We can only imagine the conversations at Mastertronic when Phantasy Star came in. Here was a company that had made its fortune from selling games on tape for as little as £1.99, and through its distribution contract with Sega, it suddenly had to try to sell a game for £39.99. The good news was that […]
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SEGA News Bits: Sonic Forces and Sonic Mania SXSW discussions

Now that the SXSW Sonic the Hedgehog panel has passed, George and Barry discuss what we learned regarding Sonic Mania and Sonic Forces. We talk about Sonic Mania‘s delay, Flying Battery Zone being announced, new official Sonic Mania artwork, the Sonic Mania soundtrack vinyl, the first real life look at the Sonic Mania Collector’s Edition, […]
Sonic Forces Us To Recap SXSW

Surely the internet isn’t going to make the title of this article a played out meme before it goes up, nope, probably not, nah. So that Sonic SXSW panel happened, and we got some pretty good reveals out of it. And enough of them for us to actually make a recap article for once! Now, if you want to […]
Cancelled Dreamcast Game Millennium Racer Unearthed

Earlier this week, Dreamcast owners were thrilled to learn about the discovery of an unreleased and seemingly complete game for the system – Millennium Racer: Y2K Fighters, a conversion of a futuristic racing game that originally appeared on the PC. The game was developed by Russian studio Creat Media and was to be published by […]
Cancelled Dreamcast Game Millennium Racer Unearthed

Earlier this week, Dreamcast owners were thrilled to learn about the discovery of an unreleased and seemingly complete game for the system – Millennium Racer: Y2K Fighters, a conversion of a futuristic racing game that originally appeared on the PC. The game was developed by Russian studio Creat Media and was to be published by […]
Capcom Announces The Disney Afternoon Collection

Way back in the NES era, Capcom used to be known for pushing out high quality licensed Disney platform games at a terrifying rate – and now, six of them are being brought back as part of The Disney Afternoon Collection. As the name suggests, the focus is on the studio’s after-school cartoon adaptations. DuckTales […]
Capcom Announces The Disney Afternoon Collection

Way back in the NES era, Capcom used to be known for pushing out high quality licensed Disney platform games at a terrifying rate – and now, six of them are being brought back as part of The Disney Afternoon Collection. As the name suggests, the focus is on the studio’s after-school cartoon adaptations. DuckTales […]
PAL Xbox Reaches 15th Anniversary

It’s been 15 years since Microsoft unleashed the original Xbox on UK gamers on 14th March 2002, and it’s easy to forget what a monumental event that was. It was the first console from an American manufacturer since the days of the Atari Jaguar, and the company served as a replacement for Sega, which had […]
PAL Xbox Reaches 15th Anniversary

It’s been 15 years since Microsoft unleashed the original Xbox on UK gamers on 14th March 2002, and it’s easy to forget what a monumental event that was. It was the first console from an American manufacturer since the days of the Atari Jaguar, and the company served as a replacement for Sega, which had […]
Sonic News Round Up: Road to SXSW

2017 promises to be a big year for Sonic the Hedgehog. With not one but two major game releases slated to come out, excitement and speculation has been running wild. Since being announced last July, both Sonic Mania and “Project Sonic 2017” have been shrouded in mystery, with only scant pieces of information being released […]