The holidays are here, and in between egg nog and Christmas ham, we must be sure to make time to recognize just how lucky we are to have all these wonderful games. Christmas comes but once a year, and our staff and readers are taking time away from their families for what’s truly important: playing Genesis! All kidding aside, we here at Sega-16 wish all our readers happy holidays, and we send off 2010 with its final installment of our monthly Reader Roundtable series. Enjoy, and see you next year!
Tag: Features
2010 European Mega Drive Championship
Every year, Europe’s best Sega gamers gather to fight it out for bragging rights. 2010 was no different, and teams from several countries brought their “A” game to this year’s competition. Our resident tournament gamer Sebastian Sponsel was there, and he brings us the scoop! Read the full article to see who took the trophy this time around.
Double Take: Punisher
Marvel’s brooding vigilante, the Punisher, has been striking fear into the hearts of criminals for more than three decades. After making the rounds in arcades via a stellar Capcom beat-’em-up, Frank Castle blasted his way onto the Genesis. The port has always been a title of controversy, due to how watered down it is, but there’s a large portion of the Genesis community that loves it.
Reader Roundtable Vol. 60
As we say goodbye to November with our stomachs (and refrigerators) full of turkey, we turn attention back to what really matters: video games! Our staff and readers have been playing up a storm this month, and they’ve shared all their experiences in the 60th edition of our righteous Reader Roundtable feature! Read the full article and see what we’ve been up to.
Preview: Star Odyssey
Almost twenty years ago, the now-defunct Genesis publisher Sage’s Creation announced the localization of a highly anticipated Japanese Genesis RPG. Blue Almanac was slated to arrive in America as the re-christined Star Odyssey, but the company left the industry before the game was released. For two decades, it languished in obscurity, until it was recently rescued by Super Fighter Team. The translation has been cleaned up, game-crashing bugs have been fixed, and now Star Odyssey is finally leaving Japan! We have a full preview of this historic game, which marks the first licensed Japanese title to be released outside of that country in more than fifteen years. Read the article and discover an adventure that is finally making its way westward!