In 1990, Sega was on the ropes after the messy launch of the Mega Drive. The console would be rebranded as the Sega Genesis in the US, but it needed more than that to take off.

The Sega Mega Drive - known as the Genesis in the US - pushed Sega into its golden era in terms of both games and hardware. It boldly claimed that “Genesis does what Nintendon’t”, and while ...

Original story: Sega has announced the Mega Drive Mini 2 which comes with more than 50 pre-installed Mega Drive and Mega CD games (Sega Genesis and Sega CD in North America). Sonic CD, Virtua ...

Sonic Team head Takashi Iizuka recently explained why Sonic's archenemy eventually became referred to by everyone as Eggman as opposed to Dr. Robotnik. ... Sega Explains How Dr. Robotnik Came To ...

Sega Mega Drive / Genesis' best games Sonic the Hedgehog 2. To be honest, you could pick any of Sonic’s 2D 16-bit adventures and be certain you were in for a great time.

Meet the Sega Mega Drive: Sonic 25th Anniversary Edition. This mini version of the original console comes with 80 original games built in, and is more feature-laden than Nintendo's equivalent, the ...

Sonic 3 and its counterpart semi-sequel Sonic & Knuckles should have been included on the Mega Drive Mini too. While Sonic 2 remains a genuinely excellent game, it's 3 where the series really shone.

— Sega priced the Mega Drive Mini 2 at 9,980 yen or around $75 and the Sega CD attachment at 4,500 yen or around $35. The redesigned retro console is due to be released only in Japan on October 27.

In the vein of Nintendo’s recently-revealed Classic Mini NES, British retailer Funstock Retro has announced an updated Sega Mega Drive Classic line to celebrate Sonic's 25th anniversary ...

He's previously made music mobile with a synth bike, and built a nightmarish noise-maker called the Furby Organ. Now Sam Battle has tapped into the sonic guts of a Sega Mega Drive and created a ...

Sega’s latest Sonic game, Sonic Frontiers, will be getting free DLC characters this year, one of which is said to add new characters to the game. It comes after a middling critical reception for ...

The Mega Drive Mini 2 — a retro collection console featuring plenty of SEGA classics — has just been released to the public. However, there’s more waiting for eager fans of the classics than ...