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:
FirebrandX has just added stock of his Genesis Model 1 audio amplifier boards, called the M1 Mini Mega. This board is an easy way to get really high quality stereo audio from a M1 Genesis, that’s a noticeable improvement over using the headphone jack/amp. Ordering Page: http://www.firebrandx.com/m1minimegakit.html Installation Instructions: http://www.firebrandx.com/m1minimega-installguide.html Some features: Designed to work on all […]
As I reported previously, Dustin O’Dell is porting the unreleased Sega System C2 Arcade prototype “SegaSonic Bros” to the Sega Genesis. Today he released it for free. The game is completely playable and just has some polishing before it’s complete. I tested it on the latest MiSTer Sega Genesis core and it feels like a […]
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
Dustin M. O’Dell has converted the Sega System C2 Arcade prototype SegaSonic Bros. to the Sega Genesis, and posted a video of it playing perfectly and nearly complete. He says that all that’s left is to fix a few small things and polish it up. When complete, Dustin will release the ROM freely, and encourages […]
Sega consoles never die, and there is no further proof needed than the amount of games announced for the Mega Drive over the last few years. The latest entry to step into the ring is Rhythm Land, by Columbus Circle. According to their website, the game will release
This week saw another big round of MiSTer core updates primarily focused on fixing bugs and moving to the new open-source scaler by Grabulosaure. The new scaler uses 10% of the resources of the old scaler, is easy and faster to compile using the free Quartus software (instead of the $5,000/year suite required for the […]
File this under “better late than never”, but Tryphon’s amazing looking WIP Shinobi arcade port got a downloadable ROM last September. It’s merely a proof-of-concept more than anything else at this stage, but even in this early state it shows a ton of promise and potential. While it’s only the first stage (1-1) of the […]
A big rounds of MiSTer core updates went out over the weekend. The most important is the addition of Ijor’s cycle-accurate Motorola 68000 soft-core to the Genesis core, as expected. As well as the addition of Sega Game Gear support added to the Sega Master System core, and official Famicom Disk System support added into […]
Ijor released the source code for FX68K a cycle-accurate Motorola 68000 soft-core (soft cores are components, rather than whole platforms) that was first hinted at in the release of his Atari ST core FXCAST. The 68000 was a common processor used in a wide range of consoles, home PCs, and arcade games. Having a perfect […]
