Sega Classics Arcade Collection is the name of two compilations released for the Sega Mega-CD

Sega Mega-CD

The is an add-on device for the Mega Drive video game console, designed and produced by Sega and released in Japan, Europe, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa. The device was also released in North America under the name Sega CD, for the Sega Genesis...

. Despite their titles both versions of Sega Classics Arcade Collection include only the Sega Mega Drive (Genesis)

Sega Mega Drive

The Sega Genesis is a fourth-generation video game console developed and produced by Sega. It was originally released in Japan in 1988 as , then in North America in 1989 as Sega Genesis, and in Europe, Australia and other PAL regions in 1990 as Mega Drive. The reason for the two names is that...

 ports of all the games included.

Sega Classics Arcade Collection 4-in-1

Released in 1992, the 4-in-1 version of Sega Classics was sold with the Sega CDX, and retailed at $59.99. In some instances it was also bundled with the Sega CD version of Sherlock Holmes: Consulting Detective

Sherlock Holmes: Consulting Detective

Sherlock Holmes: Consulting Detective is a full motion video based video game predicated on a book-based game of the same name. It was first developed by ICOM Simulations for the FM Towns computer and later ported to DOS, Apple Macintosh, Commodore CDTV, TurboGrafx-CD and Sega CD with all versions...

and with the Mega-CD alone.

Games

• Columns
  Columns (video game)
  is a puzzle video game, first created in 1989 by Jay Geertsen. Early versions of the game were made and ported among early computer platforms, and then the Atari ST, until 1990, when Jay Geertsen sold the rights to Sega, where it was ported to several Sega consoles.-Description:The game takes...
  
  
• Golden Axe
  Golden Axe
  Golden Axe is a side-scrolling beat 'em up and hack & slash arcade video game released in 1989 by Sega for the System 16-B arcade hardware. It is the first game in the Golden Axe series....
  
  
• The Revenge of Shinobi
  The Revenge of Shinobi
  The Revenge of Shinobi, published in Japan as is a video game developed and published by Sega in 1989. It was the first Shinobi game developed for the Sega Mega Drive, and was later released on the coin-operated version of that console, the Mega-Tech....
  
  
• Streets of Rage
  Streets of Rage
  Streets of Rage, known in Japan as , is a side-scrolling beat 'em up released by Sega in 1991 for the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis. It is the first installment of the Streets of Rage series which was followed by Streets of Rage 2 and Streets of Rage 3. The game was also converted over to Sega's Game...
  
  

The version of Revenge of Shinobi included in this collection is software revision 1.02 including only the Spider-Man

Spider-Man

Spider-Man is a fictional Marvel Comics superhero. The character was created by writer-editor Stan Lee and writer-artist Steve Ditko. He first appeared in Amazing Fantasy #15...

 boss-fight, with Godzilla

Godzilla

is a daikaijū, a Japanese movie monster, first appearing in Ishirō Honda's 1954 film Godzilla. Since then, Godzilla has gone on to become a worldwide pop culture icon starring in 28 films produced by Toho Co., Ltd. The monster has appeared in numerous other media incarnations including video games,...

 and Batman

Batman

Batman is a fictional character created by the artist Bob Kane and writer Bill Finger. A comic book superhero, Batman first appeared in Detective Comics #27 , and since then has appeared primarily in publications by DC Comics...

 replaced with substitute enemies.

Strangely, Golden Axe is the only game in the collection that has external CD audio (Aside from Columns but only the Title Screen track uses CD audio) and it oddly enough uses the arcade version's soundtrack. However, it is heavily based on the Genesis port with the voices changed to higher quality voices. (None of them - besides the townspeople screaming in Turtle Village - are from the Genesis or Arcade version.)

The Streets of Rage Is generally the same from the Genesis version aside from the fact the voices are CD quality enhanced.

Sega Classics Arcade Collection 5-in-1

Again sold only in a pack-in with the Sega Mega-CD, the collection added Super Monaco GP but was otherwise identical, including the version of Revenge of Shinobi included. In Europe the game was re-titled Sega Classics Arcade Collection Limited Edition.

Games:

• Columns
• Golden Axe
• Revenge of Shinobi
• Streets of Rage
• Super Monaco GP
  Super Monaco GP
  Super Monaco GP is an arcade-style Formula One racing sim released in arcades and multiple platforms by Sega Corporation in 1989. It is a sequel to the arcade game Monaco GP....