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They have a version of this coin up available to play at Pixel Bunker, Milton Keynes UK. You pay your entrance fee and then get to play across a range of c50 cabinets with a strong selection of retro games.

Well worth a visit.

Good luck to your sir!

I wasn’t a fan, the d pad was not great.

Still a shame looking back, that some level of support couldn’t be continued (at least localisations of Japanese releases).

Gotta give the megadrive the love - so many great games and the perfect competitor to the equally awesome snes.

I didn’t even know there was an official sega shop. Double prizes!

Great back story to an iconic logo. Although fifa took some time to get going as a top football game.

SNES - and I’m telling you now, I didn’t have to think for to long.

I do love love these mini consoles and hope we see more of them. A special edition snes version with more games? A 32x mini? A neogeo cdmini?

And as written above, a master system mini would be amazing. It would sell well in Europe and Brazil at least.

As a SNES owner I don’t remember much of Namco, and Ridge Racer came from seemingly no where. Good to know the backdrop to all this.

Keep the articles coming.

Great piece and some fascinating insights, especially around the developers ecosystem pre internet

This is a sad tale but also unsurprising. “Follow the money” as my Dad used to say.

Almost as good as the SMS version

Two bona dose classics. Amazing to think these games are c 20 years old but both still look fresh.

I’m loving this! Mortal Kombat shows that the SMS has the raw power to make this happen.

I love the franchise and would love to try this. Perhaps I’m dreamy but I’d love a mega drive demake of this.

Enjoyed reading this.
KOF 98 - this for me was when KOF surpassed SF for one one fighters. The execution, varied cast, balance etc were all fantastic.

I personally struggled with KOF97 - I just can’t get to grips with the sound although the underlying gameplay still shines.

A great console although I never knew anyone who had an aes in the 90s. It’s great that some many of these titles are now accessible to such a large audience.

Final point - whilst the Neo Geo CD does suffer from long loading times (although CDZ largely fixes this) it has truly awesome soundtracks and is more affordable these days. Recommended.

Would be interested at an affordable price and that it kept similar aesthetics to the game boy colour.

What an awesome article, really well written and had me glued. Keep these coming please!

The magic of the moment and the time come through. The dawn of 3d games shortly to start, snes and megadrive at the height of their powers and street fighter ruling the arcades.

Bailey might have used a lifetime of luck but what a prize!

What a great series. A reboot a la Streets of Rage would be very welcome.

I would love to know the reasons why Sega couldn’t allow this as an unofficial book. The value they lose in any license fee must surely be more than made up by increase in Brand perception and loyalty.

These comments make great reading.

Picking up on the thread of the SVP in plug in cart form….I read that rumour too. I know Codemasters (who were making the Game Genie at the time) filed this type of design with the patent office in the US and perhaps that prevented sega from taking the idea further. Virtua Racing was a great but expensive console game. Playing now versus Strunt Race FX is night and day - from a co trip perspective at least. Ritual racing is far more playable (although I still love stunt race you definitely need rosier tinted specs va virtua racing).

I really enjoyed reading the above comments. Thank you.

Another sega megadrive game and awesome demake at that.

Achievement unlocked (eventually in time…)

What a surprise - this was waiting to happen.

Keep these articles coming - well written and interesting.

This is shaping up to be awesome. Blast processing at its finest!

Unfortunately I don’t own a 32x, and given current high prices am unlikely to do so anytime soon.

Still, this will s a great patch.

AI on the MK games was always a tad broken anyway - clearly reading player inputs and responding before moves were executed .

Excellent review - I know what I’ll be playing today now!!

Nice review, but the price is going to count me out on this one. I’ll have to watch enviously from the side lines.

Atari - stop trying to make original hardware.

How about making a mini jaguar or lynx? Watch the cash roll in.

Great article looking at a obscure title. Thank you.

How does this handle games that require a memory upgrade cart 1mb or 4 mb)? Do you still require a copy of the memory cart plugged in to play the game?

I assume yes but would be grateful if you’re would cover this in the review.

What brilliant memories. I remember playing this at my friends house as a kid - I couldn’t afford it myself because, as others have pointed out, given the size of the cart and battery back up this game was more expensive then others.

I picked up a used copy a few year’s ago.

What a great read - keep em coming.

So many great memories of playing this 4 player with friends. Good times.

Never managed to get into this series. Perhaps I’ll give it another try.

No Xbox version 😞

Really interesting article. My friend had something similar for his snes. However over time many of the discs would become corrupted, so the promise of the device did not always match reality.

The system could be better - is Neo Geo AES 3rd generation and neo geo cd fourth generation.

But it is still helpful.

The step up from 16 bit cartridge based systems to 32 but cd systems definitely felt like a generational leap at the time. Xbox 360 to Xbox series x less so.

Good luck Bose in managing through this crisis. Great response from the company for an event that is out of their hands.

Loving this, and yup, I too still play this on my 360

Loved this game and still do. It hits the feel and right on the head and definitely has its own culture.

I remember seeing it for the first time on the SNES - unbelievable in terms of tricks, dives through balls etc. game changer

I played this but couldn’t get to grips with it - it felt very different to my good old standard PlayStation copy. That combined with the cost per credit meant I only ever played once.

Still a great game.

Not sure what those 8 but hang glider levels were all about. I got stuck there and never progressed beyond.

A natural born salesman.

Following in the footsteps of other great movie franchises super mario, double dragon and street fighter 2 😂

Great article and list, thanks for sharing. With so much focus now on the best of the best for the snes and megadrive it is easy to forget how much average and poor content there is for both systems.

Would like to see similar articles for Atari Jaguar and 3d0!

Great story, article and trailer! What a game and car.

Not sure there is a market for this product at that price point.

Especially when your competition is an old shoe or cereal box (essentially free).

Would look lovely but I’d rather spend my loose change on more loose carts.

For me this was a waste. Ever wondered what the mega drive would be like with sprite scaling? Then wonder no more and grab a 32x (or mega CD!).

Why didn’t they add 32x versions of afterburner, space harrier and virtua racing to allow a contrast and compare?