Category: Mega Drive
It’s R-TYPE arcade action for your SEGA 16-bit System! The galaxy is in deep peril: foul creatures from the evil Bydo Empire have warped across space to invade and conquer our planet! There is only one hope for victory. The Earth Defense League has chosen you to pilot R-9, a nuclear-powered space fighter that can cut through invading aliens faster…
Darren Doyle from Greyfox Books has announced today that his book about the SEGA Mega Drive is available for free as a downloadable PDF. Although this alone is good news for all Mega Drive (and Genesis!) fans, the reason Doyle decided this route is unfortunate, to say it lightly. After publishing “Atari: a Visual History” and “Coin-Op: The Arcade Guide“,…
RetroRGB is THE portal to learn all about how to get the picture the best way out of such retro consoles to your modern TVs! Robert Neal is the master behind behind this portal which is the go-to address for console info of all kind as well, thanks to its extensive Wiki which is a whole database, YouTube videos, podcast…
It’s time for a look into our archives. – a talk with Andreas Escher (Rainbow Arts): Working since the 80s in the German game industry, he’s a pioneering graphic artist responsible for C64 gems like Katakis or Turrican and many more on various home computers and consoles of that era. Get ready for some insights and stories about his time…
Welcome back Gwénaël Godde aka Fonzie! The Watermelon Games chief talks with us about his plans to port the furious Sega Genesis / Mega Drive brawler Paprium to current-gen consoles and games business in general. Turn on, tune in, drop out! (Watch out for their Kickstarter launching soon!) Interview starts at 6:38 minutes https://scene.world/watermelon This time there’s also a video…
Scene World Podcast Episode #121 – Chris Abbott – The Little Books Of SoundchipsWe’re happy to have Chris Abbott in our new podcast episode, a british chiptune musician and true master of the C64 SID chip. Right now he is working on an extensive book about soundchips which is set to be released by Fusion Retro Book. The interview starts…
It’s time for another bit of Scene World history – a talk with Tommy Tallarico: He is not only one of the most prolific game music composers of all time (think about Earthworm Jim, MDK, The Terminator, also other on the Amiga like e.g.Cool Spot on the Amiga or Aladin on the Amiga …) but also CEO of Intellivision and…
As of today, remute, the known musician, DJ and retro release music album creator on consoles, disks and other outdated media, joined “Scene World” as PR Assistant to help creating more penetration towards social media and awareness in the retro community of what they are doing.
For the world outside of the retro game bubble, it’s just some strange variant of playing with food, but for the retro lovers, this is a publishing powerhouse known for Pier Solar, the biggest Mega Drive game release back in 2010 and a well-praised RPG which was even ported to many current-gen consoles later on.After many years of hype and…
Micro Machines for the Mega Drive hit the stores in 1993, does it still hold up today? Lets find out
