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In Real Life

See How Sonic Started As Sega’s Answer To Mickey Mouse

One thing we need to own up to with all these video game icons coming up on 15, 20 and 25-year anniversary is that we’re getting older, too. Just yesterday, Crecente was talking about all the trouble he has peeing lately. Poor guy.

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.

August 20, 2011
Nintendo

Classic Sonic Won’t Speak In Sonic Generations But Maybe He’ll… Turn Into A Werewolf?

For Sonic the Hedgehog’s 20th anniversary, Sega and Sonic Team will bring two versions of its mascot — in “classic” and “modern” flavours — together for a time-travelling, old school-meets-new school adventure. But only one of those Sonics will actually speak in Sonic Generations.

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.

April 12, 2011
News

Fan-Made Streets Of Rage Remake Pulled After Request From Sega

Streets of Rage Remake, the exhaustive, fan-made homage to the classic Sega Genesis beat ‘em up series, looks to have finally gotten the attention of Sega. The creators of that freely distributed Streets of Rage title have pulled the game after a request from Sega.

April 5, 2011
PC

The Obsessive Streets Of Rage Remake Is Finally Finished

After more than eight years in development, the most complete, perhaps the most obsessive game in Sega’s Streets of Rage series has been released in its final form. The fan-made Streets of Rage Remake is finally finished and – best of all – free to download.

March 4, 2011
PC

The Making Of ‘Out Of This World’ And The Infinite Fax Attack

Eric Chahi, the creator of moody landmark adventure game Out of This World (aka Another World), once fought with his publisher, Interplay, via fax machine. Things got so bad at one point he attacked Interplay’s offices with the dreaded “infinite fax”.

February 17, 2011
PlayStation

Sega Genesis Games Come To PlayStation Plus

In the unlikely event that you don’t already have Sonic The Hedgehog in a dozen other forms, you’ll soon have one more option to play Sega Genesis classics. Sega’s bringing its 16-bit hits to the PlayStation Network piecemeal. The best part?

February 5, 2011
In Real Life

Someone’s Trying To Make A Zombies Ate My Neighbors Movie

Yes, someone out there thinks that turning 16-bit classic Zombies Ate My Neighbors into a big screen zom-com might be a great idea. If this sounds like a scary proposition to you, this project still has a long way to go.

February 1, 2011
In Real Life

The Toughest Game Cartridges Survive Fire, Flood, Ice, Jelly

Which video game console had the most resilient cartridges, the Super Nintendo or the Sega Genesis? Blistered Thumbs’ Rinry lets her sadistic side shine as she boils, burns, freezes and drops a pair of games to determine the toughest.

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