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6 days ago
6 days ago
This week, the whole crew is here to nominate the best SEGA games of the past 25 years for a hypothetical award of Best SEGA Game of the 1/4 Century.
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Friday Dec 12, 2025
Friday Dec 12, 2025
This week we're celebrating the birth of the boost mechanic in Sonic games, the blue blur's first use of the Nintendo DS' dual screens, and a pretty funky soundtrack. Sonic Rush turned 20 this year, which gave KC, Stuart, and Viper (briefly) an excuse to discuss this iconic handheld game.
- Sonic Rush 3D: https://sonicfangameshq.com/forums/showcase/sonic-rush-3d-sage-2024-demo.2282/
- Sonic Rush Rerun: https://gamejolt.com/games/sonicrushrerun/1030374
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Friday Dec 05, 2025
Friday Dec 05, 2025
This week, KC is joined by Football Manager aficionado Ravsieg, who's put thousands of hours into the series. We briefly cover the history of Football and Championship Manager, what happened to FM25 leading to its cancellation, and how it affected the recently released FM26. Also, is FM26 REALLY that bad?
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Monday Dec 01, 2025
Monday Dec 01, 2025
To mark the 25th anniversary of the original Shenmue in the West, KC shares his personal memories of the game and why it's such an amazing and unique experience even today.
Check out The Dreamcast Junkyard's DreamPod episode dedicated to the 25th anniversary of Shenmue, featuring KC and Matt Oliver of Shenmue Dojo: https://thedreamcastjunkyard.buzzsprout.com/42610/episodes/18232667-episode-147-25-years-of-shenmue
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Friday Nov 28, 2025
Friday Nov 28, 2025
It's time to once again look at another month's worth of SEGA news, including SEGA's nominations for this year's Game Awards, and new content coming to Sonic Rumble and Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds.
Relevant links:
- SEGA thinks "Definitive Editions" are putting players off Day One purchases: https://www.gamesindustry.biz/with-just-17-of-segas-recent-sales-coming-from-new-titles-the-company-suggests-definitive-editions-could-be-putting-players-off-day-one-purchases
- Yakuza Kiwami & Kiwami 2 out now on Switch 2: https://youtu.be/uC3w6aRXVJI?si=psg9BPBWqmH1lBz7
- Yakuza 0 Director's Cut, Kiwami and Kiwami 2 digital upgrades announced: https://www.gematsu.com/2025/11/yakuza-0-directors-cut-yakuza-kiwami-and-yakuza-kiwami-2-ps5-xbox-series-and-pc-digital-upgrade-offers-announced
- Persona Live 2026: Awakenings coming to Los Angeles: https://segabits.com/blog/2025/11/03/first-ever-persona-live-2026-awakenings-concert-to-debut-in-los-angeles/
- The Game Awards nominations: https://thegameawards.com
- Two Point Museum: Zooseum DLC out December 2nd: https://community.twopointcounty.com/two-point-studios/two-point-museum/blogs/102-two-point-museum-zooseum-faq
- SEGA Football Club Champions 2026 launches January 22nd, 2026: https://www.gematsu.com/2025/11/sega-football-club-champions-2026-launches-january-22-2026
- Lost Sammy game for the Nintendo 64 found and preserved: https://segabits.com/blog/2025/11/26/lost-nintendo-64-game-from-sammy-viewpoint-2064-found-and-preserved-online/#more-84878
- Lost Genesis/Mega Drive RTS from STI preserved: https://segabits.com/blog/2025/11/07/lost-genesis-mega-drive-rts-from-sega-technical-institute-dark-empires-recovered-and-preserved/
- Sonic Robo Blast 32X panel: https://youtu.be/wV7zS52GlfE?si=hF-HrSaeRR7DiH50
- New cover of "Endless Possibility" by Bowling for Soup: https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/rs-gaming/sonic-the-hedgehog-bowling-for-soup-soundtrack-1235465264/
- Pac-Man World 2 Re-Pac X Sonic DLC out now: https://youtu.be/oGpcg4IhMK4?si=igPsLFQWO4Y8KdyW
- Sonic Rumble is out now: https://youtu.be/JFJ-zNihuEs?si=nqKhYSYMFiEUMtXy
- Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds Switch 2 Edition coming December 4th: https://youtu.be/WC-0DOg4z9A?si=BWxxkSPnx8Npsmjo
- Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds new SEGA characters announced: https://youtu.be/B0DHucYYD0k?si=X2P8rYA5d-1Wf0Bs
- Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds 1.2.0 update coming December 3rd: https://x.com/RaceCrossWorlds/status/1993756644468199586
- The Dreamcast Junkyard's DreamPod Shenmue 25th anniversary special: https://www.buzzsprout.com/42610/episodes/18232667
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Friday Nov 21, 2025
Friday Nov 21, 2025
This week, I'm delighted to have as guests industry legends Mark Webley and Gary Carr, founders and studio heads over at Two Point Studios, and Luke Finlay-Maxwell, lead designer on Two Point Museum. Check out this crazy fun interview for some insight into the creation of the studio, the development of Two Point Museum, and what's still to come for the popular museum management sim.
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Chapters:
(00:00:00) Intro
(00:01:59) Interview with Mark Webley, Gary Carr, and Luke Finlay-Maxwell
(01:29:22) Outro
Friday Nov 14, 2025
Friday Nov 14, 2025
In this episode of The SEGA Lounge, we dive deep into the cult classic Blue Stinger — one of the Dreamcast’s most bizarre and beloved launch titles. Join us as we explore the game’s Hollywood-inspired vision and why it still holds a strange power over fans decades later. Featuring Dreamcast Enjoyer and Brian Vines.
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Friday Nov 07, 2025
Friday Nov 07, 2025
SEGA and Rovio's free-to-play mobile (and PC) game Sonic Rumble is finally here and KC, Viper and Lime discuss their initial thoughts on the game one day after its global launch.
Originally aired LiVE on RadioSEGA and our Twitch and YouTube channels.
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Friday Oct 31, 2025
Friday Oct 31, 2025
We're back with another SEGA news roundup and this time there's something for everyone: a tabletop RPG, FMV game remasters, more Shinobi: Art of Vengeance, and Sonic truly is everyone, like in your Waze app and back in the Olympics.
Relevant links:
- SEGA teams up with the International Olympic Committee on a new Olympics X Sonic multi-year collab: https://www.sega.co.jp/en/release/251007_1.html?year=2025&category=1&page=1
- Phantasy Star Tabletop Roleplaying available now: https://skydawngames.com/phantasystar/
- Limited Run distributing HD remasters of Mega CD games: https://www.segadriven.com/2025/10/limited-run-are-making-hd-remasters-of-a-whole-bunch-of-sega-mega-cd-games/
- Full lineup of SEGA villains DLC revealed for Shinobi: Art of Vengeance. Arriving in early 2026: https://x.com/sega/status/1978945287793021343?s=61
- Shinobi: Art of Vengeance Tee Lopes DJ set: https://youtu.be/ZZkRj6-MCxI?si=sqEa-fTmQhv3gmQo
- Persona 3 Reload out now on Switch 2: https://www.sega.co.jp/en/release/251023_1.html?year=2025&category=1&page=1
- Virtua Fighter 5 R.E.V.O. World Stage is available now: https://youtu.be/f8mibe385yE?si=6gFiXDjU_DZewTyO
- Total War: WARHAMMER III - Tides of Torment announced: https://youtu.be/BsEX51KP6U8?si=OJyF5s0qI6Uk64UB
- Two Point Museum out now on Switch 2: https://youtu.be/NDHW7G5HPcA?si=9f_bP4GnXyAqt_JE
- Two Point Museum: Zooseum arrives this Winter: https://youtu.be/QVLxHQqwuB4?si=QCbFgyz7aVmBi-mc
- Sonic in Waze: https://x.com/waze/status/1978491450405925210?s=61
- Sonic Rumble coming November 5th: https://www.sega.co.jp/en/release/251023_2.html?year=2025&category=1&page=1
- Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds sells over 1 million units worldwide: https://www.sega.co.jp/en/release/251023_3.html?year=2025&category=1&page=1
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Friday Oct 24, 2025
Friday Oct 24, 2025
Ken Horowitz, of Sega-16.com, returns to celebrate the 30th anniversary of underrated Mega Drive/Genesis gem Comix Zone. Join us in reminiscing about the game and why it's much better than you probably remember. Have your own memories? Sound off in the comments.
INVINCIBILITY CHEAT:
Go to OPTIONS > JUKEBOX
Press C on sounds 3, 12, 17, 2, 2, 10, 2, 7, 7, 11.
If you hear Sketch saying "Oh yeah!", it worked. Exit to the main menu and start a new game.
Ken's interview with Peter Morawiec: https://www.sega-16.com/2007/04/interview-peter-morawiec/
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