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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

The "2" indicates that this is a follow-up to the 2019 concept, only with an entirely new selection of built-in, emulated classics from Sega's 16-bit console generation (this time with Sega CD ...

When the Sega Genesis launched in 1988, it was a 16-bit visual feast, with a bright color palette that juxtaposed sharply with the Nintendo Entertainment System’s 8-bit graphics.

35 years later, a look back at Sega’s ambitious 16-bit showstopper—and how it made gaming just a bit more strange. ... The Sega Genesis did not start with Sonic, nor did it end with him.