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Sega Mega Drive Classics on Your iPhone – Genesis Store Front

by Jay Garrett on January 21, 2010

At the risk of appearing that I’m all about the retro (be it ladies undergarments or headphones) here’s a return to the halcyon days of gaming.

Sega Mega Drive – just the sound of the name transports me back to the days of ‘Road Rash’ and ‘Sonic the Hedgehog’ and now (well, February) comes The Sega Genesis Ultimate Collection iPhone app. Hooorah!!!

For those Europeans that are unaware, the name comes from the US branding of the gaming great that was Mega Drive.

Ok, you can already get your fix of spinning blue hedgehogs but this new app will let you buy more games within the app itself and thus bundling them all up in a neat one-stop-shop for Sega gaming on the move.

The app is free and will come with Space Harrier II included.

The rest will cost you though: Sonic the Hedgehog ($6), Golden Axe ($5), Ecco the Dolphin ($3) and Shining Force ($3).

UK prices are yet to be announced.

Do you feel that those prices are a tad high or about right when you think of the endless gaming joy you will get on your iPhone or Touch?

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Sega Megadrive Console Returns To Shops in a ‘Blaze’ of Glory

by Jay Garrett on March 13, 2009

blaze-sega-mega-driveBlaze.

Remember the name?

It’s those folks that shoved a Sega Mega Drive into a handheld with 20 games built-in for £30.

Now the very same company is releasing a slim profile home console to plug into your TV in that old skool Megadrive stylee.

It will have 15 games built-in including Altered Beast, Golden Axe and Sonic & Knuckles as well as keeping a cartridge slot – so if you want to buy old Sega Mega Drive games off eBay, or have kept some in the back of your cupboard you can breathe life back into them.

The Blaze Sega Mega Drive is even multi-region – this means that you’ll be able to play a Japanese-only cult classic, you can geek out to your hearts content :)

The Blaze Sega Mega Drive console comes with two control pads and will be available starting  April 24th for £40 from HMV

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Sega Mega Drive Hand Held – Pocket Sonic

July 18, 2008 Click to read more →

Those clever people at Blaze have announced that they’ve crammed the 16-bit Mega Drive into a handheld console.
The Blaze portable game player offers classics such as Sonic and Knuckles, Golden Axe, Shinobi and Ecco the Dolphin that can all be re-lived in true Nineties style.
Other games on the list include Alex Kidd – Enchanted Castle, Alien [...]