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The holy grail of lost Mega Drive media has been discovered and was even playable at Portland Retro Gaming Expo 2024. A build of 1995’s Garfield: Caught in the Act – The Lost Levels has finally been unearthed after 29 years.
Garfield: The Lost Levels was a SEGA Channel exclusive version of Garfield: Caught in the Act that features 2 exclusive stages called Bonehead the Barbarian and Slobbin’ Hood. It is further enhanced with the Alien Landscape stage which was only made available via the SEGA PC release of Garfield: Caught in the Act that released in 1996.
An attendee at Portland Retro Gaming Expo 2024 called PZTunleaded has recorded 43 minutes of off-screen footage of the recently discovered build of Garfield: The Lost Levels and shared it on their YouTube channel. You can watch this footage via the embed below:
While PZTunleaded is not the owner of the build, the video description does mention that the general public will be able to play this build “sooner or later” which suggests the owner is going to release the ROM dump soon.
SEGA are continuing to expand their gaming portfolio into the cinematic arena with an animated movie based on mobile rhythm game Hatsune Miku: Colorful Stage. Entitled Colorful Stage! The Movie: A Miku Who Can’t Sing; this upcoming animated feature will be directed by Hiroyuki Hata of Recently, My Sister is Unusual and Girls und Panzer fame.
Colorful Stage! The Movie: A Miku Who Can’t Sing sees Miku trying to reach out to people in need, but something is holding her back. It’s up to Ichika Hoshino and her bandmates to spread the good word of Miku to their audience. You can watch the first trailer for the movie with English subtitles via the embed below:
Colorful Stage! The Movie: A Miku Who Can’t Sing will release in Japan on January 17th 2024. A wider global release will then follow, but we currently only have a release date of “coming soon” at the time of writing.
A new combat gameplay trailer has dropped for Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii. This new footage features some hand-to-hand combat that showcases Majima using some shadow clones. We also get to se some sword-based combat with Pirate Majima.
There’s a surprisingly large amount of enemies in the battles featured in this video which brings games like Dynasty Warriors to mind. Check it out for yourself via the embed below:
Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii launches on PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S on February 28th 2025. The game is being developed by RGG Studio.
Promoted as a prelude series to the Sonic X Shadow Generations video game, Sonic X Shadow Generations: Dark Beginnings has finally arrived with the very first episode entitled Shadow and Maria. In this episode Shadow battles with visions of his past.
You can watch the episode on YouTube via the embed below, but viewers who suffer from photosensitive epilepsy may want to steer clear as there’s a lot of flashing imagery included:
A further 2 episodes of Sonic X Shadow Generations: Dark Beginnings will premiere on October 3rd and October 10th 2024. Sonic X Shadow Generations the video game will launch on October 25th 2024 for PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, Switch and PC. Development is being handled by Sonic Team.
2 of the SEGA Saturn’s most beloved RPGs are returning in a newly remastered format for PS4, PS5, PC, Switch and Xbox One. The Lunar Remastered Collection bundles Lunar: Silver Star Story and Lunar 2: Eternal Blue together, and features the original pixel art but now with upscaled cutscenes and some fancy depth-of-field effects.
Originally developed by Game Arts and released for the Mega CD, both games would later come to the Saturn and then the PlayStation. The PlayStation versions are what is being used as the basis for this new collection. These new remasters are being developed and published by GungHo Online Entertainment who are responsible for games in the Puzzle & Dragons, Ninjala and Let It Die franchises. They also handled the Grandia HD Collection released back in 2019.
You can watch the reveal trailer for Lunar Remastered Collection via the embed below:
The Sonic X Shadow Generations promotional campaign is really picking up speed with a new story trailer for the game, and an extended teaser trailer for the Dark Beginnings 3 episode prologue series.
The new story trailer for Sonic X Shadow Generations shows more of Shadow’s past with Maria and Gerald Robotnik, as well as the resurgence of Black Doom. We also get a fresh look at stages from Sonic Frontiers and Sonic Forces amongst others. Check it out:
The Sonic X Shadow Generations: Dark Beginnings 3 episode prologue series will start tomorrow September 25th 2024. A further 2 episodes will premiere on October 3rd and October 10th, and we’ve got a fresh look at the series via the teaser trailer that you can watch below. It’s looking to be a pretty action-packed affair:
Sonic X Shadow Generations launches October 25th 2024 on Switch, PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S. The game is being developed by Sonic Team.
Previously announced as a mobile exclusive for iOS and Android devices, Sonic Rumble will now launch on PC as well as mobile this Winter 2024.
Sonic Rumble is a 32 player online battle royale game in the style of Fall Guys. The game looks fairly extensive for a multiplayer title with several modes that include Run, Survival, Hunt, Team and Ring Battle. You can check out the latest trailer via the embed below that shows each mode in action alongside the game’s character customisation:
Sonic Rumble launches Winter 2024 on PC, iOS and Android devices. No developer has been publically named at the time of writing.
A new compilation of SEGA Rally Championship music is being released by Wave Master for the game’s 30th anniversary. SEGA Rally Championship -30th Anniv. Album- releases on October 17th 2024 in Japan and features 2 discs containing the full arcade and Saturn soundtracks alongside bonus tracks.
The real highlights are 3 new additional arrangements that were orchestrated by Takenobu Mitsuyoshi and Kenichi Tokoi. These include new versions of the songs ‘My Dear Friend, Rally’, ‘Getting Muddy’ and ‘Desert Replay’.
If you’re interested in importing the CD then links to every online store stocking the title are available from the album’s official website.
The next entry in the Yakuza franchise has been revealed! This time Goro Majima gets lead billing in a real-time action title as opposed to Like a Dragon and Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth which focused on turn-based combat.
Majima finds himself washed up on the shores of an island off the coast of Hawaii with no memory of who he is. With a new found need to protect the island natives from pirates, Majima himself takes the high seas and turns to a life of piracy when he defeats the captain of a ship. Check out the reveal trailer below:
Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii will release on PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S on February 28th 2025. Development is once again being handled by Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio.
SEGA and Limited Run Games are teaming up again for a range of Dreamcast merchandise to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the North American launch of the Dreamcast.
The headline item appears to be a line of trading cards. They are also selling sleevs, a binder, and a storage box for the trading cards as well.
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