Overview:
- Estimated trophy difficulty: 4.5/10 Platinum Difficulty Rating
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Offline trophies: 26 (12
, 6
, 7
, 1
)
- Online trophies: 0
- Approximate amount of time to platinum: 6-10 hours Estimated Time to Platinum
- Minimum number of playthroughs: 1
- Number of missable trophies: 0
- Glitched trophies: 0 (But the challenge progression can be lost due to a glitch)
- Does difficulty affect trophies?: Yes, you have to play some games on a certain difficulty
- Do trophies stack?: N/A
- Do cheat codes disable trophies?: No, feel free to use them
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Additional peripherals required?: No, but a second controller can make Sore Knuckles
easier
Introduction:
Sega Genesis Classics / Sega Mega Drive Classics (depending on your region), is a compilation featuring Sega Genesis/Mega Drive video games. The majority of the games will be the same as the PS3 collection, but some have been added and some others removed.
One new feature in this collection is the possibility to rewind time, which makes every trophy very easy as you can rewind when you get hit too much, when you die, etc. Most of the trophies can be done in the first areas of each games, except for the Streets of Rage trophies, but there are cheat codes to skip a huge part of each game.
Unfortunately, you won't be able to use the rewind feature or any cheat to complete the challenges. This is the hardest part of the game, and some of them will require many attempts.
Note about different regions:
Some games will feature different regions (American and/or Japanese version) that you can change by pressing . Make sure to stick with the default option, as the trophies might not unlock if you play with a different region.
Walkthrough:
Step 1: Play the games with trophies to earn
There are 53 games in this collection, but you'll only need to play 17 of them to get all the trophies in this step. Most of them will be very simple and will only take a few minutes to complete, as the trophies can be earned in the first areas of each games. Streets of Rage 1 & 3 will be the only two games that you have to play until the end, but you can use cheat codes to select any level and skip a huge part of each game. Note that you'll need a second controller to do the cheat codes in Streets of Rage 1.
There are other games in which you can use cheat codes and/or debug mode, so please refer to the guide for more information. Feel free to use any of these cheats as they don't disable trophies.
Lastly, this collection has an excellent feature that will make all the trophies very simple to earn. This feature let you rewind time with :L2: so feel free to abuse this to avoid any death or bad move in any game.
In this step you will unlock:
One in Three (Alex Kidd in the Enchanted Castle)
Multitool (Alien Soldier)
Five Large (Columns)
Dance the Robo (Dynamite Headdy)
What are the buttons? (Golden Axe)
Fly you fools! (Golden Axe II)
To the Brim (Golden Axe III)
All the Magicks (Golden Axe games)
Demonstrate Restraint (Shadow Dancer)
The eagle has landed (Shining Force)
Keep your powder dry (Shinobi III: Return of the Ninja Master)
Spin for the win (Sonic Spinball)
Commitment (Sonic The Hedgehog)
Extra Hedgehogs (Sonic The Hedgehog 2)
500 rings to rule them all (Sonic games)
Power Through (Space Harrier II)
Sore Knuckles (Streets of Rage)
Good Job (Streets of Rage 3)
Relaxin' all cool (Toejam & Earl)
Chillin' out maxin' (Toejam & Earl)
Step 2: Complete all challenges
Note: Some people have reported losing their progression with the challenges when turning off the PS4! It is recommended to complete all of them in one go if you can, or using the rest mode instead of turning off your PS4. The glitch seems to trigger when loading the game, so a simple solution is to always back up your save after each session, and downloading these back up saves if you've lost your progression.
This is the hardest part of the game. You'll have 20 challenges to complete and you cannot use any cheat codes. The debug menu and even the rewind feature are disabled. All the challenges are pretty quick but some of them are very tricky. You'll have to start a challenge itself if you want it to be registered, for example reaching 5000 points in Columns won't net you the challenge if you're not starting the challenge itself.
There are two ways to start the challenges. The first one is to pick a game on the right of the room and press . Then if the game has a challenge press
to enter it.
The second and simplest method is simply access the Extras menu on the right of the room, pick Challenges and press to enter any challenge from here. The game will automatically place you in the part of the game where you need to do the challenge, example you'll start Streets of Rage 3 directly at the Stage 2 Bosses, you won't have to start from the beginning.
Refer to the guide for the complete list of challenges as well as some tips and a video to help you.
In this step you will unlock:
Challenge Accepted
Challenge X
Clean Sweep
Experiencing History
Step 3: Play 50 games
After completing all trophies and challenges, you'll have played 23 games total. All you'll have to do is "play" all the other games but 3 to unlock the last trophy as well as the platinum. Note that you can leave the game as soon as you see the SEGA logo, and it will count as played.
In this step you will unlock:
It's a lovely day outside
Retro God
[PST would like to thank DaEastside for this Roadmap]