It's here! Framed and mounted, and I LOVE IT.

A new interview dropped with some great Sega Rally info, so I updated mine (added 3 paragraphs!). There's more coming later, so I think I will just publish the article and then update it as new info emerges. The piece has already hit 10k and is the largest one I've ever done for the site!

*** Mega Parodius Update ( Sega Megadrive ) *** For 60 FPS video I've posted the update on YT below link below. But just quickly - more in the description in the vid , updates on the Blue Bell explosion , Enemy destruction / collisions & VRAM handling !! www.youtube.com/watch?v=pq_I...

Breaking: We've learned that after capture, Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro was allowed to take his Master System and 3D glasses with him on his way to prison. No word if he was forced to play Lord of the Sword until he confessed his crimes.

The "Behind the Design" article on the arcade version of Sega Rally is done! Look for it at the end of the month. Next up, a trilogy of deep dive articles on Climax/Sonic! Software Planning games: Shining in the Darkness, Shining Force, and Landstalker!

Sega innovated in several ways with 1982’s Zaxxon and created a solid and challenging shooter that has become a classic. However, some may not enjoy the lack of depth find the gameplay frustrating if they’re not using a control stick. www.sega-16.com/2026/01/zaxx...

Damn. He was my grail of Sega interviews. I was able to interact through a 3rd party but never got to spoke to him. He was a true coin-op legend and will be missed. R.I.P. 🙁 www.replaymag.com/segas-dave-r...

This who are kind enough to buy my books, I can't thank you enough! If you could leave an Amazon review, that would be immensely helpful to boost its visibility.

Lookin' mighty fine together! Available now! a.co/d/eadfOY4

If you haven’t read it yet, I’d love it if ya did! My hope is to write a follow up to this later in the year to compare the amateur archiving/preservation process to the professional sphere thestacks.ca/posts/2025-0...

Sneak peak of GO FOR IT! - our brand new, 100% authentic game for Sega Genesis / Mega Drive. Starring pro wrestler "Smiley" Kylie Rae, and featuring theme song "Go For It Now" by Edge Of The Blade! Can we make an all-time classic? Let’s GO FOR IT!

Ok, I lied. This Sega Rally deep dive is already at 9,000 words. It won't go past 10k, I swear!

Phantasy Star Online's December 2000 release capped a decade of Sega experimenting with online gaming on consoles. www.avclub.com/sega-phantas...

A goodbye to Stewart Cheifet, who hosted Computer Chronicles and Net Cafe, two critical computer news programs through the 80s and 90s. His entire collection was handed to the Internet Archive a couple years back. They are being re-digitized where needed. obits.goldsteinsfuneral.com/stewart-chei...

Here is the 15th and final chapter in this series on the life and career of Rieko Kodama. vgdensetsu.net/riekokodama15 Dispo en VF vgdensetsu.net/riekokodamav...

Sidesaddle for motorbikes? segaretro.org/Hang-On

Started on Saturn, completed on Dreamcast and drawing inspiration from Dragon Quest III, Captain Harlock, Treasure Island, Laputa, The Secret of Blue Water and Grandia (?): the making of Skies of Arcadia, AKA Eternal Arcadia. vgdensetsu.net/riekokodama14 Dispo en VF vgdensetsu.net/riekokodamav...

Anyone interested in reading a 7,000-word deep dive on the creation of the first Sega Rally Game? Well, you'll soon have your chance! It's going to be our next "Behind the Design" entry and should be up at the end of January!

My author's copies arrived! Im so happy that it's finally done. Copies hit Amazon, Barnes & Noble online, and others Dec. 30!

Attention new users! I've made a starter pack of Japanese game devs, something a lot of folks miss from Twitter. Please flow and re-share! And if I'm missing anybody let me know! go.bsky.app/5R1tEtT

Break out your SEGA consoles, cosy up to that yule log fire & bundle up to holly jolly SEGA / Atlus VGM all Christmas Eve/Day from us! Or treat yourself the gift of Flexible Requesting of your favs with your FREE RS account! Merry Christmas, from all of us at RadioSEGA! VGM To The Next Level.

Capcom's seminal brawler has finally made its way to the Genesis with a ton of new features! Developer @mxretrodev.bsky.social has spent months fine-tuning the port, and the result is a Christmas present Genesis fans will definitely want to have on their flash carts. www.sega-16.com/2025/12/hack...

Merry Christmas to all of our readers! We hope you have a holiday filled with family, fun, and joy. Remember to put down the controller and give that special someone a hug. Then, tear them a new one in Mega Bomberman!

George Bailey slowly begins to realize that this is not the Sesame Street he remembers...

Honey, the family is coming over for Christmas. Get out the good dinnerware.

I'm working on something with @billytimegames.bsky.social for MiSTer users to check out Sega Channel.

One of the best shmups on Genesis! It has perhaps my favorite title screen theme on the console as well.

35 years ago today Masaya released Star Cruiser, the first fully-3D shooter on the system. A truly impressive feat. Such a shame the game never came west, though a fan translation is currently available! #Sega #GenesisDoes #Generation16 youtu.be/8X_YGxzZrlo?...

@masterlinkuei.bsky.social shared that the @gamehistoryorg.bsky.social Tengen prototypes has an early build of Pit Fighter II for Genesis that was supposed to come out in late 1993 but was shelved.

Our brand new Sega Genesis / Mega Drive game GO FOR IT! has 2 unique versions. Each has: - Different engines, soundtracks, & characters - Special appearance by pro wrestler Kylie Rae - Music by Edge Of The Blade Hoping to release both in 1 cartridge! Still WIP. Doing our best!

Polite reminder my two most recently released SEGA Master System games don't have speedrun times recorded and are actual complete games. #mastersystem #homebrew

Cleaning through a closet, I found my old badge from when I worked at Time-Out back in the mid-'90s.

Who coined "Metroidvania"? It wasn't @jparish.bsky.social, and he'll be the first to tell you. Besides, there are far more interesting questions, like: How did it spread? Evolve? And what's it got to do with rickrolling? Watch til the end for a post-credits sting. www.youtube.com/watch?v=8set...

"I Was Strangling Both M2 And Myself" - Sega's Yosuke Okunari Recalls The Painful Relaunch Of The 'Sega Ages' Series.

Also also speaking of Sega Channel, I hope people appreciate this most obscure bit of curation: a Youtube playlist collecting all the library music it played during loading times. www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

The day after I post my review of Buck Rogers: Planet of Zoom, Gil Gerard passed away. 🥺

So, my publisher just confirmed that the official release date for my Game Gear book is Dec. 30. Too late for Christmas, but still in time for Three Kings Day in January! www.amazon.com/Sega-Goes-Ha...

Gonna need the Game Genie for this one!

I've been doing so many articles for Sega-16 lately that I have pieces in the queue since April of last year! We currently have 26 articles ready for publication, so I've been putting up one each week this month to get those older articles up. Merry Christmas!

Today's @gamehistoryorg.bsky.social ROM dumping live stream comes with a prototype of an unreleased, unannounced(?) Game Gear golf game from Tengen and Atreid Concept - The World of Sport: GOLF! Aiming, swinging, and club selection seem to work but putting does not. May bear further investigation.

happy 32nd anniversary to Sega's phenomenal "Phantasy Star: End of the Millennium" for Mega Drive; much love for Hitoshi Yoneda's key art

What originally prompted me to spend months researching how Sega consoles and games were sold in Italy in the 80s/90s was the fact that I kept seeing people adopting "US memories", remembering things that never happened (like Sega vs. Nintendo ads). That's (also) why preservation is important.

New games! Rayman and Wings of Death for Jaguar, Undead Line for Genesis, plus Taito Arcade 1&2, Neo Geo Arcade 1-3 and Rare Collection 1 for Evercade. Rayman is a grail for me. I never thought I'd get it for a decent price. A good friend hooked me up, though.

After 25 Years, Google Has Finally Killed Dreamcast Web Browser Support. (Repost)

While visually impressive and fun, Buck Rogers: Planet of Zoom may be a bit too repetitive for extended plays. Still, shooting things is fun! www.sega-16.com/2025/12/buck...

Happy Friday! We're thrilled to announce the full run of Marukatsu PC Engine is now available to download/view. We believe we have now scanned every Japanese PC Engine focused magazine completely. Enjoy and please spread the word by liking/RT'ing. www.gamingalexandria.com/wp/2025/12/m...