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The Genesis / Mega Drive is getting some serious love from homebrew and indie developers of late. We've got exciting projects like Final Fight, Symphony of the Night, Earthion and True Galactic Mission all hovering on the horizon, and now we've got another exciting project to look forward to –...

Game Description: Dynamite Headdy is an action platformer game for the Sega Genesis. Translation Description: Dynamite Headdy was one of those great games that unfortunately went through a process known as "localization". Nearly all the dialogue was removed, and what little remained was...

Game Description: Phantasy Star II: Amia's Adventure is an adventure game for the Sega Genesis. Translation Description: This is a complete translation patch for the SegaNet game. The surnames are simply omitted, since there is no way to tell for sure how to properly transliterate/translate...

The Genesis / Mega Drive is getting a new shmup called True Galactic Mission. Developed by Yuri R. d Avila (AKA Davila Games), this vertically-scrolling blaster has been in development for a while and has been built using the SGDK library. "A new project is getting ready to take off!" reads...

In the world of flash carts, Krikzz's products are held in high regard. The developer's EverDrive range covers pretty much all of the major cartridge-based retro systems, and these carts are famed for their quality and features. However, Krikzz's next project is aiming for something a little...

Description: This is a complete overhaul of the game with a more cohesive story and significant changes to the story and gameplay. Many of the gameplay changes are listed below. Please note that this mod requires a USA version of the game to be patched. Also, I recommend using LunarIPS for all...

Description: This is a hack of Sonic the Hedgehog for Genesis. The hack is named after the Sonic Amateur Games Expo (SAGE) and was submitted to the 2010 convention. The hack adds a Time Attack, as well as recording high score, ring total, monitors broken, badniks, and hits taken. Level Select is...

Yuzo Koshiro has shown off more footage of the upcoming Mega Drive / Genesis shmup Earthion, and it's shaping up to be one of the most technically remarkable games ever released on the 16-bit system. "You'll spot a lot of new stuff and scenes we've added in," says Yoshiro. "Plus, there's a...

Wayô Records has announced that it is going to release Yuzo Koshiro's phenomenal soundtrack to the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis action RPG The Story of Thor (known as Beyond Oasis in North America) as a limited edition double-LP this September and that pre-orders are now open. The Story of Thor is...

Description: This hack replaces Blaze with the ninja assassin Rudra from SORR v5! They said it couldn't be done, but here it is! Rudra's ninja moves: She becomes invisible while walking. Initially you see her, then you see a signature, then she totally disappears. (Like the samurai Yamato in...

Update [Mon 10th Jun, 2024 16:45 BST]: ZPF is coming to Kickstarter soon – 1st July 2024, to be precise. Original Story [Tue 17th Oct, 2023 10:30 BST]: ZPF is a game we've known about for a while now. Its developer ZPF Team dropped the first teaser trailer for the new Mega Drive / Genesis...

Description: This patch is designed to add a simple saving mechanism for High Scores in Dragon's Revenge. How to use: Saving: Scores save after player returns to the Title screen. Loading: Scores load at the Tengen screen. If checksum fails or it is your first time booting, default scores...

Description: Swapped all the Voice Samples found on this version with the original Voice samples from the Arcade just to make this version a little more faithful to the original. Unfortunately, there was some loss in the audio quality due to the really low rate used on the voices. Just for you...

Description: This is a hack that fixes some bugs in the original Sonic the Hedgehog for Genesis. Refer to the Readme for details on what was fixed. Make sure you use a clean ROM. The project contains two patches: one for the US/EU version and the other has changes from the Japanese version...

Description: This innovative modification introduces the beloved characters from the iconic arcade game Cadillacs and Dinosaurs into the fray, replacing the original heroes Axel, Blaze, Skate, and Max with the intrepid explorers Jack, Hannah, Mustapha, and Mess. In this masterful ROM hack of...

Description: Similar to Alien 3 - Survivor mod, the main difference in this new version is the total lack of the timer, causing this hack to work correctly in some emulators, where the slow time function of the survivor mod, did not work well; other changes are: Timer is frozen The radar does...

Description: Support for the CD audio music with the Sega CD addon via Mode 1 feature. This hack is designed to work with the PC version of this game called Maui Mallard in Cold Shadow. You can use the physical disc release or make your own audio CD using GOG version of the game. The goal of...

Description: Robotnik was getting frantic. Every plan he made seemed to be thwarted effortlessly by the blue hedgehog, and his ideas were getting stupider and stupider by the week. Utterly confused and enraged, he looked back on some of his old files, and realized that his previous ideas were...

Description: This patch is designed to add a simple saving mechanism for High Scores in Bad Omen. How to use Saving: Scores save after player returns to the Sega screen. Scores and Time Trial ranking are saved. Loading: Scores load upon boot. If checksum fails or it is your first time...

Update [Mon 20th May, 2024 12:45 BST]: Gabriel Pyron has shown off the game in motion, and we're even more excited about it now: Gabriel Pyron, the coding genius behind WIP Mega Drive / Genesis versions of Samurai Shodown and Marvel Super Heroes, has just revealed that he's working on a King...