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The collection has configuring keyboard support which provides a personalised gaming experience, a well as a multiplayer mode for a select number of titles. It is a four-disc set of the forty-six Sega Genesis games from the first four volumes. Sega re-released the first four physically released volumes as the Sega Genesis Classic Collection: Gold Edition ( Sega Mega Drive Classics: Gold Edition in PAL regions), for Windows. The collections are split into "Volumes", with the first four receiving both physical and digital releases and the fifth volume only being digitally released. With seven distinct versions, it also has the largest number of licensed versions of any console.Sega Genesis Classics (released as Sega Mega Drive Classics in PAL regions) is a series of compilations featuring Sega Genesis video games released for Windows, Linux, macOS, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Nintendo Switch. The Genesis also supported a number of add-on components (32X, CD, Power Base Converter), making it one of the most flexible systems ever developed.

The Genesis could do things that the NES simply couldn't. Sega also focused attention on its better graphics, speed, and sound, especially after the release of Sonic. Sega marketed the Genesis as hip, cool, and edgy. These efforts were often successful, Nintendo Exclusivity Clause not-withstanding.

In addition to porting over popular coin-op games, Sega executives worked hard to lure developers away from Nintendo. The Genesis was developed with the American market and consumer in mind. They are even available for download on the Nintendo Wii Virtual Console. Genesis games are re-released even today as part of collector's editions for the PS2, PSP, and other systems. Games continued to be released internationally as recently as 2002. It was the first successful 16-bit system, with a 14-year lifespan second only to the Nintendo Game Boy. It also inaugurated the Console Wars of the 1990s.

Released in 1989, the Sega Genesis heralded the coming of the 16-bit era.