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Stieg Hedlund is among the elite among PC developers, having developed the hugely popular Diablo II and Starcraft. He also spent a few years at the Sega Technical Institute, where he worked on games like Comix Zone. We recently had a chance to chat with him, and he had a lot of interesting things to say about everything from a Comix Zone sequel to the story behind the highly underrated Ooze.
Hacks & Homebrews returns today with a look at a fighter that not only surprises, but impresses. Cyclops, Goku, Muhammad Ali (you heard me), Michael Jordan, and even Ryu all battle it out against a few Neo Geo stalwarts. This is no flickering, bug-filled hack job friends. This one actually plays and sounds better than a few released fighters on the Genesis. Read the full article to get all the details.
Mark Cerny, aside from being an arcade legend, was also the founder and head of the Sega Technical Institute, a domestic development group at Sega that released such innovative titles as Comix Zone and The Ooze. Oh, and it was responsible for a little game called Sonic The Hedgehog 2.
Here at Sega-16, we’re always looking for great new places to find Genesis games. There are tons of wonderful stores off the beaten path that are brimming with all sorts of 16-bit goodness. Our newest staff writer Tom Briggs has found one called Luna Video Games in his native San Diego, and all Segaphiles in the area need to check this place out! The latest installment of Genesis Around the World has all the details.
This month marks the first anniversary of our Reader Roundtable series. Each month, our staff and readers share their thoughts on the latest Genesis/Sega CD/32X games they’re playing. After twelve installments, there’s still plenty of 16-bit love to go around, so why not read the article and see what you might be missing?