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Sega Nerds

January 25th, 2008

Sega to bring 3 more platforms to the Virtual Console

Reports are flying in, from various sources, that Sega will be bringing 3 of their retro consoles to the Nintendo Wii’s online store, the Virtual Console.
We are yet to hear any official announcements from Nintendo themselves, but many sites are claiming that the Master System, Mark III and the Game Gear should all be arriving […]

By Graham -- 14 comments

April 23rd, 2007

Hot and sexy Sega ads from the ’90s

Undoubtedly, most Sega Nerds’ memories of Sega in the 1990s is that of the family-friendly video game developer that brought us such cheery titles as Sonic the Hedgehog, Shining Force and Ecco the Dolphin. But what many gamers don’t realize is their favorite developer actively participated in the seedy underbelly of naughty advertising during its […]

By Chris -- 1 comment

March 12th, 2007

Sonic Spinball available on Virtual Console

If you fellows haven’t gotten your fix of Sonic after playing Sonic and the Secret Rings, then you might be interested to know that Sonic Spinball is now available on the Wii’s Virtual Console for the ripe ol’ price of 800 points.
Sonic Spinball was originally released on the Genesis in 1993.
Here are some interesting tidbits […]

By Chris -- 0 comments

December 8th, 2006

Review: PlayPal Portable

You may remember my unboxing of the PlayPal Portable a few weeks ago, and at first glance, the PlayPal Portable may seem too pricey - $50 for a handheld that has 20 Sega Game Gear and Master System games on it.
But before you pass any judgement, realize a lot of retro compilations on console run […]

By Chris -- 2 comments

November 13th, 2006

Opening the Sega PlayPal Portable

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Throughout the past few days, we’ve seen many videos of people opening up their brand new Nintendo Wiis, Sony PS3s and their Xbox 360’s HD-DVD player. Well, those are all good and all, but doesn’t a brand new Sega handheld trump them all?
The Sega PlayPal Portable has 20 Sega Master System and Game Gear games […]

By Chris -- 0 comments

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