Sega Game Gear News & Stories

Retro gaming is cool. It is fun. It is popular. But for something to be old and classic, it had to be fresh and new at some point. Products from the past shape those in the modern day, and modern day products and ideas shape those in the future. How much of that chain events [...]

The Panasonic M2, a home video gaming console unit created by 3DO, represents what is possibly the biggest treasure hunt in all of retro collecting. Many old school gamers love to hoard cartridges, controllers and even posters from their favorite gaming systems.

Some time ago, there was talk in the old school gaming industries of a USB cartridge that could serve as plug-in tool for the Sega Mega Drive and the SNES. The rumor mill actually bore fruit this time around, and the Retrode2 came up for pre-order (a September 2011 release is expected) in mid June.

As vertically scrolling traditional shooters go, Radiant Silvergun was fun, but pretty standard. The Saturn port of Radiant Silvergun was the first traditional scrolling shooter by Treasure, and it featured seven weapons on a loaded ship, entertaining boss battles, easter eggs and other goodies. It also featured a three-digit price tag.

Originally from the 1990 Super Mario World game by Nintendo, Yoshi is an adorable little often-green dinosaur creature who gobbles up everything he can fit in his mouth.

If you have a large retro collection of video games, even if stretches across multiple consoles and decades, it could well be worth your while to check out the Game Database on Retro Collect.

With over 30,000 games in the collection that will be the beginning of the permanent, public Videogame History Museum, Joe Santulli is looking for some funding.  Along with some of his friends, Santulli (who has been seen pimping his collection at various conventions, including E3) is hoping for about $30,000 to get started with a [...]

SMSPower has made a bit of a name for itself in the retro gaming industry by preserving games that were unreleased, untranslated or simply unheard of. Their goal…a lofty one at that…is to preserve the entire Sega 8-bit library.

Double Dragon II: The Revenge, will certainly get another shot at having its revenge. Slated for an XBLA remake in HD, DDII is a 23 year old side scrolling beat ‘em up that was originally released by Technos.

It is no real secret to old school gamers that many of the favorite good old games of yesteryear made their way to formats far beyond the faithful NES or other gaming systems. Many gaming characters became animated cartoons, handheld games, comic books, or even action figures.