Pioneer LaserActive
Hello everyone, got something lovely for you to see here! This came up on a gaming forum from a seller in Austria, and I jumped on it. They don’t come round often, not in Europe, and certainly not for the … Continue reading
Author Archives: jake
About jake
End of level boss @JP74. Director, front-ender, obsessed retro gamer, Sega Mega Drive collector, noise maker, air cooled driver.MegaDrive.me
Victor Wondermega RG-M2
A new arrival at MD.me towers, is this boxed and barely used Victor Wondermega. Plucked from Ebay, this arrived in better condition than we could have hoped for, and while it’s not a Sega Wondermega model 1 version, we’re pleased … Continue reading
MD001 Posters
Well, it only took eleven months, but Dan and I are really pleased with the reception that the posters have been getting. The first lots went out at the beginning of last week, and we’ve eagerly been watching for opinions … Continue reading
Posters update
We’re so close to being able to put the posters up for sale. We have them printed, we’ve got an online shop ready to rock, we’ve got Paypal set up, we just need poster tubes! You’ll know as soon as … Continue reading
Hands on making stuff
Way back in November of 2011, when Ian and I rocked up to Replay in our MegaDrive.me t-shirts, we got a lot of attention from them. Loads of people commented on how cool they were, and could they buy one, … Continue reading
#newarrivals
We’ve been a little slack in updating the news, but we’re still here and playing Mega Drive. A couple of new arrivals to tell you about, Battle Mania Daijingo and Virtua Fighter on the 32X, and a bunch of still … Continue reading
Early Sonic scans
As promised, Ian has scanned the Sonic pics from his copy of BEEP! Mega Drive. I think the guys on the SonicRetro.org boards will be happy, as it proves a few things they’ve been speculating on, and have got right. … Continue reading
The Rise and Fall of Sega Enterprises
One of the megadrive.me crew, Damien McFerran, has written an excellent article for Eurogamer about Sega’s rise to power in the 16-Bit era, and their subsequent fall from grace. “The stars began to align with the 1989 launch of the … Continue reading
Early Sonic screenshots
In one of Ian’s videos, he talks about a Japanese magazine called BEEP! that he’d won on ebay, and how it has early screenshots of Sonic The Hedgehog within. We’ve had a lot of people contacting us on Twitter, in … Continue reading
Coming soon…
Scanlines on an HDTV
Scanlines. If you hear someone talking about scanlines when discussing video games, you know they’re a dork. I talk about scanlines a lot. Mostly with @damienmcferran and @michaelheald. What’s the deal then? Well, when we played video games on CRT … Continue reading
New Arrivals
A couple of new scans added to the Mega Drive section. Gley Lancer, Phantasy Star MD, Star Cruiser, Grand Slam Tennis and World of Illusion. The first three from Steve Bailey at Japanese Retro Video Games, the other two from Console Passion during … Continue reading
Replay come down…
Seven days have passed since Replay Expo in Blackpool, and instead of wandering round retro heaven talking about video games with loads of people, I’ve consoled myself with a lovely boxed Mega Jet and the latest issue of Retro Gamer … Continue reading
Announcing MegaDrive.me
A few words from Ian on how MegaDrive.me came about being… [youtube_sc url=elN_QrUZ_P4]
An Interview With Treasure – 1993
After writing the Gunstar Heroes review, I remembered I had an old scan from Game Fan magazine – September 1993, and an interview with Treasure. It’s interesting from the point of view of what drives the company, and how they’ve … Continue reading
“Why don’t we have something like this?”
Saturday afternoon, and I’m digging for some info on the PC Engine version of Batman. I have a very useful PCE site bookmarked – pcengine.co.uk – and started to browse the other games I have on the PCE, Parasol Stars, … Continue reading