Category Archives: Sega
#85: Sega Superstars
Format: Playstation 2 Genre: Party Released: 2004 Developer: Sonic Team (Sega) When I was teaching in Japan, I lived in the party house. Whereas most of my fellow assistant language teachers (ALTs) were living in one-room apartments, by sheer luck … Continue reading
Filed under 2004, Party, Playstation 2, Sega, Sonic Team
#66: Emergency Call Ambulance
Format: Coin-Op Genre: Racing Released: 1999 Developer: Sega Failing to complete a level in most arcade racing games results in little more than the inconvenience of having to insert another credit. But failing to complete the first level of Emergency … Continue reading
#58: Star Wars Arcade
Format: Coin-Op Genre: Space Combat Simulator Released: 1993 Developer: Sega For a long time I thought I’d just imagined this game. Whenever I asked people whether they’d played Star Wars Arcade, they always thought I meant the 1983 version, then … Continue reading
Filed under 1993, Coin-Op, Sega, Space Combat Simulator
#56: Out Run
Format: Coin-Op Genre: Racing Released: 1986 Developer: Sega (AM2) Back in the very first post on this blog, I said that all racing games before about the mid-nineties were “pretty rubbish”. I stand by that comment, but with two obvious … Continue reading
#44: Dog Walking
Format: Coin-Op Genre: Miscellaneous Released: 2001 Developer: Sega As I’ve said before, this list isn’t just about the best games ever made – it’s also a chance to honour games that might not have won any awards but that nonetheless … Continue reading
Filed under 2001, Coin-Op, Miscellaneous, Sega
#43: Skies of Arcadia
Format: Dreamcast Genre: RPG Released: 2001 Developer: Sega (Overworks) Yes, that’s right another Dreamcast game for the list – no complaining back there. Hey, look, it’s not my fault that a signficant proportion of THE BEST GAMES EVER MADE were … Continue reading
#37: Sega Bass Fishing
Format: Dreamcast Genre: Fishing Released: 1999 Developer: Sega I love this game because it’s just such an unlikely concept: who’d have thought fishing could be so much fun? It’s a bit like the TV show Late Night Poker – explain … Continue reading
#14: Shenmue
Format: Dreamcast Genre: Adventure/RPG/Fighting Released: 2000 Developer: Sega (AM2) At the time, I considered Shenmue (pronounced ‘shen-moo’) to be one of the most absorbing and realistic computer games I’d ever played. If you’d spoken to any of my housemates, however, they’d … Continue reading
