Dangerous Dave has returned in an unusual but logical form: a Sega Master System homebrew adaptation.…
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Maldita Castilla: Requiem Mega Drive demo v1.4 delivers tough 16-bit action
Maldita Castilla: Requiem v1.4 is not just another retro-styled demo looking for attention in a crowded…
Batman: Return of the Joker NES port brings the Dark Knight to Sega Master System
Batman: Return of the Joker has always had a strange place in 8-bit history. It was…
Lemmings Mega Edition brings 240 new puzzle stages to SEGA Master System
Lemmings Mega Edition is a notable new ROM hack for the SEGA Master System version of…
Crazy Taxi: World Tour preview – why SEGA’s AI backlash misses the point
Crazy Taxi: World Tour should have been an easy win. SEGA brings back one of its…
Sega made a pink Master System for Brazil, and it’s now a retro gaming treasure
The Sega Master System is usually remembered as an 8-bit rival to the Nintendo Entertainment System,…
Sega Mega Drive’s missing Tetris game gets a fan-made revival
The Mega Drive never had a straightforward Tetris release in its original commercial life, despite being…
Sega handheld rumour brings back Game Gear dreams, but caution is needed
For anyone who grew up with Sega hardware, the idea of a new handheld carries a…
Kazutoshi Miyake at Sega Europe: the executive who kept Sega fighting in Europe
By the time Kazutoshi Miyake was helping steer Sega Europe through the mid-1990s, Sega was already…
Capcom’s Black Tiger heads to Mega Drive in new 16-bit homebrew project
Capcom’s 1987 arcade bruiser missed sega’s 16-bit beast the first time around, but nearly four decades…
Tinhead retrospective: the forgotten Sega Genesis mascot platformer from Microprose
There was a moment in the early 1990s when every game publisher looked at Sonic the…
Why Gilgamech could be one of the most exciting new Sega Genesis homebrew games
There is a particular thrill in watching a homebrew game move from promising footage to something…
Lethal Wedding preview: a wild new Sega Genesis co-op shooter
Weddings are stressful at the best of times. There are seating plans to arrange, families to…
Why the Sega Dreamcast failed: production costs, Sony PlayStation 2, and Sega’s financial losses
Sega’s Dreamcast did not fail because it was boring. That is what makes the story sting.…
Yaba Sanshiro update improves Sega Saturn emulation with new VDP1 renderer
There are easier consoles to emulate than the Sega Saturn. In fact, there are many easier…
Sonic R Dreamcast port gives Sega’s weirdest Sonic Racer a second life
There are games that age gracefully, like fine wine. There are games that age badly, like…
Mega Pang for Sega Mega Drive: a new homebrew tribute to Super Pang
Mega Pang feels like one of those games that should have existed already. Not in a…
Universal Dreamcast Patcher 2.0 makes Dreamcast game patching easier than ever
The Sega Dreamcast never really died. It slipped out of the mainstream, sure, but in bedrooms,…
Contra: Hard Corps retrospective — Konami’s wildest 16-bit action game
In 1994, the Sega Genesis was not exactly short on attitude. This was the console of…
Comix Zone retrospective: Sega’s comic book beat-’em-up that was ahead of its time
There are games that age gracefully, games that age badly, and then there are games like…
Lego reveals Sega Genesis/Mega Drive console set inspired by the 16-Bit classic
There are some consoles that do not merely sit under the television. They hum in memory.…
Sega Game Gear 35 years later: the handheld console ahead of its time
Thirty-five years ago, Sega looked at Nintendo’s Game Boy and saw an obvious target. The Game…
New Sega Dreamcast flight combat game from Ninja Dynamics looks absolutely stunning
There is something wonderfully unreal about seeing a brand-new arcade-style flight combat game tearing across Dreamcast…
Resident Evil 4 on Dreamcast finally exists as a fan-made proof of concept
Resident Evil 4 on Dreamcast sounds like the kind of thing you would have read about…
This new homebrew port puts Super Mario Bros on Sega Master System
There are few things in retro gaming more instantly fascinating than seeing a character show up…
Sega Dreamcast DVD mod is a dream come true for retro fans
The Dreamcast has always had a special place in gaming history. It was bold, a bit…
Classic Konami racer Road Fighter gets new Sega Master System port after 42 years
Konami’s classic arcade racer Road Fighter has received an unexpected new version for the Sega Master…