only to learn they were missing a necessary item, and would need to restart the stage. The game's presence in Sonic Gems Collection was welcomed as a modern convenience, but was criticized along with other Game Gear inclusions for graphical glitches and poor emulation. Some felt the portable games were merely supplemental to the more substantial games in the collection and dismissed them. 1UP.com perceived Tails Adventure and Tails Skypatrol's inclusion in the compilation as Sega "scraping the bottom of the barrel," describing them as "nigh-unplayable portable titles from an era best forgotten." Notes References Aspect Co. games Metroidvania games Platform games Game Gear games Game Gear-only games Sega video games Video game prequels Virtual Console games Video games about birds Video games about children Video games about foxes Video games set in Oceania 1995 video games Single-player video games Sonic the Hedgehog spin-off games Virtual Console games for Nintendo 3DS Video games developed in Japan