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No, you didn't accidentally use a time machine to travel back to 1993, but there is indeed an original SEGA Genesis game releasing today. Titled Tanglewood, it's a puzzle platforming game inspired by the likes of classic games like Aladdin and Sonic. The developer, a British studio called Big Evil Corporation, didn't just model this game like a "retro-styled" indie, but actually went through the effort of using development technology that was only around during the era of the Genesis/Mega Drive. You can purchase a cartridge for original hardware for around £54, or you can pick it up on Steam for £13.95. If you get the game on PC, you'll be provided with not only a Steam copy, but a ROM file of the game, if you'd like to play it on an emulator or flashcart, as well.

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Steam Page

 

[8BitWonder]

Oh neat, I saw this a while back and thought it looked pretty cool.
Glad to see it reached full release.

 

[Deleted User]

inb4 "y no snes"

 

[BlueFox gui]

o BOI
i was playing the demo, it's really cool

 

[Glyptofane]

Cool that they provide a lower cost and official way of acquiring the ROM.

 

[Xandrid]

Very interesting

 

[the_randomizer]

Cool that they provide a lower cost and official way of acquiring the ROM.

Unlike some companies.

 

[Stwert]

I like the look of this, I have to admit. And I’m seriously tempted to buy the cartridge for my Mega Drive. I could just buy it on Steam and get the ROM, but because they’ve gone to the trouble and put the work in to make an actual cart, I think they should be rewarded. No stealing this one people.

 

[RedoLane]

Yet no one develops new games for Commodore 64 Master Race

 

[BORTZ]

Yet no one develops new games for Commodore 64 Master Race

That's not even close to true. Try harder next time.
https://csdb.dk/latestreleases.php

http://www.lemon64.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=6

http://www.indieretronews.com/2017/12/c64-goty-we-take-look-at-very-best-of.html

 

[kuwanger]

"
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
MINIMUM:
...
Processor: Dual Core 1.8ghz
Memory: 1 GB RAM
Additional Notes: Requires accelerated OpenGL drivers
"

Uh, what? What's the deal with so many games having such ridiculously high minimum requirements? Pure laziness? An inability in Steam to list lower requirements? Horrible inefficient games?

Stuff like this always sort of blows my mind.

PS - Seriously, a 1.8GHz x86 CPUs (which have higher IPC) is ~236.8x faster than the Sega Genesis' CPU and ~502.8x faster than its sound CPU. And about 7,700x as much RAM.

 

[RedBlueGreen]

"
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
MINIMUM:
...
Processor: Dual Core 1.8ghz
Memory: 1 GB RAM
Additional Notes: Requires accelerated OpenGL drivers
"

Uh, what? What's the deal with so many games having such ridiculously high minimum requirements? Pure laziness? An inability in Steam to list lower requirements? Horrible inefficient games?

Stuff like this always sort of blows my mind.

PS - Seriously, a 1.8GHz x86 CPUs (which have higher IPC) is ~236.8x faster than the Sega Genesis' CPU and ~502.8x faster than its sound CPU. And about 7,700x as much RAM.

You can definitely list lower requirements, just look at Oblivion's page on Steam.

 

[kuwanger]

You can definitely list lower requirements, just look at Oblivion's page on Steam.

"
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
OS: Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows XP 64-Bit
Processor: 2 Ghz Intel Pentium 4 or equivalent
Memory: 512 MB
Graphics: 128 MB Direct3D compatible video card and DirectX 9.0 compatible driver
DirectX®: DirectX 9.0c
Hard Drive: 4.6 GB
Sound: DirectX 8.1 compatible
"

That's not really much lower. In fact, if you look at some other older games you get stuff like:

Ultimate Doom/Wolfenstein 3D:

"
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
MINIMUM: A 100% Windows XP/Vista-compatible computer system
"

Descent:

"
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
MINIMUM:
OS: Windows XP, 7, 8
Processor: 1 Gigahertz or faster
Memory: 1 GB RAM
Graphics: 3D graphics card compatible with DirectX 7 or better
DirectX: Version 7.0
Network: Broadband Internet connection
Storage: 32 MB available space
Sound Card: Sound Blaster compatible
Additional Notes: Please visit Interplay's support site for the optimal settings for Descent 3's setup.
"

Rise of the Triad: Dark War

"
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
MINIMUM:
OS: Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7 or Windows 8
Processor: Intel Core Duo 2
Memory: 2 GB RAM
"

If you can find some listing with substantially lower requirements, I'd love to see them. :/

 

[ROMANREIGNS599]

What the potato. It looks better than shovel knight, which requires high graphics consoles like PS4, shovel knight should have been made for SNES or sega genesis too

 

[Kioku]

inb4 "y no snes"

But y tho?

Unlike some companies.

Yeah! Microsoft how dare you! Wait...

 

[the_randomizer]

But y tho?

Yeah! Microsoft how dare you! Wait...

It was jab at Nintendo's overly litigious BS as of late.

 

[Song of storms]

Is making videogames for defunct consoles legal? Can I make a PS1 videogame and sell it?

"
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
MINIMUM:
...
Processor: Dual Core 1.8ghz
Memory: 1 GB RAM
Additional Notes: Requires accelerated OpenGL drivers
"

Uh, what? What's the deal with so many games having such ridiculously high minimum requirements? Pure laziness? An inability in Steam to list lower requirements? Horrible inefficient games?

Stuff like this always sort of blows my mind.

PS - Seriously, a 1.8GHz x86 CPUs (which have higher IPC) is ~236.8x faster than the Sega Genesis' CPU and ~502.8x faster than its sound CPU. And about 7,700x as much RAM.

Either the Steam version has a custom emulator that's not very well-optimized or they can't go any lower than that with minimum requirements in the website.

 

[FateForWindows]

Still hyped for Xeno Crisis but this looks pretty great.

 

[RedoLane]

That's not even close to true. Try harder next time.
https://csdb.dk/latestreleases.php

http://www.lemon64.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=6

http://www.indieretronews.com/2017/12/c64-goty-we-take-look-at-very-best-of.html

I forgot :V

 

[Deleted User]

This is a nice suprise. Think I'll pick up the steam version for the rom. I really like these retro titles. Takes me back. . . .