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Sega Genesis: Codes And Cheats

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Published: March 22, 2007

After Nintendo's SNES, the Sega Genesis was the most popular home game console of fourth generation gaming platforms. Unlike the SNES, the Sega Genesis has a thriving cult following despite being technologically obsolete since the middle of the 1990s with the release of gaming consoles like Sony PlayStation, the Nintendo 64 and Sega's latest offering, the Saturn. Although nearly two decades have passed since the popularity of the Sega Genesis reached its climax, it has recently been enjoying an upsurge.

Many video games from earlier generations game systems have recently become en vogue. The Retro Game Phenomenon, which began in the early 2000s, featured resurrected classic arcade and popular video games from earlier generations of gaming consoles . Plug-and-Play TV Games like Play TV Legends Sega Genesis from Radica games offers gamers the opportunity to play Sega Genesis games like Sonic, Altered Beast, Golden Axe Kid Chameleon, Dr Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine and Flicky. The Play TV Legends Sega Genesis Volume 2 has games like Sonic the Hedgehog II, Echo the Dolphin, Gain Ground, The Ooze, Columns, and Alex Kid & the Enchanted Castle. With the rebirth of the popularity of games, websites and magazines have revamped their efforts to publish Sega Genesis codes and Sega Genesis cheats.

The popularity of Sega Genesis games for old holdouts and recently created generations of  fans is due in part to multi-platform releases of games like the Sega Genesis Collection on consoles like Sony's PlayStation2 and Sony's PSP. The collection features many Sega Genesis hits including the Chuck D. classic, Decap Attack as well as Kid Chameleon, Echo the Dolphin, Echo II and Echo Jr., Vectorman 1and 2, the arcade classic Virtual Fighter 2, and Doom. Franchises like Golden Axe is well represented with Golden Axe I, Golden Axe II and Golden Axe III. Offerings from the Phantasy Star Series includes Phantasy Star II and Phantasy Star III and Phantasy Star IV.

The legendary gaming icon, Sonic the HedgeHog is also featured in the collection. Including two offerings from the Sonic the Hedgehog original franchise, Sonic the Hedgehog and Sonic the Hedgehog II. The multi-platform collections of games has lead to gamers discovering and posting long lists of Sega Genesis cheats and Sega Genesis codes.

Codes and cheats can be found on hundreds of websites and plenty of gaming print magazines. Magazines like Electronic Gaming Monthly and Game Informer offer codes and  cheats., as well as websites like 1UP.com, IGN.com, GameSpot.com and GameSpy.com. There are also countless Sega Genesis fanatic websites dedicated to everything Sega Genesis. Included are cheats and codes for Sega Genesis games for gamers still using the original Sega Genesis gaming console, hard-core purists who find emulators and plug-and-play solutions a poor substitute for the Sega Genesis experience.

For gamers in need of a Sega Genesis quick fix or those ardent loyalists not willing to settle for an XBOX 360 or PlayStation 3, the representatives of the seventh generation of gaming consoles, the popular 16-bit console, Sega Genesis, and its illustrious catalog of video games are still available in one form or another. Original cartridges for the Sega Genesis console, and the Sega Genesis Collection for the PSP and PlayStation 2, as well as plug-and-play editions from Radica are popular amongst Sega Genesis gamers, both old and new. Finding the right codes and cheats for Sega Genesis games can be found in every corner of the Internet.


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Sega Genesis. GameSpot. 2007. CNET Networks Entertainment. 13 Mar. 2007. http://www.gamespot.com/search.html?type=11&st ype=all&tag=search%3Bbutton&om_act=convert />Sega Genesis. 1Up.com. 2007. Ziff David Media Inc. 13 Mar 2007. http://www.1up.com/do/search?st=sega%20genesis
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Sega Genesis Collection. 2007. Amazon.13 Mar. 2007. http://www.amazon.com/Sega-of-America-Inc-Collecti on/dp/B000HQBZOM/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/102-7465166-96201 />“Sega Mega Drive.” Wikipedia. 13 Mar. 2007. 13 Mar. 2007. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sega_Mega_Drive/Sega_ Genesis