Revolution to play Mega Drive games

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SAN JOSE, Calif.--Everything old is new again. You only have to look at the success of Xbox Live Arcade to know that while gamers are demanding the hottest graphics and the latest innovations from their next-gen hardware, they also relish the opportunity to travel down memory lane--and they're willing to pay for that chance.

Nintendo knows this. The company announced at E3 last year that its forthcoming Revolution would help scratch the nostalgic itch with a "virtual console" that will allow users to download and play potentially hundreds of games from the company's back catalog, spanning all of its older systems--the N64, SNES, and the hallowed NES.

At its GDC keynote this morning, Nintendo unveiled plans to flesh out the Revolution's classic-game library even beyond its own storied library. Today during his keynote speech at the 2006 Game Developers Conference, Nintendo president Satoru Iwata announced that two former hardware rivals--Sega and Hudson--will make sizeable chunks of their own back catalog available for download on the Revolution.

According to Nintendo, over 1,000 games for Sega's Genesis console, released in 1989, will be added to the Revolution's library. Joining them will be an undisclosed number of titles from the Hudson's TurboGrafx console, also released in 1989 and co-developed by electronics giant NEC. Though no specific titles were mentioned, Nintendo said it is taking a "best of" approach in selecting which games will come to the Revolution.

Source: Gamespot

Great news

[ChuckSteak0331]

I cant wait for this system to come out. Better and better news all the time! When can I get my preorder?

[Shotty]

Isnt the 360 gettin some of segas old games as well.

[Jeet]

OMG THAT IS FANTASTIC.
cant wait for goldenaxe

[MH_prophet]

I don't think there's going to be 1,000 Genesis games for download. That would eclipse even the number of actuall Nintendo titles on the Virtual Console. Here's how IGN worded it.: "Revolution owners will be able to relive their past gaming glories from the Sega Genesis console by playing a "best of" selection from more than 1,000 Genesis titles, as well as games sold for the TurboGrafx console."

[Sharky]

Originally Posted by MH_prophet

I don't think there's going to be 1,000 Genesis games for download. That would eclipse even the number of actuall Nintendo titles on the Virtual Console. Here's how IGN worded it.: "Revolution owners will be able to relive their past gaming glories from the Sega Genesis console by playing a "best of" selection from more than 1,000 Genesis titles, as well as games sold for the TurboGrafx console."

Besides, I could really care less. I'm certainly not going to pay $10-20 for old Genesis/Turbo Grafx games that I can get for free on the Internet (okay... maybe there's 1 or 2 games I might buy ). Nonetheless, it's still a handy feature... but certainly not something that will make or break the console.

[Wingman1977]

Interesting.

[Beavis and Butthead]

i might get it i might not ill have to see how it is plyd first