Helpful, useful or otherwise cool links:
Information:
Nintendo/Sony related:
http://nfg.2y.net/games/monopoly
Basically the entirety of the Internet and all gaming publications can be summed
up by this link. All
Sony fans have done is
swap 'Nintendo' for 'Sony' and vice-versa, and all other console manufacturers
names remain the same. It is the proliferation of this perspective that has
caused this web page's creation.
It is worth noting that the Monopoly advocated here severely affected the
Sega
Master System,
TurboGrafx
-16, and caused Sega to be running in the red by the end of the Genesis
days, for having to
aggressively
market the Genesis to compete against Nintendo's monopoly. Similarly, Sony's
virtual monopoly has
negatively
affected the,
Sega Dreamcast, Microsoft Xbox,
and Nintendo Gamecube's sales and third party support.
Sega related:
Whip Ass Gaming
http://www.whipassgaming.com/
Excellent web page of a friend of mine, who's helped me extensively with web
design and the subject matter of this site. Whip Ass Gaming contains a myriad
of different pages including fan pages for Sega consoles, console games, MAC
OS, and Powerslave, reviews, Kitty care tips, very creative "dream sequence"
pages and more!
Dandy2000's Genesis games review
and fan page
http://genesisreviews.tripod.com/index.html
Awesome list of Genesis and Sega CD games with relative comments and reviews
on each, plus box scans and other info, awesome site.
FORS YARD
http://homepage.mac.com/greggillis/
Excellent compilation of Sega Genesis magazine ads, showing the magazine article marketing side of Sega gaming history.
Eidolon's Inn
http://eidolon.psp.net
http://eidolon.dnsalias.net/
Great fan site with hardware info on all of Sega's consoles, development docs,
game lists, freeware roms, emulator updates and more.
Sam Pettus' Sega Base
http://www.eidolons-inn.net/segabase/
Somewhat dramatized account of Magazine Hype and Sega's own internal politics
surrounding every Sega console's development and release, and eventual discontinuation.
It is this perspective that most of the Internet and gaming media today is operating
from when they mention Sega. Meaning that they are not coming from a gaming
perspective, but from a financial-political perspective when they mention Sega
"failing" at anything.
TG16/DUO/PC-Engine related:
DarkCity Productions.com Turbo for newbies
http://www.darkcityproductions.com/duo/newbies.shtml
Good resource on Turbo Hardware questions, including compatiblity between PC-Engine, DUO and TG16 peripherals.
Game Dude TG16 games
http://www.gamedude.com/turbo.html
Online TG16 sale site, I haven't dealt with them, but their site has been around
for quite a while.
PC-Engine Catalog Project
http://www.pcecp.com/
Attempting (succeeded?) to list every single PC-Engine Hu-Card and CD-ROM game
ever made, along with relevant gameplay comments, release dates, the works.
Great resource.
Turbo Grafx Sanctuary
http://www.multimods.com/
Hardware tech and Turbo fan capable of modding systems to play imports, include S-Video, and more.
Turbo Play Magazine Archive
http://home.comcast.net/~turboplay-magazine-archives-tg16/video_game_imports.html
Self explanatory, comments from Vic Ireland's early days on TG16 imports, many of which he himself localized.
Turbo Zone Direct
http://www.tzd.com
Excellent online store that only sells NEW Turbografx/CD/DUO games and equipment.
Online Classic Game Stores:
Hit-Japan
http://www.hit-japan.com/
E-bay
Store
Excellent Japanese import site, great speed, and service! Although both of the
DUOs I bought from them ended up breaking down, they were at least helpful with
the first exchange.
Mad-Gear
http://www.mad-gear.com/
Game store with interesting stock items.
benmemphis
http://benmemphis.com/
Import gaming store.
Wolfgames
http://www.wolfgames.com/
New, used, and import game store.
Try-Ace
http://www.thewestexit.com/
New, used, and import game store.