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Clockwork Knight 2 is a great example of the advancement of 2D side scrolling action games. This genre ruled on 16-bit consoles and was criminally ignored in subsequent generations. Sega did try to cover these bases on their Saturn console, at least early on, before abandoning it themselves. This could be part of the problem […]
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Clockwork Knight 2 Continues Toy Battles on Sega Saturn – January 2nd, 1996 – Today in Video Game History
January 2nd, 2021 
Carl Williams 
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Tags: 2.5d, 2d, action, Clockwork Knight, platform, side scrolling, toys 
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Lara Croft Tomb Raider Makes Her Professional PlayStation Sega Saturn and PC Debut – November 14th, 1996 – Today in Video Game History
November 13th, 2020 Carl Williams Lara Croft made her debut in Tomb Raider and what a debut it was. This was the start of a franchise that is still going today. This game also represents the media savviness of, then, new to gaming Sony. Core Design, based in the United Kingdom at the time of development, were responsible for bringing […]
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Posted in Comp, News, PSOne, Saturn, Sega, Sony, Windows Tags: 3d, action, adventure, core design, female lead, indiana jones, lara croft, Tank Girl, tomb raider 1 Comment »
Classic Sega Saturn Game Recreated in Unity Engine
November 14th, 2019 Carl Williams The Sega Saturn was one of those consoles that was lost in general. Many mistakes were made that led up to the launch of the Saturn, many mistakes that caused insurmountable trouble for the console. That did not stop companies such as Sega from releasing some interesting games for it. One title that many wished […]
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Posted in Comp, News, Saturn, Sega, Windows Tags: bandit gaming, Burning Rangers, Unity Engine No Comments »
Double Switch 25th Anniversary Edition Release Date Announced, Yes it is a Limited Run Games Release
October 20th, 2018 Carl Williams If you are a gamer from back in the late 1980’s then you probably remember the Full Motion Video (FMV) craze that was picking up steam around then. While never really taking off on the Turbo Grafx-16 CD-ROM add-on, other than Sherlock Holmes there was not much here, FMV did flourish on personal computers and […]
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Posted in Comp, News, Playstation 4, Saturn, Sega, Sega CD, Sony, Windows Tags: 25th Anniversary, Double Switch, limited run games No Comments »
Streets of Rage – Left in 16-bit
September 3rd, 2018 Carl Williams Recently it was announced that Streets of Rage 4 is coming. Lizardcube are the developers behind this 20+ year separating entry in the popular 16-bit brawler franchise that helped push Sega forward against Nintendo. Sega of the 16-bit era was like no Sega since – not even the 32-bit era that followed closely the demise […]
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Crystal Dyanamics Turns 25 Years Old, Buckle Up for Ride Down Memory Lane
December 13th, 2017 Carl Williams Raise your hand if you remember the early days of Crystal Dynamics. The days of Off-World Interceptor and Total Eclipse on 3DO, Solar Eclipse on Sega Saturn. Who can forget Gex, Legacy of Kain, and Tomb Raider more recently? Yep, the company behind those games is turning 25 years old. I remember the days when […]
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Posted in 3DO, Comp, Console, Dreamcast, News, Playstation 2, Playstation 3, Playstation 4, Playstation Portable, Portables, PSOne, Saturn, Sega, Sony, Windows, Xbox, Xbox 360, Xbox One Tags: 3do, Crystal Dynamics, Gex, Legacy of Kain, playstation, saturn, tomb raider, Total Eclipse No Comments »
Unreleased Sega Saturn Game Sold on eBay Auction Service (Updated with New Information)
December 11th, 2017 Carl Williams It is not all that often that we get news that a Sega Saturn prototype has surfaced. Armed, an unreleased game by Point of View who was developing it for Interplay, is a 2D side scrolling action game. Everything seems to feature pre-rendered graphics (you either love the style or hate it), some parts are […]
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Posted in News, Saturn, Sega Tags: 1990's, Aftermath, Armed, interplay, Point of View (company), retro, retro gaming, retrogaming, saturn, sega, sega saturn No Comments »
Armed, Unreleased Sega Saturn Game, is Unearthed
October 5th, 2017 Neil Reive Discovering long lost unreleased games from yesteryear is always fun, but can sometimes come with mixed emotions. The discovery of a working prototype of Armed, which was cancelled mid way through its development, is one of those instances when it comes with mixed emotions.
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Virtua Fighter Kids Kidifies Sega Classic 3D Fighter – July 31st, 1996 – Today in Video Game History
July 30th, 2016 Carl Williams Sega was not a company that was scared to take chances with their franchises. At least this is true during the Sega Saturn era – maybe this is what ultimately led to their downfall? Take the popular Virtua Fighter franchise, this was a reason to own a Sega Saturn in the mid 90’s since Sega […]
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Decathlete Brings Sega Arcade Style Gaming to Decathlon Events on Sega Saturn – July 17th, 1996 – Today in Video Game History
July 16th, 2016 Carl Williams Sega were once known for their arcade games. This genre was what they used to battle Nintendo until Sonic was released on the Genesis. Even after the blue guy was released arcade ports were a strong category for Sega’s consoles. This was no more apparent than on their Saturn console. For the first time, Sega […]
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Posted in News, Saturn, Sega Tags: 1996, arcade, button masher, decathlete, distance jump, high jump, hurdles, laps, pole vault, sega, track and field No Comments »
