Full disclosure: I am a HUGE fan of the original Actraiser for the SNES and have always wished for it to receive a true successor. From the amazing soundtrack by Yuzo Koshiro to the mixed genre gameplay, there has never been anything that really resembled or played like the original Actraiser. The game is a […]
Well, its seems there is more to the story with Sega Mega Drive “Tower of Power” being offered in Japan. A Collector Edition looks to be offering 22 non functioning Sega Mega Mini Cartridges which could be displayed with your unit. This is all for aesthetics and really serve no actual functional purpose other then […]
FoxyLand, the mascot platforming collect-a-thon game from steam is in the planning stages to get a Sega Genesis / Mega Drive port. The game, which has been available on PC since 2017, has some nicely animated sprites and animation. Though it has mixed reviews, it seems that most of them are from people that aren’t […]
Developer TiagoSC is working on a Mega Drive/Genesis port of Mega Man X. Some WIP gameplay footage is now available and it looks and sounds fantastic! The colors look amazingly close to the SNES original and while the sound may not be 100% identical, it still rocks. Keep in mind that this is a homebrew […]
Multiple news sources are reporting. With Sega showing off via a stream and on twitter the Sega Mega Drive (Genesis) “Tower of Power”. The famed saying used to describe a complete Sega Mega Drive Model 1 setup with the Sega CD Model 1 and Sega 32X. The complete setup looked like a tower with console […]
The Genesis Fight Engine is a Brazilian homebrew project creating a new from-scratch fighting game engine for the Sega Genesis (similar to M.U.G.E.N.). It has been chugging along for years, starting with a very rough sketch of the idea, but it has been progressing along nicely, and the new videos by Master Martial Arts show […]
srg320 has written an FPGA soft-core for the Sega SVP chip for MiSTer’s Genesis core, to support Virtua Racing. This is the first-ever FPGA SVP implementation. Retro Nation posted a video of it in action in the video above.
Several outlets are reporting Sega’s announcement today that an exclusive new arcade port of Darius will be included with their upcoming Mega Drive Mini. Kotaku noted that the port bares a striking resemblance to a fan project by indie dev Hidecade. References to the project were taken offline by Hidekade recently, possibly coinciding with the […]
sverx at the SMS Power Forums is developing a tool suite for the Sega Master System that is inspired by Artemio’s 240p Test Suite. So far it includes some basic but very useful video tools and a graphical controller test. Sverx will post the source on Github when it reaches v1.0, and is open to […]
Not long ago, MegaCat Studios announced an interesting sounding “top down rpg shooter” called Lethal Wedding. At the time, there was little to go on other than a quirky story about a bride and her mother-in-law seeking revenge when a groom is kidnapped. Footage is now available which shows off some of the gameplay and […]
