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I have a confession: I grew up in an era when Saturdays meant cereal, cartoons, and wrestling with the Genesis controller until the rubber on button A looked like a tiny, aggressive pancake. I was born in 1979, and yes, I have opinions that smell faintly of arcade smoke and cartridge dust. So when someone […]

I never set out to become a committed Genesis soccer nerd, but here we are, me, born in 1979 and wearing a metaphorical referee’s whistle made of sarcasm, defending a very particular corner of pixelated turf. Is the category of Sega Genesis – Mega Drive soccer games bizarre, classic, under-rated, over-rated, essential or skippable? Good

I love puzzles, probably because I spent my childhood staring at a TV with a controller in one hand and a bowl of something that used to be cereal in the other, and honestly, the Sega Genesis – excuse me, Mega Drive depending on your passport – was an excellent accomplice. Are Genesis puzzle games

I have always thought that pinball on a home console is a little like bringing a tuba to a string quartet, but in the best possible way (and yes, I own a metaphorical tuba). Is this category bizarre? A little. Classic? Absolutely, in that slightly tacky, arcade-at-2am sort of way. Under- or over-rated? Both, depending

Call me nostalgic, call me old (I am, 1979 did number me like a well-worn cartridge), but the Sega Genesis, known as the Mega Drive outside of the good old United States, still whispers secrets into my ear if I lean close enough. Are the Genesis hidden gems a bizarre category? Absolutely, and delightfully so.