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Mickey Mania continued the tradition of 16-bit Disney games being great offerings. Other than a snafu or two on TurboGrafx-16, this was true. The full title of this multiplatform game was long. The Timeless Adventures of Mickey Mouse graced the box. What gamers got was just that – an adventure that covered most of Mickey’s […]
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Mickey Mania Takes Fans on Disney Historical Adventure on Sega Genesis – November 7th, 1994
November 7th, 2020 
Carl Williams 
Posted in Genesis, News, Sega 
Tags: 2d, action, disney, Mickey Mania, platform, side scrolling, Sony Imagesoft, Timeless Adventures of Mickey Mouse 
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Prerendered Blastathon Vectorman Makes Sega Genesis Debut – October 24th, 1995 – Today in Video Game History
October 24th, 2020 Carl Williams Vectorman was one of the better uses of prerendered computer graphics in games. Sure, Nintendo did it with the Donkey Kong Country franchise but that was, well, on the Super Nintendo. Sega needed something to brag about in this genre and Vectorman was it. I find it hard to ignore but there is a strong […]
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Best Retro Football Video Games Ever Made
October 21st, 2020 Carl Williams Retro games that hark people back to the good old pixelated days of button-bashing are making a comeback right around the world, with people going potty for everything from game soundtracks being repackaged as vinyl special editions to old consoles fetching more than their modern counterparts online.
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Posted in Dreamcast, Genesis, NES, News, Nintendo, Nintendo 64, Sega Tags: football, sports 3 Comments »
Lunar Eternal Blue Continues Epic Sega CD RPG – September 15th, 1995 – Today in Video Game History
September 14th, 2020 Carl Williams Lunar Eternal Blue takes fans 1,000 years into the future from the events of the previous game. Hiro is the lead with Lucia, who is from the far-away Blue Star, joining him. Lucia must stop the evil Zophar from destroying the world. It is not going to be an easy adventure. Those that have completed […]
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Mortal Kombat Sees Super Nintendo Sega Genesis and More Ports – September 13th, 1993 – Today in Video Game History
September 12th, 2020 Carl Williams Mortal Kombat is iconic. It started life as an arcade game attempting to do the impossible. Take on Capcom’s Street Fighter II machine which had been ruling arcades. The key to the success of Mortal Kombat was the imagery and match endings. Ed Boon and John Tobias knew they had to stand out and stand […]
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Posted in Game Boy, Game Gear, Genesis, News, Nintendo, Portables, Sega, Super Nintendo Tags: acclaim, censorship, Digitized Graphics, fighting, mortal kombat, one on one fighting, Play It Loud, port No Comments »
Raiden Trad Brings Classic Vertical Scrolling Arcade Title to Sega Genesis – September 7th, 1991 – Today in Video Game History
September 7th, 2020 Carl Williams Raiden Trad, short for Raiden Tradition, is the name given to some home ports of the classic arcade shooter. I am not sure why they did this, but it is what it is. Released by Micronet, Raiden Trad certainly continued the strong Sega Genesis home arcade ports tradition. There were a few changes but that […]
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Arkagis Revolution Launches on Sega Genesis
September 5th, 2020 Carl Williams Arkagis Revolution proves the Sega Genesis has plenty of tricks up its sleeve. Well, the 68000 CPU that powers the console does anyhow. Remember all the hype around Mode 7 when Nintendo announced the Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES)? Remember how Sega’s answer to that hype was to release a new add-on, the Sega CD, […]
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Verge World New Sega Genesis and Amiga Game in Development
August 21st, 2020 Carl Williams Verge World is an upcoming voxel-based 3D shooter for the Sega Genesis and Commodore Amiga. Interestingly, this is the first voxel-based game for the Sega Genesis. For those wondering, this title shares a similar view to Nintendo’s Star Fox. The difference is the graphics.
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Arcade Racing Legends Sees Sega Dreamcast Release Looming
August 12th, 2020 Carl Williams Arcade Racing Legends by PixelHeart is one of the latest new games for the Sega Dreamcast. This is a racing game that calls back to many racing classics, some by Sega and others not. This is also a Kickstarter success story.
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Sega Genesis Parachute Game Pays Homage to Nintendo Classics
August 8th, 2020 Carl Williams Parachute is a newly released independent homebrew title for the Sega Genesis. The idea is to create a decent facsimile of the classic Nintendo Game & Watch portables. For someone learning how to use the Sega Genesis Development Kit (SGDK) software, they certainly achieved their goal.
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