Beat-em-ups: Though it didn’t continue past the 16-bit era, Sega’s Streets of Rage series made a lasting mark on the Genesis. Streets of Rage 2 and 3 are particularly good brawlers, with large ...

It always sounded a bit crunchy, but crunchy in a good way. SEGA’s 16-bit console, whether you call it the Genesis or Mega Drive, always had a unique sound thanks to it’s Yamaha YM2612 sound chip.

Nostalgic gamers have had access to a number of Sega’s classic 16-bit games from the late 80s and 90s on PC through Steam for some time now. Next week, the company is set to blow some minds with ...

It was a year before Nintendo's own 16-bit Super NES came to America. Back then, PopMech covered the new wave of gaming systems coming to challenge NES, led by Genesis. What caught our editors ...

Sega's Genesis Mini 2 is the game company's second retro console featuring games from its 16-bit era. This time around, however, Sega added several Sega CD titles as well as two games that never ...

WaterMelon Games, the studio that released Pier Solar HD last year, has published Sasha Darko’s horror-themed 16-bit visual novel Sacred Line Genesis for the Sega Genesis. Yes, the year is still ...

If the Genesis and Super NES are proud to proclaim themselves 16-bit machines, the Neo-Geo can go one byte better, for it is a 24-bit machine. As a consequence, it is the only game machine on the ...

The Sega Genesis Mini’s library is every bit as good as the SNES Mini. As with a lot of games from the 16-bit era, some of the selections, like Golden Axe , don’t hold up well at all.

Back in 2024, acclaimed musical genius Yuzo Koshiro mentioned that his development studio, Ancient Corp (Streets of Rage, Beyond Oasis), was working on a brand-new 2D Shoot ’em up called Earthion.

Tanglewood Plays Like a Love Letter to the 16-Bit Sega Genesis Era . Released in 2018 by Big Evil Corporation and built with ...

Pizza Boy SC Pro is a new emulator for 8- and 16-bit Sega consoles. It’s still in beta, but it features a new core built from the ground up. The emulator features a 15-second rewind system and ...