Sega have decided to discount a large proportion of their downloadable catalogue for the festive season.

In Europe, gamers fond of the MegaDrive will find that most of the big classics have had their prices cut by 40 percent.

This includes original three games, Gunstar Heroes, Toe-Jam and earl, Puyo Puyo2, Shining Force, Golden Axe, Altered Beast and Streets of 2. Not a bad choice for thrift Wii gamers.

For North America, are chopping 40 percent off much of their and games available on for the PlayStation3 and PSP.

This includes DLC for Sonic, Sonic Unleashed and Valkyria Chronicles on PlayStation 3 as well as titles like Alien Syndrome, Crazy Taxi: Fare Wars, Gunstar Heroes, the Sega Genesis Collection and many more.

By Ewan Aiton