crazy Taxi hit the download stores back in September it dawned on me just how hard even Sega’s own games are to go back to. As awkward as throwing in a sequel and a game that was only fun for its fishing controller are, the prospects going forward are even more unsavory. I could see a racing bundle coming soon with Daytona, Sega GT, Sega Rally 2, and 18 Wheeler American Pro Trucker that I’d absolutely never pay for. Chu Chu Rocket on download with Sega Swirl thrown in would be ok. I’d probably buy a lovingly touched up Jet Set Radio. But honestly, that’s about all.

What about you? Any plans to snap this up? Dreamcast picks you’d love to be able to play again without digging out the actual console?

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