Yeah that blows, I mean come on SEGA! Good Rant
The thing about the Classic oldschool games is that, at least for kids of a certain age, they totally still hold up. Especially around the holidays. I had a lot of fun introducing my Ex's kid to some of my old favs. He wasn't as big on the sidescroller platformers, but plenty of games stood the test of the Ocarina of time. Basically anything from like super Nintendo on I'd say, and for sure the N64. Like be the only 2rd grader playing Golden Eye and Twisted Metal hehe. He got pretty good at those too, Battlefront II 2005 especially, even put me through my paces there, least after a couple years in training on the old standards. I was glad I kept the PS2 with the discs, cause those couldn't be acquired on the PS3 or PS4. Sony just putting the burn on backwards compatibility which to me was like they're whole angle. I had some Genesis ports too, to play via PS2, which I held onto for that purpose. Like the handme down system system, reliable. My original introduction was NES era, so I can recall how they hit back then. I remember the first SEGA console though, like the one where you didn't even need a cartridge to play Snail Maze, cause my buddy had that one. Genesis was major though. I still love every one of those games, including Altered Beast, though my memories there are of the standup arcade game at century 16 theaters hehe. In any case, whenever I see those sprites it's like comfort food. Shame when that sort of thing gets taken off the menu
