Classic Game Room reviews SEGA RALLY CHAMPIONSHIP 1995 for PS2 Playstation 2 from Sega, available in the LE Limited Edition set of Sega Rally 2006 for Japanese PS2. This CGR review has gameplay from Sega Rally Championship 1995 showing PS2 gameplay from the Japanese release of Sega Rally Championship 1995 on a Japan only Playstation 2 video game console.

Hey everybody, it’s time for another hump day edition of the Destructoid show! Today we’ve got a lot of news that should appease the hardcore gamer deep, deep inside each and every one of you. Sega is teasing a new Dreamcast collection for the PS3 and 360 that should allow us to relive all the good times we had with that console, without the hassle of dealing with a VMU. Platnium Games, the guys behind Bayonetta are working on another game with Sega, we’ve got new trailers for Okamiden, Ghost Trick is coming to iPhone, and the newest Humble Indie Bundle is live! Also, since it’s the end of the year, we’re doing our Game of the Year shows soon! Check out our full list of GOTY nominations at the end of the show. Last but not least, we see the return of my favorite segment: the YouTube comment of the week!

Over the years video games have provided so many of us with so much joy. However, sometimes a great idea gets lost in translation. Here are just some of the biggest blunders in video game history.



Virtual boy


In 1995 Nintendo released the first follow up to the Game Boy with horrifying results. The Virtual Boy was this terrible 3D goggle thing that you put your face into and “enjoyed” the red on black graphics. Headaches, stiff neck and eye strain were the by-product of playing this console. Needless to say, it tanked. I played one once at a Blockbuster when it was first released, and that was one time too many. Nintendo went back to the drawing board tail between legs. To be fair, it was the only failed console Nintendo released which is more than I can say for…



Sega CD/32X/Sega Saturn


Believe it or not, Sega used to make consoles. Moving forward they have been spending the last decade or so doing the thing they do best, making games. But during the 1990’s Sega was really into experimenting with people’s money, yielding brutal Hindenburg-style results. First it was the Sega CD in 1992. As the name would suggest, it was a CD-ROM add on to the successful Sega Genesis. It was pricey, no one made games for it, and the games they did have ran at a slower frame rate than their existing 16-bit counterparts. Harsh.
Next for Sega was the 32X, yet another add on for the Genesis (insert sound of bomb dropping from sky). As I remember there was only one game for it. Again, price, lack of third party support and an overall lack of Sega support killed this one. That’s it right? No, Sega would go on to make not one but two more systems.
On May 11, 1995 the Sega Saturn was released in North America. It was crazy expensive, $700! Crazier still, they are anywhere between $225-$1000 on ebay. I should have kept mine. After three years, few games, disgruntled console owners and bad memories the Saturn was discontinued. I remember how I felt as I swore I would never buy another Sega product ever again. I think many people felt just as I did because in late 1998 Sega released its newest console, Dreamcast. Even though the system was the improvement Sega has been aiming for, it was too little, too late and nobody bought one. Game over.



CDi


In 1991 Royal Philips Electronics attempted to enter the video console wars by pairing up with Nintendo to create an add on for the Super Nintendo. Long story short, the deal fell through and Philips was left with a $700 paperweight. Ouch. Nintendo did give CDi the right to make games featuring Nintendo characters. Those games, (three Zelda, one Mario) were some of the worst ever made. Double ouch.



Atari Jaguar


This blunder needs no introduction. Just the name ‘Atari Jaguar’ is synonymous with just about the biggest dud in video game history. In 1993, Atari re-entered the console business for the last time with the Jaguar. It was over priced, (why were all these terrible consoles $700?) hard for developers to make games for and had this controller that didn’t fit in the average person’s hands. Like Sega, Atari went back to just making games and left the console market for good.



This has just been a taste of the worst. Honorable mentions go to; Panasonic 3DO, Amiga C32, Nokia N-Gage, Neo-Geo and Gizmondo. Stay tuned.

Sega’s library of classic Genesis games will soon be available on another platform. The publisher revealed ideas to brings several of their older games to Steam.

Starting next month, Steam users will be able to down-load Golden Axe, Ecco the Dolphin, Comix Zone and Vectorman.

Sega also teased Gain Ground, Altered Beast, Space Harrier, Crack Down, Sonic 3D Blast and Shadow Dancer with screens in their announcement. Assuming these games are successful, expect more games to follow suit.

Over in Japan today, Sega revealed that an Xbox 360 port of multi-player robot shooter Virtual-On Force is currently in the works.

The game, unlike Virtual-On Oratorio Tangram (playable now on XboxLive Arcade), will be sold at retail stores in Japan. No release date is available yet for the title, which was pegged at around 30% complete by Sega PR.

Originally launched for arcades in 2001, Virtual-On Force is a multi-player shooter pitting giant robots against each other in a series of futuristic arenas. (The 2003 PlayStation 2 game Virtual-On Marz had most of Force’s functionality, but wasn’t a straight port.)

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Sega has posted its fiscal year results and, in the process, revealed its best-selling games of the previous year.

As expected, the company’s report shows that Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games was by far the best-selling game for Sega, with Aliens vs. Predator, Bayonetta and Sonic & Sega All-Star Racing taking slots two through four.

On this day in 1995, during the first ever E3, Sega CEO Tom Kalinske made the surprise announcement that its new console, the Sega Saturn, was already onshopshelves.

Sega had previously revealed that the console would launch in the United States on September 2, prompting Sony — with its PlayStation — to announce a competitive September 9 release at a lower price.

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