Episode 3: SEGA!

What We’re Playing this week Marvel Midnight Sun (https://midnightsuns.2k.com/) Metroid II: Return of Samus (https://metroid.fandom.com/wiki/Metroid_II:_Return_of_Samus) Easily one of my favorite franchises and I never beat this one in my younger years. That is getting solved this week! A brief look at Nintendo V SEGA NES V Master System Some might say Master System had superior hardware to the NES Master System was big in Europe, but NES dominated Japan & America Fun fact: Processor (Z80) of the SMS is actually embedded in the Genesis, paving the way for the Power Base Convertor add-on Games Streets of Rage (oh the music is fantastic, composer Yuzo Koshiro) SMS gems: Phantasy Star, Alex Kidd series , Choplifter, Fantasy Zone, Ys Vanishing Genesis: First gen classics: Revenge of Shinobi, Golden Axe, Phantasy Star II Pushing the hardware envelope: Gunstar Heroes, Vectorman, SFII Special Champion Edition, Earthworm Jim, Aladdin Great shmups: Thunderforce III, Gaiares, MUSHA Sega CD classics: Sonic CD, Lunar Series, Silpheed, Dark Wizard, Shining Force CD 32X actually had a few decent games: Virtua Racing Deluxe, After Burner (perfect arcade port), Knuckles Chaotix, Star Wars Arcade Discord (https://discord.gg/k8e7gKUpEp) Mike on Twitter (https://twitter.com/dominucco) The Mad Botter on Twitter (https://twitter.com/themadbotterINC) The Mad Botter on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/themadbotter/) R-Weekly Podcast and Site (https://rweekly.org) Shiny Developer Series (https://shinydevseries.com) Eric on Twitter (https://twitter.com/theRcast) Eric on Mastodon (https://podcastindex.social/@rpodcast) Links about steamdeck emulation (we may touch on this in the episode) Steamdeck Emulation Starter Guide (https://retrogamecorps.com/2022/10/16/steam-deck-emulation-starter-guide/) Video version of guide (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rs9jDHIDKkU) THEME CREDIT The Distant Night (Final Fantasy VI) [Wiesty, The OC Jazz Collective]