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 ...

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.

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 ...

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.

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.