Sega Nerds

Dreamcast, ahead of it’s time? Trusted Reviews think so

12:56pm, 27th of Apr '08

Posted by Graham. Filed under G, News, Retro. Tagged with Dreamcast, Fan Sites, Fan Stuff.

Dreamcast Steps

In a time when Sega Nerds are used to reading about how bad the Dreamcast and other Sega products were from some quite foolish sites - we do tend to come across some more uplifting articles. Trusted Reviews has just done a lovely little piece on the Dreamcast, and why it was ahead of it’s time.

The article talks a bit about how the console might have influenced future consoles.

Look at the Dreamcast pad now and it’s clear how it influenced Microsoft’s work on the Xbox controller and - more successfully - that of the Xbox 360. And if Dreamcast didn’t directly shape the design of that console or Nintendo’s GameCube, you can still see some clear similarities.

Also some of the cracking games on the system.

Help make Project Sega Mugen

4:13am, 7th of Apr '08

Posted by George. Filed under George. Tagged with Fan Stuff, Homebrew.

Kori-Maru loves Sega’s Fighters Megamix. So much so that he decided to try and make a Sega cross over game of his own, using the Mugen engine. He wants Sega fans to contribute to his project.

Do you have any ideas?Â Or game making skills?Â This also means artists, for background work and sprites.

If you think you can contribute, come and help on the forums here.

Sega Australia offset the evil with a new Condemned 2 website

4:10am, 5th of Apr '08

Posted by Graham. Filed under G, Microsoft Xbox 360, News, Sony PlayStation 3, Video. Tagged with Condemned 2, Fan Sites, Fan Stuff.

Sega Australia has created possibly one of the most disturbing websites ever.

The website has been made to help promote Condemned 2: Bloodshot. However unlike other Condemned sites, which contain dark settings, with scary monsters and brutal scenes of violence, Sega Australia has decided to go the other way and make a site using bright flowery meadows and pretty little pony’s all the colours of the rainbow. AHHH!

But seriously, this is all quite freaky really. You are treated to a pretty field with butterflies and lollipops, and “Percy the Pretty Pony.”

However the site has a darker, underlying purpose…

Rumour: New NiGHTS and Skies of Arcadia to be shown at Sega Gamer’s Day?

12:35pm, 29th of Mar '08

Posted by Graham. Filed under Europe, G, News. Tagged with Exhibition/ Show, Fan Sites, Fan Stuff, Rumor Mill, Skies of Arcadia.

SoA2 and NiGHTS 3 rumour

AÂ recent article on German Sega fansite, SEGA On, has a lineup of games that are said to be shown at this years Sega Gamer’s Day in May.

The list contains many games already announced, but also contains a few surprises:

Sega Superstars Tennis unreleased track now… released

9:17pm, 28th of Mar '08

Posted by Graham. Filed under G, News. Tagged with Downloads, Fan Sites, Fan Stuff, Game Music.

SST music

{Note: MegaDriver - above - has nothing to do with the music or game… I just like their guitars}

It seems that, now the game has been released, a lot of the hype and farore surrounding Sega Superstars Tennis has somewhat died down.Â However it seems that, out of the eerily quiet mist, some new media has emerged.Â One lucky independent journalist, James Woodcock, seems have some good links over at Sumo Digital.

The developers along with the game’s track composer, Richard Jaques (who we all know an love) have given him permission to releaseÂ a previouslyÂ unused, (in the full game),Â track to the world.

[audio:http://media.libsyn.com/media/seganerds/SST-ModeMenu.mp3]

The tune, “Mode Menu”Â had previously only featured in a trailer for the game, and did not make it into the full version has been put up, for download, on Mr. Woodcocks blog site.

The tune is pretty good I guess.Â But I doubt anyone will be downloading it in their droves, possibly just Sega/Sonic/SST fans really.

Exciting stuff eh?

Condemned 2 players suffering on both platforms

1:37pm, 28th of Mar '08

Posted by Graham. Filed under G, Microsoft Xbox 360, News, Sony PlayStation 3. Tagged with America, Condemned, Fan Stuff.

Condemned 2 sound issues

Unfortunately I am not talking about “suffering” the frightening gameplay here.Â It seems that Sega’s highly anticipated horror title, Condemned 2 has been experiencing a few technicalÂ issues, for both the Xbox 360 and PS3.

Firstly reports had been coming in, from various forums and gaming sites, that the Xbox 360 version was erasing save files for the game randomly. Â (Though Chris whoÂ reviewed the 360 version, has not experienced this).Â Â But now it seems the PlayStation 3 version has its own problems.

MasterSystem (finally) coming to Virtual Console

2:59pm, 26th of Mar '08

Posted by Graham. Filed under G, News, Nintendo Wii, Virtual Console. Tagged with America, Downloads, Fan Stuff, Master System.

Master - System

Yesterday, Sega of America announced that they would be bringing MasterSystem games to the Wii’s Virtual Console download service, joining the Megadrive/Genesis, NES, SNES, N64 and NEO GEO in the ever growing list of systems available on the service.

Kicking off the console’s debut will be two fan-favourite games, WonderBoy (yes!) and Fantasy Zone.

G-Spot: Fixing Sonic - part 2 - Back to basics

2:40pm, 25th of Mar '08

Posted by Graham. Filed under G, News, Sonic. Tagged with Exclusive, Fan Sites, Fan Stuff, G-Spot.

Fixing Sonic 2

Recently I wrote a feature in direct response to an article on Wired Blog, Game|Life, as to why Sega should not kill off Sonic, but rather should kill off (or just stop using) all the random extra characters from the Sonic universe in Sonic games.

Now I bring you part 2 of the feature, and look at ideas, that Sega could look at,Â which should help Sonic become one of the great video game characters again.

Exclusive interview: Viking Battle for Asgard

12:21am, 22nd of Mar '08

Posted by Graham. Filed under Europe, G, Interviews, Microsoft Xbox 360, News, Sony PlayStation 3, Video. Tagged with Exclusive, Fan Stuff, Viking Battle of Asgard.

Earlier this week we were lucky enough to be invited to a preview of the highly anticipated, upcoming game from The Creative Assembly, Viking: Battle for Asgard.

Sonic Chronicles naming contest - Results now in!

3:48pm, 19th of Mar '08

Posted by Graham. Filed under G, News, Nintendo DS, Sonic. Tagged with Exclusive, Fan Sites, Fan Stuff, Handheld, Sonic Chronicles, Sonic RPG.

The Zoah Wins!