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This’ll go great next to my handful of Sega Vision.

Mad props to you for this undertaking!

Can’t wait to try this out. Even to this day I play games like Popful Mail and Lunar with 16-bit anime cutscenes and voice acting (regardless of quality) and get excited that things like that existed back then. I just never got to play them.

@Vellosia Ahhh. I suppose “high definition” was a relative term back then

Did they model the US version off the Genesis Mini??? I don’t recall “High Definition Graphics” being printed on the original Genesis. And image searches are backing me up on this.

I did roll my eyes when I first read “mobile app”, but I have give this new CEO a bit of praise for finding creative ways to get games out the door without the hardware. The hardware was inside you(r pocket) the whole time!

Maybe I’ve not paid attention before, but have other 16-bit games used scaling effects for camera movement like this?

@samuelvictor Thank you for putting into words why the gameplay felt so difficult. As a kid, I played it for the sillynes and lack of other games, but died all the time! I can still hear him say “what could possibly go wrong?”

Anyone know how you interface with it? Was someone able to make those using the N64 controller??? That would make it extra impressive!

I’m obviously an American because my first thought was “why isn’t that gun con covered in bright colors?” Guess they don’t have that law in Japan.

These are the stories I love seeing on this website!
@TwistC - My suggestion: mount it on your wall like a taxidermied deer head. Give it the glory it deserves!

There was obviously a curse placed on that statue. They disturbed Sonic’s slumber and released the curse. I hope the Sega Forever team survives whatever plague Sonic has put upon them.

@ParadoxFawkes I think IceWhale is using that statement very broadly. Just moving your activities away from cloud hosted solutions (streaming movies, file storage, web hosting) takes you out of the data harvesting business models. Kinda like making an argument to go “off-grid” to hide from “big brother.” It’s true, but takes a lot of work and time.

If I had know about this when it came out, pretty sure one of my student loan checks would’ve been used to purchase it. Could not have resisted the temptation.

What on earth is a “decompression pulley?” It’s already got volume buttons on the side.

Glad you’ve got someone working the Playdate beat. It’s such a fun console but I have a hard time keeping up with the indie scene.

I’ve been playing a lot of diagonal-isometric games (earthbound, Mario RPG) with a d-pad and it’s been driving me insane trying to walk diagonally. This looks like my salvation.

I really need to splurge on an everdrive so I can try out all these homebrews.

@Christopher_Jones The surfing game is honestly the best use of that crank. That game will get you onboard.

Oh sweet! I loved this game as a kid but never had the full game. Lots of shareware in my childhood.

My life is better knowing there’s a Sailor Moon beat-em up.

Great article! I just tried out the ROM hack and that interface is 90’s TO THE X-TREME!!! I got the chance to play it 2 times at my friend’s house growing up and I didn’t remember it being so bold looking. But I guess everything was like that?

So happy to see this game get some love and attention! My kiddos recently pulled it off my shelf and have been playing it (and accidentally overwrote my game 😭). The heavier themes go right over their heads; they just love running around, cleaning up messes, and talking to wacky characters.

Wow! And I thought I knew all the weird media/game crossover tech of the late 90s. Missed this one completely.

@Mattock1987 I’ve got mine in order. They’re really embracing the indie dev scene and sent out about 500 units last year to indie devs. Quite a bit of fun demos have been posted, just wish I could play em.