Posts Tagged ‘mega drive’Fan Discovers the Sonic 3 Save Select Music Changes After 47 MinutesTuesday, March 26th, 2013
Sonic Retro user Deef has discovered (in August 2010 no doubt! Thanks TimmiT) that if you leave Sonic 3 idling on the save select screen the music changes after a whopping 47 minutes. You can see an example of this below: Pretty amazing that people are still finding secrets in 19 year old games! [Source: Tracker_TD]  Webmaster and lead writer at SEGADriven. Likes old games, heavy music and too much pizza. Follow on Twitter @kronkblats New Strider Game in DevelopmentWednesday, March 20th, 2013
Capcom action title Strider (which saw previous release on the Mega Drive as well as an unofficial sequel which was released on Mega Drive, Game Gear and Master System) is receiving a new entry. The new title will launch on Xbox Live Arcade as revealed by artwork discovered by NeoGAF users that matches the dimensions of the box art and banners used on existing XBLA games. Also uncovered was a Steam achievement which could also mean the game is planned for a PC release. The game has not been officially announced so a PSN release can’t be ruled out yet. No other details have been discovered at this time. More on this as we get it. [Source: Eurogamer] Webmaster and lead writer at SEGADriven. Likes old games, heavy music and too much pizza. Follow on Twitter @kronkblats SEGA Tunes: MegaDriver Cover M.U.S.H.A. and Streets of RageWednesday, March 13th, 2013
Mega Drive heavy metal covers band MegaDriver have been uploading these cool little ‘Game Metal Play’ videos which feature a re-arranged version of a song featured on a specific SEGA game but actually inserted into the game. We featured the Outrun cover a little while ago but since then MegaDriver have released Streets of Rage and M.U.S.H.A. covers which sound brilliant. Check them out: Want more? MegaDriver have also released a few new songs in the past couple of months including Golden Axe and Sonic songs. Click here to be taken to their song list on their official website. Webmaster and lead writer at SEGADriven. Likes old games, heavy music and too much pizza. Follow on Twitter @kronkblats Reverse-Engineered Star Fox Running on Mega DriveFriday, March 8th, 2013
SNES game Star Fox has been reverse-engineered to run on a Mega Drive by developer Stef at the romhacking.net forums. It’s certainly very bare bones at this point, running at an incredibly low framerate with sound missing but it’s still an incredible acheivement. If you’d like to try it yourself you can download the work-in-progress rom here. See below for some gameplay footage: [Source: RetroCollect] Webmaster and lead writer at SEGADriven. Likes old games, heavy music and too much pizza. Follow on Twitter @kronkblats SEGA Tunes: Road Rash 3 United Kingdom Theme Metal RemixThursday, March 7th, 2013
The Road Rash games are some of the greatest arcade racers to ever grace the Mega Drive. The games also try their best to create heavy metal songs for the soundtrack using the limitations of the Mega Drive sound-chip. For instance, check out the United Kingdom theme from Road Rash 3: Now for the interesting bit. A rather talented chap known as Ivan BeSpaleva has rearranged the United Kingdom theme as an actual heavy metal song which you can hear below: There’s also another fantastic take on this track by TailOff which you can hear below: Webmaster and lead writer at SEGADriven. Likes old games, heavy music and too much pizza. Follow on Twitter @kronkblats RetroN Console Allows You to Play Mega Drive Games (and More) Through HDMIThursday, March 7th, 2013
How’s this for left-field? The recently announced RetroN 4 console is a hybrid console that allows you to play NES, SNES, Mega Drive and Gameboy Advance cartridges on one system. The console is also equipped with a HDMI output and supports both NTSC and PAL cartridges. The console’s developer Hyperkin is expected to make a full announcement on March 23rd at the Midwest Gaming Classic trade show in Wisconsin. The developer’s previous console (the RetroN 3) is pictured above and already available. This console allows you to play NES, SNES and Mega Drive cartridges, but only offers S-video or composite video output. [Source: SEGANews.net] Webmaster and lead writer at SEGADriven. Likes old games, heavy music and too much pizza. Follow on Twitter @kronkblats Brazilian Ratings Board Reveals Castle of Illusion Maybe Heading to PS3/360/Vita/Wii-UTuesday, March 5th, 2013
NeoGAF user CrunchinJelly has spotted a listing by the Brazilian ratings board that lists Castle of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse as an upcoming title for PS3, Xbox 360, PS Vita and Wii-U. We assume this title will be re-released digitally. Castle of Illusion was originally released for Mega Drive in 1990 and is highly regarded as one of the best Mickey games ever made. No release date is set at this time. More on this as we get it. [Source: SEGANews.net] Webmaster and lead writer at SEGADriven. Likes old games, heavy music and too much pizza. Follow on Twitter @kronkblats SEGA Tunes: DJ Yoda feat. Scroobius Pip – SEGA RIPTuesday, February 26th, 2013
Today’s SEGA Tunes feature is a hip-hop song by DJ Yoda featuring Scroobius Pip and is entirely about the Mega Drive/SNES console war. The song makes some humorous references to Sonic “whoring himself on Mario Olympics” and SEGA fans revolting against them because of Ecco the Dolphin. The song obviously takes some historical liberties in favour of a good rhyme, but it’s still an entertaining listen. Be warned! This song does contain bad language and references to the “SEGA Genesis” despite both artists being from the UK where the console was called the SEGA Mega Drive: Webmaster and lead writer at SEGADriven. Likes old games, heavy music and too much pizza. Follow on Twitter @kronkblats More Japan Exclusive SEGA Merch Featuring a Hang-On Bicycle!Wednesday, February 13th, 2013  The Japanese webstore ebten has some other interesting pieces of exclusive merchandise for the SEGA fanatic amongst you. As you can see above, there’s a Hang-On themed bicycle emblazoned with the game’s logo and painted in the game’s signature red. It is priced at a very affordable £144.10. The full listing for the product can be found here.
Also featured is a Dreamcast travel-case which is decorated with the console and 2 joypads. This will set you back £151.31. The full listing for the product can be found here.
And finally here’s a Mega Drive-styled “16 Bit” belt buckle. This comes with a pretty hefty pricetag of £57.70. The full listing for the product can be found here. [Source: SEGAotaku on Twitter] Webmaster and lead writer at SEGADriven. Likes old games, heavy music and too much pizza. Follow on Twitter @kronkblats SEGA of Japan Launch Range of Console-Themed LaptopsTuesday, February 12th, 2013
SEGA of Japan have teamed up with ebten to launch a range of SEGA NOTE PCs. The laptops are themed around 3 SEGA consoles with an additional SEGA-themed laptop. The 3 consoles are Mega Drive, Saturn and Dreamcast which you can see in the above image. As the laptops are Japan exclusive they will probably be very expensive to import. Regardless, here’s the Japanese retail prices: SEGA: 99,750 yen or £680.26 Full details and specs can be found at the ebten official website. [Source: SEGANews.net] Webmaster and lead writer at SEGADriven. Likes old games, heavy music and too much pizza. Follow on Twitter @kronkblats |
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