Round Table: Favorite SEGA moment
We all have our own personal favorite SEGA moments. So this week the staff is sitting back, thinking about our favorites. As always you can let us know your favorites via the comments.
Retro
Phantasy Star Online’s Elenor gets an action figure
Check out that action figure of Elenor from PSO, pretty cute? I bet you want yourself one. Well it’s Japan only as of right now, but you can get it on AmiAmi for ¥2,530 ($31).
Seems that this figure, which was shown 8 years ago at Wonder Festival, will finally be in mass production in May 2011. The figure will be made by Kotobukiya.
[Source: TinyCartridge]
SEGA Sequels: Vectorman 3
[You know you want to see him back]
Annnnnnd introducing…..SEGA Sequel Saturdays. The new feature where we discuss what we feel would be the perfect way to do sequels to some of our favorite SEGA games. This week, I tackle Vectorman, a pretty awesome SEGA Genesis run-and-gun platformer that was developed by BlueSky Software and published by SEGA. Though an attempt was made to revive the character back on the PS2 in 2003, the game was cancelled. All hope shouldn’t be lost, though. I still definitely think it’s possible to make a great next gen Vectorman game, and if you hit the jump, you’ll see how I’d go about reviving this Genesis icon for the current gen, and you can express your own ideas as well.
Some awesome looking custom SEGA consoles
What is better than a SEGA Genesis and Dreamcast? Custom ones that feature your favorite franchises. Here are four, all by the same artist. If you want to check out his site, click here.
Wish he would have done a custom SEGA Saturn, but this is pretty awesome.
[Via: Destructoid]
Unseen64 tells us how Sonic Adventure 2 changed during developement
Did you know that when Sonic Adventure 2 was announced only Sonic, Eggman and Knuckles were suppose to be playable characters? Yeah, explains why Tails had to play in that big robot suit and exactly like Eggman himself.
Check out the video from Unseen64, talking about changes in the game. It is a great watch.
[via: GoNintendo]
Pier Solar is a new RPG for the SEGA Genesis
Pier Solar started off life in 2004 in an internet forum, flash forward to now and its a full fledge game. In the game you play as Hoston, a young botanist who has to save his father from a illness. The game uses 64 meg cart, if you didn’t know, that is some intense power and is the biggest Genesis cart ever.
You can order the game via its official website.
The game has already gone into re-print due to overwhelming fan demand. It looks pretty good and I might order a copy for myself soon. As for screenshots, hit the jump.
The Sega-Vision… in 1977!?
Back in 2009 I wrote an article at SEGA Memories about a little known piece of hardware from SEGA known as the Sega-Vision. Patented in 1977, the Sega-Vision was a big screen projection TV sold to consumers. Since writing the article, a reader named Chris shared something I had never seen before: a TV commercial for the Sega-vision! So let us revisit this unique article covering an interesting moment in SEGA’s past, and take a look at the commercial, hosted by LA Dodger Steve Garvey! I wonder if Steve still has a Sega-Vision?
Click here to read the original SEGA Memories article and after the jump, check out the commercial!
Gunstar Heroes arrives on iPhones
One of my favorite Genesis games, Gunstar Heroes, is now on the iPhone (and iPod Touch as well, I assume). The game will run you $2.99. Wow, that is like a cup of coffee for one of the best Genesis games ever.
If that wasn’t enough, the game has bluetooth multiplayer. That is pretty awesome.
[Source: Siliconera]
GameStop has listing for a retail ‘Dreamcast Collection’
Are you one of those guys that doesn’t trust buying stuff you can’t physically hold? Well, SEGA might have a solution for you. According to Gamestop, they have a ‘Dreamcast Collection’ and will retail for $29.99. As of right now its only listed for the Xbox 360.
The product page says it will be released February 15th, 2011. No idea what will be in the package, but I assume its already released games and by February they will have Crazy Taxi, Sonic Adventure, SEGA Bass Fishing, and/or Space Channel 5 Part 2 to consider.
Review: Shenmue – 10 years later, there’s still been nothing else like it
[Even 10 years later, Shenmue’s still a fanbase favorite]
All throughout the life of the Dreamcast, we were teased with images and trailers for what promised to be the most amazing and cinematic game to ever grace a home console. There were certainly high expectations for Shenmue to deliver, and, well, it may not have been the game everyone was expecting. For those of us who “got” Shenmue, though, it ended up being one of the most incredible gaming experiences of our lives, and to date, surpassed only by its sequel. This is a series that every gamer should play and playing it when it was released in 2000, 10 years ago, was a journey that, like much on Sega’s awesome white console, forever changed the way I looked at video games.
Sonic levels that should be in Sonic Anniversary
Picking out your favorite Sonic levels is like picking out your favorite child, sometimes its easy because someone failed math and other times its difficult to do, because you hate them all equally.
We have decided to take a crack at compiling a list of Sonic levels we would like to see in Sonic Anniversary (If the details turn out to be true and they seem like they will). I will only go through the main console series, way too many Sonic games to go through spin offs and handhelds.
This is our opinion, if you have some stages not mentioned, give us a comment letting us know how wrong our opinions are.
Skies of Arcadia Dreamcast mod is amazing
Just like most women, this mod looks better in the dark. Why? Because it has pretty lights.
The mod is all done by hand, making me envious that I don’t have the artistic talent (or drive) to make something this awesome.
[Source: Kotaku]
iPod Nano inside a Dreamcast VMU
Finally, something good comes from owning a Nano. Wait, I don’t own one, but if I did, I would do this. How cool is that? VMUs even go nicely as a keychain. The possibilities.
I guess SEGA’s VMU MP3 player idea has finally come to light, now if you excuse me, I’m ordering me a iPod Nano. Great mod!
[Source: Gizmodo]
SEGA launches “Dreamcast Reprint Project”
SEGA has launched their Dreamcast Reprint site, coming all the cool shades of orange. The site was launched to keep track of Dreamcast games being re-release on XBLA and PSN.
So far the site only has the obvious listed, Sonic Adventure and Crazy Taxi. The site does ask the readers, what’s next? I predict that Jet Set Radio is next, watch.
[Source: AndriaSang]
Review: SEGA Genesis Classics Pack 1
I know what you are saying, another compilation of Genesis games, splattering the word classic to get me thinking about great games that powered my Genesis throughout the 16-bit wars.
After releasing a ton of stand alone titles on other digital services and disc based releases, SEGA tries to bring Genesis games to Steam. This is not the first time SEGA has brought Genesis games to PC.