Sega of America: 10 VC titles available now

This is fun. We reported yesterday that to stop endless speculations, Nintendo UK released a list of VC titles with a breakdown of how many will appear on each specific system. This time, Sega of America announced that 10 new titles are actually available for download now. If that isn’t enough to make you smile, well, we don’t know anymore what will.

Anyway, most of these titles originally came out during the early 90’s with a couple of them dating back to the late 80’s. And so we will be including a brief description of each title to help you remember them. Prices to download the Sega titles begin at 800 Wii points.

Titles Currently Available:

• Sonic The Hedgehog: Rocket Sonic, the fastest blue hedgehog on earth, through hair-raising loop-de-loops and dizzying dives past bubbling lava, waterfalls and on as you gather up rings and stop Dr. “Ivo” Robotnik’s schemes for world domination!
• Altered Beast: When Greek god Zeus brings you back to life, you set forth on a mission to rescue his daughter Athena from the underworld. Along the way, collect the Spirit Balls dropped by enemies to increase your strength and transform into a variety of mythical creatures with powerful attacks.
• Golden Axe: Three mighty heroes have a score to settle with the evil Death Adder. As a powerful fighter, a female amazon, or a mighty dwarf, you’ll fight through Adder’s henchmen with weapons and magic attacks or ride the fearsome, fire-breathing beasts to help in you combat.
• Columns: Test your hand at the ancient Phoenician game of Columns. Multi-colored gems drop from the top of the screen into a pit and it is up to you to quickly arrange the order of the jewels as they fall into lines of three or more. If your gems pile up and reach the top, the game is over.
• Ecco the Dolphin: Help Ecco the Dolphin find his missing friends by exploring his vast ocean world. You must surface for air and keep an eye out for enemies as you search the depths. Ecco’s unique sonar ability will give you helpful information from other sea creatures.

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This is fun. We reported yesterday that to stop endless speculations, Nintendo UK released a list of VC titles with a breakdown of how many will appear on each specific system. This time, Sega of America announced that 10 new titles are actually available for download now. If that isn’t enough to make you smile, well, we don’t know anymore what will.

Anyway, most of these titles originally came out during the early 90’s with a couple of them dating back to the late 80’s. And so we will be including a brief description of each title to help you remember them. Prices to download the Sega titles begin at 800 Wii points.

Titles Currently Available:

• Sonic The Hedgehog: Rocket Sonic, the fastest blue hedgehog on earth, through hair-raising loop-de-loops and dizzying dives past bubbling lava, waterfalls and on as you gather up rings and stop Dr. “Ivo” Robotnik’s schemes for world domination!
• Altered Beast: When Greek god Zeus brings you back to life, you set forth on a mission to rescue his daughter Athena from the underworld. Along the way, collect the Spirit Balls dropped by enemies to increase your strength and transform into a variety of mythical creatures with powerful attacks.
• Golden Axe: Three mighty heroes have a score to settle with the evil Death Adder. As a powerful fighter, a female amazon, or a mighty dwarf, you’ll fight through Adder’s henchmen with weapons and magic attacks or ride the fearsome, fire-breathing beasts to help in you combat.
• Columns: Test your hand at the ancient Phoenician game of Columns. Multi-colored gems drop from the top of the screen into a pit and it is up to you to quickly arrange the order of the jewels as they fall into lines of three or more. If your gems pile up and reach the top, the game is over.
• Ecco the Dolphin: Help Ecco the Dolphin find his missing friends by exploring his vast ocean world. You must surface for air and keep an eye out for enemies as you search the depths. Ecco’s unique sonar ability will give you helpful information from other sea creatures.
• Gunstar Heroes: The Gunstar 9 planet was peaceful for many years until the vicious dictator, Colonel Red, kidnapped the Gunstar twins’ older brother and used mind control to make him his slave. You’ll face many different enemies and bosses as you battle to stop the dictator from unleashing “Golden Silver the Destructor.”
• Space Harrier II: Fantasyland has been taken over by destructive forces and a call for help comes from deep in the universe. Space Harrier is quick on the scene armed with his laser to defeat wave after wave of destructive forces through 12 thrilling stages, with a dangerous boss waiting at the end of each round.
• Toe Jam and Earl: Toe Jam & Earl are two fun-loving aliens who accidentally crash onto earth when their spaceship collides with a meteorite. They must find 10 pieces of the spaceship so they can get back home to Planet Funkotron, but not all levels have the pieces. Once you find a piece of the ship, you’ll receive a hint as well.
• Ristar: Greedy, an evil space pirate, has corrupted the kings of Valdi System’s seven planets and enslaved the people who live there. The plea for a hero is answered by Ristar who uses his amazing extendable arms and courage to save Valdi from Greedy.
• Dr. Robotnik’s Mean Bean Machine: Dr. Robotnik is stamping out music and fun in Mobius with his giant, robotizing Mean Bean Steaming Machine. Before he turns all the citizens of Beanville into robots, you must save the day by gathering up beans in matching colors and defeating Robotnik’s guards.