Category: Mega Drive

My pointless quest to achieve perfect retro console fidelity

There is an entertaining article published today where Zach Hines tells his story to achieve the perfect retro console fidelity, relying on a high-end RGB Monitor by Sony. ” It all started about four years ago when I came into an old Sega Saturn system from the mid-90s. It was an entire console catalog that I completely skipped over back in…

Mega Drive Homebrew ‘Mega Cheril Perils’ Gameplay Revealed

1985 Alternative and The Mojo Twins are ready to release at any moment the new Genesis/Mega Drive game Mega Cheril Perils. The game is based on another title developed by the Mojo Twins for the ZX Spectrum where you controls Cheril who is tasked with freezing time on each stage through a time capsule, which then allow you to dispose of the…

Block Sliding Cute-Em-Up ‘Waimanu Scary Monsters Saga’ Released For Sega Master System

Waimanu Scary Monsters Saga is an unofficial fan-made game based on Sega’s own Pengo, released back in 1982. Disjointed Studio, a homebrew developer, has released this new title for the Sega Master System which is the third release in the Waimanu series. [youtube czDBR_bG_pw nolink] With 32 levels spanning 4 stages showing amazing graphics, this game is a must have for…

Mega Drive gets new homebrew game 'Star Chaser'

This new homebrew game released by Sik, offers fast paced action for up to four players (or Player vs. CPU) where you control one of the balls racing through the maze to gather the forming stars. The game lacks sound, but still offers great fun for the Mega Drive fans. You can download it for free following the link below….

Back to The Future Day – Game up and celebrate!

On Oct 21st, 2015, Marty McFly arrives in our year, finally! The future pictured in the movie is not quite right, but it is an important date nonetheless. To celebrate this day, we have selected few retro games you should play, if you haven’t done already. Since we are talking specifically about the second movie, our choices are narrowed down…

Visit to Ottawa's Retro Gaming Stores

Nowadays, it is all about the Internet, right? We can buy anything from almost anywhere, and for people who chase the latest and greatest collectable retro-game there are good options around the globe. However, sometimes it is nice to be able to shop using the old fashion way: driving to a physical store, browse the titles, talk to the sales…

BITBITJam 2015 Retro Homebrew Downloads!

BITBITJam is a RetroGame event where people around the world create a game for old hardware in a weekend. This year’s BITBITJam was held from Fri 24 of July to Sun 26 of July, there were some fantastic entries and you can now download all the retro homebrew goodness over at http://bitbitjam.com/#entries. The winner for Best Confronted Kingdoms Game is Les Quizarables…

Barbarian ZX Spectrum Port to Megadrive/Genesis!

F.L over at World of Spectrum Forums has ported the ZX Spectrum version of Barbarian to the Sega Megadrive/Genesis! You can download the port (and other versions) over at http://barbarian.1987.free.fr. The rom works on a real Sega Genesis/Megadrive (ntsc or pal), and on emulators. (Kega Fusion works best) Download: barbarianSPECTRUMmegadrive.zip Website: http://barbarian.1987.free.fr Forum Thread: http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/

In Brazil, Sega still beats Nintendo in a long-lasting console war.

Although Brazil has a ever growing gaming community playing the latest PS4 and XBox ONE titles, due to its large population with (much) lower income, a local company called TecToy still sells thousands of Sega Master System consoles, after 30 years it was first released! Atlas Obscura website has published an interesting article telling how Sega beats Nintendo using such…

New Tron cycle battle game released for Sega Mega Drive/Genesis

The light cycle battles featured in Tron are probably the most iconic sequences of the movie, and it spawn hundreds of games with the same gameplay. I remember to play it on my TRS-80 Model I in a monochrome TV, and even with those chunky graphics it was a blast!. The Sega Mega Drive (or Genesis) fans have now an…