It is an interesting conundrum that Sega seem to be in. They have waited decades to give fans a new Streets of Rage title. Then they don’t even work on it, they farm it out to someone else via licensing agreements – who then pawns the work off to someone else to get completed. If […]
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Update Sega Game Gear Retail Resurrection Occurs in Wisconsin, Location and Sale Dates Confirmed
April 29th, 2018
Carl Williams It is no secret that Sega has announced they are working with AtGames (ugh)on what is being called the “Sega Genesis Mini” but their return to retail was preempted, slightly. Earlier this year, in a retail location in Wisconsin, Sega made an impromptu return to retail sales tracking service, NPD Group. It was a Game […]
Sega Classics Hitting Nintendo Switch this Summer, Phantasy Star and Thunder Force IV Confirmed
April 16th, 2018
Carl Williams Sega is sitting on quite the plethora of classic titles. Titles that would likely do well with nostalgia minded gamers today. If only Sega would give those retro minded gamers a chance to play them. It seems that Sega is doing just that as they revive their “Sega Ages” series for the Nintendo Switch. The […]
Sega Genesis Mini Console Officially Coming
April 14th, 2018
Carl Williams It was inevitable that Sega would want in on the action that Nintendo has created with their Classic Mini consoles. That brings us to a tweet from Sega of Japan saying they are releasing a Mega Drive Mini (Sega Genesis Mini in the United States). There are a couple of concerns to be had here. […]
Sonic CD Joins Sega Forever on Mobile
February 3rd, 2018
Carl Williams Sega is pushing their retro games with this Sega Forever project over on mobile platforms. On one hand it is awesome because you can play the full game with intermittent advertising pop up (free to play basically) or you can pay a one-time fee to remove the ads. On the other, it is kind of […]
Sonic 3D Blast Director’s Cut Released by Original Creator
January 30th, 2018
Carl Williams Sega was nothing if not prolific with Sonic based games on their Genesis console. While that certainly changed on Saturn and Dreamcast, we still have the 16-bit platform that pushed Sonic into new genres like how Nintendo worked Mario in the 8-bit days. Sonic 3D Blast Director’s Cut is just that, literally the Director’s Cut […]
A Retro Gamer’s 12 Days Of Christmas: The Ninth Day, Moonwalker
December 20th, 2017
Brandon Weicks On the ninth day of Christmas my true love sent to me, nine ladies dancing I likes to get funky. In the immortal words of George Clinton, “Free your mind and your ass will follow”. Sadly, my dance move repertoire is limited to the white boy shuffle. Even if the steps are pointed out to […]
A Retro Gamer’s 12 Days Of Christmas: The Third Day, Omikron: The Nomad Soul
December 14th, 2017
Brandon Weicks On the third day of Christmas my true love sent to me, three french hens. Ah the french. A great people who have given us french fries, the french coffee press, and the Napoleon complex. Delectable culinary delights and phallic insecurities aside, France is also home to several magnifique game developers which includes Quantic Dream. […]
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 […]
Six Streets of Rage Hacks That Rock the Sega Classic
October 22nd, 2017
Carl Williams Streets of Rage 2 is one of the most beloved Sega games out there. Seriously, it is almost above reproach on the level of Super Mario World, Tetris, Robowarrior, and Pac-Man. With such admiration comes fans that are more than willing to bring their own ideas to the classic through hacks (PC gamers know these […]
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