It’s been almost a year (11 months to be exact) since the Satiator saw it’s last firmware update, so while this new may not be a big deal.., seeing the announcement from Professor Abrasive certainly caught our attention… Satiator owners may remember the last update FW157, which allowed for better handling of cards with frequent […]
> ORIGINAL ARTICLE HERE < As another year passes and we close the book on 2021, we are absolutely psyched for the SEGA Saturn 27th Anniversary Game Competition, organized by Emerald Nova and hosted by the fine folks at SegaXtreme! While this contest celebrates 27 years of Sega Saturn, it actually marks the third in […]
Xiden, one of the brains behind bringing Saturn NetLink play back online over VoIP has just brought back the online features for a game that many folks may not have even realized was NetLink compatible! That’s right. Sega Touring Car Championship had several NetLink features built in, yet Sega (in true Sega fashion) did a terrible job […]
Although it was really meant for save game storage and RAM upgrades, it could easily be argued that the most important use of the Sega Saturn’s cartridge slot is facilitating 3rd party enhancement carts. These carts can—in addition to enabling cheat codes and providing additional save storage and RAM expansion functionality—perform the noble task of […]
Before Xbox Live, Playstation Network, WiiWare, or even the Satellaview, Sega pioneered downloadable game content in 1994 with Sega Channel: a subscription service that delivered games to a special Genesis cartridge over broadcast cable networks. Subscribers enjoyed a rotating catalogue of first and third party Genesis games during the service’s run, including some titles that would never […]
VOGONs tinkerers Keropi & Tiido have been working on a new project called “The Mega Card”. Which is a replacement multimedia card designed to give better video output compatibility and more sound options for the Amstrad Mega PC. The Amstrad Mega PC was a combo computer that joined an 386 IBM compatible personal computer (PC) […]
For awhile, I had been looking at the Sega System 1 core developed by MiSTer-X for the MiSTerFPGA platform. I had tried to add support for Gardia (ガルディア) since I’m a shmups fan. Unsuccessful in my attempts, I reached out to 𝕓𝕝𝕒𝕔𝕜𝕨𝕚𝕟𝕖 for assistance after learning he was a fan of shooters as well. I passed […]
The long lost Castlevania: Resurrection E3 Demo once used by Konami for a potential release and showcase on the SEGA Dreamcast. Has been made available for download via website The Dreamcast Junkyard. This build of the game had been recently found and had made news headlines earlier this month. With a bit of additional controversy […]
Back in November and December of 2020 there was some discussion around measured non-linear ramps in Sega Master System’s blue channel. A tweet exchange between Chris Covell and Bernard Bygott lead to some interesting measurements and documentation written by Bernard with the assistance of Tianfeng and others, which we covered in January: Sega Master System […]
The YouTube channel FrameRater recently uploaded a video showing a decompiled PC port of the 2013 mobile versions of Sonic 1 and 2 which has just been released for Windows. The 2013 mobile version of Sonic 1 and 2 were built on Christian Whitehead’s Retro Engine, a custom engine he developed for making modern 2D […]
