Altered Beast, ToeJam & Earl and three more Mega Drive games added to Nintendo Switch Online

Altered Beast, ToeJam & Earl and three more Mega Drive games added to Nintendo Switch Online
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Nintendo has added five more Mega Drive games to the collection available on Nintendo Switch Online.

Subscribers to the Expansion Pack tier of the service can now get their hands on even more retro goodness when they next login. The first of these games is classic side-scrolling arcade title Altered Beast. That’s joined by madcap alien adventure Toejam & Earl and shoot-em-up Thunder Force II. Meanwhile, Dynamite Headdy offers classic platforming action and the pack is rounded off by 1989 action RPG Sword of Vermillion.

All five of these games join the fourteen other Mega Drive titles already on the service. The Expansion Pack tier launched with Mega Drive classics like Streets of Rage 2 & Sonic the Hedgehog 2 back in October. They’re not the only retro additions Nintendo’s been adding of late either. Just last week, the service welcomed Paper Mario to its N64 collection. Next month will also see the original version of Rare’s Banjo-Kazooie arrive on the service.

The Expansion Pack tier also offers players the Animal Crossing: New Horizons Happy Home Paradise expansion for no extra charge. All five games are available to download from today on the Nintendo Switch. You can find the Mega Drive games under the Nintendo Switch Online tile, under the Expansion Pack category.