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sewart @sewart.bsky.social · 9h

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sewart @sewart.bsky.social · 3d

It's finally race day! The new @p1podcast.com racing season starts tonight!

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sewart @sewart.bsky.social · 3d

It's Shining Tuesday! Join me over at twitch.tv/sewart in one hour and see if I can polish off Shining Force CD! #shiningforce #sega #segacd #genesisdoes #twitch

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sewart @sewart.bsky.social · 4d

In September LEGO began shipping a LEGO Genesis Controller set as a gift with purchase. Hopefully this is an indication of an upcoming full LEGO Genesis set! Check out my build video!

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sewart @sewart.bsky.social · 5d

35 years ago today Sega entered the portable gaming market with the Game Gear, their full-colour answer to Nintendo's all-conquering Game Boy. While it never made much of a dent in Nintendo's market, the Game Gear was a solid 2nd in this fight. #Sega #GameGear #Generation16

Launch of the Game Gear - Generation 16 Episode #074

Sega launched the Game Gear on October 6, 1990. Its handheld was created in order to address everything Sega thought was wrong with Nintendo's Game Boy.

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sewart @sewart.bsky.social · 5d

On this day in 1989 Asmik joined the Sega Mega Drive family with a port of T&E Soft's Hydlide. Seismic would eventually bring this mediocre RPG to the Genesis in North America. #Sega #GenesisDoes #Generation16

Super Hydlide - Generation 16 Episode #016

Publisher: Seismic Developer: T&E Soft Released: October 6, 1989 Hydlide is a series I've never understood. More particularly, I've never understood how it's spawned so many sequels when every one…

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sewart @sewart.bsky.social · 5d

On this day in 1989 Sega released a home port of Yu Suzuki's Super Hang-On for the Mega Drive. Not only was it a solid representation of the arcade game, but came complete with a full campaign mode. #Sega #GenesisDoes #Generation16

Super Hang-On - Generation 16 Episode #015

Publisher: Sega Developer: Sega Released: October 6, 1989 The third super-scaler port to the Mega Drive ups the ante with the inclusion of a full career mode where players can earn cash to upgrade…

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sewart @sewart.bsky.social · 5d

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sewart @sewart.bsky.social · 6d

On this day in 2004 Robotech: Invasion launched for the Microsoft Xbox and Sony PlayStation 2. This happens to be my first ever development credit! Check out this playthrough with commentary I recorded 10 years ago! #robotech #mospeada

Robotech: Invasion - Extra Life Charity Stream

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sewart @sewart.bsky.social · 6d

35 years ago today Taito released the sequel to its beloved Bubble Bobble on the Sega Mega Drive. Rainbow Islands was a fantastic port, and well worth tracking down for those of us who didn't get to play it back then! #Sega #GenesisDoes #Generation16

Rainbow Islands Extra - Generation 16 Episode #073

Rainbow Islands Extra by Taito for the Sega Genesis. This is a much beloved game, and I have to admit that I never understood why until I played it for show. Support Generation 16 -…

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sewart @sewart.bsky.social · 7d

On this day in 1993 the Panasonic 3DO Multiplayer hit stores. The ridiculously high price didn't stop me from finding a way to buy one, since there was no way I was gonna miss playing Wing Commander III! #3do #videogamehistory #wingcommander

Growing Up Gaming - The 3DO

In hindsight the 3DO and its contemporaries - the LaserActive, CDi, etc - were a big mistake. But something about Trip Hawkins' vision of a truly open platform resonated back in the 90s. And…

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sewart @sewart.bsky.social · 9d

35 years ago Tengen brought its arcade puzzler, Klax, home to Sega's Genesis. Little did the team know that the game had already been released on the system by Namco in Japan. The 90s were a weird time. #Sega #GenesisDoes #Generation16 #Klax #Tengen

Klax (Tengen) - Generation 16 Episode #072

Publisher: Tengen Developer: Tengen Released: Winter, 1990 Atari Games' answer to Tetris is also the very first game published by Tengen for the Genesis. Kinda weird that the Japanese version of the…

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sewart @sewart.bsky.social · 10d

Back in 1999 I began my career as a games writer, starting with the November issue of Expert Gamer Magazine from Ziff Davis. Come along with me as I read through the issue and reminisce about my early days of publishing. #videogamehistory #expertgamer #letsread

Let's Read - Expert Gamer #65 November 1999

The first issue of Expert Gamer I ever worked on! Check out my strategy for Final Fantasy VI (as well as better strategies for Dino Crisis, Crash Team Racing, Final Fantasy V, Suikoden II and…

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sewart @sewart.bsky.social · 10d

It's the return of Shining Tuesday on twitch.tv/sewart! I'm diving back into Shining Force CD's final chapters to see if I can't roll credits. Join me in an hour! #twitch #letsplay #segacd #shiningforce

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sewart @sewart.bsky.social · 12d

On this day 1996 Nintendo finally launched the Nintendo 64 in North America after seemingly endless delays. Was their dedication to the cartridge format in the age of multimedia the right way to go? #nintendo #playitloud #n64

Growing Up Gaming - The Nintendo 64

I have a love/hate relationship with Nintendo's 64-bit machine. The good games were good, the great games were timeless, and everything else is totally forgettable. Join me as I walk down a foggy…

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sewart @sewart.bsky.social · 12d

35 years ago today Sega released a nearly arcade-perfect port of Capcom's hit coin-op game - Strider - on the Mega Drive, proving once again that its 16-bit console really could bring the arcade home! #Sega #GenesisDoes #Generation16

Strider - Generation 16 Episode #070

Publisher: Sega Developer: Sega Released: September 29, 1990 Capcom's arcade hit represented the largest game on the Genesis to date, not to mention bringing home an authentic arcade experience that…

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sewart @sewart.bsky.social · 15d

We’re getting ready to kick off the next season of the @p1podcast.com racing league on Oct 8 and we’re short one driver!

Races are on Wednesday night, 9pm EST every second week! We play on GT7. It’s a pretty casual league with a bunch of nice folks! DM me if you’d like to join!

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sewart @sewart.bsky.social · 15d

I doubt I’ll be going back to be honest.

sewart @sewart.bsky.social · 17d

This was my take, too. There's so much potential here. It feels like it's a couple good updates away from being a really great game. But in its current form I likely won't play it again.