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@RogerRoger I am somewhere near the front of the queue for the preorders of Sonic Origins physical. More for the posterity of having a physical version on a newer format than depending on Sony's servers. I don't dislike Origins' 3 and & Knuckles music, but I always preferred the Sonic 3 invincibility music over & Knuckles. But the logic behind it all is sound. I don't know who ultimately owns Michael Jackson's music, be it his family or Sony Music, but until that is solved (or even if it is), Sega isn't touching it with a ten-foot barge pole.

Spinball for the Mega Drive is passable at best, but it's a work of art when you put it next to the Game Gear/Master System version. The physics in that game are basically nonexistent! Sonic 3D is fun in that it was novel at the time, but it's aged worse than similarly-aged Mario games.

I'll try to keep you updated, but I'll probably forget. Nothing personal, I'm just not very diligent in that regard.

NBA 2K2 on the Dreamcast is one of the best sports games I’ve played. Insanely smooth, great looking graphics and it just works.

@BeerIsAwesome I must admit, I wasn't gonna get the Origins physical release, but then I saw those region-specific reversible covers and respected the attention to nostalgic detail so much! Will probably wait until it's in a sale, though. I never got the Mania physical release, but then I didn't love Mania anyway, so it kinda made sense to skip. Hope your Origins copy arrives safe, at any rate!

And yeah, whilst the original music is preferable to the replacement tracks, I have absolutely no issue with the removal of anything related to Michael Jackson. It's just a shame that it's a cost hurdle for SEGA and not a moral one, but I guess corporations are gonna