Wow, what a month it has been. Usually this time of year most gamers are either still playing games from Christmas/January sales, or rummaging through their old uncompleted games.

This month we were treated to some very special Xbox 360 games. Admittedly, one of them was more of an “update” (Burnout Paradise), and another for the PC (although it allowed you to gain achievements towards your Xbox gamerscore. Namely; Dawn of War 2). But still, it’s been a great month.

So, who is this month’s winner?

Well, like last month I’d just like to quickly remind you that this is my personal choice of “Game of the Month”, and does not in any way relate to game sales or Xbox Live activity stats. No, this is just the game which I have either played a lot during the month, or has brought me incredible joy.

So, this months winner is…

(insert drum roll here)

My Horse & Me 2
Wait! No! Only kidding. It’s…

Street Fighter IV
Could there honestly been any other choice? I’m sorry this was so predictable. Although, I was quite tempted to choose the Sega Mega Drive Ultimate Collection. Instead, that will just have to be this months runner-up.

Street Fighter IV is damn tough. I’ve heard many complaints about getting completely creamed by Seth and online various opponents. However, with practice it is possible to beat Seth and at least hold your own online. Once you grasp the basic skills (rather than button-bashing) this game quickly becomes very rewarding.

Well done Street Fighter IV!

Honourable Mention(s)
Sega Mega Drive: Ultimate Collection – Nostlagic heaven. Added enhancements make it better than playing ROMs.
Call of Duty: World at War – Amazing game. Another strong contender for Xbox 360 game of the month.
Halo Wars – The demo was very promising. However, I have not had the chance to play the full retail version yet.
Dawn of War 2 – Awesome PC game, but due to it not being on Xbox 360 I can’t really choose it anyway for game of the month.

Main Disappointment(s)
Lord of the Rings: Conquest – Combat felt a bit random. Lacked skill and quickly became repetative and boring.
Fuzion Frenzy 2 – Bleh.

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On Saturday I managed to grab a copy of the much awaited (by me, at least) Sega Mega Drive: Ultimate Collection. A disc filled with over 40 classics from the 16-bit era. Being the nostalgic nutter that I am, I was in heaven.

Okay, I was almost in heaven. This “ultimate” collection of games isn’t quite what I would consider ultimate. Infact, with little effort I actually managed to think up over 40 games I felt were missing.

These were as follows (in no particular order):

• Desert Strike
• Wonderboy in Monster World
• Super Hang On
• Out Run (arcade)
• After Burner (arcade)
• Zombies (Ate My Neighbours?)
• General Chaos
• Mortal Kombat 1, 2, (ultimate 3 already on Xbox live arcade)
• (street fighter 2 also already on Xbox live arcade)
• Sonic 2 + Sonic & Knuckles (combined – I’m aware they are on the disc separately)
• Sonic 3 + Sonic & Knuckles (combined)
• Castle of Illusion (starring Mickey Mouse)
• World of Illusion
• Micro Machines
• The Revenge of Shinobi
• Eternal Champions
• Two Crude Dudes
• Rocket Knight Adventures
• Road Rash 1, 2, 3
• Captain America and The Avengers
• Chuck Rock 1, 2
• The Chaos Engine
• Quackshot
• Earthwork Jim 1, 2
• Gunstar Heroes
• The Immortal
• Lemmings 1, 2
• Lotus Turbo Challenge
• Mega Bomberman (although Xbox live has a 3D one, this was awesome)
• Michael Jackson’s Moonwalker
• Mutant League Football
• Rolo to the Rescue
• Sword of Vermillion
• Terminator 2 (T2): The Arcade Game
• Tiny Toon Adventures Busters Hidden Treasure
• ToeJam & Earl
• Batman (possibly a slightly biased addition)

Okay, so Sega doesn’t own the rights to re-distribute all of these (I think?), nor are all of them classics in everyone’s eyes, but you get the general idea. There are plenty of games to warrant the release of Sega Mega Drive: Ultimate Collection 2 or possibly even some DLC to add a few of these to the archive. So Sega, if you manage to stumble accross this page, please make my dreams come true. If you are a Nintendo employee, please also release a NES/SNES collection (eventhough I know it’s 99.9% unlikely). Still, a man can dream.

In the meantime, I am going to enjoy playing through the current Sega Mega Drive: Ultimate Collection

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