The Sega Thread

[finalark]

A thread for what remains of all of us Sega fans. If you're a fan of Sonic, NiGHTS, Jet Set Radio, Shenmue, Virtua Fighter, House of the Dead, Shinning, Panzer Dragoon, Phantasy Star or some other Sega franchise then this is your thread, our thread. Master System, Genesis, Saturn, Dreamcast, you name it, if it's Sega, it goes here.

Recent/Up comming Sega games:

Sonic 4
Yakuza 3
Sega and Sonic All-Star Racing
Phantasy Star 0
After Burner Climax
Resonance of Fate
Aliens VS. Predetor

New Arcade Board

Sega Ringedge/Ringwide -http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Sega_arcade_system_boards#Sega_Ring_series

Related: Boarder Break (first game to use the new hardware) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Border_Break

Major/interesting Sega Franchises (with the newest game in the series listed)

After Burner - After Burner Climax
Golden Axe - Golden Axe Beast Rider
House of the Dead - House of the Dead Overkill
Jet Set Radio - Jet Set Radio Future
OutRun - OutRun Online Arcade
Phantasy Star - Phantasy Star Portable 2
Shining - Shining Force Cross
Sonic the Hedgehog - Sonic 4
Virtua Fighter - Virtua Fighter 5R
Yakuza - Yakuza 4
Puyo Puyo - Puyo Puyo 7

More franchises - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Sega_video_game_franchises

 

[Minato]

Ahh~ Sega. I think they still do a good job on games. Their Sonic games are lacking, but the rest are still good. The only Sega hardware I've ever owned are the Gamegear and the Dreamcast. Some games that I was fond of were Sonic games, Vectorman, Altered Beast, and Jet Set Radio.

I want to buy Valkyria Chronicles since I've heard good things about it.
I'm also looking forward to Sonic 4.

 

[finalark]

Awesome new Ecco game!

http://blogs.sega.com/usa/2010/04/01/on-these-high-seas-no-one-can-hear-you-scream/

It looks like their revampiing Ecco into an epic FPS franchise! This will surely be the death of CoD, Halo and every other FPS out there on the market!

Spoiler

April first, everyone

 

[Lovely]

Add the Puyo Puyo series and you got my support for this thread. <3

 

[Jimnymebob]

Add the Puyo Puyo series and you got my support for this thread. <3

Bah, those Mean Beans were better .

 

[Dai Tian]

The group from SEGA that worked on F-Zero GX never seem to get the credit they deserve. Everyone remembers GX was awesomeness, no one seems to remember SEGA's to thank for it. Or they just keep too quiet about that.

I started my gaming life with SEGA so I'll always owe these guys big. Never die guys.

 

[finalark]

Add the Puyo Puyo series and you got my support for this thread. <3

Interestingly, I was in the process of adding that before I started to question it's popularity. I guess I was wrong, and I freaking love Puyo Puyo. Although I must agree with Jimmybob, those mean beans were pretty cool.

 

[Deleted member]

They're a great company to this day and I do have an Sega Genesis, which is so far, an fantastic system.

Right now from them, I'm looking forward to The Conduit 2 and Sonic The Hedgehog 4. Make sure to add The Conduit 2 to the list, also, list the platform they're going to be for. Just a suggestoin.

 

[ZMan]

The group from SEGA that worked on F-Zero GX never seem to get the credit they deserve. Everyone remembers GX was awesomeness, no one seems to remember SEGA's to thank for it. Or they just keep too quiet about that.

I started my gaming life with SEGA so I'll always owe these guys big. Never die guys.

amusement vision = top tier. f-zero gx is the best racer ever imo. super monkey ball is one of the hardest games i've ever played.

sega 4 lyfe

 

[Dai Tian]

Looking back on them we all know the add-ons SEGA put out for the Genesis were... well, a bad idea in practice. But back then when they first came out did anyone support them?

I remember I didn't really have too much interest in the add-ons, due to not having any games that I really wanted. Some I wanted to try out sure, but never one that I just had to have. Knuckles' Chaotix and Sonic CD were basically the only real reason I thought I'd ever want the 32X and the SEGA CD respectively. As time went on and the months passed my curiosity faded and by the time I got a chance to play either one, we were well into the N64 and Playstation.

Oh, and SEGA Saturn of course. Never had one of those either.

 

[finalark]

If I recall, they didn't have much support for either. The Sega CD was made with "interactive movies" in mind (for those of you who aren't familiar, interactive movies were FMVs in which the player made choices that altered what happened next, no where near as cool as it sounds half the time), but it didn't get much in the way of support. And the 32X didn't either, because most companies decided to hold out until the PlayStation.

As for the Saturn, I myself have never owned or played one but from what I've read, it is a very underrated system. If you dig through old reviews, you'll see that the saturn a ton of titles that recieved a lot of critical praise. There were a lot of problems that caused the Saturn to fail in the west, but one of them was the CEO of Sega of America at the time. He had this odd belief that American gamers wouldn't be interested in a lot of the games that made the Saturn a hit in Japan, and thus a lot of games were not localized. The Play N Trade near me is apparently getting a ton of Saturn games in, so if they have the system in I might pick it up along with some of the games.

 

[Dai Tian]

Apparently it is. Much like the Dreamcast I only hear people speak positively about the Saturn now, unless they mention the American fiasco. I had the chance to play a Saturn back then but I can't for the life of me remember what game I was playing. I remember liking the system but it didn't really grab me. I'll also agree with the lack of a real Sonic title hurting the system's lifespan, especially over here in the States where the system was begging for the titles it was denied.

If I remember right the Saturn version of Mega Man 8 is supposed to be better than the PS version. If you're into the Mega Man series, see if they have that.