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"multi game discs, nearer than you think...."

When the gamecube was announced people speculated about how big the discs were, but nintendo fought back by saying how many times Mario 64 would fit on it (which was quite a lot) and then the idea of bringing all the N64 classics on one disc was floating about in peoples heads.
Now Sega have taken the first step to that and announced all the sonic classics on one disc these include:

Game Console it was released on

Sonic the hedgehog Megadrive
Sonic the hedgehog 2 Megadrive
Sonic CD sega cd
Sonic the hedgehog 3 Megadrive
Sonic and knuckles Megadrive
Sonic 3D blast Saturn
Sonic R Saturn
Sonic shuffle Dreamcast
And rumoured
Sonic Drift Gamegear

Well they are not exactly all quality N64 games but it is the start multi-game disks.
So hats off to sega for making Zelda ocarina of time on the same disk as Mario seem not so far over the horison.

:D sorry I started writing and it kind of turned into a novel! lol

Anyway I think it'd be a cool idea.

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> Thanks for reading ;)
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> -M-


OI! this is my post :D
well said though

that would be useful to have your backlog of games stored on convenient discs. Then I could ditch all my N64 and SNES in favour of one or two GameCube discs and a memory card save!

This does open up a new option for the future. It reminds me alot of a thing Nintendo did in Japan. You could buy blank Game Boy or NES carts and take them into a store to have games stored on them.

I believe this could be a real way for Nintendo to gain ground in all the markets. It has a Japanese quirkiness, an American tech-style and the convenience us lazy Brits are after.
Nintendo install GOD-writers (Gamecube optical disc, before any of you think I'm being blasphemous)in megastores of chains such as Game and Virgin. Then you could buy a GOD for Nintendo's wholesale price (about a fiver) and then in a game-store you can select a bunch of games to have written on them. Think about it, about 50p for an N64 game and less for NES, SNES and GameBoy games. Considering a GOD can hold around 50 N64 games, you're looking at intense value for money with 50 games for £30. You could have your whole back-collection stored for your pleasure. You could even design your own logo to be stamped on your disc!

Although it's a nice thought, I doubt it'll ever happen. However I'd look forward to old titles being bundle on GameCube discs on the retail market. Imagine, 'The Shooter Collection'. A GameCube disc holding GoldenEye, Perfect Dark, Turok, Turok 2, Quake 2, and others! I know I'd snap that up! Or 'The Action Collection', with Mario 64, Banjo-Kazooie, Banjo-Tooie, Shadowman, Zelda OoT, Majora's Mask, Goemon, all your favourites.

It's a tactic that I think Nintendo would do well to adress. Not only would they probably make a tidy profit but these collections could also be used to fill the worrying gaps in the GameCube's release dates.

Thanks for reading ;)

-M-

maybe there could be a machine with different games iun the memory, and you could choose 3 of your favourates! or, since there is room for about 90 super mario 64 games, probably all nintendo's n64 games to date.

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> Game.............................Console it was released on
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> Sonic the hedgehog...............Megadrive
> Sonic the hedgehog2..............Megadrive
> Sonic CD.........................sega cd
> Sonic the hedgehog3..............Megadrive
> Sonic and knuckles...............Megadrive
> Sonic 3D blast...................Saturn
> Sonic R..........................Saturn
> Sonic shuffle....................Dreamcast
> And rumoured
> Sonic Drift......................Gamegear
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There that's better

When the gamecube was announced people speculated about how big the discs were, but nintendo fought back by saying how many times Mario 64 would fit on it (which was quite a lot) and then the idea of bringing all the N64 classics on one disc was floating about in peoples heads.
Now Sega have taken the first step to that and announced all the sonic classics on one disc these include:

Game Console it was released on

Sonic the hedgehog Megadrive
Sonic the hedgehog 2 Megadrive
Sonic CD sega cd
Sonic the hedgehog 3 Megadrive
Sonic and knuckles Megadrive
Sonic 3D blast Saturn
Sonic R Saturn
Sonic shuffle Dreamcast
And rumoured
Sonic Drift Gamegear

Well they are not exactly all quality N64 games but it is the start multi-game disks.
So hats off to sega for making Zelda ocarina of time on the same disk as Mario seem not so far over the horison.