genesis
In Real Life

Your Eyes Are Not Ready For This Hideous Sega Jacket

Just as Nintendo had its Power Line, so too did Sega once have its own band of phone-based game assistance. It was staffed by men and women who were known as Sega Game Counselors, and in addition to their jobs helping kids get past the tough parts of games, they also got these jackets.

October 5, 2011
Retro

Enjoy This Badass 16-bit Title Screen Art

We’ve seen title art from modern games. And from NES games. Today, we’re hitting the ground somewhere in between with a collection of animated title screen art from the Genesis/Mega Drive and Super Nintendo.

October 4, 2011
News

Why Is Disney Trademarking Mickey Mouse’s Castle Of Illusion?

Early Sega Genesis adopters remember Sega’s Castle of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse as one of the system’s initial highlights, a platformer bursting with charm and gorgeous level design. So Disney trademarking Castle of Illusion more than 20 years later is certainly cause of cautious excitement.

September 6, 2011
In Real Life

Akira Was A Great Comic, An Amazing Movie, But Its Games, Hrm…

It’s one of the defining works of modern popular culture, and features plenty of stylised, graphic action. So why is it nobody has ever made a good game out of Katsuhiro Otomo’s Akira?

Retro

If 1992 Had Limited Edition Consoles…

We started to see limited edition consoles pop up regularly in the late 1990s. They’re of course commonplace now. In the early ’90s and before, though, they weren’t really around, which is where Ricepuppet’s console customisation service comes in handy.

August 29, 2011
In Real Life

Because Your IPhone Needs To Look More Like An Old Video Game Console

Strapya World is carrying a number of cases for iPhones that, depending on taste (or whether you subscribe to the need for a case at all), might be worth looking into.

August 4, 2011
In Real Life

Mark Wahlberg, Not Even You Could Save The Sega Mega CD

Almost every gaming platform ever released has its oddball titles. The ones that weren’t quite games, the ones that weren’t quite there.

July 19, 2011
News

You Could Own This Copy Of Tetris For Only $US1 Million

Did you know that the Sega Genesis (nee Mega Drive) version of Alexey Pajitnov’s Tetris is exceedingly rare? That there are reportedly only about 10 copies of this cartridge in the wild? Then you’re probably not in the market for a million dollar copy of Tetris.

June 20, 2011
News

Oh No, Somebody Hacked The Sega Genesis!

If this is true, somebody at CBS needs to update their company files. Via VG247.

June 2, 2011
News

How A Hockey Journeyman Became One Of Video Games’ Early Superstars

Bo Jackson. Jeremy Roenick. Even casual players know what those two mean to games like Tecmo Bowl and NHL ’94. But Cliff Ronning? Old-school sports game cognoscenti remember he was NHL 93‘s fastest player, with an overall rating well north of what you’d expect for a 25-goal scorer.

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