Sega Delivers Retro Goodness to Virtual Console

Over the past eight months, Sega has added games from their exhaustive library to Nintendo’s Wii Virtual Console. This month marks the return of Dynamite Heddy, Ecco: The Tides of Time, and Shining Force.

Dynamite Heddy: Dynamite Heddy is a toy with a detachable head, who arrives in North Town to find that the evil puppet king Dark Demon is causing serious problems. Dark Demon is gathering up all the puppets in town and turning some into his own evil minions – while eliminating the rest of the puppets that aren’t good enough to join his legions. Headdy is captured and is targeted for the incinerator, but escapes in the nick of time, and now he’s got to save the town. To do so, Headdy will have to take on all manner of bad guys and even has to contend with his life-long nemesis, Trouble Bruin the bear. Can Headdy overcome all his foes and take down Dark Demon?

Ecco: The Tides of Time: In this sequel to Ecco the Dolphin, everyone’s favorite underwater hero must battle the Vortex Queen and her hive of drones. The wicked Queen followed Ecco back to Earth from the future and quickly established her hive. It’s up to Ecco to defeat this alien threat by navigating the depths of his side-scrolling world, solving puzzles, and receiving help from his marine mammal friends. When Ecco used the time machine to save his pod, he split the stream of time in two. He must now restore the rift before the world is permanently changed into a mechanical world, sucked dry by the Vortex!

Shining Force:In ages long forgotten, Light fought Darkness for control of the world. Finally, the Ancients defeated the evil ruler of the dark forces known as Dark Dragon and cast him into another dimension, though he vowed to return in 1,000 years. As time passed, all memory of Dark Dragon was buried and the land of Rune enjoyed ten centuries of peace. Yet, as promised, the Dark ruler returned along with hordes of evil creatures that ravaged the land. As chaos erupted, several strongholds of Good still held out awaiting a Hero who could wield the Powers of Light!

With the addition of these three new titles, Sega has released a total of 29 different games for the Virtual Console and more are added every month. For more information or to download some yourself, go here!