SEGA!

That iconic SEGA voice of the early 90′s still rings lound and clear in my head. It seems as if just yesterday I was crowded in a corner of my room on the floor playing Sonic on my SEGA Genesis. *dreaming* Oh those were the days.

I’ve come a long way in only a decade as has the consumer electronics/gaming industry. It’s funny to think back to when I was awestruck by a black box playing games on a big tube TV with graphics power measured by “bits” and animals/humans being represented as literal blocks. And now we have mobile platforms such as the iPhone completely re-writing the book on mobile gaming.

I won’t lie, I enjoy my fair share (read: gigs) of ROM’s on my jailbroken iPhone for it keeps me entertained and able to pass the low points of the day. For as long as I can remember, this little time waster of mine and many others has been looked down upon by the various entities and groups responsible for putting out each and every video game. They say I’m a thief, you’re a thief. But what they’re really saying is “we’re” too lazy or greedy to open up support for other devices — until now.

SEGA is finally, finally seeing the light as new reports detail an official SEGA emulator for the iPhone dubbed “Ultimate Genesis”. As one can guess, a good of popular SEGA games will eventually make their move to the small screen with some of the larger titles debuting first. And of course, now that we can do the whole in-app purchase tango, growing your library of golden relics will come easier than ever.

You know, I really wish they had this when I was a kid.

Look for Ultimate Genesis to drop in the App Store within a few weeks with ROM’s going for on average of $5 a piece. Oh yeah!

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