In our last video about Mega Drive beat-em-ups that are NOT Streets of Rage we accidentally reviewed TMNT: The Hyperstone Heist again because my memory is atrocious. As an apology here’s a reveiw of The Tick on the Mega Drive!
Hyperkin have revealed an update to its long in development Mega Drive handheld, the Mega95. The handheld is an unofficial modern clone of the Genesis Nomad that lets you play real Mega Drive cartridges on a dedicated handheld. It can interface with a dock that can also provide video output.
In a recent post on Twitter, Hyperkin have revealed they have overcome a big issue with its software and they are now readying demo units to be sent to “specialists in the community”. This likely means select retro gaming YouTubers. You can see the full text from Hyperkin below:
After a lot of testing, iteration, and late-night problem solving, we believe we’ve found a solution to the obstacles that were holding Mega95 back. Things are finally moving in the right direction, and we’re nearing the next big milestone.
Our next step is one we’re really excited about: sending out demo units to trusted retro specialists in the community. These are people who know the hardware, know the games, and won’t sugarcoat feedback. Their hands-on impressions will help us validate performance, catch any remaining issues, and make final refinements before we move into mass production.
We know the wait has been long, and we don’t take that lightly. Our goal has always been to make sure Mega95 launches the right way, not rushed, not compromised, but worthy of your collection and the games it’s meant to play.
More updates soon. We’re getting close.
Let’s Game. 🎮
If you’d like to see the Mega95 in action then Hyperkin have also showcased it playing Sonic 2. You can see that by clicking here.
A firm release date still appears to be a ways off, but hopefully this update means the machine might be coming sooner rather than later.
The practice of hiding entire games within the code of other games is an art lost to time, but back in the day this was surprisingly common. Let’s take a look at a bunch of SEGA games that have smaller secret games hidden within them:
The Video Game History Foundation have released a huge amount of material related to the SEGA Channel – SEGA’s short-lived cable service for the Mega Drive. Thanks to the combined efforts of the SEGA Channel vice president of programming Michael Shorrock and independent preservationist The SEGA Channel Guy, you can now browse a huge archive of material that includes advertisements, fan art and ROM dumps of software like the legendary Garfield: Caught in the Act – The Lost Levels.
You can watch a full 58 minute video feature on everything The Video Game History Foundation have discovered via the embed below:
Click here to visit Gaming Alexandria and download all the new ROM files preserved by The Video Game History Foundation. Alongside Garfield: Caught in the Act – The Lost Levels, there is also a complete Mega Drive port of The Flintstones movie game by Ocean, Waterworld, Breakthru, Iron Hammer, and a Mega Drive port of the Berenstain Bears SEGA Pico game. There are also numerous prototypes like a port of the Amiga game Wrath of the Demon, and a near complete dump of an unreleased Popeye game.
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.
The development team known as Two Black Cats have launched a free development suite called MD Engine which allows users to build their own Mega Drive games.
MD Engine allows developers to create their own games using visual scripting. It is not limited to specific game genres, and it also includes its own debugging tools. You can also export your game in a wide variety of formats.
Two Black Cats have also confirmed that 3 games have already been created with MD Engine: Square Brothers, Inkventure and Prisonela MD. Inkventure and Prisonela MD are available to purchase now, but they also have demos that you can play online by clicking the links below:
While the Ninja Gaiden series has become synonymous with Nintendo thanks to the very successful NES trilogy of Ninja Gaiden games, this series nearly saw 3 entries come to various SEGA platforms. In this video we take a look at all of them and see if they’re worth your time:
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