We’ve contributed to this month’s Game of the Month feature at RadioSEGA! In this feature various SEGA community members discuss their memories of Castle of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse for the Mega Drive. We decided to contribute to the feature via a short video which you can view below:
The re-release of classic Mega Drive shmup Empire of Steel for 3DS is actually a proper remake and not just a simple port. Check out the fancy new graphics above.
The game is not being published by SEGA but it’s being developed by Starfish who are responsible for Elminage. The new version features improved graphics, stereoscopic 3D and rebalanced difficulty.
The mother of all retro finds has shown up in Thailand. A member of SEGA Galaxy Board has discovered 4 shipping boxes containing 20 brand new Mega Drive IIs and multiple copies of 18 different Mega Drive games.
Everything in the boxes is new and sealed and duplicates are being sold off by the forum user. One of the new Mega Drive IIs will only set you back 70 Euros. Not bad! Games are being sold off at around 10 or 15 Euros a piece.
Mega Drive shmup Empire of Steel (or Steel Empire depending on what region you live in) is being re-released on the Japanese 3DS eShop.
No other details like release dates or whether it’s a port of the Mega Drive or GBA remake where revealed. There’s also no indication to whether the steam punk shmup is even a port at all and not an entirely new remake. More on this as we get it.
OC Remix forum user Dusk has made an announcement regarding 3 new Streets of Rage remix albums. The albums are intended to be released a year apart and will cover each game in the original series.
Dusk is asking for volunteers to create the music for each album now as seen in this forum post: CLICK HERE
12 of the 14 tracks to be featured on the first album have been claimed with our friend DiGi Valentine from NightsintoDreams.com featuring on one track.
New on our YouTube Channel is the first Review Request. The concept of this feature is we ask our followers to suggest a Mega Drive game for us to review. We choose one we haven’t played before, have a little muck around with it and share our first impressions.
For the first edition of Review Request, Titanscreed from Project Phoenix Productions requested Sparkster. Check out our opinion of the game below:
The 3DS re-release of Shinobi III: Return of the Ninja Master has some additional features which have just been detailed.
Along with the obvious stereoscopic visuals, quick save and round select features have been added. You can also choose to play either the Western or Japanese versions of the game.
The big addition is the inclusion of assigning control to an individual button instead of sharing them accross the Mega Drive original’s 3 button format. You can now assign the commands for jump, close range attack, shuriken attack, defend and ninjutsu to specific buttons.
SEGA of Japan is absolutely smashing these 3D versions of classic SEGA games out, aren’t they!? Check out some of the next conversion (which is 3D Ecco the Dolphin if you haven’t guessed from the title) in action below:
Nintendo Life have uploaded gameplay footage of all 4 Japanese SEGA 3D eShop titles. Check out the below video to see 3D Super Hang-On, 3D Space Harrier, 3D Sonic the Hedgehog and 3D Altered Beast in action. WARNING: These are obviously only viewable in 2D:
Up and until now, SEGA’s 3D re-releases of classic SEGA titles for the 3DS eShop have been exclusive to Japan, but by the looks of things two of these titles look to be coming West.
The Australian Classification Board has entries for both 3D Sonic the Hedgehog and 3D Altered Beast. While Australia obviously isn’t the West, games that are generally released in this region get a release in the West as well.
No official word on these titles or any release dates have been revealed at this time.
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