Terraonion has announced the Mega SD for the Sega Genesis and Mega Drive, the world’s first Sega CD Optical Drive Emulator (ODE), accomplished by means of FPGA emulation of the actual Sega CD hardware. This means that the Sega CD hardware is no longer needed, and CD games can be flashed through the Genesis’ cart […]
The Genesis Fight Engine is a Brazilian homebrew project creating a new from-scratch fighting game engine for the Sega Genesis (similar to M.U.G.E.N.). It has been chugging along for years, starting with a very rough sketch of the idea, but it has been progressing along nicely, and the new videos by Master Martial Arts show […]
Not long ago, MegaCat Studios announced an interesting sounding “top down rpg shooter” called Lethal Wedding. At the time, there was little to go on other than a quirky story about a bride and her mother-in-law seeking revenge when a groom is kidnapped. Footage is now available which shows off some of the gameplay and […]
Paprium spoof, Papirium is in new hands after the mysterious disappearance of Studio Vetea on twitter. This left people to speculate and get worried, but luckily, he’s fine. After a brief absence, Vetea returned to provide a statement on the Sega-16 forum thread for Papirium. In it, Vetea lists his numerous projects and gives his reasons […]
Irena is a 16-bit shmup created by White Ninja Studio. It’s main dev, Kentosama named the game after his daughter which is how another indie game, Battle Princess Madelyn started its development. The Story line is as follows: In a distant world, an intergalactic ship carrying settlers to the planet Laderia II is suddenly trapped […]
It’s time to get Hardcore with your Sega Genesis… (Couldn’t resist!) All kidding aside, Analogue announced that their upcoming FPGA clone of the Sega Genesis/Mega Drive will be bundled with Hardcore, a 99% finished game that was canceled 23 years ago. The game was canceled in 1994 due to developer Psygnosis losing faith in 16-bit game […]
Hot on the heels of 8bitdo and Retro-bit, Brook has announced that they are releasing their own Sega Genesis/Mega Drive bluetooth controller adapter. The difference (besides the size) compared to the competition is that the Brook adapter will also include Turbografx 16/PC Engine support as a stock feature. Price is expected to be set at […]
In a recent trend that is almost becoming commonplace, another new Genesis/Mega Drive title has been announced! Project: Halloween, by Second Dimension looks to be a platformer with some nice animation and use of color even at this early stage. The game was announced by Sega-16 member dra600n who provided this bit of info:
These days, the long awaited Genesis/Mega Drive beat-em-up, Paprium is regarded as a vaporware title with its creator “Fonzie” in hiding somewhere. With the anticipated title taking the better part of a decade to develop and little-to-nothing to show for it, gamers and backers are understandably vexed about the situation. Out of the ashes of […]
MatteusBeus has provided some footage for his upcoming Mega Drive/Genesis game Crypt of Dracula via Retro Game Dev Revolution on Youtube. The game looks to be something of a spiritual sequel to classic point-and-click adventure games such as
