Looking back 20 years ago, video games were truly amazing in 1998. This was after all the year that saw the release of influential all-timers like The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, Resident Evil 2, Metal Gear Solid, Half-Life, Grim Fandango, Starcraft, and countless more. As someone growing up playing video games during the 90s, 1998 was surely the best it could be.
It was the best time it could be for everyone except Sega.
“There are many iconic platformers yet Kid Chameleon is rarely discussed so allow me to shine the spotlight on this retro treasure.” - A.J. Maciejewski from Video Chums.
Acquire, famous for games like Tenchu and Octopath Traveler, becomes KADOKAWA subsidiary. Can this mean a revival for beloved series?
I would kill to have a Way of the Samurai game with a huge budget and modern tech... The first game was one of my greatest joys on PS2 back in the day. And I really hope From Software will do something with Tenchu... I hate that they're just sitting on the IP like it doesn't even exist.
Tenchu would be superb in this day and age. Ninja and samurai games are hot right now and more is better.
"The company was unable to focus enough on its main hope"
Nope. Going back to the 32X as the reason Sega lost that generation doesn't go back far enough before the Saturn.
Sega executives need to blame themselves as to why Sega lost that generation. Not Saturn. Not 32X. Not Sega CD. Nope. Executives were the reason why. It wasn't the hardware. Those devices were either dropped early or released to soon resulting in a developer backlash the hurt the game catalog. They really shouldn't have been made at all because they should have planned their next move more carefully. It has nothing to do with the devices. Poor leadership decisions and lack of unity within the company are what happened.
Love how blame is always shifted away from what is the truth. Writing a book placing the blame on the 32X isn't the truth.
I am pretty sure there are documentaries (Youtube) around it which highlights these points. I had Sega Mega drive and NES growing up but that's about it. I didn't even know there was a war going on between these companies but I do remember thinking why I can't play Sonic cartridge on Nintendo or Mario on Sega :D
I had the Genesis and the Saturn, also had the SNES and 64, I never got a Dreamcast for some reason, but I never saw one in the stores either.
I miss the days where gaming was just about gaming; not DLC, or microtransactions, and yes '98 had some memorable games even I couldn't forget. I remember saying "I'll wait for the 64 to get it" to only find out it certain games weren't coming to the console at all. Then the day I got a PS1, and the demo disc alone had some games on there that sold me on the console 200%.
The Saturn I didn't get into till way after its time due to a lot of imports I wanted to play but had no way of obtaining back then. Now when I play the Saturn ports with the 4 MB expansion, they blow the PS1 versions of a lot of games way out the water.
Saturn never stood a chance thanks to poor planning
At the very least it was the only Sega console that was a significant success in Japan. It even outsold N64 in the region
Agreed Tetsujin the days where games were games. Without all the crap from today’s money grabbing industry. Oh and the Saturn such an underrated system love it to this day.
The good old days. Playing my Saturn and ps1 back then.