Best-selling Sega Genesis games

That whole thing was a proportionate response on the part of Sega corporate in japan to the then competitve u.s. gaming market. Segas saga is an interesting and sad one indeed. Not unlike that of some other areas of entertainment (i think you know what I'm eluding to). Sega could be big today still if it weren't for corporate stuborness and a series of bad decisions not the least of which was Sega Japans refusal to listen to Sega U.S. regarding matters of the U.S. market. Turns out in Japan they had no real interest in gaming console business. They just wanted to passionately crank out video games. I was astonished when i first discovered that Sega had the opportunity to be instrumental in the developement of the Playstation and then the XBOX. They turned both offers down. Amazing.

Yes WCW indeed. A few years of great success followed by blind spending, bad decisions and downfall. Can't imagine what it cost Sega to get Michael Jackson, Joe Montana and Buster Douglas to put their names on a Genesis game. Maybe Sega's refusal to be more active in gaming was a "dodging of the bullet" for the video gaming world. The P.S. or X-Box might not have been as good as they were had Sega touched them.

The 32 bit adaptation equipment wasn't the first time Sega (or other developers) tried a quick fix solution that failed. Remember the expansion consoles from the early days? Like for Atari and (ugh!) Coleco Vision. Plus the Sega console just before the Genesis also offered an expansion console add on gimmick i think.

Didn't the Dream Cast come out at about the same time as the Sony play station ? I mean the P.S. was much better i.m.o. Definitely bolder design and better games. Might have been a major reason why the Dream cast flopped and it's price.

I think the whole gaming world bias against Sega (or atleast in favor of Nintendo) was again due to Sega coporate in japan. They did not care about responding properly to their major markets. That also included P.R. Supposedly not only did Nintendo ruthlessly micromanage their product (after the outlaw wild west mud show scene that the early 1980's was in the gaming world) but they also did great P.R. with both consumers and with Journalists. Nintendo fostered great relationships with those publications. Nintendo Japan was supportive of and worked closely with Nintendo America. Sega corporate on the otherhand remaind aloof towards and distant from the American market and the gaming publications. Little surprise then that they weren't getting the top reviews.

Trust me Coleco vision was before my time as well. My brother bought one in 1983 and years later gave it to me when i was a little older. He kept it impeccably. Had like 2 dozen game catridges with it too. He spent a fortune on it at the time. The coleco had an extra cost expansion console that enabled atari games to be played as well. Nintendo and Sega games were compatible with the colecovision base system. Segas 2nd or 3rd generation console had something similar available as well (this came out after Nintendos 1985 entertainment system). This sega was my first brand new console. It was a christmas present from my parents. It even had 3d adapter glasses. Then a few years later i got a genesis and then a PS2 and then years later my final foray into gaming was a complete Nintendo Wii (with all accessories and like 6 different game dvds...now this cost me a fortune).

I didn't know that Sony was also trying to partner with Nintendo on developing the Playstation. That just shows stupidity on the part of both Sega and Nintendo. I mean when the worlds biggest consumer electronics manufacturer (at the time) SONY wants to work with you.....you know what? You run with it. I didn't like nintendo all too much before...but now that you told me this their stock has plummeted that much more in my eyes. Btw. Any thoughts on some of the indie console systems that were out there at the time? Such as the Neo Geo ?

oh wow dude....Magnavox ? Now that's old school video gaming. We're talking two dots bouncing back and forth on a screen old. Well atleast they had a good run making tv's and vcr's for hah while. I almost drank the koolaid and was contemplating a turbo grafix 16 back in the day. The neo geo was this super 16 and 32 bit system that played cd based games and cartridges as well. It was ahead of its time in 1990-1991. When you were all set and done it cost about $1000. Crazy. As far as the dracula game you're talking about I can't think of it's name. I can only guess back then some titles were: Castlevania and Vampire Village (nintendo). Plus vampire killer. There was an early 1980's sega console release for a vampire game. I don't know if such a great array of games existed prior to like 1982-1985 (or as i call it the outlaw mudshow days of video gaming.....because everybody and their mother were creating video game consoles and video games) for the average consumer.