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These are a collection of remakes of past SEGA hit titles such as Golden Axe, Space Harrier, Virtua Fighter, Phantasy Star and Panzer Dragoon under a brand called SEGA Ages 2500 Series and released as budget titles.
3D-Ages was a company set up as a joint venture between SEGA and publisher D3. It worked on the first fifteen volumes of the SEGA Ages 2500 series before SEGA took complete control over it. When reversed, 3D-Ages becomes SEGA-D3.
In addition to the upgraded game they typically contain extras such as artwork and music.
They can still be easily found on Ebay or through import shops.
The following list is the library at the time of writing.
SEGA Ages 2500 Series Vol. 1: Phantasy Star Generation: 1 (2003)
SEGA Ages 2500 Series Vol. 2: Monaco GP (2003)
SEGA Ages 2500 Series Vol. 3: Fantasy Zone (2003)
SEGA Ages 2500 Series Vol. 4: Space Harrier (2003)
SEGA Ages 2500 Series Vol. 5: Golden Axe (2003)
SEGA Ages 2500 Series Vol. 6: Ichini no Tant-R to Bonanza Bros. (2004)
SEGA Ages 2500 Series Vol. 7: Columns (2004)
SEGA Ages 2500 Series Vol. 8: Virtua Racing FlatOut (2004)
SEGA Ages 2500 Series Vol. 9: Gain Ground (2004)
SEGA Ages 2500 Series Vol. 10: After Burner II (2004)
SEGA Ages 2500 Series Vol. 11: Hokuto no Ken (2004)
SEGA Ages 2500 Series Vol. 12: Puyo Puyo Tsu Perfect Set (2004)
SEGA Ages 2500 Series Vol. 13: OutRun (2004)
SEGA Ages 2500 Series Vol. 14: Alien Syndrome (2004)
SEGA Ages 2500 Series Vol. 15: Decathlete Collection (2004)
From here, SEGA took complete control of the series which tended to be more compilation-based releases. There had been many complaints regarding the quality of the previous releases.
SEGA Ages 2500 Series Vol. 16: Virtua Fighter 2 (2004)
SEGA Ages 2500 Series Vol. 17: Phantasy Star Generation: 2 (2005)
SEGA Ages 2500 Series Vol. 18: Dragon Force (2005)
SEGA Ages 2500 Series Vol. 19: Fighting Vipers (2005)
SEGA Ages 2500 Series Vol. 20: Space Harrier Complete Collection (2005)
SEGA Ages 2500 Series Vol. 21: SDI & Quartet: SEGA System 16 Collection (2005)
SEGA Ages 2500 Series Vol. 22: Advanced Daisenryaku: Deutsch Dengeki Sakusen (2005)
SEGA Ages 2500 Series Vol. 23: SEGA Memorial Selection (2005)
SEGA Ages 2500 Series Vol. 24: Last Bronx: Tokyo Bangaichi (2006)
SEGA Ages 2500 Series Vol. 25: Gunstar Heroes Treasure Box (2006)
SEGA Ages 2500 Series Vol. 26: Dynamite Deka (2006)
SEGA Ages 2500 Series Vol. 27: Panzer Dragoon (2006)
SEGA Ages 2500 Series Vol. 28: Tetris Collection (2006)
SEGA Ages 2500 Series Vol. 29: Monster World Complete Collection (2007)
SEGA Ages 2500 Series Vol. 30: Galaxy Force II: Special Extended Edition (2007)
SEGA Ages 2500 Series Vol. 31: Cyber Troopers Virtual-On (2007)
SEGA Ages 2500 Series Vol. 32: Phantasy Star Complete Collection (2008)
SEGA Ages 2500 Series Vol. 33: Fantasy Zone Complete Collection (2008)
Sony did not permit these games to be released anywhere other than Japan giving the reason that they failed to meet certain standards, however, it was agreed that 8 of these titles would make a compilation disc to be released in Europe and the US.
SEGA Classics Collection (PS2)
Entitled SEGA Classics Collection it was released in 2006 for a budget price and comprised of the following SEGA Ages 2500 Series titles:
Columns
Outrun
Golden Axe
Virtua Racing
Super Monaco Grand Prix
Fantasy Zone
Bonanza Brothers
Space Harrier
