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- linkthewarrior, on 08/15/2008, -2/+40Seeeggaaa!!! (Sonic zooms by)
- Yarnage, on 08/15/2008, -0/+38I miss the Dreamcast.
- MuskokasFinest, on 08/15/2008, -0/+26I can still hear the Genesis' logo tune...
- lolupissed, on 08/15/2008, -3/+27Dreamcast = best console ever
Truly ahead of its time - louiebaur, on 08/15/2008, -1/+22I miss my sega and my 80's!
- Gutterpunk, on 08/15/2008, -0/+21I am moving this week, and I found my Dreamcast in the attic. I've been playing for the last 4 hours (while my gf is making boxes)
And then a secret Sega archive on Digg.
Best Day Ever! - cw1925, on 08/15/2008, -0/+19Slight clarification based on the Kotaku article that went up today. The room was not forgotten by anyone in SEGA, they just didn’t inform me or the other community guys that it existed. When we were doing a tour of our new space, we came across the room and made our way back to take some photos and show them around.
In a small unassuming area in the product development department is a room that contains some very special SEGA history. In this room is the SEGA archive and contains just about every game that’s come out on a SEGA console in the past and present, as well as a ton of extremely rare or strange peripherals. We stumbled upon the room when we were taking photos of the department post-move and made a point to come back for pictures so everyone can see all there is to see.
We asked around about how the room came together and couldn’t get a straight answer. Some had said our old legal department had run the archive and given it up to someone else to manage. Others said that the legal archive still exists in another room in the office, and this was pulled together over time from producers and product managers. We don’t know the exact how or why, but we love that it exists and immediately accessible.
The shelves are packed with games from all the great consoles of SEGA past, as well as games from competitor consoles. Each shelf is a bit deceptive in the photos, as they are all double packed with games behind games. While walking through the room, everyone had a game they found on the shelf that had a fond memory. There are too many games for me to pull up one that really made me smile among the whole group, I found myself more interested in the peripherals that I never had a chance to play with.
Most of the games aren’t even shelved and appear stacked from floor to ceiling. Most of the larger peripherals are also along the walls. I geeked out a bit here and was pulling up the Twin Sticks for SEGA Saturn, I always wanted to play VirtuaOn the way it was meant to be played.
In the middle are larger metal drawers, which I had thought would contain file folders and paper work. Instead, they are pretty much filled to the brim with odds and ends. One drawer opened to reveal a ton of Genesis control pads in plastic bags, there must have been at least fifty or sixty. Other drawers have spindles of old sega silvers (final games playable games on regular CD/DVDs) and another with a ton of cables.
Currently the room is being used for storage and archive reasons, but I’m told the goal is to create a place where anyone can rent these games for personal use! Think of it as a movie rental space, with a full check out system, and full access… we all cannot wait. Once the room is up and we can actually rent from it, then we’ll be sure to get our hands dirty with some classic adventures. Until then, enjoy the rest of the photos on our Flickr page in full high res!
http://flickr.com/photos/segaamerica/sets/72157606 ... - killerbob2323, on 08/15/2008, -0/+18I still play my Dreamcast... It's still awesome...
- hydroplane, on 08/15/2008, -0/+16SEGA CD you're the best ever. 32X you burned me bad.
- Gullop, on 08/15/2008, -0/+15http://www.flickr.com/photos/segaamerica/sets/7215 ...
edit - http://www.flickr.com/photos/segaamerica/274292493 ... is my favourite - badwithcomputer, on 08/15/2008, -0/+12i hope that when i die they can bury me in a tomb just like that. with slightly nicer carpeting.
- techblogLAT, on 08/15/2008, -0/+12It's like the Disney vault... Except 10 times more awesome.
- britblogger, on 08/15/2008, -0/+10I miss putting in my Sonic cart, flicking the switch, and hearing "Seeeeegaaaaaa"
loved that. - Mastertone, on 08/15/2008, -0/+9I know this in uncool to admit (in the US) but I had a Master System when I was a kid and I LOVED it.
R-type was an unbelievably spot on recreation of the arcade version.
Even the graphically downgraded versions of Rastan and Altered Beast were fun. - oxymoron69, on 08/15/2008, -1/+9Your wife is an idiot.
Digg suggests you find a new, better and properly educated one who has played at least a few old school sega titles. - xlneoMAXlx, on 08/15/2008, -1/+9Say-Guh
- cadmiumpaint, on 08/15/2008, -1/+8wish i could see it.....site is down already. geez.
- mobislink, on 08/15/2008, -0/+7This room should be organized and the items should be display in a museum type fashion.
- SeaweedWater, on 08/15/2008, -0/+7I hope it doesn't have those newer Sonics in there.
- kataztrophy, on 08/15/2008, -0/+6I wanted to play Virtua Hamster, but they pulled the plug on the 32x before it was completed.
- Junrin, on 08/15/2008, -1/+7wait, what? they're not sure how the room came to be? somebody has to have been keeping track of it; i saw gta: san andreas in there...
- 1807, on 08/15/2008, -0/+6yea, just like the Disney Vault...except that while Disney likes to bring back movies after they've been gone for a while, Sega doesn't bring them back at all.
- FiveIron, on 08/15/2008, -0/+6does anyone remember "Genisis does what Nintendon't"?
- compgeek, on 08/15/2008, -1/+7wholeheartedly concur with dreamcast being an amazing console. I still have mine right beside me as I type this. I'm usually playing either Quake 3 Arena or DOA2 and GOD I miss PSO if only the servers were still up I'd be still playing that it was WOW before WOW and I hated WOW so I never got in to it but PSO was pure bliss.
on topic though this room looks AMAZING!!!! *drools* - sunsunych, on 08/15/2008, -1/+7oh how i wish i could play sega now..nostalgy
- inactive, on 08/15/2008, -4/+9Are you sure you aren't experiencing some rare type of tinnitus? I would check my ears by an audiologist If I were you.
- B4T3R, on 08/15/2008, -0/+5Those Genesis games brought back some memories.
- DanBoodro, on 08/15/2008, -0/+5My favs were Crazy Taxi and all the other awesome arcade games.
- KMartSheriff, on 08/15/2008, -0/+5Never owned a SEGA, huh?
- Dunnion, on 08/15/2008, -0/+4Oh man i was such a sucker as a kick, getting the 32x! But boy did I think it was cool at the time!
- Gorzki, on 08/15/2008, -0/+4I was just playing my Dreamcast the other night. Sonic Adventure was amazing when it came out on there.
- UglyBunny, on 08/16/2008, -0/+4I miss the 90s.
- inactive, on 08/15/2008, -0/+4Huh, looks like the website is down.
Anyways, I think they started sucking after the dreamcast. Just imho. - killerbob2323, on 08/15/2008, -0/+4Woot for Dreamcast!
Dynamite Cop was the *****! - DavidonDigg, on 08/15/2008, -1/+5This is exciting
- raydeen, on 08/16/2008, -0/+4House Of The Dead. Love that game. And PSO was fun whilst it lasted.
- inactive, on 08/15/2008, -0/+4I worked at EA Redwood City for a bit, you should see their library of console and pc games.
- misilman, on 08/15/2008, -0/+4Fanboy
- ImpoliteAndEvil, on 04/06/2009, -0/+4I love Sega. I've got almost every system they ever made. I've even got a Sega Master System with the 3D glasses!!! Just a couple weeks ago I pulled out my Sega Dreamcast and played Shenmue and Ecco the Dolphin: Defender of the Future... AMAZING!!! Both of those games look better than anything on the Wii (while that's not saying much, consider how old the games are).
My most prized possesion is an autographed copy of Christmas NiGHTS into Dreams. Meeting Yuji Naka was such an honor. Not only is he the father of Sonic and NiGHTS, but he programmed the pseudo-3D dungeons in the original Phantasy Star for Sega Master System. I was also fortunate enough to meet Naoto Oshima, the artist who created the awesome character design for Sonic.
[SEGA!!!] - foofightrs777, on 08/15/2008, -0/+4I think I'm the only one with positive memories of the 32X. Picked it up at a local shop on clearance the end of its life for $20 with Virtua Fighter. Also snagged Virtua Racing, Brutal, and a few others for no more than $5-$10 a piece. Still have the thing too :)
- Casty, on 08/15/2008, -0/+4It's fake, look at the original image.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/segaamerica/274292457 ...
It would be funny if it was actually true... honestly, if I was there and I saw "Shenmue 3", I'd steal it, no hesitation. - foofightrs777, on 08/15/2008, -0/+4You still can: http://www.schtserv.com/
You can thank me in $50s and $100s. - oxymoron69, on 08/15/2008, -0/+4welco
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level - xlneoMAXlx, on 08/15/2008, -0/+3Meer?
- Jordan117, on 08/15/2008, -1/+4Um... you can. For free.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kega_Fusion - zephyr42, on 08/15/2008, -0/+3Jetgrind radio 24/7 BABY WOOOO!!!!
- Andrwmorph, on 08/15/2008, -0/+3I'm currently browsing Digg from an audiologist's office while I'm supposed to be working!
Huzzah! - Andrwmorph, on 08/15/2008, -0/+3I'm pretty sure my parents tossed my Dreamcast or I'd still be playing Phantasy Star Online.
- Shaflugi, on 08/15/2008, -0/+3Look up Schthack. It's a really popular private server that supports everything from PSO Dreamcast Version 1 to PSO Blue Burst for the PC. (Not PSO Xbox, though)
- FreddyParanoia, on 08/15/2008, -0/+3Page is down. Lasted a while but looks like the servers died.
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