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Sonic 2 is one of the best games to grace Sega’s classic 16-bit Genesis / Mega Drive gaming machine, so it is no wonder that fans have been wanting to revisit the game. It was back in 2014 when we first covered the Sonic 2 HD project, and it is just recently that a playable […]
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Sonic 2 HD Fan Made Remake Playable Demo Released
October 2nd, 2017 
Neil Reive 
Posted in Comp, News, Windows 
Tags: fan remake, hd remake, mega drive, sega, sega genesis, Sonic 2 
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Top 3 Fighting Games of the 16-bit Era (Top 3 Tuesday)
May 10th, 2017 Michael Crisman If you don’t associate the 16-bit era with fighting games, you’re either an amnesiac or throwing off the curve for this site’s age demographic. If, as I suspect, you are a gamer who finds himself on the wrong side of thirty, then you’re already formulating a list in your head from the topic title. Thanks […]
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Posted in Console, News, Nintendo, Sega Tags: 16-bit, fighting, genesis, mega drive, michaelbethegamegenie, Mortal Kombat II, snes, street fighter II turbo, super nintendo, top 3 tuesday, yu yu hakusho No Comments »
Could a Mega Drive / Genesis Flashback Top the NES Classic Mini?
April 7th, 2017 Neil Reive With the NES Classic Mini–also known as Nintendo Classic Edition, depending on where it’s sold–Nintendo seem to have struck nostalgic cords of many retrogamers. It has proved so popular that Retrogamers have been clambering over themselves to get hold of the much publicized and popular mini Nintendo 8-bit console. Could the release of a Sega […]
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Cave Story Mega Drive Edition Nears Completion
March 16th, 2017 Carl Williams When we hear about a new homebrew title we do our best to check it out and thoroughly investigate it before we post articles about it. That often means we are not the first at breaking something. We are fine with that. One such title is the latest Cave Story Mega Drive Edition release–currently sitting […]
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Mega Cheril Perils Now Available for Free on Genesis / Mega Drive
February 3rd, 2017 Neil Reive If you have never played a Mojon Twins game, now is the perfect time to try one of them out. Mega Cheril Perils, a Sega Genesis / Mega Drive platform game from The Mojon Twins, originally appeared on the Verkami Spanish crowdfunding website. The campaign, which also included other Mojon Twins titles, was a roaring […]
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Posted in Console, News, Sega Tags: crowdfund, genesis, Mega Cheril Perils, mega drive, mojon twins, platformer, sega No Comments »
Escape 2042: The Truth Defenders is Out on Kickstarter
January 9th, 2017 Neil Reive We have seen plenty of games appear on the popular crowdfunding website Kickstarter for various videogame projects over the years, but not many with various different platforms planned. Escape 2042: The Truth Defenders, a brand new 2D platform game from OrionSoft, is being developed for four different platforms: Mega Drive/Genesis, Dreamcast, Game Boy, and Windows.
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Posted in Comp, Console, NEC, News, Sega Tags: dreamcast, Green Light, kickstarter, mega drive, nec, pc, pc-engine, platformer, sega, sega genesis, steam, windows 1 Comment »
Something for the Weekend – December 24, 2016
December 24th, 2016 Neil Reive The weekend is a time to wind down. A time to reflect on all the happenings in the retrogaming scene. At time to revisit the week’s main news, previews, reviews, retrospectives, and updates. This week, we spoke with the founder of the Retro.HK retrogaming convention, we checked out the latest news (Super Mario Run, Kraut […]
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Posted in Comp, Console, News Tags: android, atari st, Dreamworld Pogie, fan translation, kickstarter, Kraut Buster, mega drive, nintendo entertainment system, playstation, Retro City Rampage DX, Retro.HK, sega genesis, Something for the weekend, super mario run, Tanglewood, zx spectrum No Comments »
Something for the Weekend – December 17, 2016
December 17th, 2016 Neil Reive The weekend is a time to wind down. A time to reflect on all the happenings in the retrogaming scene. At time to revisit the week’s main news, previews, reviews, retrospectives, and updates. This week, we looked at news on an upcoming one-on-one Super Nintendo fighting game, a 3D printer Zelda map, checked out Super […]
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Posted in Comp, Console, News Tags: commodore 64, dreamcast, Intellivision, ios, kickstarter, mega drive, nintendo, pc, playstation, sega, sega genesis, snes, Something for the weekend, zx spectrum 1 Comment »
The Revenge of Shinobi Slices up the Competition – Today in Retro Gaming – December 2, 1989
December 2nd, 2016 Neil Reive Sega’s original Shinobi first appeared in the Arcades back in 1987. With its well designed multidirectional side-scrolling levels, varied enemy characters, end of level guardians, Ninjitsu special magic move, and general smooth gameplay, the game became a huge hit. The game was soon ported over to many home platforms, including Sega’s own Master System console, […]
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Tanglewood: An Original SEGA Genesis (Mega Drive) Game on Kickstarter
November 16th, 2016 Neil Reive Tanglewood, a new original game for the SEGA Genesis (or Mega Drive, as it is known outside North America), has been in development for some time: we reported on the game’s early development on November 14, 2015. Well, the game has now reached a stage that the developers, Big Evil Corporation, feel that it is […]
