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> Just got the Radica Genesis 6-in-1 for Christmas. Brief comments.
>
> General comments - the games found within this product are fairly
> faithful to the original, even presenting some of the games with two
> player settings (ex. Golden Axe) even though there is only one
> joystick (hence only one player available)
>
> Games worth mentioning:
>
> 1. Sonic the Hedgehog - somehow, I remember in the original that if
> you press down on the d-pad and press one of the buttons you can spin
> Sonic up to speed that he runs in a "turbo" mode. For some reason, in
> this version, all three of the game's buttons are for jumping. This
> sucks, as I also recall that you can use the self-same turbo mode to
> power your way through walls or reach hard-to-get areas with lots of
> rings.
>
> 2. Golden Axe - wow, what a flashback, similar along the lines of
> Double Dragon. Seems to be complete, but miss the two player options
> (co-op, head to head).
>
> 3. Altered Beast - the game that came with my original Sega Genesis.
> Still the same after all these years, except again, without the
> two-player options.
>
> The other games are
>
> "Kid Chameleon" (a Sonic/Mario clone), which is okay, you get
> "helmets" which allow you to pass through various parts of the levels
> of the game while giving you powers to fight the baddies.
>
> Dr. Robotnik's Bean Machine - a bad tetris clone.
>
> Flippy -(or something like that, my significant other is playing Sonic
> right now and I don't remember the title) is a terrible game.
>
> Just my thoughts, anyone else have this product, and more importantly,
> know how to enable the turbo mode in SOnic?
>
> thanks