Sega Golden Axed prototype and Streets of Kamurocho

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 […]

Full Game List Revealed for Sega’s Astro City Mini

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 […]

13 More Games On Astro City 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 Celebrate’s 60th Anniversary with $45 Trinket

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” […]

MiSTer Improvements, Genesis & SMS FPGA Core Updates

The MiSTer FPGA Multi-Console Project’s main core, and Sega Genesis and SMS cores have received several updates recently. Some highlights include: integer & ultra-sharp nearest neighbor scaling, the ability to load scaler coefficient files (for custom video profiles, for example), and improved scanlines. Changelogs. Cores need to be updated individually to take advantage of the […]

Game Gear-Only Games

Games only available on Game Gear Most Game Gear games were just Master System games converted to the lower resolution of the Game Gear. Here is a list of all the games that are only available on the Game Gear, or are ports different to the SMS version. This list is simply a cut-and-paste of a […]