John Harrison - Mega Drive Shock

@MegaDriveShock

Chronicling the history of the Sega Mega Drive / Genesis. Author of Legends of 16-Bit Game Development. Order here: rasterscroll.com

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John Harrison - Mega Drive Shock
@MegaDriveShock
Oct 9, 2023
Orders are now open on my book: Legends of 16-Bit Game Development: A History of Treasure and the Sega Mega Drive / Genesis rasterscroll.com/product/legend… Thank you to all the supporters who backed it! There aren't many copies remaining. Order now while you can.
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John Harrison - Mega Drive Shock
@MegaDriveShock
Oct 12, 2025
Must-watch for PlayStation history buffs. It focused a lot on Masahide Ohashi, the Toshiba engineer who designed the PS1's GPU and its texture-mapping capabilities. He sadly died of cancer just one year after the PS1's release. I had never heard his story before.
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@famitsu
Oct 11, 2025
『新プロジェクトX』プレイステーション特集回が本日20時より放送 famitsu.com/article/202510… 開発リーダーの久夛良木健をはじめ、丸山茂雄、坂上陽三が出演。ソニーと任天堂による“幻の試作機”、リアルタイム3DCG実現の壁、ローンチタイトルの『リッジレーサー』など、初代プレステ誕生ドラマに迫る
John Harrison - Mega Drive Shock
@MegaDriveShock
Jul 10, 2025
Is this your secret @piyoon ? 🧐 Can you share any other info? I wonder if it's the first time someone's discovered it.
Bo (Low Context Burning Rangers)
@memory_fallen
Jul 2, 2025
RINGS OF SATURN: I found a cool Easter egg in *Radiant Silvergun*: * Start playing Arcade mode * Get between 240K and 250K points * Enter your 77th place initials as "SRK" All extra options, plus an otherwise-inaccessible INVINCIBLE option, will be unlocked! More below...
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John Harrison - Mega Drive Shock
@MegaDriveShock
Sep 2, 2024
It's hard to believe that Climax Entertainment released Shining in the Darkness, Shining Force, and Landstalker in the span of just 19 months.
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John Harrison - Mega Drive Shock
@MegaDriveShock
Aug 20, 2024
I see takes like this all the time, but... Sega Sammy's revenue for FY2024 was ¥467 billion yen! That's much greater than in the 90s. For consumer sales: Sega did about the same this year as at its 90s peak (93 and 94). It's one of the top 5 Japanese game publishers.
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