The 8- and 16-bit home computer eras played host to some fantastic games — but when we’re talking about gaming history, most people tend to focus on the home consoles of the era. This means that a lot of interesting games tend to fall by the wayside and run the risk of being forgotten. One [...]
First released back in 1988 in Japan, the Sega Mega Drive, or Genesis, is one of the most popular home consoles of all time, thanks to a slew of great titles and iconic franchises leaving their mark. The Mega Drive also had an incredible controller when compared to it’s competition and even allowed backwards compatibility [...]
The competition between the Sega Mega Drive and the SNES was a true matchup of the titans. Luckily for Sega, one ace card it had up its sleeve was its massive portfolio of arcade properties, many of which were racing games. But bringing an arcade racer to the home console was often easier said than [...]
What with the poor selection of games that shipped with the Playstation Mini last year, and it’s critical and commercial panning, we are more than a little worried for Sega’s Mega Drive Mini. This isn’t to say that it will be bad, just that it needs to be far better than Sony’s offering. So, we’ve [...]
Before Sega began challenging Nintendo for home console dominance the company was still very much an arcade titan. But it wasn’t just a prominent name in the arcades but also a huge innovator there as well. In addition to exploring new gameplay types and more mature content, Sega’s arcade games also emphasized multiplayer fun. This [...]
When you think of video games with intense gameplay and memorable, high-octane chases, chances are that the 1991-platformer Flicky does not come to mind. That is not to say that the title was critically-panned or sold poorly on-release – it’s just not nearly as memorable as games like Golden Axe, and chances are you will struggle [...]
Run-and-gun shooter classic Gunstar Heroes for the Sega Mega Drive is the story about the heroic Gunstars, a family of gun-wielding mercenaries fighting against an evil Empire bent of reviving an ancient weapon capable of giving it immense power and influence over the world. Developed by Treasure and published by Sega in September 1993, Gunstar [...]
The would-be king of the home consoles, Sega, mounted perhaps its greatest challenge ever and its best bid to claim the throne with its release of the Mega Drive in 1988, its third home console and the successor to the powerful though poor-selling Master System. Sega as Nintendo’s rival is as natural as oil being [...]
Few years are as eventful as 1986 was in the world of video games. Not only did many classic franchises get their start during this wonderful year but also it was the advent of many of the gameplay styles that define the industry as we now know it. The success if the NES in resurrecting [...]