Krikzz, the developer responsible for the Everdrive brand of flash-carts, has announced a new model of Everdrive for the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis: The Mega Everdrive Core. Pitched as a budget friendly cart, the Mega Everdrive Core loses the MegaCD/SegaCD functionality of the Pro model but also costs half as much—coming in at roughly $100USD. There […]
A homebrew port/demo for “Batman Returns”—a SNES exclusive 16-bit Konami beat-em-up from 1993—was released for the Sega Genesis/Mega Drive this week, giving Sega fans the chance to experience it on original hardware. The team behind this port includes programmer TiagoSC, artist Gabriel Pyron, and musicians Inglebard and Vector Orbitex. The demo only contains the game’s […]
Another Portland Retro Gaming Expo is in the books, and the SHIRO! crew had a great time providing a huge Sega presence there. They began setting up the 1,450-square-foot Sega Lounge on Thursday and finished it up Friday — you can read about that and see photos of it in SHIRO!’s story last week. The Lounge […]
The Sega Genesis / Mega Drive has one of the most active indie development scenes out of any retro system and today, GGS Studio Creation and Broke Studio are launching a Kickstarter campaign for their newest title, The Cursed Legacy. You can get a digital copy for about $12, a complete in box version for […]
Another week, another modern game for the Sega Genesis. Yes, in what has become an oddly common sight, the Sega Genesis / Mega Drive is receiving yet another new game. The Cursed Knight is a platformer / shmup hybrid whose development is already completed, but the developers are seeking funding through Kickstarter to manufacture the […]
I was interested to come across this video by MatteusBeus – AKA Matthew Bennion – whose channel covers game development on the Sega Genesis / Mega Drive. In it he provides an excellent overview of the ongoing work of both Richard Kaussler and Javier de Silóniz Sandino (known in the community as Javi) towards reverse […]
During the last couple of years, the Sega Genesis / Mega Drive indie scene grew exponentially with more and more developers and small studios using the console as a base platform for their next title. Now this trend continues yet again, as Neofid Studios announced Astebros, an action roguelite spin-off to their 2021 release, Demons […]
Metal Dragon is yet another new game for the Sega Genesis / Mega Drive, this time courtesy of the indie Spanish MSX developer, Kai Magazine. This is their time developing a game for the Genesis, though Metal Dragon did originally launch for the MSX 2 with this being a port of that title for Sega’s […]
We’ve previously reported on Affinity Sorrow, a new RPG being developed for the Sega Genesis / Mega Drive which is currently seeking funding on Kickstarter. Now, with 10 days left until the crowdfunding campaign ends, the game has not only reached its base goal, but it even blew through four stretch goals. Meanwhile, St1ka (that’s me), […]
If you were a fan of Mortal Kombat during its release then I don’t need to remind you that its 16-bit console ports were competent but also rough around the edges. Whether it was simplified art, missing sounds, load times, or extensive censorship, each home release presented a hodgepodge of compromises that held them back […]
