Sonic HQ25 Years & Counting!

SA2 is going to be on gamecube. they will show it at spaceword 2001. check gamespot for lata details

It seems that the Sega Smash Pack Volume 2 has been spotted for the PC on shelves. I'm not sure how long this has been out, but Sonic 2 and Vectorman 2 seem to be among the games on it, and it only costs $9.99 US.

However, a Dreamcast port isn't expected in the near future.

Source: SwirlVision

Well, well, the recent Sonic Team blurry screenshot may have been explained. What has resulted from some disecting seems to increase the odds that a Sonic title is the mystery game. Go here to get the full details. However, please remember that it could also be a decoy that Sonic Team put out to stir talk in the media. As IGN says, please remember both possibilities.

Source: IGNcube

FUS (Fans United for SatAM) has finally finished it's first comic for the season 3 comic online series. You can read it at http://www.satamsonic.com.

Some sad news from video game voice over land today, as one can see by the title. The following comes from Ryan Drummond's site:

Before I go for this month, I have to pay respects to a fallen talent here in San Diego. Steve Broadie was a very talented Voice-Over actor here and I always enjoyed seeing him at auditions and working with him on projects. He passed away at 2pm on Friday the 10th. He will be missed. Hope he's doing V.O.s in heaven! :)

That is the mention from his site. Very sad, indeed...

Source: ryandrummond.com

And in the process, Sonic actually hits a historic milestone:

Sega today announced the release of the 100th issue of the Sonic the Hedgehog comic book series, making the speedy hedgehog the first videogame character to reach the milestone.

First published back in 1993, the strip has traced the adventures of Sonic and the Knothole Village heroes as they take on the evil of Dr. Robotnik and the Robotropolis villains for the past eight years. The 100th issue, which coincides with the 10th Anniversary of Sonic The Hedgehog, will mark the return of the Freedom Fighters, a band of Sonic allies that help him battle Robotnik on his home turf.

"The Sonic The Hedgehog comic book is very special to us and we are thrilled to see it reaching Issue #100," said Michael Silberkleit, Chairman and Publisher, Archie Comic Publications. "'Sonic The Hedgehog' is one of our top-selling comic books and we look forward to many issues to come."

Director of licensing and character development at Sega of America, Jane Thompson enthused, "Since Sonic's 1991 debut as Sega's mascot he has been a leading icon among consumers, and our 'Sonic the Hedgehog' titles are consistent top-sellers for Sega." "Sonic embodies Sega's unique ability to create innovative properties and characters - a strength we've had for more than 40 years with Sonic leading the way."

If these guys want many more issues to come, they got a lot of another kind of 'issues' to deal with first...

Source: SegaWeb

This could definitely open some floodgates. Sonic Team is showing four titles at Space World (For those that don't know, Space World is Nintendo's Japanese showcase of upcoming games). We know of three, which are Phantasy Star Online (GameCube), Sonic Advance, and Puyo Puyo, both for the Gameboy Advance. However, there also seems to be a mystery fourth title lurking in the shadows from the team... noone outside Sonic Team knows what it is yet, so it could be any number of things...

Source: SwirlVision

More Sega Music News... for Japan:

Sony has reaffirmed plans to release a compilation of music from popular Sega games. Over the past few months Sony has allowed players to vote for their favorite Sega tunes for possible inclusion in the compilation. Due to overwhelming demand however, Sony plans to release a series of compilation discs dubbed 'The Best of Sega's Game Music.' The first two volumes in the series are expected to hit Japanese retailers on October 24th and November 21st respectively. Each volume will consist of two discs, though definitive track listings remain undisclosed. Each volume will retail for 3,059 yen ($25), no word on plans to release the compilation discs outside Japan.

News import retailers love to hear... also, I personally find it wierd to hear Sony releasing Sega stuff. I know there's no problem with it now, but it still feels somewhat odd.

Source: Core Magazine

Since I don't play SA2, I'm not 100% what this is, but SwirlVision deemed this important enough to put on their page. The VMU Chao Editor Vers. 2 by Alessandro Sanasi is up for SA2, which people seem to find pretty damn important.

So, uhh... there you go. *Hates these situations where he's not 100% of what exactly he's reporting :) *

Source: SwirlVision

This interesting, if not big, news comes from SegaDojo:

During this weekend's Classic Gaming Expo in Las Vegas (which I had the pleasure of attending), I had a talk with a couple of good folks from Good Deal Games, who recently unleashed two new Sega CD games on the market- Bug Blasters and Star Strike. During our discussion, the spokespeople revealed that they were hard at work on three new games for the Sega Saturn.

While not two many details were revealed about two of the games (they "couldn't say yet", but something tells me they soon will), we do know that one of the games is based on the old Kevin Costner action film Waterworld- and it's practically finished. Nice.

We'll have more details on these games soon. They're also working on producing another Sega CD game, the oft-delayed Absolute project Penn and Teller's Smoke and Mirrors. Nice.

Well, this could be definitely something to watch for...

Source: SegaDojo

Yet another deal...

Along with announcing that the base Dreamcast price would drop to $79.95, Sega has released details on yet another great deal. This morning, the "Sega Sports AEE Bundle 2K1" was announced, for $99.95. The new Dreamcast bundle contains the usual hardware and peripherals, along with 3 of their most popular Sega Sports 2K1 titles: NFL 2K1, NBA 2K1 and World Series Baseball 2K1. The bundle will be available this month, at most major retailers.

More to cheer for...

Source: Gaming Age

The following reminder comes from Gaming Age:

Major retailers like Best Buy, Target, and Circuit City have lowered the Dreamcast price to $79.95. The move on Sega's part is to clear the remaining inventory of Dreamcasts and draw a clean slate towards third-party land. In addition, the DC pad is now $14.99 and the VMU is $9.99. The DC still has great new and upcoming content. Alien Front Online and World Series Baseball 2K1 were just released and the whole 2K2 sports line up is slated for Fall. Pick one up if you haven't, cause it's a steal!

I hope the Walmart they're building here will be selling DC's...

Source: Gaming Age

Resaurus has announced that they are going out of business. There will not be any new figures, (none of the planned SA2 ones), and their entire stock is on clearance sale at their online store. Thanks to Keira-Jo for the scoop. You can access Resaurus' site at http://www.resaurus.com.

I hope you enjoyed this bad news.