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It’s always fun to pit your favorite video game stars against each other to see who would win, and we here at Sega-16 have had so much fun with it that we’ve turned it into full-blown feature series! Where else can you pit some of the biggest and brightest characters on the Genesis against each other in a fair fight? Our latest installment of Genesis Power Battle finds Egon the Ghostbuster duking it out with Gordon the Alien Buster. Who will win?
Late in 1992, Sega took Accolade to court for releasing unlicensed software on the Genesis. The resulting court decision sent shock waves through the gaming industry, setting a precedent about the legality of reverse engineering. The practice didn’t start with the Accolade case, though, and there’s a rich history of how it played out legally before Sega’s case set the law in stone. Sega-16 examines the events leading up to the landmark Sega vs. Accolade case in our latest feature Genesis Firsts: Reverse Engineering.
February’s here, and the second batch of Genesis titles has arrived on the Wii Virtual Console. While not as large an offering as last month’s, there’s certainly a few games here worth mentioning. The question is: are they worth your hard earned cash? Read our second installment of Genesis Virtual Console and see!
With more than a million downloads on the Virtual Console, Nintendo is seeing a massive interest in classic titles. Sega has been taking advantage of this bonanza, already bringing Genesis games to Nintendo’s fledgling service and with plans to offer many more. So if there’s definitely an interest in its back catalogue, why limit itself to only Nintendo’s console? Could there be an advantage to Sega making its 16-bit games available on Xbox Live Arcade? Sega-16 takes a long, hard look at this possibility, and the answer is deeper than you’d think.
It’s that time again! Once a month, Segaphiles gather to tell us what they’re playing, and each installment usually features an interesting blend of fan favorites, lesser-known gems, imports, and even some duds. January is no different, and eleven of our staff and readers are ready to share their games! Read the latest entry in our popular Reader Roundtable feature and see what your fellow Genesis fans are playing!