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The Sega Mega Drive & Genesis Encyclopedia: Every Game Released for Sega's 16-bit Console Hardcover – December 14, 2021
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The book contains detailed information on every single game released for the Sega Mega Drive and Genesis in the West, as well as similarly thorough bonus sections covering every game released for its add-ons, the Mega CD and 32X. With nearly a thousand screenshots, generous helpings of bonus trivia and charmingly bad jokes, the Sega Mega Drive and Genesis Encyclopedia is the definitive guide to a legendary gaming system.
- Print length288 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherWhite Owl
- Publication dateDecember 14, 2021
- Dimensions8.25 x 1 x 11.5 inches
- ISBN-10152674659X
- ISBN-13978-1526746597
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- Publisher : White Owl (December 14, 2021)
- Language : English
- Hardcover : 288 pages
- ISBN-10 : 152674659X
- ISBN-13 : 978-1526746597
- Item Weight : 3.18 pounds
- Dimensions : 8.25 x 1 x 11.5 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #329,141 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #714 in Video & Computer Games
- #847 in Computer & Video Game Strategy Guides
- #3,963 in Encyclopedias & Subject Guides
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Chris Scullion is a Scottish video game journalist and retro gaming specialist who's been in the industry for over 15 years. He's the author of the NES Encyclopedia, SNES Encyclopedia and Mega Drive Encyclopedia for Pen and Sword Books. Although he's best known for his six years at the UK's Official Nintendo Magazine, he's also written for the likes of Computer & Video Games, Official Xbox Magazine, Official PlayStation Magazine, Nintendo Life, Vice, Retro Gamer, Polygon, The Guardian and GamesMaster. Chris is currently the Features Editor at Video Games Chronicle (VGC).
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Would’ve been almost perfect if it included Japanese games or at least Japanese exclusive titles.
The descriptions were well done for the most part, there were times it seemed all was written is the generally useless plot instead of going over other aspects. Largely that was the case, though maybe some games just don't have much that can be said. While there is some humor mixed in, it doesn't come off as trying to be over the top. What I did find annoying was the overuse of the phrase "because of course it is" or some variation, usually in regards to plot. If it was meant to be funny it just got old after the first few times, and really why are we are overthinking some 16-bit game plot like it's so absurd for certain games anyway. It felt like a pointless addition to only waste space to fill. There are also a slew of sports titles with and without team or player licenses which was explained in the first instance. Yet for almost every single release thereafter he thought best to reiterate that a lack of a players league means no official players, for every single sport. Totally needless as another space filler, not to mention the frequent virtue signaling throughout that has no place in an encyclopedia. I will say the extra facts were informative bits I was unaware of.
I did read the kindle version only, there was more than a handful of spelling mistakes, missing words or punctuation that could have used another proofread. At the end of every description was an N not sure why, but sometimes it would be after the period but mostly over the last word or right over the period. Unsure if it this is something only with the digital version, but I am using the most recent Kindle release.
Author makes a claim to not inject reviews as it's an encyclopedia format, but then talks about arbitrary game prices and rarity on a few occasions, that I think doesn't need to be touched on here. Considering there are not really any complete books like this on the Genesis it does what it sets out to do. To be complete would have been great to see all the controllers and accessories covered too, such as the Activator and Menacer so that takes it down a bit for me. These are things that can be updated in a future revision that should also fix the spelling and sentence errors, rewrite the sports reviews to be less redundant, kindle issues too. Regardless of your stance on things, I read a video game book for the facts and enjoyment, but having to read about this guy being offended about things like Indians in Sunset Riders and the like has no place here. If you can get past all that, still good for a fan.
Reviewed in the United States on January 4, 2022
The descriptions were well done for the most part, there were times it seemed all was written is the generally useless plot instead of going over other aspects. Largely that was the case, though maybe some games just don't have much that can be said. While there is some humor mixed in, it doesn't come off as trying to be over the top. What I did find annoying was the overuse of the phrase "because of course it is" or some variation, usually in regards to plot. If it was meant to be funny it just got old after the first few times, and really why are we are overthinking some 16-bit game plot like it's so absurd for certain games anyway. It felt like a pointless addition to only waste space to fill. There are also a slew of sports titles with and without team or player licenses which was explained in the first instance. Yet for almost every single release thereafter he thought best to reiterate that a lack of a players league means no official players, for every single sport. Totally needless as another space filler, not to mention the frequent virtue signaling throughout that has no place in an encyclopedia. I will say the extra facts were informative bits I was unaware of.
I did read the kindle version only, there was more than a handful of spelling mistakes, missing words or punctuation that could have used another proofread. At the end of every description was an N not sure why, but sometimes it would be after the period but mostly over the last word or right over the period. Unsure if it this is something only with the digital version, but I am using the most recent Kindle release.
Author makes a claim to not inject reviews as it's an encyclopedia format, but then talks about arbitrary game prices and rarity on a few occasions, that I think doesn't need to be touched on here. Considering there are not really any complete books like this on the Genesis it does what it sets out to do. To be complete would have been great to see all the controllers and accessories covered too, such as the Activator and Menacer so that takes it down a bit for me. These are things that can be updated in a future revision that should also fix the spelling and sentence errors, rewrite the sports reviews to be less redundant, kindle issues too. Regardless of your stance on things, I read a video game book for the facts and enjoyment, but having to read about this guy being offended about things like Indians in Sunset Riders and the like has no place here. If you can get past all that, still good for a fan.
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It covers each game's Title, Company, Year of Release, Genre, provides a small paragraph and a decent screenshot for each one.
The catch is you'd have to buy this quality book and turn it's pages to find things.
- Keine japanischen Spiele.
- keine Fotos der Spielehüllen/ Verpackungen
- Kaum Infos über die Spiele, welches Genre, etc.
- kaum Platz für die Spiele. Pro Spiel nur eine viertel Seite, maximal eine halbe.
- keine richtige Alphabetisierung
- Das Buch hätte mindestens 100 Seiten mehr gebraucht.
Leider gibt es die Mega Drive Anthologie von Geeks Publishing momentan nur auf Französisch aber sogar da bekommt man mehr Informationen über die einzelnen Spiele als in diesem Buch.
Der Autor hat mit diesem Buch eine große Chance vertan. Hoffen wir das der Autor es im kommenden Dreamcast Buch es besser macht.
Aber da die ersten zwei Bücher schon im gleichen Stil waren, wird es wohl genauso unterdurchschnittlich ausfallen.