I miss Sega...

[zektor]

Yeah, they're still around. Making new titles for today's generation of consoles. But something is absolutely missing here. I have spent my off time the past few days playing the Master System, the Genesis, the Saturn, and of course the Dreamcast. There is an overwhelming "Sega feel" here, something that does not seem to have been faithfully reproduced with their games on other consoles. Maybe it's just me.

I really miss Sega in the console world. I realize that statement has probably been played out to no end, but I feel I must say it yet again. I think we need Sega in our console world personally, but, I guess that is never going to happen again :(

[Mobius]

Oh, new NiGHTS... Please be good. :(

[PingvinBlueJeans]

Miss Sega? Yeah...but I miss Atari and Coleco more. At least Sega is still here. :(

[Push Upstairs]

Well "Outrun 2" was good.....
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[MegaDrive20XX]

*sigh* as do I, I miss it like ze old country...I'll drink to Sega..*raises his glass* Salude..

[swlovinist]

Sega to me is pretty dead, although I hear VF5 is pretty good. Gosh they have bastardized the Sonic franchise though.

[FVJVMVP]

Oh, new NiGHTS... Please be good. :(

Nope, sonic team will probably $#@% it up :)

[Cinder6]

When I played an Xbox360 for the first time (a few weeks ago, actually), I noticed that it felt a lot like I was playing a Sega console. At least, Dead Rising did, even though it's a Capcom game.

[Nero 99]

I too miss sega! They were the only company that cared as much about their software as their hard ware. Them and nintendo were always competing over who had the best games, but now people only care about graphics, HD, and online cababilitie's*sigh* DAMN YOU XBOX LOVING BASTARDS! DAMN YOU ALLLL!!!!!

[Push Upstairs]

I like my Xbox and consider it an adopted Sega console (probably because I bought it *for* a Sega game).

I also don't use XBOX Live or have any type of HD setup...but thats beside the point.

[ProgrammingAce]

I like my Xbox and consider it an adopted Sega console (probably because I bought it *for* a Sega game).

I also don't use XBOX Live or have any type of HD setup...but thats beside the point.

Sega was pretty much in bed with microsoft during the development of the xbox1. Hell, i have a proto xbox with an arcade harness and it's full of dreamcast files (logos and artwork mostly).

If you like sega, you should talk to this guy. He collects them:
http://www.digitpress.com/forum/showthread.php?t=103346

[Captain Wrong]

I miss Sega too. Even bad in the NES days, I loved the SMS more. Something about being an arcade rat and Sega just always delivered.

[KeyserSoze61]

I grew up with Nintendo, but when the Dreamcast came out, I became a Sega fanboy. Once I had exhausted the dreamcast, I moved on to the Xbox. After a while, however, I started wanting more Sega, so I have since been digging the depths of the Saturn and the Genesis. I freaking love my Nomad.

I still need a 32x, Sega CD, and SMS. Once I find these moderately priced (or graduate and get a job), I will possess them all.

I miss Sega, and I despise what they have become. With that said, the substantial backlog of quality Sega games is immense. I suggest setting down the Wiimote, letting the 360 stand idle (while it still works), and continue to dismiss the idea of dropping $600 on a PS3. Instead, reminisce with Sega. Crazy Taxi, Nights, Shining Force, Panzer Dragoon, Vectorman...hell, even Altered Beast all deserve to be enjoyed again.

[smokehouse]

I guess I missed the Sega boat. I really like the Genesis and played the crap out of it back in the day…for that matter I still do. When it comes to the Saturn and the Dreamcast…I just look at both as failures. I’ve tried and tried to find a reason to own a Saturn but to this day, I can only find one or possibly 2 titles worth owning.

As for the Dreamcast…I did have one, for years. I played it from time to time but again, there weren’t enough must have titles for my to justify keeping it. It seems like the import market for both the Saturn and the DC are far better than what we got over here…possibly that’s why both ultimately failed here.

[FantasiaWHT]

NiGHTS will not be good...

Look at every other franchise that Sonic Team has turned into mediocre mashed potatoes. Sonic. Phantasy Star. Shining Force.

This can't be good.

[Chuplayer]

SEGA occasionally still makes a good SEGA-like game, but they're mostly middle fo the road nowadays.

Outrun 2, SP, 2006, whatever were all good games.
Virtua Fighter 4/Evo hit the spot.
The Glitter Oasis city in Crazy Taxi 3 sucked, but the updated city from the first game was well worth the price of admission.
Sonic Rush is good, as was Sonic Advance 1. Haven't played Sonic Advance 2 and 3, though.

[kaedesdisciple]

I too miss sega! They were the only company that cared as much about their software as their hard ware. Them and nintendo were always competing over who had the best games, but now people only care about graphics, HD, and online cababilitie's*sigh* DAMN YOU XBOX LOVING BASTARDS! DAMN YOU ALLLL!!!!!

Correct me if I'm wrong, but Sega consoles had great graphics and were among the early adopters of online capabilities for their games.

Hey, the game changes all the time. Happens every day in the business world, especially in technology. There are plenty of older games & systems to collect and play, probably more than one person could reasonably play in their lifetime at this point. There are lots of new games to enjoy as well; you just have to be willing to look for them.

Everything will be okay, just try to stay calm.

[RickHarrisMaine]

Well I understand that many Sega folks went over to the XBox, so if you have one of those you sort of have a Sega.....

I consider my Xbox a Dreamcast II, actually.

But I think the Dreamcast is really the best console ever made, and hopefully it will come back some day.....but its a pipe dream, because there really isn't room for another console.....

[77punk]

as much as i love sega.. i really love there hardware.. they have proved to me that it doesnt take much to make newer old games... its the concept that is dead. Bring back the gensis!!

[PallarAndersVisa]

I always tell my friends, I haven't been so impressed with a console since the Dreamcast, but my 360 definately has a sega feel, for me at least. DC brought online gaming to my TV, and a ton of it. Lots of FPSs and sports games, a little puzzle game that comes with the system (sort of like Hexic), and Im playing these same things on my big white box.

the controller has a very DC feel to it as well.

[exit]

When I first started playing Yakuza, it felt like I was playing a game on the Dreamcast. So the old Sega is still there, it's just that they're too busy whoring out Sonic, instead of bringing us quality games.

[ssjlance]

My fathers advice was stay away from Sega. He was quite the fanboy when it came to Nintendo. needless to say, I never head the Genny in its heyday, as my dad wanted the SNES. I ended up getting a Genesis several years later, and I have never looked back. I still love my SNES, although the Genesis holds its proud position right next to it. I guess my dad just never had the good games for it. Either that or he has no idea what makes games fun in the first place :)

P.S. Comix Zone!

[PallarAndersVisa]

to this day, the only video game my dad has ever really enjoyed was Sonic 2.

[Push Upstairs]

If you like sega, you should talk to this guy. He collects them:
http://www.digitpress.com/forum/showthread.php?t=103346

When I find some Sega, i'll know who to fire a PM to!

[Cinder6]

I too miss sega! They were the only company that cared as much about their software as their hard ware. Them and nintendo were always competing over who had the best games, but now people only care about graphics, HD, and online cababilitie's*sigh* DAMN YOU XBOX LOVING BASTARDS! DAMN YOU ALLLL!!!!!

Console wars have always been about graphics. Remember the whole "Genesis does what Nintendon't" campaign? Then the SNES was touted as having better graphics/sound than the Genesis, ad nauseam.

[MarioMania]

I miss the old Sega..I was a Nintendo Fan in the 90's

[Nostalgicblight]

There is an overwhelming "Sega feel" here, something that does not seem to have been faithfully reproduced with their games on other consoles. Maybe it's just me.

It appears as though Sega had their own audience, aside from the typical gamers that would play Mortal Kombat. It is almost as if they had shed new light on the gaming industry, and nobody had their eyes open.

One of my largest collections would have to be my Genesis. I play that system more than I do anything else, and not just Sonic. Sega CD was the most distinct system I had ever played, and nothing compares to it. Sonic CD has to be one of the most addicting side-scrollers I have, and I could never put it down when I picked it up.

Don't even get me started on the Saturn... (we'd be here for days on one post.)

[Nostalgicblight]

When I played an Xbox360 for the first time (a few weeks ago, actually), I noticed that it felt a lot like I was playing a Sega console. At least, Dead Rising did, even though it's a Capcom game.

The reason why it felt like you were playing a sega console is... Well... Look at the Dreamcast controller, and compare it to the gen 1 XBOX controller (and of course they kept the layout for the 360.) I curse Microsoft, yet I couldn't blame them. The Dreamcast had one of the coolest controller layouts, and in my opinion would be one of the best candidates for a knock-off controller.

Microsoft... Oy... :puke:

[Nero 99]

Console wars have always been about graphics. Remember the whole "Genesis does what Nintendon't" campaign? Then the SNES was touted as having better graphics/sound than the Genesis, ad nauseam.

yes its true that graphics are important, but i was more talking about howtheres alot of people that buy a system just because of graphics and make fun of other people who play old school games . and i do like some games on xbox im jus not a big shooter fan:rockets:

[Jorpho]

Sega CD was the most distinct system I had ever played, and nothing compares to it.

Oh, come now. It might have had some games you enjoyed, but it had a lot of the same awful multimedia crap that came out on other systems too.

[bangtango]

Yeah, Sega messed up a few times over the years but they are forgiven (or should be) because the good they did outweighs the bad.

I suppose someone with a lot more knowledge on the situation would need to fill me in on this. I know Sega dropped their sports franchises but why?

[Insaneclown]

Sega will ALWAYS be number 1 in my view and blood. Best team EvEr..."Team SEGA". I'm hooked on the Master system, and Genesis the most. These two systems came in my life first. SEGA For Life!!!

[Barbarianoutkast85]

I miss Sega making consoles. At least they are still making new titles for other system's. I mean I still think it's weird to be playing a Sonic title on the PS2, Gamecube or Xbox. But I would be even more sad if they wouldnt be making titles for all consoles.

[DOL_001]

I suppose someone with a lot more knowledge on the situation would need to fill me in on this. I know Sega dropped their sports franchises but why?

I think it had to do with something about EA acquiring exclusive rights to make games with the sports teams.

I was mainly playing Nintendo games in the late 90's with the SNES. I didn't really play many games after getting an N64 as there weren't many that I liked on that system. Then I got a Dreamcast in 2001 and was back into gaming, it was the perfect system for me because I liked fighting/racing/arcade games, which were abundant on the DC. I was finished collecting DC games and got an Xbox for cheap, and it kind of feels like a Dreamcast 2 with sequels of DC titles and the emphasis on action/arcade games.

[Richter Belmount]

I miss the pizza I ate today , because I ate it.

[ProgrammingAce]

http://pictures.xbox-scene.com/xbox360/sega-controller/sears.jpg

[Push Upstairs]

:rocker:

First controllers, then the world!

[hbkprm]

don't we all miss sega

[AMG]

I greatly miss SEGA as a console company.

[cyberfluxor]

I don't miss Sega, I still have many of their games to buy and play on the classic scene. :) I also wouldn't mind checking out that HotD 4 arcade!

[Greg2600]

SEGA made some of my favorite arcades ever, particularly Daytona USA and Indy 500. The only system I cared for by Sega was the Genesis. Everybody had it at one point, it was almost as popular as the NES. However, like most people, I gave up on the Genesis, sold it to a friend in 1995, and gave my games to my younger cousin. After about a 3 year period, I had gone back to Nintendo with the SNES. I had both at the same time, but the Genesis always seemed to be behind the SNES in variety of games (not including RPGs, which I loathe). There were quite a few early Genesis games I loved, but by around 1994 and the Genesis 2 all the new good games were on the SNES or at least both. I also thought the Game Gear was very cool and lightyears better than the Gameboy. The 32X, Sega CD, Sega CDX, Nomad, and Saturn were each extremely over priced failures, which Sega would drop support on after a few months. By the time the Dreamcast came around, I had no faith in Sega's support of their product at all. I remember people raving about it, but I wasn't interested. Since then, I haven't seen much coming from Sega that impresses me. I don't really miss them, although I plan on buying a Genesis again and reacquiring the games I once had.

[diskoboy]

I miss the Sega of the late 80's/early 90's.

They ruled the console and arcade scene with a vengence.

[Iron Draggon]

I really should get an XBOX and a 360, just for all the MS and Sega games alone, but I simply can't afford to buy anymore new consoles to collect for that have more than just a few games that I want... I could afford to get a new handheld like the DS, but I just can't do the console whore bit anymore...

I agree that for the most part all the new Sonic games since the Dreamcast games are little more than shovelware aimed at orphaned Sega fanboys, but the GBA games are very well done and the DS game looks pretty good too...

I really love my GBA and all the Sega games I have for it... the Sonic games on GBA feel very much like the glorious Sega of old to me, even if they are on a Nintendo system... I think of my GBA SP2 as more of a GG2 than anything else... and I would think of it like that even more so if I had a GBA... I do want to get one, just so I can have it... I'd prolly never play anything on it except Pinball Tycoon though, and even then only because that game uses the L & R buttons for the flippers, and you can't change the control scheme, and the L & R buttons on the SP2 are just too uncomfortable to play well...

but never say never... it wasn't that long ago that no one expected Sega to ever get out of the console business, so I wouldn't say that they will never get back into it... when the time is right for it, they'll be back with something!

[smokehouse]

SEGA made some of my favorite arcades ever, particularly Daytona USA and Indy 500. The only system I cared for by Sega was the Genesis. Everybody had it at one point, it was almost as popular as the NES. However, like most people, I gave up on the Genesis, sold it to a friend in 1995, and gave my games to my younger cousin. After about a 3 year period, I had gone back to Nintendo with the SNES. I had both at the same time, but the Genesis always seemed to be behind the SNES in variety of games (not including RPGs, which I loathe). There were quite a few early Genesis games I loved, but by around 1994 and the Genesis 2 all the new good games were on the SNES or at least both. I also thought the Game Gear was very cool and lightyears better than the Gameboy. The 32X, Sega CD, Sega CDX, Nomad, and Saturn were each extremely over priced failures, which Sega would drop support on after a few months. By the time the Dreamcast came around, I had no faith in Sega's support of their product at all. I remember people raving about it, but I wasn't interested. Since then, I haven't seen much coming from Sega that impresses me. I don't really miss them, although I plan on buying a Genesis again and reacquiring the games I once had.


Wow…you basically nailed my thought to a “T”. Except for the RPG aspect. I think it boiled down to what you were used to. I started with Mario on the NES so titles like Sonic seemed empty to me. Not saying that it is, just when compared to Mario on the SNES, it’s so different. I was also playing titles like Castlevania IV, F Zero, Final Fantasy II, Street Fighter II and Zelda LttP within a year of the SNES launch and at the time, the Genesis had nothing like them. I borrowed my buddy’s Genesis and played the crap out of Phantasy Star II but when compared to Final Fantasy II, they are apples and oranges.

I guess it was just a matter of what you were used to, I learned to game on a NES so figuring that the SNES had many of the NES sequels, I went with that console.

As for the Sega CD, 32X, Saturn and Dreamcast…they were all commercial failures. I’m not saying they sucked, (ok, the 32X downright sucked) they were just commercial failures. Hell, the Dreamcast only saw a 19-month life span…to me that’s a failure. Especially with them being put on clearance in stores less than 2 years after launch…that’s sad.

Personally, I miss the Sega-vs-Nintendo days. It was a better time for gaming in general.

[Juskin]

Sega isn't that bad these days, it's just as far as Sonic goes it's downhill.

Sonic is dead forever!

):

[Push Upstairs]

Thankfully Sega isn't as bad as that chick in your avatar. O_O

I do wish they would use their properties a bit better than they have....it's horribly hit and miss.

[FantasiaWHT]

Sega isn't that bad these days, it's just as far as Sonic goes it's downhill.

Sonic is dead forever!

):

And as far as Shining Force goes...

And as far as Phantasy Star goes...

[Richter Belmount]

Thankfully Sega isn't as bad as that chick in your avatar. O_O

I do wish they would use their properties a bit better than they have....it's horribly hit and miss.

looks like a black guy with a wig

[Push Upstairs]

Ever seen those early Godzilla monster movies where scientists go to those "remote" islands and find those "natives" who are just Japanese extras with some not-so-convincing facepaint?

[skylark]

Has anyone else noticed that Sega games are visually defined by a certain kind of very sunny blue? Sonic, Outrun, and even Beachspikers leave this impression on me. Sometimes it's just the sky, but I'm always struck by this shade of bright blue. Am I just crazy?

[Kamisama]

I miss Sega aswell. Dreamcast and games for it was like that last interesting things they produced. Outrun was cool too, but that´s it.

And I really dont know what an X-Box has to do with Sega. Calling the X-Box Dreamcast II looks like an insult to me to be honest.

[Push Upstairs]

Considering that the Dreamcast is my least liked SEGA system I don't really have much of a problem.

But thats why I call it the "adopted" SEGA system.

[ubersaurus]

Sega isn't that bad these days, it's just as far as Sonic goes it's downhill.

Sonic is dead forever!

):

Nah, the new 2d sonic games have been good! It's the 3d ones that are less stellar.

Now, all the new Shining Force games are absolutely deplorable. Phantasy Star isn't really that good compared to the old days. And the less said about virtua quest, the better.

[Nostalgicblight]

http://pictures.xbox-scene.com/xbox360/sega-controller/sears.jpg

WTF? Oh, my god, what is this? What has SEGA done?

That is a laugh and a cry at the same time. Makes me just want to...:frustrated:

[FantasiaWHT]

Has anyone else noticed that Sega games are visually defined by a certain kind of very sunny blue? Sonic, Outrun, and even Beachspikers leave this impression on me. Sometimes it's just the sky, but I'm always struck by this shade of bright blue. Am I just crazy?

That made me think of Rolf's hair from PS2, heh

[50s Brawler]

Yeah boys I miss the "old" SEGA, which is why I'm more or less stuck in the 16-Bit Mega Drive and 32-Bit SATURN days still. I realize they made a majorly bad ass system with the Dreamcast, but personally I still prefer the SATURN as (a bit of blasphemy here for me since I'm die-hard Mega Drive) the best system they ever made. Outside of Jet Set Radio and a few titles here or there from the DC onward to the scattering of titles today though... to me it's just not the same.

Me and the old SEGA are still chewing bubblegum and kicking ass on a semi regular basis... in all our CRT Standard AV hookup glory. No HDTV for me, and beside Ryu Ga Gotoku and the ability to publish titles like the Hokuto No Ken VS. Fighting game... the new SEGA can suck my balls.
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