What an incredible time to be a Genesis and MegaDrive fan, with an absolute glut of top tier homebrew projects on the go right now for the classic Sega system! Investigating just a handful of these that have popped up over the last few months: YouTube channel “Pigsy’s Retro Game Dev Tutorials” has released a […]
File this under “better late than never”, but Tryphon’s amazing looking WIP Shinobi arcade port got a downloadable ROM last September. It’s merely a proof-of-concept more than anything else at this stage, but even in this early state it shows a ton of promise and potential. While it’s only the first stage (1-1) of the […]
Tryphon has been actively porting the Shinobi arcade to the Sega Genesis/Mega Drive for three years. He posted a quick update at Sega-16 showing impressive performance gains. http://www.sega-16.com/forum/showthread.php?30411-WIP-Shinobi-MD-port&p=824182&viewfull=1#post824182 #shinobi, #sega, #genesis, #arcade, #port, #megadrive
The previously announced N64 and Genesis 3-button wireless bluetooth controllers are now available to purchase. You must be a Switch online member to get them, which means if you’re not currently a Switch Online subscriber, you’ll need to spend at least another $4 for a one month subscription to purchase these; The total for both […]
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Nintendo announced quite a few retro-related things in the September 23rd direct, however one of the most interesting things for us is the release of two controllers that haven’t got much love over the years: The N64 and Genesis 3-button controller. These bluetooth controllers will be available to purchase for $50 only for Nintendo Direct […]
Sega are continuing their 60th anniversary celebrations this month by releasing two interesting games on Steam for a very limited time. The first is a cancelled “Golden Axed” prototype. This will be available on the 18th of October for around 24 hours only: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1368460/Golden_Axed_A_Cancelled_Prototype/ The second is titled “Streets Of Kamurocho”, and looks to be […]
Sega has just revealed the third and final set of games that will be included on the Astro City Mini emulation console, which includes Space Harrier. As always, I have mixed feelings about these “toys”. While they’re fun and look neat on a shelf, it’s important to note that the price of the Astro Mini […]
Sega has just announced thirteen more games that will be available on the upcoming Astro City Mini console that was previously announced. There will be a total of 36 games, so the final third are yet to be announced. Game list and Amazon.co.jp pre-sale links are below. Total game list with 13 new additions marked […]
Sega has announced that to celebrate their 60th anniversary, they’ll be launching the Game Gear Micro: Four mini Game Gear’s with a 1.15″ screen. They’ll cost around $45 each and launch in October in Japan. I (Bob) have mixed feelings about this. On one hand, I’ve always viewed these “classic” consoles as expensive novelty “toys” […]
