The Sega CD, or Mega CD, was an accessory for the Sega Megadrive/Genesis, allowing the machine to play more advanced games, effectively making it a new console. It wasn't a runaway success for the ...

Sega will release another microconsole with games built into it. A Sega Mega Drive Mini 2, aka the Sega Genesis Mini 2, will debut in Japan on October 27, 2022. A worldwide release isn’t confirmed yet ...

Was the Sega CD a perfect peripheral? It was a Sega device made in the ‘90s, so no. It had some obvious problems—some self-inflicted—to contend with. However, 30 years after its debut, it’s pretty ...

Matthew is the Apps and Games Editor at Android Police. He's been gaming since his first taste of a TI-99 at four years old. Matthew has been an Android user since the HTC Hero and has covered ...

In the ‘90s, Sega was known for taking big risks. Some of those risks (like the aggressive marketing of the Genesis and Sonic the Hedgehog) paid off. Others, like the surprise early launch of the ...

The Sega CD, known as the Mega-CD elsewhere, was the disc-drive peripheral for the Sega Genesis, and while this was a simple console “add-on,” the CDs allowed for things that simply weren’t possible ...

If history is written by the winners, then Sega almost certainly lost the 1990s-era console wars. The company stopped making hardware. It lent its Mascot out to Nintendo to star in Super Smash Bros.

Analogue’s new Mega Sg will allow users to experience retro Sega games without wires or lag, according to a press release Tuesday. Gamers eager to experience (or re-experience) pre-Sega Saturn era ...

Demonstrating once again that it’s always just one step behind the rest of the games industry, Sega didn’t get the memo that PC and emulation gaming handhelds are in and miniature game-filled replica ...

The Sega Genesis Mini 2 promises to be quite the plug-and-play option from Sega, this time mixing Sega CD and some unreleased games into the fun. We’ve seen reveals of just a few games that will come ...

Update 7/13/22: Sega has announced a North American release for the Genesis Mini 2. The plug-and-play system is launching on October 27, 2022 as an Amazon exclusive. Sega says the console will include ...

Conventional wisdom states that the 16-bit battle between Nintendo and SEGA ended in a draw, but final figures of the generation's sales indicate otherwise: The Super Nintendo sold approximately 20 ...