The SEGA Genesis Mini 2 Console has been very hard to find in North America, but now you can get one for $99.98 shipped with promotion code: 2023SEGAFS, today only. Unlike its predecessor, this console includes playable titles from the SEGA CD era for the first time, complete with full-motion video. Product page.
Gamemode One has just released their Minecraft Sonic Texture Pack DLC and it completely transforms the way Overworld looks and feels. Players will be able to spawn into familiar Sonic the Hedgehog Zones like Green Hill and Labyrinth while mining for emerald shards, recovering hearts with chao fruit or crafting an Excalibur sword.
SEGA Corporation announced today that it will officially acquire Angry Birds maker Rovio Entertainment for $775-million USD. The company plans to take-in Rovio’s live-operated mobile game development capabilities, as well as expertise in mobile game operation, to accelerate the development of mobile-compatible and multi-platform-supported version of SEGA’s existing game IPs.
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SEGA’s Virtua Fighter was first released in arcades in 1993 and compared to the 3D graphics of today, the characters look a bit polygonal to say the least. That is why artist Colin Williamson decided to come up with a few Stable Diffusion AI text prompts to see if they can be smoothed out, and after some tweaking, these characters ensued.
SEGA teased The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog game today with a surprise launch trailer ahead of its subsequent release on Steam. What is this free-to-play game about? Well, it follows Amy Rose who is celebrating her birthday and hosting a murder mystery party on the Mirage Express. When Sonic the Hedgehog becomes the game’s victim, it becomes a whodunit.
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.