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Retro Shopping Network: HUGE LOT OF WOW!~

Slingerland — Tue, 22 Feb 2011 06:55:18 +0000

This auction started and ended over this past weekend and I was pretty tempted to actually bid on these just so that I could say, “I own a shit-ton of broken Genesis consoles. What of it?” Then, I’d make a giant suit out of them and show up at a party. I didn’t have much forethought about what to do after that point, so I didn’t buy them and just bought a case of Bud instead.

Usually with these “Shopping Network” posts, items are featured because of their picture or stupid headline. The latter is the case here. Look at this seller, teeming with enthusiasm, over these broken, archaic devices. “WOW!!!”

Given the price, would you splurge on a bunch of broken retro consoles? What would you do with them? (Past the jump, 36 broken Genesis 2 systems.)

WOW!!!

Mega Drive Painted With Sonic Colors

Slingerland — Tue, 19 Oct 2010 19:44:05 +0000

UK:Resistance got a hold of some awesome photos yesterday. A guy named “Porl” decided to up and paint one of his many Mega Drives and emblazon Sonic and his winged ring on it. Look at the detail on this thing! I’m impressed with his work along the vent, switches and cartridge slot.

I have a few spares in my collection and it got me thinking about painting up one of my Mega Drives. When I was staring at the Mega Drive shape [*SAD SMILEY FACE*] I noticed the ring around the cartridge slot and thought that I could use that to make the iconic Sonic 1 intro screen.

I want one. I want one so I can jam a cartridge into Sonic’s eyes for not being grrrrrrreeeeeeeeen enough. More cool photos in the gallery past the jump.

An 8-Bit F-You

Slingerland — Thu, 30 Sep 2010 02:32:40 +0000

Remember the console wars? Yeah, we do. We lived them.

It’s the early 1990s. Your old NES is collecting dust, but there’s a new console on the market, the SEGA Genesis. It was time to put that 8-bit machine to bed in order to get your Blast Processing on. Sonic is lighting up your television and your NES has been packed away. What would your NES be saying (or in this case, singing) to you at this time? Well, let’s find out:

If you like this track, please support its creator, inversephase, at this link right here. It’ll only set you back two quarters.

Damn you, Cee-Lo, and your catchy song! It’s too good!

Classic Sonic Game Montage

Tweaker — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 13:49:33 +0000

This is a pretty cool video courtesy of Arcane on the forums earlier today. It’s a montage of all the classic Sonic games played in sequence–normally about a 5 hour task–condensed into about 10 minutes. It’s pretty fun to watch and really brings the length and content of the classic games into perspective. It also makes you realize how short Sonic 2 is compared to pretty much everything else. Now all it needs is Sonic CD!

Check out the relevant thread on the forums here.

SEGA Still in the Console Wars but NOT REALLY!

Spexfox — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 22:59:10 +0000

No no, calm down fanboys. I wish it were a real leap from SEGA back into the hardware sector, but this unfortunately isn’t the case. What we have here is a game console featuring officially licensed SEGA games as well as 16 other titles which feature “innovative motion controls”. The original posting by pocket-lint.com features a few interesting images of the console, including the one shown here. But what’s most interesting is the main image in the article, showing off a version of what’s seen here but with heavier SEGA branding. Although this console may be a simple ripoff of the Wii trying to make a quick buck, one can’t help but get lost in the idea of what it would be like if it was still SEGA and Nintendo duking it out and if SEGA’s result might be something similar to this.

For those of you who are interesting in the product for reasons outside of that strange nostalgia factor, the console will be available in the UK starting in April of 2009. You can pick it up for about £39.95 and it will feature a total of 50 titles. 20 of them being official licensed SEGA titles such as Sonic & Knuckles, Sonic Spinball, and Alex Kidd with 16 others being special motion controlled sports games. The other 11 will be a variety of arcade titles. I know what you’re thinking though. “As great as those games sound, what if I get bored of playing waggle-tennis 2D?” There’s good news! Turns out the Zone40/SEGA Zone (as the console is named) will be able to take Genesis (or in this case, Mega Drive) cartridges, leaving you free to play whichever classic titles you want while pretending it’s still 1992 with a twist from the future.

SEGA releasing iPhone Genesis emulator (for free)!

Spexfox — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 21:56:35 +0000

SEGA: Ultimate Genesis for the iPhone (source: Gizmodo)

According to Gizmodo, SEGA is ready to release an iPhone/iPod Touch app called “Ultimate Genesis” which is, for all intents and purposes, a SEGA-exclusive virtual console for the iPhone. The app itself should be making its appearance on the app store in early February while being packaged with one game – Space Harrier II. It will be a free download where users will purchase what will basically be Genesis ROMs within the app to add to their collection. The offerings that should be available from day one are:

Sonic the Hedgehog: $5.99
Golden Axe: $4.99
Ecco the Dolphin: $2.99
Shining Force: $2.99

As you can see, different games will be available at different price points for the time being. It should be noted that both Sonic and Golden Axe are already available in the App Store at those price points where as Ecco and Shining Force are not. SEGA may be pricing Sonic and Golden Axe simply to be consistent with the versions available in the app store while $2.99 may be the standard price for most games from here on. It is unknown if those who purchased Sonic or Golden Axe stand alone will be able to transfer those games to Ultimate Genesis when it’s released.

Need a Light?

Spexfox — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 10:38:55 +0000

I don’t smoke. Actually I hate smoking and I can’t wait until the day comes that no one ever smokes again. However I do really like cool lighter designs. There are a lot of eye-catching little gimmicks and I can’t help but play with them when I go on a vacation and see them in a store. Today SEGA made my day when I saw this get posted up. Right now, they’re offering what appears to be two collectible zippo lighters designed after the SEGA Genesis and the SEGA Saturn. Sadly, they’re quite expensive but what do you want for a collectible that will warm you with fire and a nostalgic heart? Get’em while they’re hot!

Source: http://www.net-you.net/sega/