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Bomberman Online finally playable online again thanks to Dreamcast Live

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BOOM! Here comes the BOOM! Ready or not! Here comes the boys from Dreamcast Live with a new update!

The Online part of Bomberman Online is finally truthful once again as Dreamcast Live has restored the online multiplayer modes of this Dreamcast classic. This comes from the familiar Dreamcast Live heroes Shuouma and flyinghead, along with a new face named Farkus. Just like when they restored Outtrigger and Speed Devils: Online Racing, Shuouma had started the process himself years ago only to hit an insurmountable wall. Like those other times, flyinghead would continue his work years later, but this time Farkus gave him some help, too, and the rest is history. Now that the fuse on this candle is lit, you can enjoy some nostalgic online Bomberman action on your Dreamcast after 23 years since its original servers fizzled out.

With that out of the way, come with me past the break and you can hear some more info about this game and how it works online.

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Propeller Arena finally playable online thanks to Dreamcast Live

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Welcome to SegaBits!! Hi there! I’m your writer for this exciting news, Big Elk! You all as happy to see a new Dreamcast game playable online as I am!? Sit back, relax, and enjoy the wind rushing through your hair as you read on!

On April 1st, 2026, Dreamcast Live had, for the first time ever, opened up the internet features of the unreleased Dreamcast game Propeller Arena: Aviation Battle Championship for business, but this is no April Fools joke. Dreamcast Live heroes Shuouma and Flyinghead have done it again, figuring out how to finally allow for this game to be enjoyed over the internet thanks in part to the fact Propeller Arena made use of the same netcode as another game these two had brought back online: Outtrigger. If you’d been dreaming of one day finally experiencing online dogfighting in this game like I have, then your dream has finally come true.

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Sega reveals their return to the console race with the Dreamgen, powered by AI (April Fools)

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The time has finally come, Sega fans. This news should excite those dedicated old school Sega fans who refuse to support anything Sega has ever done since they left the console race behind them 25 years ago.

It is with great elation that Sega have revealed they are finally re-entering the console hardware business with a sequel to the legendary Dreamcast console. The new Dreamgen will be entirely powered by Sega’s new AI system, Mother Brain, named after the omnipotent AI system managing the entire environment of the planet Mota in Phantasy Star II (1989). Dreamgen’s Mother Brain will play a similar role with the new console, and just like Phantasy Star II’s Mother Brain, it can always be relied upon to function as intended and never cause any major issues.

This announcement is way too huge for you to just have an AI summarize everything for you, so click on past the break below and read on. You don’t want to miss this moment for anything.

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RGG Studio Directors Ryosuke Horii and Yutaka Ito reveal new behind the scenes info about the retro Sega games in Yakuza titles

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One of the many things people typically love about the Yakuza/Like A Dragon series of games are the old school Sega games included as part of the bonus games you can play in your downtime away from the main story. The latest game in the franchise, Yakuza Kiwami 3 & Dark Ties, might have been a divisive entry, but what anyone can agree on are that the choice of new Model 3 games and the addition of Game Gear and NAOMI games are a welcome addition. It’s also just wonderful to have access to these games on modern platforms, even as side content in a Yakuza game.

Video game news outlet Automation JP have just sat down with current day RGG Studio directors Ryosuke Horii and Yutaka Ito to talk about the retro games added to the series. This should be a fun read if this is one of your favorite aspects about Yakuza, so sit down and join us past the break. We’re about to learn some unbelievable things about what went into choosing the games to include, how they implemented them into the larger game, and what the future holds for retro Sega games inside and outside the Yakuza franchise.

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Sovietborgs and Xenocider developer Retro Sumus has shut down

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⚠️ Retro Sumus has disbanded. If you’re interested in purchasing a digital copy of #Xenocider for #Dreamcast, please drop us a line.
🤖 In case you’re curious, you can also play the #Sovietborgs demo here: retrosumus.com/sovietborgs-demo/
🧑‍💻 Thank you for your continued support.

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— Retro Sumus (@retrosumus.bsky.social) February 24, 2026 at 4:10 AM

Sad news, Tovarisch. Retro Sumus, the talented Spanish developer of Xenocider and the unreleased Genesis/Mega-Drive title Sovietborgs has now disbanded.

They have revealed this news on February 24th, 2025 with the above social media post on Bluesky and on Twitter and Facebook. Their website is now only made up of the same farewell message. This comes following their unsuccessful Indiegogo crowdfunding campaign in August 2025 to fund the completion of Sovietborgs, their latest game which was planned for Genesis, Neo-Geo, MS-DOS, and Dreamcast. While the team was still committed to finishing the game anyway and finding a publisher, it seems now their optimism was misplaced.

Join me after the break to get in on saying farewell right back to them.

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Hideki Sato, the father of Sega console hardware, has passed away

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On February 13th, 2026, the main designer of every Sega home console, Hideki Sato, passed away at the age of 77. News of his passing was first reported over that weekend by Japanese gaming news outlet Beep21, then later by a few English language news outlets like Kotaku.

Sato-san was the main man behind the overall design of all of Sega’s home consoles. The SG-1000, Mark-III/Master System, Genesis/Mega-Drive, Saturn, and Dreamcast were all designed by him and would, undoubtedly, be very different forms of tech without his influence. He fully took charge of Sega’s R&D department as part of that job during the Genesis years. Before all that, however, he had worked on arcade hardware at Sega right after joining the company in 1971 straight out of Tokyo Metropolitan Technical College. He would also serve as the company’s president from 2001 to 2003, as Sega was making their rough transition from a console hardware company to just a game development and publishing company, where his penchant for leadership was especially crucial.

While he may not be the only man responsible for these consoles being the way they were, he was still a highly important figure in their construction. His intuitive thinking drove Sega’s hardware team to push boundaries and construct beautiful designs that stood the test of time. That forward thinking became part & parcel of the kind of philosophy that drove Sega and won them so many lifelong fans throughout the decades. No matter what your favorite Sega console is, you can thank Sato-san for just about anything you love best about it.

If you’d like to hear more about this legendary designer, you can read more after the break. For now though, on behalf of Segabits and Sega fans all over the world, I will give personal thanks to Hideki Sato for his services to gaming. I can only hope his final hours were peaceful and that he may rest in peace now. Much condolences go out to his surviving friends and family as well.

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SEGA Talk #178: US Box Art Design (1989-2001)

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In this episode of Sega Talk, we track the radical evolution of SEGA’s North American branding, from the clinical “graph paper” grids of the Master System to the high-tech “black box” era of the Genesis. We dive deep into why Sega abandoned its uniform look for the iconic red-stripe rebrand of the 90s, the switch to the massive plastic long-boxes of the Saturn, and finally, the Dreamcast’s sleek transition from bright orange swirls to the edgy “SegaNet” black. It’s a nostalgic look at how Sega used graphic design as a weapon in the console wars, shifting from a toy company aesthetic to a lifestyle brand that defined a generation.

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Power Smash online functionality restored thanks to Dreamcast Live

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Dreamcast Live is on a roll all of a sudden!

The online multiplayer of the Dreamcast Tennis classic Power Smash is back in full swing thanks to Dreamcast Live hero Shuouma, who just came off of restoring online multiplayer for the classic Dreamcast RTS Hundred Swords exactly two weeks ago.

If the name Power Smash doesn’t ring a bell, but the game still looks familiar to you, that’s because Power Smash released internationally as Virtua Tennis. However, Virtua Tennis released first in North America and Europe, then had online functionality added in for the Japanese release a few months later, so only the Japanese version can go over the net. (Pun intended) Up to two players can play in online matches, but two local players on both ends can be present for four player Doubles matches.

For details on how to get the game online, check in past the break below.

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SEGAbits is now Dreamcast compatible – Presenting segabits.com/dc

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Just because it’s 2026 doesn’t mean we can’t party like it’s 1999! SEGAbits is once again Dreamcast compatible, thanks to our new Dreamcast friendly website SEGAbits.com/DC. Back when the site began in 2010, we had a much lower tech website, but as times change so did websites and nowadays most websites don’t play well with old Dreamcast browsers. While there are search engines like FrogFind.com, which strip down websites making them viewable on old hardware, SEGAbits.com/DC shows the ten latest articles in full with viewable images!

If you have a Dreamcast with web access, check our new Dreamcast compatible page out and make sure to add it to your bookmarks. It’s still thinking!

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Hundred Swords’s online multiplayer is restored thanks to Dreamcast Live

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Happy New Year, Sega fans! What better way to ring in the new year than with a new Dreamcast game to play online!?

Sega’s medieval real time strategy game Hundred Swords, has just had its online multiplayer features brought back online. This effort comes from the familiar Dreamcast Live hero Shuouma, who had previously brought games like Outtrigger, Sega Tetris, Speed Devils: Online Edition, and even the unreleased Dee Dee Planet back online.

The only downside here is that Hundred Swords was only released in Japan and no fan translations were prepared to coincide with this online multiplayer restoration. Without a decent grasp on the Japanese language (including kanji), you and the up-to-3 other players you’ll be playing with might be fumbling around through menus and such until you figure out what to do and how to do it. If you’re familiar with RTS games like Command & Conquer or Age of Empires, which this game was inspired by, the interface and basic goals may still be familiar to you. Prepping the game for online action is still simple, unless you wish to use your Broadband Adaptor, which Hundred Swords is sadly not compatible with. Go get your DreamPi ready and journey with me past the break to find out more.

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Kickstarter launched for Bang² Busters 2, a Neo-Geo game sequel for Dreamcast and Neo-Geo

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🐇🐇 Space Bunnies are back on NEO GEO and more!

Bang² Busters 2 expands upon the eccentric, vibrant universe of the original game, while significantly enhancing its core mechanics and scenario

Support the project here 👉 bit.ly/4qp83H0
💚 Free demo available

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— PixelHeart (@pixelheart-eu.bsky.social) October 31, 2025 at 1:02 PM

Just what the Dreamcast needed: Space Bunnies!

The niche Neo-Geo classic from Visco, Bang² Busters (That’s Bang-squared, so “Bang Bang Busters”), is finally receiving an official sequel courtesy of Pixelheart games, a longtime publisher of indie games on Dreamcast. Bang² Busters 2 is being developed for Neo-Geo AES/MVS as well as Sega Dreamcast, but first, the team has turned to Kickstarter to fund the project.

As of this writing, they have 22 days left to raise $40,378 USD and are a little over halfway there. If you’re interested in helping them reach that goal and securing your own copy of the game, check below the break for more info.

UPDATE: Rejoice! The game was successfully funded on November 30th, 2025. They managed to raise $47,527.

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Special interview with Retro Sumus, creators of Sovietborgs and Xenocider

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Some of you may remember Sovietborgs, the hot new Genesis/Mega-Drive top-down shooter being developed by Retro Sumus, previously known for their work on modern Dreamcast classic Xenocider. As of this writing, Sovietborgs’s Indiegogo campaign is still live and they are halfway toward their monetary goal to finish the game.

As their crowdfunding campaign soldiers on, we’ve had the lucky opportunity to speak to the people hard at work on Sovietborgs. This way, all of you, whether you’re excited for the game or still on the fence about supporting it, can get a look within the minds of this USSR themed 3D shooter and see what inspired them in their work.

Join us after the break as we learn about this history of Retro Sumus’s developers and what inspired them both technologically and creatively. As a special bonus, you can also see some photos of the game at this year’s Retrocon, which took place in São Paulo, Brazil from July 25-27th, 2025.

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SEGA Talk #166: It’s Thinking – Dreamcast Marketing Campaign (1999)

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On this episode of SEGA Talk, we’re diving headfirst into the Dreamcast’s iconic “It’s Thinking” marketing campaign! We’ll explore its development, massive multimedia push, and those unforgettable, often cryptic ads. Did it revolutionize console marketing or just leave us scratching our heads? All this, and more, on SEGA Talk!

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New top-down Genesis/Mega-Drive shooter Sovietborgs now crowdfunding on Indiegogo

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Developer Retro Sumus are back with an all-new action shooter coming to Genesis/Mega-Drive called Sovietborgs. Spaniard developer Retro Sumus were previously known for their amazing 3D Dreamcast shooter Xenocider, released in 2021. That game, one of the first fully 3D indie games on Dreamcast, was a visual tour-de-force and a great tribute to Space Harrier and Sin & Punishment. With Sovietborgs, they’ve set their sights not just on Genesis, but aim to bring the game to Dreamcast and even MS-DOS and Neo-Geo. Quite the ambitious project indeed, and they’ve brought Sovietborgs to IndieGogo for the funding needed to make it happen.

Sovietborgs leverages pre-rendered 3D graphics, much like Vectorman or Sonic 3D Blast, to bring you into an alternate reality in which the Soviet Union became the dominant civilization following the Cold War. You’ll be controlling three mercenaries called “Sovietborgs” all at once to wipe out all the vicious mutants in every level. The game will play like a top-down shooter, but there are in-between levels more like a horizontal scrolling shmup as well. The music is inspired by the Strike trilogy and Command & Conquer: Red Alert and composed by the same Juanjo Martin who composed the music for Xenocider.

If you’re just itching to throw money at this game’s Indiegogo and get a copy of the game in the process following its completion, then journey on down past the break and find out what to expect from this campaign.

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