File this under: rare gadgets. Only 5,000 Divers 2000 Series CX-1 TV sets were ever made and exclusive to the Japanese market. Not only did it function as a 14-inch TV, but this set had a built-in SEGA Dreamcast game console, complete with matching accessories, including a DreamEye camera, controller, keyboard and remote control.
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Analogue’s Mega SG may be able to play nearly all SEGA Mega Drive / Genesis cartridges, but nothing beats owning the actual console. This held true for a gamer couple who recently got married in Japan, as they decided to celebrate with a wedding cake modeled after the console, complete with the CD-ROM attachment as well as a Sonic & Amy cartridge topper.
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Just like the Dreamcast, the SEGA Mega Modem was ahead of its time. This accessory was first released in Japan on November 3, 1990 and designed for use with SEGA Meganet, which was an online service for the Mega Drive in Japan and later Brazil. It was SEGA’s very first pay-to-play online multiplayer gaming service.
SEGA Rally Championship was originally released in 1994 as an arcade game, so it’s only fitting that it gets a remake in Unreal Engine 5. Introducing Over Jump by Alessandro Schiassi, who is currently a VFX supervisor and artist. This is a completely independent and unofficial tribute to the original game with modern graphics.
We’ve come a long way since SEGA’s prototype build of Sonic the Hedgehog from 1991, and this new Sonic Frontiers overview trailer proves it. We not only get a glimpse of its high-speed gameplay, but also the open-zone worlds, innovative combat system, as well as the many intriguing puzzles.
SEGA confirmed a November 8th release date for Sonic Frontiers with a new story trailer at Gamescom 2022. We get to see more gameplay of Sonic running at high speeds, collecting rings, grinding on rails, and targeting enemies to attack. Some new abilites you may notice are combat attacks, running alongside walls, and using the Cyloop to create a circle of light around objects to interact with them.
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GiGO Akihabara Arcade Building 4 is set to closer on September 25 at 8:00 pm local time in Tokyo, and if this building looks familiar to you that is because it was formerly SEGA World. Fortunately, three more GiGO Akihabara Arcade locations will remain after this one closes, but Building 4 not only housed a plethora of games, but also a cafe used for many collaborative events.
This Sonic the Hedgehog Triple Trouble remake make look like an official SEGA release, but it’s just a fan project. It was originally released on the SEGA Game Gear in 1994 and is a side-scrolling platformer just like the previous Sonic games, but also follows Tails. Players can choose to control either Sonic or Tails through multiple zones, with each one consisting of three levels, with the last one containing a boss fight.
Sonic the Hedgehog superfan Barry Evans has spent the past three decades collecting items of SEGA’s blue hedgehog and it finally paid off. His collection of 3,050 items has been officially recognized by Guinness World Records as the ‘largest collection of Sonic the Hedgehog memorabilia’.
It’s official, the SEGA Genesis Mini 2 console is coming to North America on October 27 exclusively through Amazon. Pricing has not yet been announced, but the same console from Amazon Japan costs $103.80 USD with a $21.99 shipping fee. The console also comes bundled with a wired control pad, USB power adapter, power cable and an HDMI cable.