Most people that bought a 3DS seem to be waiting for software, what better way to wait than to play some of the best SEGA published software on the Game Boy Advance? Today I’m going to give you my top 5 favorite SEGA GBA games. Ready?
Shigs joins us this week to talk about his sexy trip to Comic Con, we talk about this weeks news including the fact that SEGA Is loosing money and much more. Classic game talk this week is Comix Zone. Underrated masterpiece or overrated junk?
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So why is this called a squid girl Genesis? Well, in Japan there is a anime called “Invader! Squid Girl” that came from 2chan image boards. I guess its pretty popular with the natives over there, in the series they have a mock version of the Genesis (Mega Drive in Japan) called the Ika Drive. So a fan decided to repaint his working Mega Drive to match.
Got to be honest, I’m actually a fan of the SEGA Genesis/Mega Drive classic (first console) in white. Those blue buttons also look great. What do you guys think?
[Source: Destructoid]
Snap, seems that there is another SEGA theme creation in LittleBigPlanet 2. This time someone took the tools given in the game and recreated a puzzle from Chu Chu Rocket. Pretty impressive. I suck at creating stuff in the game.
Search for it when you guys play, if you guys are wondering who created it… he goes by “Hymanator”. Classy name.
[Via: Joystiq]
We have a blamtastic podcast for you this week. Me (George), -nSEGA- (Ben) and SEGA Source writer Sanus (Cory) go super off topic. We tip our hats to hippos and Capcom. We also talk about the manly Golden Axe franchise, new Sonic Generations information and much more. Listen, we don’t bite.
Clockwork Knight and Clockwork Knight 2 were both games that were released early on in the Saturn’s life. Since the Saturn didn’t make too big of a splash, these games aren’t well known to most mainstream gamers and that is a shame.
So what is Clockwork Knight and why does it deserve a new entry? Well, hit the jump and find out.
Its hard to realize that the NiGHTS franchise turns 15 years old today, you know with all the celebrating that SEGA is doing with Sonic and his 20th anniversary.
Lots of users will complain that NiGHTS has only recieved 2 games in the last 15 years (3 if you count Christmas NiGHTS as a full game), there are way longer running SEGA franchises that have more games. That is true, but I think NiGHTS holds a special place in most people’s hearts, especially SEGA Saturn fans. We didn’t have Sonic like the Genesis kids, this was our Sonic for that generation.
Happy birthday NiGHTS. Lets hope SEGA ports the original game to HD consoles. Please, SEGA?
[Sonic the Hedgehog, rocking Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade in 1993]
Back in 1993, Sonic the Hedgehog broke ground for video games by being the first video game character to be featured in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. Now SEGA has confirmed that Sonic will be returning to the parade this year.
For those readers that love their parades, this parade will take place on November 24th. If you live in New York and attend, send us pictures. We love pictures.
[Via: The SEGA Source]
Seems that the SEGA being hacked story has made it to the mainstream news. Isn’t that great? It sure is, it would have been better if the mainstream news actually had stock photographs of SEGA past the SEGA Genesis.
Now I know why the Saturn and Dreamcast failed. Damn you mainstream news!
[Via: Reddit]
Sonic is turning 20 years old, man! That means that this is the perfect time to re-release a ton of shit and make the mad money. Just announced? Sonic 1 and 2 compilation soundtrack. You get your favorite tracks from both games, in one collection.
The soundtrack will be out this summer and will include composer Masato Nakamura’s demo tape for Sonic 1 and 2. So far its only been announced for Japan.
[Source: TheDailyDL]
The upcoming Playstation 3 and Playstation Vita game by Vanillaware started life as a Dreamcast game. Famitsu had a 4 page interview with director George Kamitani.
The project started about 13 years ago after the team released their SEGA Saturn title “Princess Crown” (Published and developed under the Atlus banner). This game was supposed to be its successor on the Dreamcast. George Kamitani says games like Golden Axe and King of Dragon have influenced this game greatly, and has confirmed 4 player co-op.
Feels good seeing people finish up Dreamcast projects, even if they’re not on Dreamcast. How about we get a polished up version of some of these great canceled DC games?
[Source: AndriaSang]
(Re-Edited from Shigs Sonic Stadium Review)
Many of you may only know Sonic 3-D Blast through the Genesis version, which you either played back in the day or on the Mega Collection. If that’s the case, then sadly, you’ve been playing the far inferior version. Yes, the level design is the same, but graphics and sound can make a big difference in your enjoyment of a game. Sonic 3-D Blast was originally intended to be a Genesis only game developed by Traveler’s Tales with some help from Sega of Japan. However, the Saturn was suffering not only in sales, but from a complete lack of any Sonic titles. Sonic Extreme was in development Hell at the time and would not make Christmas release. (Then again, it would not make ANY release, as it was cancelled shortly afterwards). In seven weeks, Sega managed to port the game over to Saturn, polish up the graphics, change the music from Jun Senoue’s tunes to new, jazzy ones by Richard Jaques, and add what is arguably one of the best bonus stages in Sonic history. That’s quite a feat for a seven week port!
It’s hard for Nintendo to show off what 3D games look like on a 2D surface. So sadly, for us non-3DS owners, we will have to wait. If you have a 3DS you can download the zip below and view a 3D slide show of Master System games. Sexy.
Unzip the zip file to DCIM folder on your SD card that you are using on your 3DS.
[Source: Frank Eivinds Blog]
SEGA Saturn may not have sold as well as the Playstation or the Nintendo 64, but the system is full of gems that were never appreciated when they where released. We will now talk about our favorite games on the Saturn, if you want to add yours, do so in the comments.
[HD vs. Saturn mode]
SEGA was under the lens when the first screens of Guardian Heroes came out: the ones that used that ugly filter. SEGA has been saying that the game was ‘re-mastered’ for HD consoles. Putting a filter on graphics isn’t re-mastered… but did they do this? SEGA has listed what has changed, been re-done and has stayed the same.
