Category Archives: Mega Drive

Generation 16 – Episode 005

Months of waiting are finally over! The fifth episode of Generation 16 is now live on YouTube and over on Archive.org. This episode features a game that many consider the birth of the modern real-time strategy genre, the first Mega Drive shooter from Toaplan, and the first game created specifically for a home console by [...]

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Generation 16 Episode 004 is live!

Welcome to Episode 004 of Generation 16 presented by the Player One Podcast. The Mega Drive celebrates its first birthday with its first movie-licensed game. That plus ladies with no shame, two heroes named Joe, and unauthorized appearances by comic book superheroes. Games this episode include: – Rambo III – Zoom! – Forgotten Worlds – [...]

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Generation 16 – Episode 003 is live!

It was a long time coming, but now it’s here. Generation 16 Episode 003 is finally live. Covered in this episode is the North American launch of the Genesis, as well as the five new games released on the system between July and October of 1989 – World Championship Soccer, Ghouls’n Ghosts, Arnold Palmer Tournament [...]

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Generation 16 – Episode 2

Here it is! The second episode of Generation 16, the series where I explore the games of Sega’s Mega Drive. This episode features the games released in the first part of 1989, leading up to the American release of the Genesis. Games featured in this episode are: – Phantasy Star II – Tommy Lasorda Baseball [...]

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Generation 16 – Episode 1

My WELCO METOT HENEX TLEVEL series not enough to satisfy your classic Sega cravings, you say? I feel your pain. And so I’m here to introduce a new Sega-based series on the Player One Podcast: Generation 16. Generation 16 is a video series chronicling the rise and fall of the Mega Drive through examining each [...]

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