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This Shenmue Statue Is Ready For Forklift Races

Announced a while back, First4Figures’ excellent statue of Shenmue’s main character looks like it jumped straight out of your old TV and into the real world.


The Best Gaming Machine Ever Uses Hardware From 15 Different Consoles

“Project Unity” is a retro-gamer’s dream machine. Forget about emulators, this thing is constructed using parts from 15 consoles, including a PS2, Sega Master System, Dreamcast and Atari 7800. The unassuming box is, undeniably, an ingenious feat of engineering and raw awesome.


Sega Is Selling A New Dreamcast Controller. It’s A Cute Backpack.

In an effort to appeal to hip Japanese teens (I think?), Sega is rolling out a Dreamcast controller… backpack. This, according to Japanese game site Gamer, is part of Sega’s new brand, “SegaKawaii”. In Japanese, “kawaii” means “cute” or “adorable”.


Dreamcast, Saturn And Genesis Return… As Laptops

Sega is back in the game console business! Well, sorta. OK, not really. But this is pretty cool anyway. The Tokyo-based gaming company is licensing out its iconic consoles to be branded on laptop computers.


Why The Sequel To Rival Schools Is My Favourite Fighting Game Ever

Growing up, I had two game systems: a barely working Atari 2600 (which lived largely forgotten in our guestroom closet) and an original NES. These lasted me until 1997 when I saved up and bought a Super Nintendo — over a year after the release of both the original PlayStation and Nintendo 64.


What People Used To Say About The Sega Dreamcast

Today, we have Nintendo, Microsoft and Sony vying for control of the console market. But there was a time when Sega was also a contender. Its last home console, the Dreamcast, is still getting games (sort of) despite being 14 years old. But what was it about the Dreamcast that inspired such devotion? Let’s take a look.


Legendary Sega Consoles Turned Into Colourful Anime Ladies

In fan art, there is a long, proud history of turning video game consoles into female anime characters. This is not fan art.


The Best Animated Backgrounds Of 2D Fighting Games

The colour schemes and the attention to the tiniest details of the backgrounds in classic 2D fighters always fascinated me. Dodgy streets, abandoned buildings, mystical Far Eastern temples: all important elements of these games, just as important as the gameplay mechanics or the featured characters.


This Shenmue Statue Won’t Be Looking For Sailors

Next year, collectible company First4Figures – who basically do nothing else but specialise in video game statues – will be paying tribute to a Dreamcast icon, Shenmue’s Ryo Hazuki.


Japanese Textbook Gives Sega The Cold Shoulder

Sega. Founded in 1940, the company has come a long way from its origins as a jukebox and slot machine maintenance company. Until the boom of the PlayStation console, Sega stood alongside Nintendo as one of the big two video game companies.


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