By Dan Driver To me, 2002 felt, in many ways, like the aftermath of a great calamity. Similar to The Dark Crystal, where the Crystal of Truth cracked, and two new factions appeared, this was the next chapter after the Sega cataclysm of 2001 whereby two new consoles entered the fray. While the sun never…
Six great 3D Sonic Games
By Dan “The Mega” Driver As the blue blur speeds through his 30th Anniversary at the time of writing, many look back fondly at his Mega Drive adventures, but far fewer respect Sonic’s 3D dynasty. While his transition from pixel perfect 2D to polygons hasn’t been seamless, I don’t think there are many outright bad…
What Does Sonic Mean to a Me?
by Dan “The Mega” Driver Sonic the Hedgehog turned 30 on 23rd June 2021 as the world celebrated the original US launch date for the Sega Genesis game. Here at the SegaGuys we’re extending our celebrations for the blue blur over the course of the month, this includes the July PAL anniversary as well as…
Virtua Fighter 5 Ultimate Showdown Review
Has it really been 14 years since Virtua Fighter 5 graced the Xbox 360 and PS3 consoles? Debuting in the arcade in 2006, Virtua Fighter 5 built on the significant shift in gameplay and tone that Virtua Fighter 4 presented over the previous games, fine tuning and adding features that would make it one of…
Fighters Megamix 2 – The Dream Cast
Fighters Megamix 2 – The Dream Cast With the Virtua Fighter 5 Ultimate Showdown news this week, fans of the series have been wondering whether this is the start of a full on revival for the franchise. Many, including myself, have been calling for Virtua Fighter 6. But I’d also love to imagine that one…
Could the Saturn have lived on?
By Dan Driver The Saturn was a commercial failure, even the most hardened Sega Saturn fans (such as myself) know this, and have been at peace with it for decades. However, if you step away from the widely accepted narrative, the outlook for the Saturn, to a point, was not as bleak as many would…
Snatcher – The surprisingly perfect Christmas game
by Dan “The Mega” Driver When you think Mega CD, you think Sonic CD, Final Fight CD, Night Trap and a bunch of other games that either had “CD” in the title, had loads or FMV or both. When you think Hideo Kojima, Metal Gear immediately springs to mind, and possibly the recent, but still…
Why Sega were the greatest 1st Party Developer EVER
By Dan Driver The sad realisation of the Dreamcast having been discontinued over 18 years ago is that there are fully grown adults now who would never have beheld Sega as a platform holder and witnessed them in their full glory. Sega is now, thankfully, a more stable company with a healthy roster of key…
Remembering The Saturn’s Big 3
The Sega Saturn story in 1995 really is a tale of two cities… or rather regions. In Japan, buoyed by the success of Virtua Fighter, the Saturn was the bestselling 32-bit system in its homeland, though its rival, Sony’s PlayStation, was gaining ground. In the West, however, it was a different story. The Saturn port…
Together Again After 25 years – Reunited with my original Saturn
By James (@TheSegaHolic) The 90’s, well 1995 to be exact, was an important year in my gaming life. At age 16, after years of playing on home computers and narrowly missing out on a Mega Drive due to my parents and their insistence on me having an educational computer (an Atari ST), I would finally…
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