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Back in the day, kids my age had a “black and white” attitude to gaming; you either had a Sega Megadrive or a SNES. If you had a SNES – the Megadrive sucked. If you had a Megadrive – the SNES sucked. Such was this bitter competition, that we frequently assaulted our SNES-owning friends with verbal nastiness i.e. “your fat Italian plumber aint got nothin’ on our supersonic, spiny blue mammal.” Or “A supersonic hedgehog?! That doesn’t even make sense! Anyway, it’s a well known fact that all Italians can jump really high!” It goes on.

In reality, most people I knew couldn’t afford both consoles, which was usually the starting point for such instances. Unfortunately, this vicious cycle continued, and when it came to choosing between the Saturn, PlayStation and N64, my choice was obvious…

Yes that’s right, The Jay Man, toiling away on a Sega fansite… he chose the PlayStation. It just seemed to me that the Saturn wasn’t capitalising on what made the Megadrive so good in Europe. All my favourite games were confirmed never to have true sequels on the new disk-based console, so I turned to the darkside… Read the rest of this entry »

Brrrrriiiilllllliance! Its the song of the week once again, and it’s time for some Sega Rally!

No, I’m not going for the most obvious song (I am refering to ‘Game Over Yeeeeeaaaaahhhh!’, for the under-educated folk here).

I’m going for one of the first tracks you’ll hear when playing Sega Rally. And that is the Mountain levels track “Getting Muddy.”

Embrace yourself for this lads and lassies: Read the rest of this entry »

I’ve seen quite a few car mods in my trips around the world but nothing has ever come close to jaw-dropping awesomeness of the one pictured above. A fan of SEGA Rally on the Atari Age Forums recreated the classic Toyota racer from SEGA’s arcade game.

The folks over at jalopnik.com have a great write-up and a ton of pictures of the car: Read the rest of this entry »

Imagine yourself, a young child, a fan of Sonic but never quite got all of the Mega Drive releases of Sonic. After the sheer amount of entertainment you have derived from your console you decide that buying the next Sega console the ‘Sega Saturn’ would be a relatively intelligent idea. Alongside your amazing Sega Saturn you have a game entitled “Sonic Jam”.

From a previous visit at your friends house you have seen the astonishing 3 dimensional capabilities, and conclude that Sonic, being amazing would be included in a game being 3-D. You also conclude that it’s probably the Saturn game “Sonic Jam” that includes such a brilliant offer! You being young and only slightly adorable hype up the occasion to the extent that it is rather ridiculous.

You then turn the Sega Saturn on with the Sonic Jam disc inserted, you are ready for the time of your life! Read the rest of this entry »