A fresh reprint of Yuan Works’s Dreamcast indie puzzle game Wind and Water Puzzle Battles is now available from Dragon Box Shop for only €9.99. You can order a copy right now by clicking here and we highly suggest that you do.
Wind and Water Puzzle Battles is a real gem in the world of independent Dreamcast games. This is an extremely charming, funny and challenging title that will give puzzle fans a lot to enjoy. The story mode takes you on a fantastic tour of gaming and is filled with humour and pastiches of many gaming clichés. If you’ve been after something new to play on your Dreamcast and previously missed this title then this comes highly recommended from us.
An unreleased sequel to Ecco the Dolphin: Defender of the Future called Ecco II: Sentinels of the Universe has been leaked online. A disc image of the unreleased Dreamcast title is available to download now and play on actual Dreamcast hardware.
The game is incomplete, features no sound and the debug menu is constantly active but it does present a curious oddity that suggests SEGA’s reboot of the Ecco the Dolphin franchise did well enough for the publisher to consider a sequel. Information also seems to suggest the game was cancelled around the time SEGA left the console business to become a third party software publisher, which would explain the game’s cancellation.
The celebrate the 25th anniversary of the original Sonic the Hedgehog title, myself and Project Phoenix Productions are running a special month of Sonic-related videos and let’s plays on our respective YouTube channels.
Our channel will be hosting a Sonic Adventure let’s play while Project Phoenix Proudctions will be hosting a Sonic Adventure 2 let’s play (starting soon). We are joined by various members of the Sonic community for both and we’ve also got a roundtable discussion video live where myself, Titanscreed, The Gatestormer and Dreadknux discuss what the Sonic franchise means to us. Check below for the first videos to be available in Sonic Month:
We’ve just launched a new sub-section in the Merchandise section of our website! This new sub-section is all about demo discs for SEGA consoles and we’ve just added 13 discs that cover the Mega-CD, SEGA Saturn and Dreamcast. A full list of additions is below:
– Battlecorps Mega-CD Demo
– Pitfall: The Mayan Adventure Mega-CD Demo
– Soulstar Mega-CD Demo (Mega Power Cover Disc)
– Soulstar/Battlecorps Mega-CD Demo
– Thunderhawk Mega-CD Demo (Mega Power Cover Disc)
– Christmas NiGHTS SEGA Saturn Demo
– Panzer Dragoon Saga SEGA Saturn Demo
– SEGA Flash Vol. 2 SEGA Saturn Demo
– Dream On Volume 1 Dreamcast Demo
– Dream On Volume 14 Dreamcast Demo
– Dream On Volume 15 Dreamcast Demo
– Dream On Volume 16 Dreamcast Demo
– Dream On Volume 18 Dreamcast Demo
– Sonic Adventure: The Trial Dreamcast Demo
The Dreamcast and SEGA Saturn console themes for 3DS are finally coming to Europe this Friday the 19th of February. Each theme will set you back £1.59 and come complete with sampled audio relevant to each console.
The European localisation has been especially impressive for previous SEGA console themes with the Mega Drive and Master System themes using sound and imagery relevant to the console’s release in the PAL regions. The same seems to have been applied to the Dreamcast theme which actually uses the blue swirl as opposed to the orange swirl used in America and Japan.
Fancy a couple of independet Dreamcast adventure games for a low price? Hucast are currently selling a double-pack of Elansar & Philia for only 10 euros. You can click here to go to the listing on their online shop.
The two adventure games are first person puzzle affairs in a similar vein to PC classic Myst. Support for the Dreamcast mouse is also included.
All games in the Hucast online store are currently reduced so if you’ve been waiting to grab a certain something then now is the time to visit. Why not grab the best version of DUX (1.5) or vertical shmup Ghost Blade for EUR 29.66?
Remember that Anippon range of SEGA console-themed shoes we previously reported on? Well you lucky Americans can now buy them on your shores and avoid the crazy import prices!
Tokyo Otaku Mode are now selling the Saturn, Dreamcast and Mega Drive designs for $69.99 a pair. Pricey stuff. You also have to figure out your shoe size in the Japanese standard which you can do with a sizing chart.
Sega’s European marketing director Jon Rooke has confirmed that SEGA are, “exploring ways to re-release the original two Shenmue titles.”
This is by no means a confirmation that the re-releases are going to happen, but this public confirmation that the company are at least making an attempt to bring the games out of retirement is certainly a positive one.
Fingers crossed a new generation of gaming fans get to play the original two Shenmue titles before the third game drops on the projected release date of December 2017.
Revealed at this year’s Tokyo Game Show, Anippon have launched a range of three SEGA-console themed pairs of shoes.
The range includes a Mega Drive design (see above), a Saturn design and a Dreamcast design. They are currently exclusive to Japanese markets and will set you back 8000 yen a pair (£42.94 at the current conversion rate).
SEGA Japan really know how to make good use of their legacy, eh?
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