RIP Hideki Sato. Architect of SG-1000, Master System, Mega Drive / Genesis, Saturn and Dreamcast. Loved every single one of your creations.

Pretty damn sure that's AI.

Photo of a Master System console and monitor displaying a game.

Display of a row of several new games playing on retro systems.

Display of a row of more new games playing on retro systems.

Razing Core is on display at #Gamescom2025 in Cologne if you would like to try it! #mastersystem #homebrew

GitHub - Lobotomy-Software/SlaveDriver-Engine: SlaveDriver Engine for Sega Saturn GPL Source Code SlaveDriver Engine for Sega Saturn GPL Source Code - Lobotomy-Software/SlaveDriver-Engine

The source code of the SlaveDriver Engine, powering the 1996 game PowerSlave for the Sega Saturn, is now published under the GPLv3.

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Amazing! This was one of the very very first games I ever played.

Carl von Ossietzky on how a hatred of "Kulturbolschewismus" (Cultural Bolshevism) was a common thread across a spectrum of reactionaries (from Nazis to social conservatives/traditionalists) in 1931. Fascism is usually a coalition.

Happy 25th birthday to one of the most underrated consoles ever made. You were ahead of your time and denied a chance to shine. Still. you'll be forever mine. See? Only Sega makes me spout poetry.

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