Unbelievable that The Lil’ Nintendo Buster That Could is turning 20 this year–although If I’m not mistaken, the hardware itself already has, as the MegaDrive launched in Japan in November 1988. But I digress.
Three days ago I got my regular Sega.com Press Release in my inbox. As much of a Sega fan as I have been, I usually ignore these (which would account for the three-day lapse between getting it and reading it). But this particular semi-spam has a fun twist:
Genesis is such a big toy now!
Vote for the next SEGA Genesis XBLA Game!http://www.genesispoll.com/
In celebration of the 20th anniversary of the SEGA Genesis, we’re putting the power back in the fans’ hands and letting you determine the next title we’ll release on Xbox LIVE Arcade!
Just pick from the Genesis classics below and cast your vote between August 14th and August 21st – and remember, you can come back everyday and check on how your favorite game is faring and cast another vote to help push it over the top, or get your friends to stuff the ballot in favor of any one of these landmark titles.
Then be sure to return to genesispoll.com on Saturday, August 22, 2009, to see which title the fans chose to see on XBLA as part of this 20th anniversary celebration! Remember GENESIS DOES!
SEGA is committed to celebrating the 20th anniversary of the Genesis. Stay tuned for more exciting information down the road!
Till then, please join our community and celebrate with us! http://blogs.sega.com/usa/
…Now, this is all well and good, except they only give the choice of 6 games, of which only 3 could be considered in serious contention. Toe Jam & Earl (the original) leads by a landslide at 50%, with the closest runners-up, Golden Axe II and Shining Force, holding a paltry 14% of the pie.
Now listen: TJ&E is fine. But make sure not to confuse it with TJ&E II: Panic on Funkotron, which is without a doubt the golden child of the series. (Notice how I got around mentioning that third game for Xbox… there’s a good reason for that.) Cast your votes for Golden Axe II, Earthworm Jim or Shining Force–but oh wait, EJ is only pictured in the background graphic. What a crock.
Just go vote for what you want, if you don’t yet have it on Wii VCon (where TJ&E has been out a long time) or a billion times over on compilations. As for me, I’ll just put a party hat on my Genny and feed it some cartridge cake.
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