Carl Williams writes, "When the Sega Genesis was released, Sega was pretty much operating on a clean slate with most of the fans that bought it. Their previous console, the Sega Master System was not much more than a cult hit in the United States (while it rocked in other countries). This was due to a lot of things that held the company back from success- many point the finger at shady activities by Nintendo at the time. Nonetheless, Sega was able to create some iconic franchises. Phantasy Star being one, and a role playing game at that. On the Genesis, the sequel, Phantasy Star II was well received. Too bad Sega ignored what made the first two games popular when they released Phantasy Star III Generations of Doom in 1991. Personally, I liked Phantasy Star III- it is the only PS game I have beaten."
After a nearly 14 year hiatus since the Original Xbox Live shut down in 2010, Halo 2's online matchmaking will return in public beta form on March 15th at 20:00 GMT (16:00 EST, 13:00 PST) with 10 multiplayer playlists, via the Xbox Live 1.0 replacement Insignia. Clans, matchmaking, voice chat, friends, and scoreboards will all be supported at launch this Friday. Sign up is available at Insignia.live for any Original Xbox owners/XEMU users.
To get started, see the super easy guide below on registering. Simply requires one cable and a USB drive with a file in order to get the console registered.
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Funny, I was playing the Halo 2 campaign on hard last night, I forgot how hard that game was.
Triverse writes, "The Sega Master System (SMS) did not get a fair chance in North America due to Nintendo’s illegal policies. That has not stopped fans from supporting the console long after its commercial demise. Grail of the Gods (GotG) is one such new release for the SMS. If you are a fan of classic, some would say archaic, computer action role-playing games (RPG) then you might remember one called Sword of Fargoal, published by Epyx for the Commodore 64 and Vic-20 computers. If not, well, give Grail of the Gods a play and you will have pretty much played Sword of Fargoal."
Looks similar to Dragon Crystal. I used to have that back in the 90s. Tough game, I could never get very far in it.
Triverse writes, Fans of the venerable arcade fighting game series, Samurai Shodown, probably already know about the role-playing game (RPG) spin-off from the 90’s. That game is now available in English for the Neo Geo CD-ROM for the first time (I think it is the first time). Samurai Shodown RPG was also released on the Sony PlayStation and Sega Saturn around the same time, both inferior to the Neo Geo CD version in various ways (mostly animation)."
I didn't know this game even existed, but a turn based RPG of Samurai Showdown sounds lit!
I heard Phantasy Star 3 sucked but PS2 and PS4 were great. So I started playing PS4, since the second is really tough I guess.
Also, the whole shady business practices from Nintendo is probably referring to making publishers sign agreements they couldn't release on other systems.
But it's not like Sega was innocent, just read how they actually KIDNAPPED someone to prevent them from working with Nintendo. http://www.nintendolife.com...
I loved all of them but they should have left the number off of 3. It was it's own thing with PS4 being the true sequel.