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.

One of the better retro historians out there on YouTube is the 8-Bit Guy, and after years of wanting to do something like this, it’s finally happening. The 8-Bit Guy is building his dream ...

Most graphics formats provide 8-bit color or 24-bit color; however, graphics cards generally have an intermediate 16-bit color range that displays 65,536 colors. See color depth. THIS DEFINITION ...

Sega Genesis broke the hegemony that Nintendo had established in homes across the globe. The console wars began properly, with Sony getting in the mix with the PlayStation in time. First, though ...

Because of all this, a new mobile game in development at Sega isn't that surprising, but the details behind the rumored title make it a little bit more interesting. According to a well-known ...

On September 9th, 1999, the Sega Dreamcast was released in North America. While the system had a short lifespan, it found a passionate following. Today happens to be the system's 25th anniversary, and ...

Sweep the D-pad CLOCKWISE (Up, Up-Right, Right, Down-right, etc) on the SEGA logo screen. Keep rotating it clockwise until you hear a sound. Press start when you hear it. In the options screen ...

and the basic architectures were equal, a 32-bit computer would work twice as fast internally as a 16-bit computer. In practice, 8-bit, 16-bit, 32-bit and 64-bit architectures are rarely identical ...

On May 21, 1998, Microsoft proudly announced its partnership with Sega on the Dreamcast, the "ultimate home video game system." Here are some of the important bits from the original press release.

The Neo-Geo was a notoriously expensive cartridge-based system that served as the company's entry into the crowded 16-bit console market ... than the NES or Sega Genesis. Originally meant to ...

That’s where you’ll find the “Family Computer Card Case” collection, which is set to be released in UFO Catcher crane games as part of Sega Plaza’s prize lineup. They look exactly like Family Computer ...

Pierre Taki plays a Yakuza boss in the game Judgment Games firm Sega is to stop sales of its video game Judgment in Japan, after actor Pierre Taki, who appears in it, was arrested for alleged drug ...