boffo97 Posts: 767 Registered: 1/25/2015
boffo97
# 1 - Posted on 4/21/2016 16:07:57

http://www.pcgamer.com/sega-mega-drive-classics-hub-will-boast-steam-workshop-support/

Sega's revamping the hub program which they use to enable old Genesis games to be sold on Steam. If you already own at least one Genesis game on Steam (which you do if you caught even one week of the recent Make War, Not Love promo), you'll get the new hub program for free.

Details and a video at the link above.

dhobo Curator Backer Posts: 1965 Registered: 1/5/2015
darwinsocialism
# 2 - Posted on 4/21/2016 16:11:06

That game cartridge clearly passed through the tv cabinet when it was being inserted into the virtual console during the video. My immersion has been ruined. VR is dead.

In all seriousness though, it's pretty neat. Kind of unnecessary, but neat, lol

moho_00 Curator Backer Posts: 6846 Registered: 6/10/2011
moho_00
# 3 - Posted on 4/21/2016 16:13:03

Wow, this is a really nice surprise. I love Sonic's Ultimate Genesis Collection since it has a ton of games, various graphics filters, save states, etc. It sounds like they're wrapping a similar thing around their Steam releases. I'm definitely intrigued by the workshop integration. The first thing that came to mind was sprite swapping, so...Mario & Knuckles?

Marcus Curator Backer Posts: 311 Registered: 10/16/2014
# 4 - Posted on 4/22/2016 3:43:14

This is both really strange and really cool. Glad to see Sega is willing to open their classic games up in such a way. It only took them, oh, over 20 years ;).