I tried my best to emulate the sound of good old sega genesis, as it is one of my favorite "sounds" out there! this is a ...

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 ...

Chiptune is a genre that developed from reusing the onboard synth generation chips in classic gaming consoles such as Nintendo's Game Boy. Nowadays, we can use any number of software synths to create ...

P-47 MD II, a shoot 'em up completed for the Genesis in 1990 but never released, is getting a limited edition physical ...

Overall, it's an excellent presentation that even includes original music composed by the man behind the iconic tracks of Streets of Rage using the original Sega Genesis sound processor.

With “Sonic” sprinting at the box office and cult-hit reboots underway, Sega is on the rebound. It’s not just nostalgia, says ...

that 8-bit visualization will be in sync with the music and may actually serve as a lo-fi spectrum analyzer. [Andy] came up with his own visualization system for a Sega Genesis or Megadrive.

But it went from selling over 30 million Sega Genesis consoles at the height of its fame in 1993 to selling just 3 million units of its final console before pulling the plug on its hardware empire.

It always sounded a bit crunchy, but crunchy in a good way. SEGA’s 16-bit console, whether you call it the Genesis or Mega Drive, always had a unique sound thanks to it’s Yamaha YM2612 sound chip.

Back in the day (the 1990s) the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis consoles included a full on FM synth to ... for free when you pick up a back issue of (the now sadly closed) Computer Music's issues 339 or 340 ...