“We knew how to make arcade games, we didn’t really know anything about console development,” Hideki Sato told Famitsu in an oral history of Sega. “They sold so well, we started to get stars in our ...

If there’s one thing the Sega Genesis did better than most consoles of the era, it’s platformers. The format was common throughout the 8 and 16-bit console eras, and while it hasn’t gone anywhere, the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. David Jagneaux is a writer and analyst, covering MMOs and retro games. Every few years, a game comes along that quietly challenges ...

Over 140 ROMs from Sega's long defunct Sega Channel, including service-exclusive games that were thought lost to time and never-before-published prototypes, have now been recovered thanks to the ...

Sega introduced the Genesis, known as the Mega Drive outside of North America, in 1989, taking a significant chunk of the home console market from Nintendo. Its introduction was a massive escalation ...

Chris Littlechild (He/Him) is an Editor and Writer Trainer from the United Kingdom. He has been gaming since receiving an original Game Boy and copies of Super Mario Land and Super Mario Land 2: Six ...

LEGO just unveiled a mini Sega Genesis Controller LEGO set, but this retro throwback isn’t for sale. Instead, it’s a free Gift with Purchase for anyone who spends at least $130 at LEGO. This limited ...

The Lego Company has unveiled its newest gaming set. Partnering with Sega on the 260-piece Sega Genesis Controller set, this new piece of Lego decor is tapping into your childhood nostalgia. It'll be ...

As the lower price and potential of being a “gift with purchase” suggests, the Lego Sega Genesis Controller set is a smaller one. It seems pretty true to life in terms of size, though slightly smaller ...

Yuzo Koshiro, one of the video game industry’s living legends, has come out with a strange request; stop pirating his game! We’re 100 % certain every game we’ve named above has been pirated at some ...

The three most beautiful sights in this world are: 1) your spouse on your wedding day 2) the birth of your first child 3) a walkthrough for Ecco the Dolphin in some long forgotten scrawl. Expect that ...