SEGA say these “make sure the old games still look great on your spangly, new-aged televisions” - and, one assumes, high-resolution IPS curved monitors )Ī decent selection of screen borders are included too. Graphic enhancement filters are also included. That means you can relieve classic two-player challenges in Sonic the Hedgehog 2, team up to hack and slash your way through hordes of monsters in Golden Axe, and pummel your pals in to submission in a violent bout of Virtua Fighter.Ī new mirror mode can flip game level layouts horizontally to up the challenge (and the controller-thrown-at-the-wall rate). Not only does it come with official Linux support but a few seriously cool features are on offer.įor instance, the SEGA Genesis Classics pack also introduces supports online 2-player in all games that featured multiplayer originally. SEGA game collections aren’t new, but this release is somewhat special.
So, put down your pogs, pour a glass of Sunny Delight, and prepare to take a trip back to the 1990s. The £25/$30 compilation includes 53 games ripped straight from my childhood summers. We offer you games such as Sonic the Hedgehog, Streets of Rage, Mortal Kombat, Contra, X-Men, and many others.SEGA Mega Drive & Genesis Classics is out now for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Windows and (drum roll) Linux. These days you can download all the classic games for Sega Genesis right here. Especially for the console in question, Sega developed multiplayer services these days known as Sega Meganet and Sega Channel, although XBAND was available in some parts of the globe. Tec Toy, a version of the console for Korea was sold in 3 million and Majesco sold 1.5 million. Sega Genesis was sold in 30.7 million units under this name. It was replaced by Sega Saturn in 1997 although some companies continued making the console up to 1999. Just to add, Sega Genesis was designed after Master System. Nintendo outsold Sega Genesis in Japan, but it was less successful in the United States. Sega Genesis was sold as the main rival to NEC PC Engine and Nintendo Super Famicom. There also was a slot for ROM cartridges that contained one or multiple games.
The unit has 900 games in the library which were a huge deal back in a day and considered as one of the most advanced features in the industry. For the sound, Zilog Z80 was responsible. It is interesting that Sega actually made arcade console smaller and more available and hence Sega Genesis started its life. The console was powered by Motorola 68000 CPU and it was a 16-bit device. The consoles are identical and they don’t have major differences. Anyway, in the United States and some other countries the console is known as Sega Genesis. Despite the name, this console was the third version developed by Sega. It became available in the United States in 1989 as Sega Genesis. Sega Genesis started life in 1988 in Japan as Mega Drive.
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