about 3 weeks ago - 1 comment
So you may have heard of a little thing called the Sega Pluto by now on this site. Well, the insane auction for it just ended at a final bid of $7,600.00. You read that correctly: over seven thousand dollars. While I am a huge Sega Saturn fan, and the Pluto is basically a Sega…
about 1 month ago - 2 comments
Those lucky enough to go to this year’s Games Developers Conference 2013 will have probably spent some some time in the Museum of Art and Digital Entertainment’s Game History Exhibit where Sega had a very hearty presence. Consoles that were available to play included the Genesis, 32X, Sega CD, Game Gear, Nomad and more. If that wasn’t enough, Sega…
about 3 months ago - No comments
Sega has partnered with Japanese PC company, Enterbrain, to release a set of four Sega-inspired laptops based on various Sega consoles. Each of the models have a lid designed to replicate the look of either the Saturn, MegaDrive, Dreamcast and the final model is a basic Sega blue color with their logo at the top.…
about 4 months ago - 1 comment
Unfortunately, no one knows when the on-rails Kinect game, Crimson Dragon is going to release on Xbox Live. However, until that day happens, Windows Phone users can enjoy a nice shoot-em-up variation of the game that screams Panzer Dragoon. The game scrolls on its own, as you tap the screen to fire and enemies and…
about 5 months ago - No comments
These catalogs were always my favorite thing to look through in the 90s. Newspaper catalogs were eBay for kids in 1996. Instead of wagering prices, we would wager chores in hopes of Santa bringing us the most colorful thing in the newspaper. Wagers aside, look at the insane prices for some of these things after…
about 6 months ago - 3 comments
Also available on XBLA and PC There was a time before cynicism in gaming. There was an age when gamers were constantly excited about the crazy new ideas and gimmicks that game companies would come out with in their constant quest to build the necessary word-of-mouth to sell their software. Sega’s NiGHTS into Dreams is…
about 8 months ago - 3 comments
The upcoming Kinect game Crimson Dragon may be carrying Panzer Dragoon’s on-rails torch, but as creator Yukio Futatsugi recently revealed, the sequel could still bring us a spiritual successor to yet another long-forgotten, but much adored, Sega title–Panzer Dragoon Saga. In an interview with GamesTM, Futatsugi suggested that if Crimson Dragon were to continue past…
about 10 months ago - 8 comments
If there’s any Saturn franchise that deserves a place on the lavish HD consoles of today, it has to be NiGHTS. The original game’s vibrant, dazzlingly colorful stages stand out on the Saturn even now, and this generation of gritty, grey shooters is aching for a generous injection of whimsy and charm. After a sub-par…
about 1 year ago - 7 comments
I hate to be the bearer of bad news but the Saturn does have a few games that might not be considered “classics” by everyone. We’ve taken a look through the Saturn library and picked our 10 least favorite experiences gaming on the beloved console. Hit the jump to find out what games to give…
about 1 year ago - 4 comments
On this week’s episode we discuss Sega’s first party games for the Saturn and how they affected the Saturn’s success in the West. In addition, we discuss recent Sega news, we celebrate our ability to finally overcome our Sega addiction, and much more! Get it here. or on iTunes.
about 11 months ago
Great podcast guys! I love hearing chat about rarities and obscurities.
Was this the JVC system you were referring to, Alex? http://www.gametrog.com/GAMETROG/SEGA_JVC_XEYE_Information_Specs.html
There’s an even more bizarre Sega tie-in system made by Pioneer that plays Genesis games AND laserdiscs (what more could you need?!): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pioneer_LaserActive
about 11 months ago
It’s good to hear that price and rarity alone doesn’t define what your treasured gaming possessions are. It’s a shame that non of you have repro or flash carts, as it’s something I’ve really been wanting to get into. I do know, however that there’s an American group making WIly Wars repro carts, as I was thinking of buying some SNES Zelda carts, but for the life of me I don’t remember the name.
@Scott
That’s ridiculous.
Ridiculously amazing ;D
about 11 months ago
@Michael – Yeah I’d like to get some repro carts for unreleased or hard to obtain games. I’ve never really even paid much attention to their existence until the Darxide 32x one recently. Are there other places than eBay that regularly sell repro carts?
about 11 months ago
@Alex
Unfortunately, it seems to be more to be a case of knowing the right people. All the info I have on reproduction cartridges I’ve gotten from the very useful Racketboy forums. Although the following threads are old now, many of these users still sell. In fact I got a few very nice Japanese Mega Drive games off one of them:
http://www.racketboy.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=22&t=21482
http://www.racketboy.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=25&t=13416
http://www.racketboy.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=22&t=28896
And I managed to find the site that was selling Wily War cartridges:
http://www.gamereproductions.com/index.php?dispatch=products.view&product_id=139
But other than that I’m pretty clueless about the world of reproduction cartridges, which was why I was asking you guys in the podcast!