The Sega Genesis (or Mega Drive) was based around the fairly common Motorola 68000 processor, but this wasn’t the only processor in the console. There were a number of coprocessors including a ...

From time to time, we at Hackaday like to publish a few engineering war stories – the tales of bravery and intrigue in getting a product to market, getting a product cancelled, and why one ...

Originally revealed at CES 2020, the Super RetroChamp quickly gained an enduring following on social media, and after ...

Mega states that both the console and controller have working lights, although there's no word on if the console can also show the infamous "red ring of death" light. The console's "hard drive ...

Chiptune is a genre that developed from reusing the onboard synth generation chips in classic gaming consoles such as ...

The great console wars of the early- to mid-90's was waged between two titans of the industry: Sega and Nintendo. In Nintendo's corner was the Super Nintendo Entertainment System, while Sega hit back ...

Sega had already made a name for itself in Japan by making arcade games, but its home console, the Sega Mega Drive, was struggling. That's when Michael Katz, the president of Sega of America ...

However, Sega with their new Mega Drive console, were determined to take on the Japanese giant. They turned to Tom Kalinske, former head of toy company Mattel, to help. Coming-up with a character ...

A brand new Guitar Hero controller will be released for the Wii in the year 2025. The Hyper Strummer controller comes ...