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The Dreamcast: A Love Letter to the Console that Tried to Change the Game

September 6, 2024

A nostalgic look back at the innovative spirit of the Sega Dreamcast.

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Megadrive Aftermarket

On this website you will find: - αftermarket: a list of games for Sega Megadrive printed (or digitally available) after official End-of-life (1998) + unlicensed games from any year. Why 1998? Because according to Wikipedia the last licenced game was published in 1998 in North America (Frogger by Majesco Sales). The last EA games (NBA Live 98 on November 1997).Translations, ports, major hacks will be included. - All games list: a list with each and every game ever, licensed or not including aftermarket since 1988.

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Hyrule Interviews

A large database of interviews with the people who made the Zelda games. We also have related databases of games, people, and quotes, and post daily quotes on social media.

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Aftermath

Free + Paid

A worker-owned, reader-supported news site covering video games, the internet, and the cultures that surround them.

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Retronauts

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The original classic gaming podcast continues its endless quest to explore the history of video games, one game at a time. Join hosts Jeremy Parish and Bob Mackey each week as they team up with a host of expert guests to chronicle the creations that have paved the way for today's hits. From forgotten black-and-white arcade machines to modern-day remakes, Retronauts spans more than four decades of vintage gaming greatness!

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Games That Weren't

Games That Weren't is a long-running archive dedicated to cancelled and unreleased video games, prototypes and lost gaming history. Since 1999, we have been preserving rare information, assets and developer stories from across all eras of gaming.

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Set Side B

The Flipside of Gaming, covering topics retro, niche and indie. Some topics include roguelikes, obscure secrets in Nintendo games, internals, deep dives, development, romhacks, weird gaming-related videos and other things too. Updates daily.

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Maximum Utmost

Eclectic Gaming Reviews, Articles, and Podcasts for the Boring Averse.

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Springboard

Springboard is a weekly newsletter that covers Gaming, Tech, and Mental Health. Starting in 2024, there have been exclusive interviews with developers, from gaming to emulators, as well as insights into the making of Daryl's published books, including the upcoming release, 'The Making of Tomb Raider: 1997-2000'.

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Museum of ZZT

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An archive of games created with ZZT, an MS-DOS text mode game creation system from 1991 which gained popularity with younger creators and still has an active community and new releases to this day! Closer Look articles feature specific ZZT worlds as their subject, going into detail of their notable features, unique ideas, community impact, and the legacy of these often unknown and overlooked games.

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SideQuesting

A news, reviews and features blog and community dedicated to gaming's treasures, good vibes, and great ideas.

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Innerspiral

I mostly talk about gaming, but also the art and the internet as a whole. Come by and say hi! :3

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Sega-16

A website dedicated to documenting Sega's hardware legacy. We offer reviews, retrospectives, interviews, and other articles on all the company's consoles and arcade platforms.

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Design Room

Free + Paid

We do oral histories and other behind-the-scenes coverage of the game industry.

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Retro Freak Reviews

Welcome to Retro Freak Reviews, where we take an analytical look at past IBM PC-only games of the 80s, 90s and early 2000s.

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Read Only Memo

Videogame emulation news and exclusive interviews, from the aesthetics of razor sharp scanlines to the wild technical challenges of making yesterday's games run on tomorrow's hardware.

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Hylia's Corner: A Blog

Scribbles and essays about creating something in the world and resonating with the art that inspires me. I write a lot about video games as an art form through their design, history, and development.

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Save State

Writing, scans and videos on the history of videogames and its preservation from someone unable to settle on one topic, area or medium.

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Entertainium

Critical opinions about the world of video games, one article at a time.

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Relative Nostalgia

Welcome to the home of my research blog where you can read my thoughts on videogames, nostalgia, and hauntology.

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Renga in Blue

Wherein I play and blog about every adventure game ever made in (nearly) chronological order.

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Retronauts

Games That Weren't

Set Side B

Maximum Utmost

Springboard

Museum of ZZT

SideQuesting

Innerspiral

Sega-16

Design Room

Retro Freak Reviews

Read Only Memo

Hylia's Corner: A Blog

Save State

Entertainium

Relative Nostalgia

Renga in Blue

Megadrive Aftermarket

Hyrule Interviews

Aftermath

Retronauts

Games That Weren't

Set Side B

Maximum Utmost

Springboard

Museum of ZZT

SideQuesting

Innerspiral

Sega-16

Design Room

Retro Freak Reviews

Read Only Memo

Hylia's Corner: A Blog

Save State

Entertainium

Relative Nostalgia

Renga in Blue

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