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The Lighter Side Of Sega
4:00AM Michael McWhertor | Any Sega fan worth his or her salt would gladly take up smoking and/or arson as a passion, now that lighter maker Zippo is making Sega Genesis and Sega Saturn lighters in collaboration with Banpresto. More »
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6:00AM Mike Fahey | Sega is celebrating the 20th anniversary of the Genesis by letting fans vote for the next Genesis title to appear on Xbox Live Arcade. Earthworm Jim fans unite! More »
Vote For The Next Xbox Live Genesis Game
6:00AM Mike Fahey | Sega is celebrating the 20th anniversary of the Genesis by letting fans vote for the next Genesis title to appear on Xbox Live Arcade. Earthworm Jim fans unite! More »
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Happy 20th, Sega Genesis!
2:40AM Mike Fahey | Today marks the 20th anniversary of the U.S. release of the Sega Genesis, the game console that briefly put Sega on the video game hardware map. More »
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The Sega Genesis Turns 20
1:40AM Mike Fahey | Twenty years ago today, Sega released in Japan what was to be the most successful console in the history of the company. While the Sega Master System had only really taken off in Europe, the Sega Mega Drive, later renamed the Sega Genesis for its North American release, took the western world by storm. While it may have stayed a distant third behind the Super Famicon and NEC’s PC-Engine in Japan, in North America the console fought Nintendo to a standstill, and in Europe it consistently outsold all competition, cementing Sega’s place as a top-tier console manufacturer…until they went and screwed it all up. More »
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What’s The Most Expensive Game We Saw In Akihabara?
3:20PM Michael McWhertor | Believe it or not, it’s not that copy of The Simpsons: Virtual Bart with the giant 62,790 yen price tag. That particular Sega Genesis (read: Mega Drive) game is a mere $600 and change in U.S. dollars; it’s the copy of Maximum Carnage, at right, another batch of licensed Acclaim schlock that was going for an astounding 98,000 yen at Akihabara’s retro gaming den Super Potato. No, that’s not a misplaced decimal point, Super Potato is asking just shy of $950 USD for the 16-bit game, outpricing new copies of Space Invaders and Waterworld for the Virtual Boy. More »
FIFA 08 And The Sims Coming To The Sega Genesis
10:20AM Michael McWhertor | You may think that EA’s support of the original Xbox — it released both Madden NFL 08 and Madden NFL 09 for the console — showed serious dedication to legacy platforms. How does Genesis support sound? If you thought “bat shit insane” then you might be surprised to learn that versions of FIFA 2008, Need for Speed: Pro Street, The Sims 2, and SimCity are being ported to the 16-bit Sega platform for the release of Tectoy’s Mega Drive 3 (a wild looking Genesis clone) in Brazil. Insert Credit dug up details on the “new” EA Genesis titles, which happen to be based on the mobile device releases and are being ported by Tectoy devs. Those games are just four of the 86 titles that will come pre-installed on the budget console, including classics like Shinobi III and Alex Kidd in the Enchanted Castle. There are even some new titles of hazy origin. Everything old is new again… or vice versa. News: Four “new” EA games on Genesis/Mega Drive [Insert Credit] More »
Blaze Delivers Gimped Portable Megadrive To UK
12:20AM Mike Fahey | Remember the Sega Nomad? The portable Megadrive / Genesis that let you play your favourite cartridges for 15-30 minutes at a time before having to change batteries? Well now Blaze International is releasing a product that has all of the fun of the Sega Nomad without all of that pesky cartridge nonsense. The 16bit Megadrive, releasing this month in the UK, features 20 built-in games, a colour LCD screen, and a TV out so you can hook it up to your PAL television. The games included aren’t bad for the price. You get Shinobi, Eco the Dolphin, Sonic and Knuckles, Altered Beast, Golden Axe, and several others, all for £29.99 – the price of a DS game. While I would have preferred they sneak a cartridge port on their for good measure, the game selection isn’t bad and the price is right. Hit the jump for the full game list and additional details. More »
Hands-On With The Retro Duo, The NES/SNES Hybrid
9:20AM Michael McWhertor | Importer Innex featured the Retro Duo, an NES, SNES and Super Famicom player, heavily in its CES booth this year, giving old school console fans a chance to bust out their old carts and save a bit of space. The Retro Duo, which was paired with the NES and Sega Genesis-playing Gen-X, features S-video out, for those looking for a bit more clarity out of their 8-bit and 16-bit collection. The Retro Duo’s controller looks and feels like the stock Super Nintendo controller, with another controller, part SNES, part NES Max, that should appeal to fans of that form factor. One advantage the Retro Duo has over some of the other NES/SNES clones is its ability to properly play the original Starfox, which looked and played just as we remembered it. The double duty console looks like a pretty nice product for anyone who still has plenty of retro titles on hand and isn’t already in possession of similar products like the FC Twin. More pics of the consoles are in our gallery below. More »
The World’s Most Expensive Games (Bring Money)
5:00PM Luke Plunkett | And here you were thinking $US 60 was expensive. The delightful Rare Video Game Auctions have a list up of what they (and they should know) reckon are the ten most expensive videogames, at auction, in the world. The cheapest, Blockbuster World Video Game Championships II on the Genesis/Mega Drive, starts at $US 2000. Things only get pricier from there. 10. Blockbuster World Video Game Championships II (Sega Genesis) $US 2000+ 9. Ultima: Escape from Mt. Drash (Vic-20) $US 2500+ 8. Air Raid (Atari 2600) $US 3000+ 7. Mr Boston (Vectrex) $US 3000+ 6. Nintendo World Championship (Nintendo NES) $US 5000+ 5. Kizuna Encounter (PAL Neo Geo) $US 10,000+ 4. Nintendo Campus Challenge (Super Nintendo) $US 10,000+ 3. Nintendo Campus Challenge (Nintendo NES) $US 10,000+ 2. Nintendo Powerfest 94 (Super Nintendo) $US 10,000+ 1. 1990 Nintendo World Championships: Gold Edition (Nintnedo NES) est $US 20,000 $US 20k? The Virtual Console’s for suckers. Collecting the real thing, that’s some serious business. World’s Most Expensive Video Games [RVGA] More »
