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Seems like some interesting stock they have there. Like you, I’ve never seen a virtual boy game in there either!

I do like browsing their stores and picking up the odd cart from there to treat myself.

Really enjoyed this taster and looking forward to my bitmap book arriving.

I think it was more the business model of cartridges that led to developers flocking to the lower risk CD publishing model.

Definitely the Jaguar - a really interesting story behind it makes me curious.

Just a crying shame this was never ported to the snes or megadrive back in the 90s.

Additionally, the AI on the USA and European versions has been seriously cranked up.

Not to take anything away from what a great game this is, plus I loved the HD version.

Just a shame the Saturn had such a short life span in Europe. A great machine designed to cope with 2d and 3d.

I’d love to own KOF 95 on the Sega Saturn, but already have it on my Neo Geo Cdz so there seems little point.

@-wc- good point!

This is a great remix of a classic original.

For me, TSOM was the greatest snes pap released score, and this tribute celebrates that nicely.

Thanks for highlighting this release.

I’m enjoying this!

I never had this, but my goat mate did. Fortunately there were 4 of us living in the foat at the time so we had many a fun evening losing hours to this title.

I was a big beat em up fan in the 90s and the N64 always disappointed in this regard as relative to the Saturn and PlayStation there were fewer good examples of titles in this genre. Smash Bros was the perfect answer to this. Still playing the series today.

@-wc- cheers buddy - interesting. Thanks for replying to my comment; that’s why I love the threads in this website - for the untapped knowledge.

@-wc- this was a big thing at the time - the marketing machine pushed the system as the Dreamcast rather than the Sega Dreamcast.

At least in Europe.

I enjoyed reading this.

It still amazes me after the questionable commercial success of the Sega mega cd, and commercial (and PR) failure of the 32x, that Nintendo still thought it was a commercially’good idea’ to launch an expensive peripheral to split your user base.

I heard that the real issue is locating the printing paper/stickers - didn’t this run on bespoke paper size?

I’m always slightly sad that they dropped the sega name. For me that still had a lot of mileage, but then again I never purchased a mega cd or 32x.

A great article and thanks for your Sherlock like work in hunting this all down! Terrific work.

Merry Christmas - loving your work!

Really fun article. So sad that both the super scope and leaver flopped. But hardware ain’t nothing without software.

Seems that, despite that, this was a fun project to work on.

Terrific article. Like others hear I don’t recall reading about this in game mags at the time, although I was not an Edge subscriber.

I do remember seeing and hearing about GT at the time and being wowed both visually and sonically.

A great piece!

Hats off to this dude l, this looks and sounds terrific. And that Q sound engine is difficult to make sound good on the megadrive.

Looking forward to seeing a finished erosion one day.

I never had this on my NGPC (which is now long sold) but have it on the Seitch compilation which is a great way to experience these titles.

They have a version of this coin up available to play at Pixel Bunker, Milton Keynes UK. You pay your entrance fee and then get to play across a range of c50 cabinets with a strong selection of retro games.

Well worth a visit.

Good luck to your sir!

I wasn’t a fan, the d pad was not great.

Still a shame looking back, that some level of support couldn’t be continued (at least localisations of Japanese releases).

Gotta give the megadrive the love - so many great games and the perfect competitor to the equally awesome snes.

I didn’t even know there was an official sega shop. Double prizes!

Great back story to an iconic logo. Although fifa took some time to get going as a top football game.

SNES - and I’m telling you now, I didn’t have to think for to long.

I do love love these mini consoles and hope we see more of them. A special edition snes version with more games? A 32x mini? A neogeo cdmini?

And as written above, a master system mini would be amazing. It would sell well in Europe and Brazil at least.

As a SNES owner I don’t remember much of Namco, and Ridge Racer came from seemingly no where. Good to know the backdrop to all this.

Keep the articles coming.

Great piece and some fascinating insights, especially around the developers ecosystem pre internet

This is a sad tale but also unsurprising. “Follow the money” as my Dad used to say.

Almost as good as the SMS version

Two bona dose classics. Amazing to think these games are c 20 years old but both still look fresh.

I’m loving this! Mortal Kombat shows that the SMS has the raw power to make this happen.

I love the franchise and would love to try this. Perhaps I’m dreamy but I’d love a mega drive demake of this.

Enjoyed reading this.
KOF 98 - this for me was when KOF surpassed SF for one one fighters. The execution, varied cast, balance etc were all fantastic.

I personally struggled with KOF97 - I just can’t get to grips with the sound although the underlying gameplay still shines.

A great console although I never knew anyone who had an aes in the 90s. It’s great that some many of these titles are now accessible to such a large audience.

Final point - whilst the Neo Geo CD does suffer from long loading times (although CDZ largely fixes this) it has truly awesome soundtracks and is more affordable these days. Recommended.

Would be interested at an affordable price and that it kept similar aesthetics to the game boy colour.

What an awesome article, really well written and had me glued. Keep these coming please!

The magic of the moment and the time come through. The dawn of 3d games shortly to start, snes and megadrive at the height of their powers and street fighter ruling the arcades.

Bailey might have used a lifetime of luck but what a prize!

What a great series. A reboot a la Streets of Rage would be very welcome.

I would love to know the reasons why Sega couldn’t allow this as an unofficial book. The value they lose in any license fee must surely be more than made up by increase in Brand perception and loyalty.

These comments make great reading.

Picking up on the thread of the SVP in plug in cart form….I read that rumour too. I know Codemasters (who were making the Game Genie at the time) filed this type of design with the patent office in the US and perhaps that prevented sega from taking the idea further. Virtua Racing was a great but expensive console game. Playing now versus Strunt Race FX is night and day - from a co trip perspective at least. Ritual racing is far more playable (although I still love stunt race you definitely need rosier tinted specs va virtua racing).

I really enjoyed reading the above comments. Thank you.

Another sega megadrive game and awesome demake at that.

Achievement unlocked (eventually in time…)

What a surprise - this was waiting to happen.

Keep these articles coming - well written and interesting.

This is shaping up to be awesome. Blast processing at its finest!

Unfortunately I don’t own a 32x, and given current high prices am unlikely to do so anytime soon.

Still, this will s a great patch.

AI on the MK games was always a tad broken anyway - clearly reading player inputs and responding before moves were executed .

Excellent review - I know what I’ll be playing today now!!

Nice review, but the price is going to count me out on this one. I’ll have to watch enviously from the side lines.

Atari - stop trying to make original hardware.

How about making a mini jaguar or lynx? Watch the cash roll in.

Great article looking at a obscure title. Thank you.