Yes, SEGA is fucking with us.

[Scullibundo]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XIppveL_ ... detailpage[/youtube]

[GeneraL CyberFunK]

Well there was Virtua Fighter 2 in there, FIghting Vipers, a Sonic ring loss (Sonic The Fighters?), Virtua Striker and Virtual On (the Get Ready)

Sounds like a compilation or hopefully some insane megamix

[Madmya]

The hell does 2x5 mean? Well there is 5 games there... shit, I'd probs get it if there were all 5! But I do already Virtual On, my favourite of those games.

Not the saturn version though...

[The Adza]

Nothing there that excites me at all. I did love Fighting Vipers and Fighters Megamix but I don't think it would hold up today very well.
Shenmue or Skies are the only games I need again in HD.

[GW2cameout]

The hell does 2x5 mean? Well there is 5 games there... shit,

All five of them are Model 2 games.

Which gives me hope they'll be arcade ports not Saturn ports.

[t0mby]

Or they're going to charge you twice as much as they're worth.

[Scullibundo]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EnLUHKE6 ... detailpage[/youtube]

[Candy Arse]

No sale.

[Madmya]

Can someone please elaborate for this poor bugger at work?

[Scullibundo]

Can someone please elaborate for this poor bugger at work?

It's a compilation of all the Shenmue arcade games you play in Shenmue I&II. + Duck/Forklift racing.

[Madmya]

Thanks skull.



Shit cunt.

[GW2cameout]

Proper model 2 ports not Saturn conversions?

Sold.

[Deef]

Oh good so everyone can talk about how expensive those twin sticks are again.

[Scullibundo]

Thanks skull.



Shit cunt.

[GreyWizzard]

I'd just like a new Fighting Vipers. The whole wall and armour system worked really well.

[Madmya]

After seeing the video.. Virtual On is really the only one that I'd actually play... and I already have VOOT. Although the original is very good...

[Shaneus]

Man, I think they sort of have the right idea... but there are shitloads of other Sega M2 games I'd love on there that aren't:
Indy 500
Last Bronx
Sega Rally
Sega Touring Car
Manx TT
Super GT 24hr
Virtua Cop 1 + 2

(yes, I just pulled that list off Wikipedia)

And what the fuck do I have to do to get a version of Wing War?

[Madmya]

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2012- ... fringement" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

By Robert Purchese Published Tuesday, 20 November 2012

YouTube video content from 15-year-old SEGA Saturn game Shining Force 3 is suddenly and apparently randomly being targeted for copyright infringement.

Loyal fans who've determinedly been translating parts of the game that SEGA didn't bother with outside of Japan have had their videos and even their entire channels taken down, according to a Reddit discussion. YouTube works on a shoot first, ask questions later basis (unless you're under the Machinima umbrella or similar).

Why would SEGA do such a thing? Could it be that Sega is planning a Shining Force 3 re-release?

Whoa there Tonto: it might not even be SEGA's doing.

YouTube user MarauderEx had his channel taken down because of alleged Shining Force 3 copyright infringement. He wrote to SEGA and SEGA wrote back.

"Hello," SEGA greeted. "We never give explicit permission to use our intellectual property. However, in cases like this we tend not to take action unless we or our products are slandered in the derivative works. Best Regards, SEGA Customer Support."

MarauderEx hadn't posted slanderous content and here was SEGA telling him it tended not to take action in cases like this. So if SEGA didn't, who did? MarauderEx believes it to be some Lone Ranger troll pretending to be SEGA.

Famed YouTube user TotalBiscuit was also targeted, and posted in the Reddit thread calling the action "weird" and "out of the blue". He said the person who made the copyright infringement claim against him appeared in "some" SEGA credits in a special thanks role, but not those of Shining Force 3. He had a "legit" email address, apparently. "It's a curious case indeed," was the last thing TotalBiscuit wrote.

Another commenter appeared to be one of the people unofficially translating Shining Force 3. This person, synbios16, doubted the re-release angle.

"SEGA's been porting a ton of games over the last several years, but it's extremely rare that any come from the Saturn era," synbios16 wrote. "This is largely because of the complexity involved in emulating the Saturn's hardware, while Dreamcast and Genesis games are far easier to pack up and re-release.

"The few games that have been re-released from the Saturn were actually ports to other consoles first, then ported to newer stuff. Panzer Dragoon when first released also saw a PC version. Any re-release of Panzer Dragoon since has been a port of the PC version. NiGHTS Into Dreams was remade on PS2, and the recent XBL release is an upgrade of the PS2 release.

"We've invested quite a bit of time translating SF3 and have been very careful to avoid these types of problems. We don't accept payments or donations, nobody on staff gets paid or compensated in any way for their time, the project site is run by a single person, and we claim no ownership of anything. We even refuse to support users who pirate this abandonware game and each own an imported copy of each disc. Our script was even taken at one point and used by another group who claimed it as their own, but we just let it go. We do it for the love of the game.

"And we are persecuted for it," the post ended.

So was it SEGA or not? And if it was SEGA then why? I've asked, and I'll let you know when I hear back.

Here's the reddit link: " onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Ha! I'd love for this to be happening for an actual reason. Maybe with the money they're making on re-releases Sega can afford to start forking out for the more ambitious projects? It's probably worth mentioning that Shining the Holy Ark videos have also been taken down.

[t0mby]

https://www.ccn.com/sega-prepares-conso ... t-wrecked/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[Candy Arse]

No chance it's a new console.

Either it's some awesome retro machine, or in Sega style a sequel to Seaman.

[flipswitch]

Sony PlayStation 6. Exclusive info from EB lizard man I just spoke with.

[Rorschach]

It'll be some retro themed machine that can emulate every console they ever released to date. Or they attempt some similar to what 3DO did and try outsource the hardware. And it'll be digital only. I know Sega have effectively recovered from the collapse of the Dreamcast, and as much as I'd like another Dreamcast like machine, it would be maddness to try get back in the game at this point.

Edit - I really hope it's a Dreamcast re-release. I loved the Dreamcast library but damn the hardware was flaky. It went through at least 3 machines, always had problems with them.

[Madmya]

Oof, imagine if it actually was hardware that could emulate all of their previous machines. I'd have a proper boner.

[unfnknblvbl]

Even if it's just Sega partnering with Analogue on something...

[Froggy]

A Dreamcast mini would be ace.

A device that had a digital access to their library and they could release their own games on would be ace.

Anything is ace, SEGA is still massive in Japan with Nintendo so whatever it is I predict it's targeted right at the core market there so it may not make much sense to us.