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April
29, 2013 |
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So, it has been roughly three and a half years since I've last updated good old Segacollection? Hmm. Hopefully you've joined me on SEGANEWS.net in the mean time. Nothing much is happening to this site (if it ever disappears it won't be 'without a trace') but if there's anything in particular you'd like to see updated mail me. You never know...
SeGaFrEaK
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December
30, 2009 |
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Frozen in time July 9, 2009, hmm? Well, almost. I have to admit Segacollection.com became a 'when I have some spare time and feel like it' project. My heart lies with Segadatabase and its subdivisions; my Odds & Ends page, SEGANEWS.NET and the Segadatabase Youtube channel. That doesn't mean I'll let good old Segacollection die, but updates will be rather infrequent (as you might have noticed!).
To end the Segacollection.com year on a positive note I added 20 Dreamcast shortcuts. Read them HERE. Till next year!
SeGaFrEaK
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June
12, 2009 |
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I added another classic interview. This time it's Yasushi Endo, creator of the Keio Flying Squadron series. Look out for more classic interviews in the future. In the mean time keep checking Segadatabase.NET and SEGANEWS.NET! Also, keep an eye on the boards for some early/BETA pictures of Sonic the Hedgehog and Asterix (SMS)!
SeGaFrEaK |
April
11, 2009 |
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The lack of updates on this site became a little painful to watch, so here's a small update. I updated the online gaming and link-up features and fixed a lot of dodgy spelling errors in the Megadrive portable review (guess it was late that day, hmm). Expect some more updates soon, hoorah!
SeGaFrEaK
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August
12, 2008 |
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Quite an amazing bit of news today; a look at SEGA USA's archive no less. Worthy of a 'holy ****!!' round these parts. See what you can find (and there's quite some '!!!!' items to be found, believe me..)
SeGaFrEaK
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July
11, 2008 |
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I add a long interview with team Kalisto (RIP) on Nightmare Creatures 2. Quite a good read I reckon.
SeGaFrEaK
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June
30, 2008 |
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I've been crazy busy so that explains the lack of updates. Take a look at Segacollection on the Road vol 7 and feel safe in the knowledge more is coming soon. (Well, I also did a cleanup on the Links page, but that's not all that interesting, is it?)
SeGaFrEaK
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May
25, 2008 |
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I
did another magazine issue overview, this time of the Japanese SEGA Magazine.
If you can get past the ads for icecream and softdrinks, SEGA
Magazine has some very nice information on SEGA arcade
games, Saturn games and SEGA merchandise. All the info on
three issues of this fine mag, with more to follow in the
future. For now enjoy the return of;
Top
five annoyances |
Top five
good things |
*SEGA reports $499m loss
(chimps!) |
*Saturn prototypes & dev discs |
*Waiting for important mail
to come in. |
*Condemned 2: Bloodshot |
*The general lack of new
SEGA software to look forward to. |
*The new season of Fort Boyard on TV5 Monde has just started. Oui! |
*Have we finally seen the
last official Dreamcast game? |
*Dutch soccer club N.E.C. Nijmegen qualifying for the UEFA Cup |
*Iron
Man. Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear.. |
*The Club on Xbox Live, not
bad really! |
SeGaFrEaK
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April
28, 2008 |
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The
unreleased Saturn snowboard game Chill was uncovered
on the boards, go check it out if you didn't see it by
now. I also added some new pictures to the Sega
Lots special and uploaded some Saturn magazine advertisements
in the gallery.
The picture of the month shows the Sonic Goodie bag that was
given away to the crowd on the first public playtest of Sonic
Adventure, August 22nd 1998.
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Gifts
inside included a limited edition t-shirt and program. |
SeGaFrEaK
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April
21, 2008 |
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A
new Segacollection on the Road for all you puzzlers
out there; Master System
Matters!
Expect another update next Monday. For now keep an eye on
the boards
where I'll post screens of an another unreleased Saturn
game a.s.a.p!
SeGaFrEaK |
March
31, 2008 |
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SEGA's
release schedule became quite a lot emptier as Sega Superstars
Tennis, Viking: Battle for Asgard, Condemned
2 (scheduled for 4/4 but you should be able to find it
in various shops already) , Football Manager 2008
(PC) and Universe at War were released in the last
couple of weeks. Quite a line-up, really. It should be interesting
to see what new game they will announce for later this year..
In those weeks I've been busy playing Sega Superstars
Tennis, being a judge in the Saturn
homebrew coding contest, uploading some new Youtube videos,
updating Segadatabase..and
quite some others things besides.
I've redone the reviews of Sonic
N and Pocket Kingdom
(both N-GAGE) and as for the this month's picture;
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A
source 'cel' for the FMV used in Keio's Flying Squadron |
SeGaFrEaK |
March
17, 2008 |
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It
seems the bi-weekly updates are here to stay. It might not
be much but considering the other SEGA fansites on the net
it's almost a luxury. In the mean time we had the Dreamcast.com
hoax, the release of The Club, some Condemned
2 trailers (and a slight delay) and some activity at
the forums (finally!). Personally I'm looking forward to the
release of Sega SuperStars tennis this week. Its
line-up of old-school SEGA characters and minigames should
be impossible to resist for every long-time SEGA fanatic!
It's been a while since the last interview (apart from the
republished and magazine ones), so this interview
with Sefton Hill was a welcome one. 'Till Monday the 31st!
(unless something MAJOR happens that demands another update).
SeGaFrEaK |
February
29, 2008 |
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I
did another show overview; the E3
1995. The list of software was HUGE and took hours to
compile. Plenty of surprises as well! February's 'monthly
old picture found somewhere on my harddisk' features Picky's
(of Fighting Vipers fame) skateboard!
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This
was for sale on Yahoo Auctions (click to enlarge). |
SeGaFrEaK |
February
21, 2008 |
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I
created a neat Segacollection
on the Road page including the new puzzle; Things
of Saturn. I also re-compiled the Saturn
PAL game list (I came across plenty of errors in the old
one..hmm). Screenshots to go with it will follow in the future.
SeGaFrEaK |
January
31, 2008 |
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I've
been both busy and lazy so that explains the lack of updates.
I finally updated the part that started this whole site..indeed
it's Mystuff. Loads of Saturn games
were added to the list. I also brought back the final missing
interview; Matt Godbolt.
In other news; I was able to buy back the old Segadatabase.com
domain, which is a good thing and will mean all the old updates
can be put in the archive (when I finally get around compiling
roughly seven years of updates) unedited, wheee!
The 'monthly old picture found somewhere on my harddisk' contains
something rather special; a 1997(!) download from the Sega.com
site. In 'were we really running 640x480?!' format. Think
I have a Mr Bones one somewhere as well..hmm.
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Click
to enlarge. Well..somewhat. |
Right, back to playing REZ HD on XBLA!
SeGaFrEaK |
January
4, 2008 |
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I
hope you all had a good new years celebration. Typically,
while I was away during the holidays (which became somewhat
of a tradition in the last couple of years) there's the thing
that always seems to happen (guess I should go on
holiday more often); the announcement of a Dreamcast release!
It's not really 'hot news' anymore but the re-release of Border
Down certainly is good thing. Perhaps we might see Exzeal
(yes!), Dynamite Deka EX (YES!), Illvelo
(thanks, but no thanks) or Ring Age (juuuust kidding)
after all!
I got another interview for your reading pleasure: Mark
Voorsanger and Greg Johnson (of ToeJam & Earl
fame) and I did another Segacollection
on the road puzzle (warning: it's a toughie!). Oh and
naturally, its solution.
SeGaFrEaK |
December
28, 2007 |
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As
2007 is about to end, it's things of the past year that cross
your mind. Personally I had a good year working as a web/flashdesigner,
watching Mythbusters, enjoying some online gaming
(Sega Rally, Ghost Recon..) and doing some
work on the website you are looking at. Because all the updates
of 2007 are on this page (I was too lazy to build the news
archive..it should be done...sometime) I was able to see I
updated the site 28 times. It might not be up to the standards
set back in the Dreamcast days but keep in mind SEGA
interest these days sadly isn't what it used to be and thats
clearly shown in the amount of traffic Segacollection
receives. That said, there's been lots of positive feedback
concerning certain updates (such as the Dreamcast reviews)
and the recent Segacollection on the road puzzles
were downloaded plenty of times to make the work I put into
them worthwile.
For SEGA themselves 2007 must have been a very good year,
sales wise. Virtua Tennis 3, Virtua Fighter 5,
Medieval II: Total War, Sega Rally, Football
Manager 2008, Mario & Sonic at the olympics,
The Golden Compass, Streets of Rage II and
Sonic 2 on XBLA...all went down a storm. I've said
it before but I think it's about time people started to give
SEGA some credit for what was actually a damn fine line-up
of software. And looking at 2008, there's plenty to look forward
to actually; The Club, Golden Axe: Beast Riders,
Condemned 2 (which will sell by the truckload, mark
my words), Universe at War, Empire: Total War..the
list goes on. Who knows..we might actually see another Dreamcast
game..
I'd like to conclude this year @ Segacollection by
wishing you all a good 2008. 'Till next year!
SeGaFrEaK |
December
16, 2007 |
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The
poll gave a pretty good idea of what people were looking for
in Segacollection..and 8-bit coverage it wasn't. Well, if
that's the case, I guess this Segacollection
on the Road puzzle (+solution)
solely based on the Dreamcast will be most welcome. I also
brought back another review; Psyvariar
2. Finally, here's the 'monthly old picture found somewhere
on my harddisk'
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'It
drinks batteries!' Hahaha! (etc) |
SeGaFrEaK |
December
2, 2007 |
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The
second puzzle is here, and -like promised- it's a little easier.
Segacollection on
the Road vol 2! Oh and its solution.
I also did some Japanese Game
Gear game shortcuts (that'll be the final Game Gear update
for this year). It's been a long time since the last poll
so here's another one;
SeGaFrEaK |
November
26, 2007 |
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Last
weeks puzzle was enjoyed but deemed too hard. Expect the second
puzzle (due sometime this week) to be a little easier. I brought
back another interview; Peter
Thierolf. I also did an overview of three issues of Saturn+
(a somewhat obscure Saturn magazine). Also, here we go again;
Top
ten annoyances |
Top ten good
things |
*The drab weather. |
*Saturn Werewolf prototype incoming. |
*Waiting for important mail
to come in. |
*New Major Damage proto incoming. |
*Big
Bottom Box, not as good as I expected! D'OH! (still
not bad, though) |
*Daytona CCE beta incoming. |
*My unreliable heater from
hell |
*Outtrigger link-up..soon a
reality? |
*2007, a good year that's
about to end |
*Balsamic Vinegar crisps |
*The ridiculous amount of
Super Mario Galaxy (aka: U R Mr Gay) hype. |
*Comedy Central / Discovery channel |
*Spam emails (they're back!) |
*The Club coming up |
*The rubbish they call TV
these days. |
*Free XBOX live arcade action. |
*Bills |
*Sega Rally on XBOX Live.
Very good indeed. |
*Nintendo Wii sales,
are you kidding me? |
*Site hits picking up again. |
SeGaFrEaK |
November
22, 2007 |
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Most
of you must be familiar with someone saying 'why are you always
playing video games, why don't you try something else for
once?'. Another thing most of you should be familiar with
are long trips by car, train, bus, boat or jet. They can get
a little boring sometimes, even while you bring your mp3 player,
newspaper or portable gaming system.
Well, Segacollection offers you a solution for both as I'm
proud to present volume 1 of Segacollection
on the road !
All ready in nice and easy to print format. If you're all
done you can download the solution HERE.
SeGaFrEaK |
November
7, 2007 |
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Another
classic interview this time; Yuji
Naka. I also did some more Game
Gear shortcuts.
The new 'monthly
old picture found somewhere on my harddisk' contains the former
Dutch minister of finance
being interviewed in a Dutch arcade (he's a pinball fanatic).
This delivers some 'familiar scenery'.
SeGaFrEaK |
Oktober
27, 2007 |
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I
think now would be a good time to send out a message to all
those SEGA bashers/moaners claiming all SEGA did was releasing
rubbish. Currently they posses TWO all format charts top positions;
The European charts are ruled by Football Manager 2008
(no surprises there), while the Japanese charts are lead by
Seaman 2 (High five to that grumpy sea creature!).
Couple that with recent sofware such as Sega Rally,
Virtua Fighter 5 and you could say it's a good time
to be a Sega freak!
In Segacollection.com news;
I did another Game Gear review (about time the system got
some more attention here I think) of Kuni
Chan no Game Tengoku and I uploaded an ancient interview
with Tom Kalinske
(back from the CES days!) to the specials
page.
SeGaFrEaK |
Oktober
7, 2007 |
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After
recent contact with Richard Jacques I was told that
the storming Sega Touring Car remix (see January
1 update), was indeed his. Hope he doesn't mind the
track being for download. I could've done an interview but
lets not fall into the cliché trap shall we?
Other news: Sega Rally was released (and I've been
enjoying the 360 version!), Bizarre Creations (of
the upcoming game The Club, to be published by SEGA)
was bought by Activision, SEGA still rides high in
the Xbox live arcade top 10 (Sonic 2 occupies
the #1 spot, Streets of Rage 2 positioned at #3 and
Sonic at #9), Sonic Rush adventures does
good things on the DS and even WII owners got a piece
of the SEGA cake with their downloadable versions of Golden
Axe 3 (indeed, the game that never saw a release outside
of Asia), Streets of Rage 3 (not bad), Super
Thunderblade (hmm) and
-best of all- Landstalker. Finally, Sega Toys
didn't fail us either with the release of yet another crazy
UFO catcher prize, indeed it's a life-size Chupa Chups
pillow. They didn't go 'soft' (geddit), however, because they
also released this
ugly motha. "Wanna play?"
The SEGA community on the internet was kinda quiet
but here's a couple of things of note; Rockin' B
opened the C4
2007 Saturn coding contest (these entries get better each
year!) and Redspotgames announced two new Dreamcast
projects (to be classified as homebrews), one of them being
a puzzle game called Wind
& Water.
Naturally I myself haven't been slacking off and uploaded
some new Youtube
videos, worked on a secret project for Segadatabase
(I haven't abandoned the site, don't worry) and did a couple
of things for Segacollection. Being;
*Two new articles added to the link-up
special. (Daytona USA CCE & Link cable
release news)
*Added another track to the downloads
section: Destruction Derby 2 (which could be classified
as prototype track!)
*Added an (original) Space Channel 5 screensaver
to the downloads section
(doesn't work with XP a.f.a.i.c.t. X_X).
*Added a new special called: The
Desk of Doom. Go check it out.
Finally, here's the new 'monthly
old picture found somewhere on my harddisk', the mighty tower
of power!

SeGaFrEaK |
September
29, 2007 |
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I
did another 'Show me some SEGA!' show overview: The
E3 1996! Anyone with pictures/footage or more information
about the show please mail
me. I also uploaded some new footage to my Youtube
page including a video of an early version of Tomb
Raider (SS), a short blurb of Sega Rally 2 networking
(DC) and some incredibly rare footage of Planet Ring,
the PAL online-only game (DC).
SeGaFrEaK |
September
19, 2007 |
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To
celebrate the upcoming release of Sega Rally as well as the
recent XBOX marketplace demo, I added a funky remix of the
Saturn original to the downloads
section (The Trip Hop Mix by D'Cruze, make
sure you go to the soundtest menu of Sega Rally and test all
the SFX. Then you'll understand why this is such a genius
remix).
I also did another magazine overview: Saturn
Super 1995 special.
Aaand here's a new feature called 'monthly old picture found
somewhere on my harddisk'. This month: four people wearing
SMS 3D glasses. An image I found on a Japanese Master System
club website roughly six years ago. Uh..enjoy!

SeGaFrEaK |
August
29, 2007 |
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Despite
being unannounced that it was going to be released today;
Streets of Rage 2 made Xbox Live arcade! I'll be
playtesting this bad boy tonight! Vote for the next release
HERE!
SeGaFrEaK |
August
11 , 2007 |
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I
brought back one of those classic reviews but this time with
even better screenshots and more info; Keio
2!
Also back from the dead; SSM top tens!
Top
ten annoyances |
Top ten good
things |
*Unreliable weather conditions |
*Soccer season about to start |
*Waiting for email responses |
*New Saturn prototypes..incooomiiing! |
*The piles of dishes in my
sink |
*Site stats; finally picking up again! |
*The amount of wires that
clutter my desk |
*General feedback on stuff I did. |
*Taking out smelly trash |
*Those cheap cans of energy drink..ah
bless 'em.. |
*Mythbusters repeats (grr!!) |
*Comedy Central / Discovery channel |
*Simpsons the movie
delayed (Netherlands) 'D'oh!' indeed. |
*Multiplayer meeting coming up |
*Waking up at 3 PM. ("huh?") |
*Arcade meeting coming up |
*My
cranky mailman from hell |
*Youtube |
*Dropping things in the loo
(don't ask) |
*Giving this site the kick up the arse
it needed. |
SeGaFrEaK |
August
1 , 2007 |
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These
reviews always take loads of time to do (playing the game,
doing screenshots, writing the review), but here's another
one: Lost & found
volume 2. Spread the word!
SeGaFrEaK |
July
28, 2007 |
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Some
general fixes here and there, but more importantly a new feature
Battle of the Saturn Freaks
and a new show added to 'Show
me some SEGA'. I finally got an internet connection at
my new place so expect more updates soon!
SeGaFrEaK |
July
16, 2007 |
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Very
late but the content of this update should make up for that:
Download
Sonic Xtreme for the Saturn! Wooo!
This is an early version with not much content, but nevertheless..it's
rather special, wouldn't you agree?
SeGaFrEaK |
June
13, 2007 |
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This
is the last update from the old Segacollection headquarters,
as I move to a new place this weekend! Check another lovingly
crafted bit of info at the obscure
SEGA of the week and meet you in a week!
SeGaFrEaK |
June
8, 2007 |
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So
it took another month for an update. Urgh. I've been so incredibly
busy, you really don't want to know. Anyway, I've found some
time to prepare so more stuff. I -finally- did an update to
the obscure SEGA object special
(with more objects coming soon) and I did ten more Saturn
Japanese software shortcuts (Actua Soccer, Bloody
Factory, Hyper Reverthion, Mizubaku Adventure,
Ohsama Game, Return to Zork, Side Pocket
2, Steamgear Mash, Toshinden S,
UNO DX). Look out for a rather enjoyable read soon..
SeGaFrEaK |
May
5, 2007 |
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I
brought back one of the groovier features of the old Segacollection
site; Show me some SEGA.
The first show overview is online (featuring the E3 1997)
and includes a very cool video featuring loads of
Saturn games, including several unreleased ones! I could've
dumped the video on Youtube and embedded it, but
who wants blurry-vision™ rubbish when you can have a
direct download? Exactly. Take care and 'till next time!
SeGaFrEaK |
April
18, 2007 |
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After
a nasty case of flu I'm back with more updates. I reviewed
some games for the Game Gear
(I'm starting to love the little machine a bit more) and brought
back the UMK3 review. Look
out for some tasty updates soon.
SeGaFrEaK |
March
24, 2007 |
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As
Karous seems to take ages to arrive, here's some
other stuff to keep your busy. I added loads of new stuff
to the link-up page (Game Gear
compatible games, articles etc) and added some new downloads.
(A Comix Zone track, a Burning Rangers track,
a Frankenstein track, some new papercraft models
and a Skies of Arcadia screensaver! And If all that
wasn't enough already I brought back another interview; KinsukeJP.
See you soon!
SeGaFrEaK |
March
4, 2007 |
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It's
been a while since the last new Dreamcast game review (April
2006 to be exact), but here's Trigger
Heart Exelica!
SeGaFrEaK |
February
28, 2007 |
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Another
game got rated by Famitsu, indeed it's Karous. Scoring
7/6/6/6 it seems on par with Trigger Heart Exelica
(which came in at Segacollection H.Q. - review plus media
this weekend). Also, I got some nice 32X
shortcuts up, enjoy.
SeGaFrEaK |
February
19, 2007 |
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Trigger
Heart Exelica was rated by Famitsu scoring 7/6/6/6. Not
exactly brilliant, but no one expected straight 8's anyway.
It has probably found its way to the shops and naturally a
review copy will be coming this way.
I updated the link-up intro and added three entirely new specials;
Online gaming intro & Duke Nukem 3D,
check out the specials section
for them. Oh and I brought back the Radirgy
review as well, wahey!
SeGaFrEaK |
February
2, 2007 |
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I brought back the magazine
overview. The actual cover scans and an issue contents
will be back a.s.a.p.
SeGaFrEaK |
January
15, 2007 |
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It
was about time I changed the site to get rid of the frameset
and added some CSS stylesheets. The site design was already
four years old and had plenty of flaws so a change was in
order. Not everything works yet, but I'm working hard to get
everything back up a.s.a.p.
SeGaFrEaK |
January
1, 2007 |
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Lets
blast into 2007 with this excellent track ; Sega Touring Car
- Conditioned Reflex (STC Remix), find it in the downloads
section!
SeGaFrEaK |
December
29, 2006 |
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Not
totally unexpected but sweet nonetheless: Milestone
confirmed a release of Karous
for Dreamcast! Release date: 8 March, 2007! You can bet your
grandma's pants that I'll be emailing them now, as I'll be
pushing them hard to add plenty of extra's this time around.
A great way to end 2006, see you in 2007!
(with plenty of surprises coming!)
SeGaFrEaK |
December
4, 2006 |
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We
have entered the final month of the year, a year that has
had its ups and down for all of us, and the same goes for
SEGA. Expect the regular lookback feature at the end of the
month. On the update part: I did the first issue overview
of Sega Megatech.
The youtube
video of the week comes from a guy called 'daveeeed',
doing a pretty decent rendition of the famous Outrun tune
'Splash Wave' on his brother's stratocaster! It's not up to
Jimi Hendrix levels but hey, I like it!
SeGaFrEaK |
November
29, 2006 |
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Totally
out of the blue Warashi announced that they will
be releasing a version of their arcade game Trigger Heart
Exelica for the Dreamcast next year! This seemed like
a good time to update the Scraping the Barrel feature, so
that's exactly what I did. Read everything about the game
-and more- right there and make sure you bash the next person
who says 'This will be the final Dreamcast game' on the head,
because the bloody thing just won't die! (good thing too..)
SeGaFrEaK |
November
27, 2006 |
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I had the strange urge to enter the world of Phantasy Star
Universe so a PC
copy is on its way to me. Don't be surprised to
see some more updates relating to it in the future!
If you live in Germany (or the rest of the
world for that matter) you might be interested to hear about
an actual new
SEGA magazine that's being printed for the last
couple of months! It doesn't have the 'official' tag but certainly
looks very professional! Naturally, it's all in 'deutsch'
but I wouldn't be surprised to see this magazine (or similiar
ones) appearing in English. Segacollection.com would like
to congratulate the Sega On team with the launch of their
magazine and wishes them best of luck for the future!
On the update part: I redid the Master
System shortcuts, the others will
follow.
I forgot about the youtube video of the week
last week, but here's another one you really should've seen.
I posted it a long time ago on the forums (they'll be back
soon, hopefully) so you might have missed it. It's the commercial
for the Japanese version of Rez (PS2), and it's nothing
short of genious. Check
it out!
'till next week!
SeGaFrEaK |
November
20, 2006 |
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Not
one, not two but three issues of Sega Visions today,
enjoy!
SeGaFrEaK
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