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Sparkster/Rocket Knight Adventures Figure Coming December 2025 From Premium DNA Toys | Merchandise

Thursday, November 20th, 2025

Premium DNA toys have revealed they are producing an official Sparkster/Rocket Knight Adventures action figure in collaboration with Konami.

This 1/12 action figure comes with 30 points of articulation, stands at 4.5 inches tall, has 3 swappable faces, 2 different swords, a set of goggles, an extra set of hands, and a removable jetpack and tail. The base figure will cost $64.99, but a limited edition variant with metallic armour and packaging based on the Japanese Mega Drive box art will cost $74.99.

Pre-orders for the Sparkster action figure will open on December 1st. Full details can be found on the Premium DNA website which you can go to by clicking here.

Napple Tale: Arsia in Daydream – Dreamcast Game Review

Thursday, November 20th, 2025

Napple Tale: Arsia in Daydream is a platform game from 2000 that was developed by Chime and has been locked into Japan exclusivity for its entire existence. Thankfully in 2019 the game received an English fan translation courtesy of Cargodin who opened up the game to a whole new English-speaking audience.

Read our full review of Napple Tale: Arsia in Daydream for the Dreamcast by clicking here.

Members of Bowling for Soup, Punk Rock Factory & Wheatus Release New Version of Sonic Unleashed’s Endless Possibility | SEGA Tunes

Monday, November 17th, 2025

Members of Bowling for Soup, Punk Rock Factory and Wheatus have joined forces to record and release a brand new version of Endless Possibility; the theme song from 2008’s Sonic Unleashed. Jaret Reddick of Bowling for Soup sung on the original version of the song which was composed by Tomoya Ohtani.

You can check out the music video for the 2025 version of Endless Possibility via the embed below:

Endless Possibility 2025 by Bowling for Soup and Punk Rock Factory featuring Wheatus is available to purchase on all good online music platforms right now.

5 SEGA Games Ported to the Atari 2600 | YouTube Channel

Monday, November 17th, 2025

In a time before SEGA’s first home console, the Western branch of SEGA were producing arcade games after buying out the developer Gremlin. These arcade games would be ported to multiple platforms, but in this video we take a look at 5 SEGA/Gremlin games that made their way to the Atari 2600:

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Sonic DLC Now Available for Pac-Man World 2 Re-Pac

Wednesday, November 12th, 2025

The Sonic the Hedgehog collaboration DLC for Pac-Man World 2: Re-Pac is now available. The DLC pack includes a 3 act stage based on Green Hill Zone, a Sonic costume for Pac-Man to wear, and 20 in-game Sonic figurines that can be obtained through virtual capsule toys. You can check out the launch trailer below:

Pac-Man World 2: Re-Pac is an enhanced remake of Pac-Man World 2 developed by Now Production. It is available now on PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Switch and Switch 2.

SEGA Mega-CD Games Showcase | YouTube Channel

Tuesday, November 11th, 2025

Welcome back to SEGADriven Loves Mega-CD – a series where we explore the bizarre Mega-CD library and assess the quality of its games. In this edition we’re looking at 5 games we’ve yet to cover on the channel:

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NiGHTS, AiAi, Tangle & Whisper Coming to Sonic Racing CrossWorlds for Free, SpongeBob DLC Launches Nov 19th 2025

Tuesday, November 11th, 2025

SEGA have revealed 4 new characters for Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds are due to be added for free in the coming months. NiGHTS will join the roster in December 2025, AiAi will be added in January 2026, and both Tangle and Whisper will be added in February 2026. You can check them all out in action via the trailer below:

The SpongeBob SquarePants DLC pack for Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds has also been given a release date of November 19th 2025. You can see a daft little trailer for that here:

Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds is available on PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, Switch, Switch 2 and PC. The game was developed by Sonic Team.

5 Cheap Games for the SEGA Dreamcast | YouTube Channel

Monday, November 3rd, 2025

Retro gaming shouldn’t cost the world, so in this video we get our hands deep in the bargain bucket to find the cheapest Dreamcast games we can find:

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Unreleased Sega Technical Institute RTS ‘Dark Empires’ Dumped and Preserved

Monday, November 3rd, 2025

An early prototype of an unreleased Mega Drive RTS game developed by SEGA Technical Institute has now been preserved thanks to the efforts of STI artist Craig Stitt and the Hidden Palace team. This early prototype build of the game is from December 1991 and was reportedly shelved due to Mark Cerny wanting developers to focus on character-driven titles.

You can download the rom dump by heading over to the Dark Empires entry on Hidden Palace, and you can also watch the game in action via the below video from Hidden Palace contributor MDTravis:

You can learn more about the development of Dark Empires in an extensive interview with Craig Stitt that Hidden Palace have also published.

[Source: Time Extension]

Amstrad GX4000 Port of Sonic the Hedgehog Now Available to Download | Fan Scene

Sunday, November 2nd, 2025

Homebrew developer Condense has finally released their long-in-development Amstrad GX4000 port of the 8 bit version of Sonic the Hedgehog. Now called Sonic GX, this new port enhances the game with a larger colour palette and new special stages.

You can download the rom right now from the Pouet website. Click here to go to the Sonic GX page on the Pouet website.

If you’re interested you can also see a longplay of the game via the video embed below. Thanks to Amstrad Maniaque for uploading this:

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