Top Stories
Regulars
The Super Retro Trio Is Three Classic Consoles In One
With my children rapidly approaching gaming age, I want their introduction to my favourite pastime to begin with the classics — NES, Super Nintendo and Sega Genesis. The Super Retro Trio, coming later this year from Innex and Retro-bit, handles games from all three of those systems for a mere $69.99. That will look so lovely in their bedroom.
There’s Nothing Quite Like Browsing Through Hundreds Of Old Sega Boxes
You may have noticed, but I’ve got a bit of a thing for the Sega Master System, and in particular its unique brand of documentation and branding. They lay somewhere between Tron and a tablecloth.
There Was A Mega Drive Version Of Super Mario World (Huh, What?)
It wasn’t official, of course, but thanks to the magic of bootleg cartridges, there was indeed a version of Nintendo’s classic platformer ported to Sega’s rival console.
Not All Sega Mega Drives Were Made Equally
While these days the release of a new model of hardware is kind of a big deal, signifying as it does important changes in components, capabilities or even a complete redesign, back in the day some companies used to be able to flood the market with different versions of their console and nobody even noticed.
This Sega Genesis Mod Shocks You Every Time You Die
This mod is called “GeneZap” and its motto is “No pity for bad players”. It’s a dog shock collar programmed to zap the wearer whenever he screws up or takes damage in any of half a dozen Sega Genesis games. (I’m guessing the first four letters are pronounced as two syllables, as in “Genesis”, not “Gene” as in Okerlund.)
This $1,238,099.99 Video Game Auction Boggles The Mind
For a minimum bid starting at a more than a million dollars, a collector is offering his entire catalogue of video games for Nintendo home systems from the NES/Famicom through the GameCube, plus the full lineup of every game released on any Sega system — all of it in the box with original instructions.




















