SEGA emulator lets you re-live your ’90s childhood, mod its games

SEGA emulator lets you re-live your '90s childhood, mod its games

By Lewis Leong

SEGA emulator lets you re-live your '90s childhood, mod its games

SEGA is releasing its official Genesis (or Mega Drive, for UK folks) emulator next week, and with it you’ll be able to play your favorite games in a faithfully recreated early ’90s bedroom, complete with CRT TV and SEGA memorabilia.

You can even navigate a virtual shelf stocked with virtual boxes of SEGA games.

The emulator works as a hub for all of your SEGA content, and any classic SEGA games you’ve already purchased in Steam will be imported to the Hub automatically.

Sega emulator 3D room

The biggest news about this release is that SEGA will allow users to mod games via the Steam Workshop. There’s no information about what can and can’t be modified in a game, but I expect players will be able to add their own backgrounds and textures at the very least. I hope other companies take note to allow gamers to legally modify and distribute assets for their games.

Game on

The Hub won’t be a single player affair as it will allow local co-op play for supported titles. Both keyboard and controllers will be supported so you can play the way you like. You’ll also be able to save …read more

Source:: techradar.com – Gaming

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