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Sega's Virtua Processor: the one-hit wonder of cartridge-based video game enhancement chips

A sin­gle Mega Drive game that uses a spe­cial en­hance­ment chip. The chip is kind of no­to­ri­ous in Sega cir­cles, as it turns out, since its re­lease marks the be­gin­ning of the tur­bu­lent end-of-life pe­ri­od for the Mega Drive hard­ware, ig­nites the 32X de­ba­cle, and paves the way for the Sat­urn's early re­lease and the shed­ding of most of the suc­cess of the Gen­e­sis years in Amer­i­ca. The chip is called the Sega Vir­tua Proces­sor, and it was used only in Vir­tua Rac­ing.

camel_toad4215d ago

It was an awesome experience for me back then as a kid. I remember my mom getting motion sickness just watching me play it. Good stuff.

YoungKingDoran4215d ago

enjoyable, informative article!

Knushwood Butt4215d ago

Hmm, pity the article doesn't go into more depth. It just says there was one cart that used the chip, then, ends..

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SEGA announces Fearless: Year of Shadow

SEGA has announced Fearless: Year of Shadow, a campaign that celebrates Sonic the Hedgehog and his brooding acquaintance, Shadow.

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Sega sells Relic and will cut 240 jobs across UK studios

GamesIndustry.biz writes: "Relic is best known for the Company of Heroes and Dawn of War games, and recently developed the new Age of Empires for Microsoft. Relic will transition to an independent studio and will no-longer be part of the Sega group of studios.

The majority of the 240 job cuts are across Creative Assembly and Sega Europe, while there will be a ‘small number’ cut from Sega HARDLight. There was no mention of other Sega UK studios, including Two Point Studios and Sports Interactive."

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-Foxtrot28d ago

Shame about Creative Assembly, they should have just been allowed to do an Alien Isolation sequel.

just_looken27d ago

It was that garbage coh 3 that did them in only a special team can make a sequel worse in every way even though it was a 10 year gap and the same era.

gold_drake28d ago

I hope they find new jobs in the industry soon.

Jingsing28d ago

Two Point Studios and Sports Interactive probably run on a shoe string budget so that fits into SEGA better lol

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SEGA’s Switch Predecessor: What Happened to the Nomad?

Sega had such a turbulent existence from the mid-90s to when they dropped out of console manufacturing entirely in 2001, it’s understandable if you’ve never heard of the Genesis Nomad.

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