Sega Mega Drive / Sega Genesis News

Mega Q*bert by Jaklub is a fan adaptation of the popular arcade title for the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis. The title has 2 modes - Mega mode with 80 new different levels to beat and an Arcade mode, which is based on NES Q*bert (which in turn is based on the original game). Both modes allow simultaneous cooperative play. Read more about Mega Q-Bert v1.2 (Genesis Game)

Virtua Worm by ComradeOj is a cross between Snake and Pac-Man. You have to navigate through a maze while eating food pellets. Each piece of food adds a body segment. The goal is to eat every piece of food in the stage without running in to yourself. There are 15 stages in total. Read more about Virtua Worm (03-12-2016) (Genesis Game)

Solaris by Nendo copies the mechanism of Tetris and offers an endless mode or a challenge to clear 40 lines as fast as possible. Read more about Solaris v0.81 (Genesis Game)

Nendo's Ixion for the Sega Genesis invites you to dodge bullets. What looks like a good start is a not yet fully developed bullet hell shooter. Although it's looking promising, we don't know if this could turn into a full homebrew game. Read more about Ixion v0.89 (Genesis Game)

Aventura by Cleber Casali‎ is a port/conversion of Adventure from the Atari 2600 for Mega Drive/Sega Genesis and Sega CD. Please report any bugs or differences from the original worth fixing directly to the author. Read more about Aventura (02-11-2016) (Genesis Game)

Tanglewood by Big Evil Corporation is still collecting money for the next four days! 8000 British Pounds are missing to make this game real! Read more about Tanglewood (Kickstarter) (Reminder) (Genesis Game)

YM2612 Live Player by KStorm is a simple YM2612 controller allows you to create music & noise live on your Megadrive. Functionalities of the YM2612 are all exposed, with the addition of a basic sequencer (keys on/off) and tone generator feature (set mode to 2). Read more about YM2612 Live Player (11-12-2016) (Genesis Application)

Coffee Crisis by Mega Cat Studios is a classic beat ‘em up that pays homage to the era of Streets of Rage, Turtles in Time, and arcade quality action with a 16 bit aesthetic. Driving that focus home, Coffee Crisis has a Sega Genesis release in physical form that plays on hardware in addition to a full PC release. Contribute some money to stop the Smurglians & save the Earth! Read more about Coffee Crisis (Kickstarter) (Genesis Game)

Tanglewood by Big Evil Corporation is a brand new and original game for the SEGA Mega Drive, to be released in physical cartridge form in winter 2017. Money is being currently collected via Kickstarter! Read more about Tanglewood (Kickstarter) (Genesis Game)

VilQ is a fast paced action Jump'n'Run for the Sega Genesis/Megadrive by KaiN and Axi0maT! It's the winner entry at RetroKomp's 2016 game development competition. Read more about VilQ (Beta 2) (Genesis Game)