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Virtua Fighter turns 20

You know it’s a good day when you can celebrate both the beginning of winter and the origins of 3D fighting games sub-genre. Virtua Fighter, the world’s first 3D fighting game, is turning 20 this year. Virtua Fighter was actually one of the first fighting games I’ve ever played. I…

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Sega Saturn released 19 years ago

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZ_hMBH-UHo Sega’s short-lived Saturn was first released on November 22, 1994 in Japan, making this year its 19th anniversary. This wonderful console gave such classics as Guardian Heroes, NiGHTS into Dreams and Burning Rangers. It also gave us Battle Monsters. I’m especially thankful for that one. So, why am I wrting…

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Sonic Dash now available on Android devices

If for some strange reason you didn’t get the meaning of Sega’s recent not-so-subtle-but-still-kind-of-funny teaser, Sonic Dash is now finally and officially available on Android devices. You can currently grab the game for free from Google Play, but like other “free-to-play” games nowadays, you’ll have to make some in-app purchases to…

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Kickstart this amazing Sega Genesis art book

To celebrate Genesis’ 25th anniversary, the good folks over at Read-Only Memory have opened a Kickstarter for SEGA Mega Drive/Genesis: Collected Works book, that will serve as the ultimate retrospective of Sega Genesis/Mega Drive. The book is officially licensed by Sega and it will include over 20 exclusive interviews with original Sega team members,…