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re themed in a sonic style here is what towerstimes has to say rumours of a spinball whizzer retheme for 2010 first surfaced several months ago but now towerstimes are able to confirm that these rumours are true the resort information packs in the hotel bedrooms have been updated already ahead of the new season and a small promo shot of a spinball whizzer car has a sonic the hedgehog logo on the side this would appear to confirm the plans for the ride which is due to open in february the ride has been rumoured to be renamed sonic spinball a reference to his 1993 game of the same name a new colour scheme for the ride is already in the process of being applied the ride s new dark blue supports it is likely that the ride will open to coïncide with the release of sonic and sega all stars racing which has a release date of february march still no confirmation for when sega will re open segaworld perhaps to coïnicide with the launch of the dreamcast 2 source towerstimes and forums posted by editor at 1 03 2010 11 21 00 pm 22 comments tags random sonic tuesday 1 december 2009 mega drive sales figures an update there has been further research conducted into the mega drive s total sales figures within the sega community but this time more in depth this brings us closer to solving the dispute among retro gamers as to which console really did sell the most during the 16 bit console war here is a list of sales figures compiled so far including sources genesis north america 20 million mega drive japan 4 3 million mega drive europe 6 9 million mega drive brazil 2 million genesis 3 north america 2 million nomad north america 1 million mega drive other regions 3 5 million this brings the total sold worldwide to around 39 7 million the most widely quoted figure of 29 million total units sold must therefore be inaccurate as this new figure has been compiled from various sources rather than just one what the compiled figures do show is that the mega drive was the best selling unit in the americas nintendo s official sales figures quote that 23 35 million sness were sold in total compared to the mega drive s 25 million the mega drive sold more than the snes in other regions as well which includes europe compare sega s 10 4 million to nintendo s 8 58 million these figures do miss out on one thing however there are no solid sales figures for the many variations of mega drives such as the wondermega and multi mega one website mentions that in north america 10 000 jvc x eyes may have been sold along with 5 000 cdxs if we take all of the figures gathered so far we can safely assume that the mega drive sold almost 40 million units worldwide a much more accurate figure than the previously assumed 29 million we can also say that the mega drive outsold the snes in the western hemisphere it seems that nintendo s huge sales of the snes in japan 17 7 million have led to the general assumption that the mega drive was beaten everywhere when in fact japan was the only major market where this occurred japan s figures gave the total snes sales a huge 49 1 million compared to sega s 39 7 million aside from these sales figures the community found some software and hardware revenue figures from sega and nintendo sega us hardware and software revenue in millions of dollars including sega genesis sega cd and sega 32x not including sega nomad sega cdx jvc x eye the genesis 3 or software sold by majesco in 1997 1999 1989 182 1990 280 1991 586 1992 1 151 1993 1 938 1994 1 812 end of 16 bit era total 5 949 1995 812 1996 294 1997 180 total 7 235 vs super nes us hardware software revenue in millions of dollars 1991 560 1992 1 733 1993 1 890 1994 1 471 end of 16 bit era total 5 654 1995 823 1996 514 1997 243 end of sega total 7 234 1998 137 1999 20 total 7 391 this shows that sega was ahead revenue wise of nintendo from 1994 with sega s cheaper hardware and software suggesting more units were sold if we take into account sega s hardware and software not included on the list then surely they made more revenue in total i will update the figures when more sources have been found all this effort put in from the community shows that for many of us the 16 bit war will rage for all eternity edit 28 12 09 i have updated the figures with new information mainly for europe and japan 02 01 10 here is another source for the mega drive sales figures unreliable chart removed 08 07 10 here is a chart from the may 1995 issue of man ac magazine showing console sales of 29 million at the fiscal end of 1994 posted by editor at 12 01 2009 01 06 00 pm 445 comments tags mega drive random retro monday 9 november 2009 celebrate the fall of the berlin wall with your game gear today marks the 20 th anniversary of the fall of the berlin wall it was on this day in 1989 that the border crossings were opened to allow people to freely travel either side of berlin previously split in two since 1961 there have been celebrations worldwide today so why not have a look at this obscure game gear title to mark the occasion not a very historically accurate portrayal the game in question is called the berlin wall released in 1991 in the arcades and on the game gear by kaneko it plays similarly to space panic and lode runner whereby you must navigate various platforms linked by ladders and trap enemies the only links to the wall itself are that you must chip away bits of concrete and there are poorly digitised photos of the berlin wall scattered throughout the game nice you ll have a hard time finding a copy of the game as it was only released in japan but at least game gear games are region free thanks to chris covell and albrito also see chris s excellent famicom tsushin page posted by editor at 11 09 2009 05 28 00 pm 1 comments tags berlin wall game gear retro sunday 4 october 2009 sega named as one of the world s coolest brands this week the annual coolbrands list was published with sega making it into the final selection every year the centre for brand analysis in the uk assemble an expert council made up of fashion designers artists presenters and more to decide which are the world s coolest brands members of the general public are also invited to share their opinion and can nominate brands for consideration brands which can be products or companies are rated on their style innovation originality authenticity desirability and uniqueness then based on this criteria the nominations are whittled down to a list of just 500 creating the coolbrands top 500 sega was one of the few games brands to make the list with nintendo playstation xbox and sony all finishing in the top 20 other games brands in the top 500 included atari ea guitar hero and konami if this was the nineties then sega would surely have made the top 20 ahead of nintendo who finished fifth oh well source coolbrands p s today is segatastic s first birthday the blog managed to document an exciting year for sega which included the release of one of their best games for years valkyria chronicles marked them as the top publisher for hardcore wii games madworld house of the dead overkill and maybe forecast a future of quality sonic games project needlemouse all stars racing posted by editor at 10 04 2009 04 31 00 pm 13 comments tags random sega europe sega japan sega of america wednesday 9 september 2009 09 09 09 sonic s long awaited return hello everyone this is my first post since june when i suspended the blog i said in the comments section of my final post that i would occasionally come back whenever something interesting happens well today uk time on the 10th anniversary of the dreamcast s north american launch sega announced what old school sonic fans have been waiting to hear for a very long time in an interview on gamespot sega s brand manager ken ballough announced a new 2d hd sonic game with the working title project needlemouse old school sonic fans have long asked to see sonic return to a more 2d style of gameplay many liked the daytime stages in unleashed but wanted to see a game that plays purely similar to the early games of the genesis project needlemouse is that critical first step that brings sonic back to his 2d roots a trailer has also been released stating speed returns in an all new 2d adventure built from the ground up this confirms the game will not be running on the hedgehog engine or be a remake of a previous title on the subject of visuals ballough said you can definitely expect hd graphics he did not confirm whether or not they would be 3d graphics on a 2d plane as in sonic rivals 3d models on a 2d background as in sonic rush or 2d sprites on a 3d background like namco s klonoa from the art that has been released it looks unlikely that the game will be fully 2d the artwork released was found on the teaser website with the filename concept_art_snapshot jpg it looks to be based on green hill zone and has been rendered in 3d the game is set for release in 2010 on probably ps3 xbox 360 and pc i can hardly wait source gamespot via kotaku p s remember to check back here every few weeks or months i will still occasionally post updates on major sega events such as this and my time studying games design which starts next week argh edit the teaser site containing the concept art is fake this means the graphics may not be in 3d and use one of the combinations posted above i personally hope for 2d hand drawn graphics with layers upon layers of glorious parallax posted by editor at 9 09 2009 01 54 00 pm 4 comments tags pc ps3 retro sonic welcome xbox 360 thursday 25 june 2009 sega toys release listening flowers last year sega toys released pekoppa a plant that listened to whatever the speaker said and reacted by moving up and down now they have released an updated version called hanappa hana meaning flower or petal which features more designs and actions the battery powered plant is available in african daisy sunflower and marguerite varieties new movements include flapping leaves and acting surprised how can a plant look surprised if you want one of these highly useless toys you can import them for around 20 after july 4th i think i ll pass source crunchgear posted by editor at 6 25 2009 06 18 00 pm 0 comments tags random sega toys wednesday 24 june 2009 play these ancient sega games there has been a photoshop contest over on gizmodo the theme being what if games consoles had been around for hundreds of years aside from the call of duty and guitar hero remakes there were some sega related ones my favourite was crazy horsey a play on crazy taxi presumably you must ride your horse around the village taking peasants to their chosen destinations such as the gallows the next one wasn t exactly sega based but was apparently made for the genesis with a name like grand theft wheel 4 that s the only console it could be made for although the box says it s available on mega drive too click here to see the rest of the entries grand theft horse is definitely the best source gizmodo via kotaku posted by editor at 6 24 2009 03 38 00 pm 2 comments tags random retro tuesday 23 june 2009 is moonwalker 2 in development ow hee hee who s bad there have been rumours across the internet this week that michael jackson is set to appear in a new game it is apparently being developed for the ps3 ps2 and wii with a release date of christmas 2009 the game is supposedly based on michael s this is it concert at the o 2 arena in london and is being created by his film production company mjj productions there has been no mention of a publisher although sega have published almost every game michael has cameoed in so far gameplay wise the game could be in the style of dance dance revolution or singstar as the music videos are set to feature heavily it is aimed at the whole family past games michael has appeared in include moonwalker space channel 5 1 and 2 ready 2 rumble boxing and i m sorry he also apparently created the music for sonic 3 it would be great if sega published the game but i doubt it will happen i really enjoyed moonwalker on the mega drive so hopefully this new game will be good too source 9lives via nowgamer posted by editor at 6 23 2009 02 31 00 pm 0 comments tags ps2 ps3 rumours wii happy 18th birthday sonic today is sonic s 18th birthday it was 18 years ago today that sonic the hedgehog was released on the mega drive in north america and europe the japanese release was a month later with added parallax and raster effects sonic showed everyone what the mega drive could do and what the nes couldn t he was part of the reason sega dominated the generation in europe and challenged nintendo s rule in the rest of the world despite some terrible games in the last decade sonic has remained a household name at one point in the nineties he was more well known among children that mickey mouse he was also the first video game character to appear in the macy s thanksgiving day parade a feat only replicated by pikachu to think it was nearly 15 years ago that i first played sonic 2 on the mega drive i still own both the game and the console sonic adventure 2 was the reason i bought a gamecube back in 2002 sorry dreamcast hopefully sonic will still be around in another 18 years with a return to form in his games more 2d sidescrollers please sega and a new console whilst you re at it posted by editor at 6 23 2009 01 57 00 pm 1 comments tags mega drive retro sonic monday 22 june 2009 more tamagotchi park info slightly edited growth chart for the segagotchi eggs i found some more information regarding the saturn tamagotchi game sega saturn de hakken tamagotchi park which featured cameos from many sega characters one interesting point is that only certain eggs can become sega characters rather than one egg becoming any character like the keychain pets these segagotchi eggs all have characters based on sega hardware and franchises the baby and child characters are master system cards the teenage characters are a saturn disc and a mega drive cartridge and the adult characters are based on opa opa pengo flicky alex kidd and sonic the games you can play include a food eating contest does sonic eat chilli dogs and a chao style race where you can cheer your pet on to make it faster the game as a whole sounds fun if only bandai would release segagotchi in keychain form that would be excellent source waromnimon from tama zone posted by editor at 6 22 2009 04 21 00 pm 5 comments tags random retro saturn sonic older posts home subscribe to posts atom welcome to segatastic the daily news blog about everyone s favourite games company the site has a focus on the retro and scene side of sega but also includes information on their latest games as well as coverage from legendary games magazine famitsu subscribe to segatastic posts atom posts all comments atom all comments contact email segatastic anyone can leave comments no signup is required links console collection sega 8 bit sega europe sega memories sega neptune sega nerds sega portal sega 16 segarcadia sonic retro 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