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Aug 13, 2024 · A Better Six-Button Controller. The Genesis launched with a controller that only had three face buttons. It was fine for many early, simple games, but as the library expanded, and in...
- 15 Sega! Hear it. Yell it. Love it.
- 14 Black Is Sexy
- 13 Excellent Console Exclusives
- 12 Supply and Demand: Sega Genesis Plug and Play Is Available
- 11 Nintendo's Draconian Contracts and Restrictions on Third Parties
- 10 Megatron, The Sega Genesis Transformer
- 9 It’S Cool to Be Bad
- 8 Better Port, Better Version
- 7 Pure, Unadulterated Violence
- 6 Innovation of The Sega Channel
There is nothing more exciting for a preteen than to go to his friend’s house and load a Genesis cartridge to have the SEGA logo pop up with that unmistakable vocalization of “SEGA!” It was even more exciting to notice which games had a gag with the SEGA intro logo. Everyone got in on the act: Sonic the Hedgehog, Genie from Aladdin, Doraemon, Earth...
Though I lack the concrete evidence to prove that black is the sexiest color of them all, I am quite positive there is something about an object being black that makes it intrinsically sexy and cool. The Little Black Dress. The New Black. These are all phrases that call to the special nature of the color black. Guess what? The Sega Genesis was inde...
During the first console wars, exclusive titles and franchises defined what a system was and what fanbase it can attract. The term “killer app” referred to a game so influential that people often purchased the console just to play it (i.e. Space Invaders for the Atari 2600). Every exclusive series that Nintendo had, Sega duplicated it for the Genes...
Nintendo has strange justifications for their marketing and business practices. Earlier this year, they announced that they would end the production of the NES Classic Edition despite selling over 2 million units and market demand for more. As someone who never even came close to attaining one, hearing this news created an incredibly sour taste in ...
Nintendo did not make it easy for third-party companies, due to the strict rules they presented in their contract agreements. For the duration of the company’s first two home consoles, Nintendo placed quotas on how many games each third-party could release any given year, what kind of censorship each title went through, and even preventing them fro...
Transformers is one of the most lucrative and influential franchises in the world with tons of collaborations, sponsorships, and tie-in. As a Transformers collector, I have seen them all: Pepsi Prime, Swerve the Chevrolet Aveo, and a Hello Kitty that transforms into a semi-truck. You know what I have never seen? A Super Nintendo Transformer. But do...
What do I mean by cooler? For a preteen, whatever your parents restricted your access to was instantly cool. This meant no Mortal Kombat, no Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue, and no Beavis and Butthead. The Genesis’s advertising campaigns and bad-boy persona didn’t make it very attractive to parents and relatives. I remember my aunt telling me she...
This one might cause some backlash. What should be considered a better game? Better gameplay, graphics, or sounds? For me, when it feels right and fun, that is what constitutes better. I think there is some 'je ne sais quoi' about the Genesis version or most third-party games. Sure, there are times when Genesis just stinks up their ports and versio...
Genesis had a litany games to whet the appetite of those looking for violence and gore. Titles such as Splatterhouse and Eternal Champions were classics that featured great gameplay with some gruesome deaths sprinkled in. Some might say the SNES had Killer Instinct, but I look to that as more of an outlier. Bar none, Genesis maintained a more blood...
Have you ever accessed DLCs or downloaded demos for upcoming games through PSN or Xbox Live? For most people with modern consoles, the answer is yes. Being connected online is so essential now that there are modes and features designed just for being on the internet. Sega did the same thing for the Genesis nearly two decades ago. The Sega Channel w...
The Sega Genesis, known as the Mega Drive[ b ] outside North America, is a 16-bit fourth generation home video game console developed and sold by Sega. It was Sega's third console and the successor to the Master System.
May 20, 2024 · One of the main reasons why the Sega Genesis was so popular was its hardware capabilities. The console had a 16-bit central processing unit (CPU) and could display up to 64 sprites on the screen at once, which was more than its competitors at the time.
- It Outsold SNES In Most Of The World. For whatever reason, it seems to be a commonly-held belief that the SNES ended up winning the 16-bit console war in North America.
- It Was The First Console To Have Game Ratings. One of the most crucial ways that Sega differentiated the Genesis from the SNES was in positioning it as the cooler, edgier alternative to Nintendo's more "childish" system.
- The Genesis Was Actually Sega's THIRD Console. For North American gamers who weren't ever even aware of the Master System's existence-- which was most North American gamers at the time-- the common assumption was that the Genesis was Sega's first home console.
- Sega Made Official Genesis Wireless Controllers. Even though wireless controllers have been prevalent for much of gaming history, for the most part, wireless controllers had been the realm of third-party companies prior to the release of the the Xbox 360, the first console to ever launch with wireless controllers.
Mar 28, 2014 · Known as the Mega Drive in Europe and Japan, the Genesis was known for having classics in nearly every genre with support from Electronic Arts giving it the edge in the sports category (go NHL...
Mar 11, 2019 · Although Sega Dreamcast pioneered online gameplay and the Xbox made it massively popular with Xbox Live, the Sega Genesis was actually one of the first consoles to ever hit the internet. The Sega Channel was an innovative service that would allow gamers to download their favorite titles directly to their Sega Genesis console.
